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The Republicans’ Draconian Budget Bill Is Now a Reality

Heidi Shierholz Economic Policy Institute
The Republican budget will gut Medicaid, slash food aid for families, and shutter rural hospitals—just to give tax breaks that will go overwhelmingly to the wealthy. It is a staggering upward redistribution of income.

Trump’s Sneak Attack on Medicare

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
For the first time, required pre-authorizations are coming to traditional Medicare. The Trump administration proposes to extend pre-authorizations to traditional Medicare, just like Medicare Advantage. This maneuver has gotten little attention.

Tidbits- July 3-Readers Comments: Bill of Death in House; Big Beautiful BS; Trump and Uber-Rich Usurp Country’s Independence and Constitution; Mamdani and Lander Combined Two Strands; NYC Labor Unites Behind Mamdani; Resource: How Bad Is It?; More

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Readers Comments: Bill of Death in House; Big Beautiful BS; Trump and Uber-Rich Usurp Country's Independence and Constitution; Mamdani and Lander Combined Two Strands; NYC Labor Unites Behind Mamdani; Resource: How Bad Is It?; Announcements; Cartoons

Tidbits- May 29-Readers Comments: Readers Comments: Big, Not-So-Beautiful Bill; Imagine Being Scared of Diversity but Not Dictatorship. Now That’s Scary; Accusing Jews of Antisemitism; Jews for Food Aid; Harvard Free Online Courses; March to Gaza;

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Readers Comments: Big, Not-so-beautiful bill; Imagine Being Scared of Diversity But Not Dictatorship. Now That's Scary; Accusing Jews of Antisemitism; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn; Jews for Food Aid; Harvard Free Online Courses; March to Gaza; and more....

House Republicans Just Touched the Third Rail

Timothy Noah The New Republic
Early this morning, House Republicans, rushed to cut not quite $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 10 years. Today, Medicaid commands not merely a significant voting bloc, but a significant Republican voting bloc.

Tidbits- May 22-Readers Comments: After-Tax Income Under Trump-GOP Budget; One Brief Shining Moment; How NOT To Run an Antisemitism Commission; Take Action in Defense of NYU Student Logan Rozos; How Can Academics Support Workers’ Organizing at Amazon

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Readers Comments: After-Tax Income Under the Trump-GOP Budget; One Brief Shining Moment; How NOT To Run an Antisemitism Commission; Take Action in Defense of NYU Student Logan Rozos; How Can Academics Support Workers' Organizing at Amazon; more;

The Case for a Shadow Cabinet

Kenny Stancil The American Prospect
High-energy progressives can provide a compelling daily account of everything going wrong and coordinate opposition to the Trump-Musk nightmare...a daily press conference, held on Capitol Hill or at televised town halls across the United States.

Tidbits – Mar.6 – Reader Comments: Trump: Ambush in White House; War on Workers; Gut Medicaid; Spread Measles and Bird Flu; Techno-Fascism; Anti-Semitism in Oval Office; No More Medicare Telehealth After Mar 31; Stand Up for Science Mar 7

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Reader Comments: Trump: Ambush in White House; War on Workers; Gut Medicaid; Make Apartheid Great Again; Spread Measles and Bird Flu; Techno-Fascism; Anti-semitism in Oval Office; No More Medicare Telehealth After Mar 31; Stand Up For Science Mar 7

Friday Nite Videos | December 27, 2024

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The $1 Trillion Private Health Insurance Scam. The Real Reason Polio Is So Dangerous. Nickel Boys | Movie. Kurt Vonnegut's Letter to the Future. 25 Million Stitches: A Refugee Exhibit.
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