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“No matter how often repeated, the magnitude of these reductions — and the number of individuals who will lose health coverage — cannot be simply dismissed as waste, fraud, and abuse,” American Hospital Association President Rick Pollack said. louisianafirstnews.com/news/hill-poli…

Extremely fair point

sigh

Trump: "We delivered no tax on Social Security for our great seniors." (Nope, this isn't in the bill.)

i’ve seen tweets saying “people don’t even realize they’re on medicaid because most states call it something else.” and i thought you guys just joking but i genuinely heard someone say today that they weren’t sure if the free state insurance they’re on is medicaid.

This is an absolute tragedy. The question we have to ask is whether any ability to notify or warn was impacted by decreases/DOGE on weather services. I don't know the answer and we can't assume it; the camp may have been isolated. But I'd want to know if I were a parent.

Just a year ago, the U.S. was better at predicting storms’ tracks than it had ever been. But now, @ZoeSchlanger reports, the country is rapidly losing state-of-the-art forecasting, just in time for hurricane season’s busiest months: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Siri, how can you tell someone is auditioning to be the next Fed chair

One way most Americans will feel the OBBB law is through crowded ERs No, not because uninsured folks will flood ERs But because the law will close a lot of nursing homes Which will create a backlog in the system overcrowding ERs I explain in @time time.com/7300067/budget…

Bonechiling

A 6-year-old with leukemia had to sue Trump to win his release from ICE detention. slate.trib.al/zO8YliB

“KFF Health… says relatively few people who receive Medicaid are able to work but choose not to… 69% of Louisiana Medicaid population is working and most of the 31% who are not working are disabled, elderly, or provide care for a sickened family member”

Coordinating weather warnings in the Austin / San Antonio area seems like it might be an important role

“Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life,” wrote five former NWS directors from both Democratic and Republican administrations in an open letter on May 2nd. In Houston, 44% of NWS positions are vacant.

Opinion | Trump’s Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe - The New York Timesc nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opi…

Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill that could have helped fund alarm systems for flood warnings in local areas earlier this year. Rep. Wes Virdell, who represents Texas Hill Country, says he would have voted differently (He voted no). The bill died. texastribune.org/2025/07/06/tex…

The Trump administration acknowledges in court that sending Abrego Garcia to El Salvador was a “one-off mistake,” which contradicts the White House’s position and also the fact that two others were erroneously sent to El Salvador and ordered back. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

I wish he would speak out about this

SSA emailed Americans cheering OBBB & claiming it ends "taxes on benefits for most beneficiaries." Not mentioned: --retirees 62 - 64 ineligible --tax cuts end in '28 --the trust fund will run short a year earlier & millions' benefits will be cut 23% nytimes.com/2025/07/06/you…

This is correct. We know from past experience with state work requirements for Medicaid that this is how they save money: they create a lot of red tape, and then boot eligible people off the rolls for not navigating it correctly.