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reggieoc.bsky.social @reggieoc.bsky.social · 4h

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'The Daily Show' Transforms Video Of Trump Being Led Around By Japan's PM Into Dog Show Parody—And It Is Brutal

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The Quiet Collapse of America’s Reproductive Health Safety Net - KFF Health News

The HHS office that administers the Title X family planning program has been effectively shut down. And with cuts to federal funding for other family health programs, expected Medicaid cuts, and the p...

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Refugees Will Be Among the First To Lose Food Stamps Under Federal Changes - KFF Health News

Under the budget law that Republicans call the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, food assistance for refugees will be sliced. The change is sowing fear, uncertainty, and a struggle for survival — a sign of ...

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California Faces Limits as It Directs Health Facilities To Push Back on Immigration Raids - KFF Health News

California now has a law requiring hospitals and clinics to improve patient privacy and have clear protocols for handling requests by immigration agents. Legal experts say the state can’t fully protec...

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reggieoc.bsky.social @reggieoc.bsky.social · 4h

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Senate vote on nullifying tariffs on Canada demonstrates opposition to Trump's trade policy

The Senate is passing legislation that would nullify U.S. tariffs on Canada. It is happening just as President Donald Trump is engaged in trade talks in Asia as well as an increasingly bitter trade sp...

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JD Vance calls for reduction in legal immigration at Turning Point event

Vice President JD Vance called for a significant reduction in legal immigration during an appearance at a Turning Point event at the University of Mississippi.

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Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup'ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong

A Yup'ik community near the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska was spared the widespread devastation other communities experienced from the remnants of Typhoon Halong earlier this month.

reggieoc.bsky.social @reggieoc.bsky.social · 5h

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RFK Thought Food Stamps Could End Hunger. RFK Jr Says They Cause Disease

The Health and Human Services secretary is standing at the opposite end of his late father’s anti-poverty legacy.

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reggieoc.bsky.social @reggieoc.bsky.social · 5h

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Trump Takes His Vendetta Against DEI To A Disgusting New Low

The administration's wrecking ball has come for workers with disabilities. “Where is the humanity?” a laid-off federal employee asks.

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Trump Asks Pentagon To Immediately Resume Testing U.S. Nuclear Weapons

"Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately," Trump said on Truth ...

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reggieoc.bsky.social @reggieoc.bsky.social · 5h

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New Jersey restaurant owner, father of 3 detained by ICE despite work authorization

A community is rallying behind a long-time restaurant owner with a work visa after he was detained by ICE. He has spent nearly two decades in the U.S.

reggieoc.bsky.social @reggieoc.bsky.social · 5h

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LA County residents concerned about losing food assistance because of government shutdown

L.A. County residents who rely on federal food assistance fear they'll have to make difficult choices if the government shutdown continues.

reggieoc.bsky.social @reggieoc.bsky.social · 5h

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Missouri aid for moms and babies to continue as other food assistance ends during shutdown

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and state health officials on Wednesday announced continued funding for food assistance amid worry that key federal safety net programs will run dry as the government shutdown...

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No new Indiana child care vouchers to be issued until 2027

Indiana will not issue new child care vouchers to impoverished families until at least 2027, Family and Social Services Administration leaders said at a quarterly fiscal meeting Wednesday, in the agen...

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A high percentage of rural Tennesseans use SNAP, as funding set to dry up

As the funding for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) runs dry at the start of November, Marilyn Murrell expects a spike in those needing help from the Of One Accord Ministry...

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reggieoc.bsky.social @reggieoc.bsky.social · 5h

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University partnership targets pharmacist vacancies in North Dakota

FARGO — An agreement between North Dakota State University and Dickinson State University aims to fill the need for pharmacists in the western part of the state. The agreement signed Wednesday will a...

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General Motors lays off 1,200 employees at Detroit electric vehicle plant

General Motors is set to lay off 3,400 workers at facilities building electric vehicles, including more than a thousand employees at a plant in Detroit, according to a report from the Detroit News on ...

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Memphis school board expands student busing to reduce absences caused by immigration enforcement

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersSign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and M...

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More than a quarter of West Virginia adults say they’re caregivers, a large increase from past years

The number of West Virginians who say they are caregivers has increased by more than 125,000 over the past few years, according to a data analysis by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving.

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reggieoc.bsky.social @reggieoc.bsky.social · 5h

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Many Texans will pay more for ACA health insurance. Here’s what to know about open enrollment.

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Ohio child care workers, business leaders push for pilot program to subsidize care

The leaders of multiple child care businesses in Ohio urged state lawmakers once again to support measures to boost child care in the state.Members of the business and advocacy sectors also joined in ...

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Welcome to the eating season, unless you are poor or a federal employee

Welcome to the 2025 eating season. Or not if you use food stamps or are a federal employee. Find food assistance in Idaho

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Oregon Gov. Kotek sends $5 million to food banks ahead of SNAP cutoff

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over hunger and directed $5 million to food banks across the state, seeking to avert the impending November loss of food stamp benefit...

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‘I’m popping a flare’: Slotkin says Trump is using ‘same playbook as every authoritarian in history’

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin sounded an alarm bell, characterizing President Donald Trump’s actions as “following the same playbook as almost every authoritarian in history,” in a speech the Democrat from...

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If six people nonviolently protesting outside an ICE facility is a criminal conspiracy, all First Amendment-protected activity is at risk.

Feds Say Kat Abughazaleh “Impeded” ICE Agents. That Would Put Her on the Right Side of History.

Kat Abughazaleh allegedly protested in Broadview, Illinois, where ICE was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed,” feds said.