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Amee Vanderpool
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Writer, lawyer, quipster, wonk, and proud creator of SHERO newsletter. Related to Audrey Hepburn. Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://shero.substack.com
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Are health insurers and politicians trying to pass on the cost of heath care increases to seniors to combat the ongoing uncertainty of who will pay for ACA subsidies? shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
Medicare Benefits Decreasing
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in services for seniors.
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Following Trump’s shocking and cruel statements about Rob Reiner, Donald Trump has shown AGAIN that he is not mentally fit to serve as president and it is unacceptable.

How much longer to we have to watch JD Vance and Stephen Miller Weekend at Bernie’s him…
December 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Donald Trump, speaking about himself in the third person, doubles down with the press about his shockingly cruel post about US national treasure Rob Reiner, implying that he deserved to be murdered.
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump posted that the murder of national treasure Rob Reiner and his wife was caused by "the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME."

No words.
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Rob Reiner’s younger son, Nick Reiner, is in custody Monday after being booked for the fatal stabbing of his father and mother, Michele Singer Reiner, at their Los Angeles home yesterday and he is being held on $4million bail.

What a tragedy. apnews.com/article/rob-...
Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested after the director and his wife were found dead at their home
Police say the younger son of Rob Reiner, Nick Reiner, was taken into custody Monday and booked for what investigators believe was the fatal stabbing a day earlier of the director-actor and his wife M...
apnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rob Reiner was a force for good.

He was an incredible artist that made so many people laugh and cry.

Most importantly, he was kind in a time where kind men are in short supply.

He will be greatly missed.
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their LA home on Sunday, Dec. 14. from apparent stab wounds. Multiple sources say that the killer was the couple's son, Nick Reiner, who struggled with drug addiction. their daughter, Romy, found them dead. people.com/rob-reiner-w...
Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son (Exclusive Sources)
Rob Reiner and his wife were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE. Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead inside their Brentwood, Calif., home on Dec. 14. Authorities a...
people.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
NEW: The person of interest detained in connection with Saturday’s deadly shooting at Brown University has been released, because, according to Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, evidence “now points in a different direction.”
December 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Independent video (verified by the NYTimes) shows a local Bondi Beach unarmed bystander sneaking up behind one of the gunman today and tackling him to disarm him.
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Australian police said on Monday that the alleged offenders behind the attack at Sydney's Bondi beach were a father and son duo who were responsible for the attack at a Jewish holiday celebration that killed 16 people and injured 40. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Australia police say father-son duo allegedly behind Sydney mass shooting
Police said they are not looking for a third attacker.
www.reuters.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
There was NO SLOWING on the gun violence this week.
My Sunday recap covers this and all the critical legal and political details, with links to more detail and information, so you can quickly catch up before we are on to the next.

Check it out here: shero.substack.com/p/shero-on-s...
SHERO on Sunday
A lightning-fast recap of the week's most significant political and legal events for December 7th - 14th, 2025, before we are on to the next!
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December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Happy Hanukkah! 🩷
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Twelve people are confirmed dead and 29 injured after a gunman using long arms and several improvised explosive devices targeted and attacked the Jewish community during the first day of Hanukah on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.

Here is a view of people fleeing from the beach surf cameras:
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A student told The Brown University newspaper that she was studying in the Engineering Research Center lobby when she heard gunshots at around 4:10 p.m. She said she evacuated the building, leaving her belongings behind, and went to her dorm.

“It was honestly quite terrifying.”
December 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It’s official. ⁦‪@CBSNews‬⁩ is officially dead to me.
December 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Democrat Bennie Thompson to Kristi Norm yesterday: “Do a real service to the country and just resign, that is if President Trump doesn’t fire you first.”
December 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s amazing how the 9th Amendment just dissapears when Trump decides he wants to do a favor for his tech buddies. www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
Trump is trying to preempt state AI laws via an executive order. It may not be legal
The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. But many Republicans are also uncomfortable with the effort.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
All that this Trump nightmare will have taught us in the future is that Trump did not break a system that was already broken, and there isn’t anything that a rich, old, white man won’t do with enough Adderall.

I sound like a late night host.
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A grand jury in Alexandria, VA, has rejected the Trump administration’s effort to bring new charges against Letitia James, the New York attorney general that Trump has targeted, exactly one week after another set of jurors did the same. apnews.com/article/leti...
Justice Department again fails to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, AP source says
It’s another major blow to the Justice Department after the dismissal of earlier charges against James and another longtime Trump foe, former FBI Director James Comey.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Why does my text autocorrect keep switching “bitch” to “notch” when I KNOW it knows better.
December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The US Senate has just failed to pass any kind of financing to preserve health care in the United States as careen off a healthcare cliff.

More background on how we got here: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
Medicare Benefits Decreasing
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in services for seniors.
shero.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Mike Lindell is running for governor in Minnesota next year. #ThoughtsandPrayersforMinnLiberals
December 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Based on a finding that ICE has repeatedly failed to produce a so-called final order of removal required for deportation, US District Judge Paula Xinis has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the Trump administration’s custody. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
While the new bids by Paramount and Netflix to take over Warner Bros. Discovery may look like just a battle between streaming giants, it is really another test of executive strength and Trump’s ability to continue profiting from the presidency. shero.substack.com/p/jared-kush...
Jared Kushner And Trump Family to Profit in Another Deal that Depends on Trump's Approval
A new buyout offer made to Warner Brothers Discovery shareholders to counter a recent offer by Netflix, is being sold to shareholders as a lock due to Paramount's political positioning.
shero.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
With subsidies for the Affordable Care Act set to expire for millions of Americans in a few weeks, the US Senate will vote today on two health care bills today and those votes will fail.

For an explanation off why this is happening, read: shero.substack.com/p/medicare-b...
Medicare Benefits Decreasing
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in services for seniors.
shero.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM