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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 16h

US Consumers Paying the Most for Tariffs: Wall Street Giant’s Report Exposes Trump Lies www.commondreams.org/news/trump-t...

US Consumers Paying the Most for Tariffs: Wall Street Giant’s Report Exposes Trump Lies | Common Dreams

New research from Goldman Sachs reveals US consumers bear 55% of Trump's trade war costs, despite claims tariffs are paid by foreigners.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

French PM offers to freeze Macron’s pension reform until 2027 on.ft.com/46O4na8

French PM offers to freeze Macron’s pension reform until 2027

Sébastien Lecornu hopes concession will suffice to secure left’s support

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 1d

Because the Times Union gets the bulk of its national and international wire coverage from @apnews.com, I'm supportive of its decision to (my characterization) tell the Pentagon press office to go pound sand.

New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules

The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about its new press....

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Ugly laws: The blueprint for Trump’s anti-homeless crusade

DC’s crackdown is just the latest in a long war on being poor and disabled in public.

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 23h

Trump Is Now Begging Dem Leaders to Let Him Send in National Guard newrepublic.com/post/201731/... via @newrepublic.com

Trump Is Now Begging Dem Leaders to Let Him Send in National Guard

Donald Trump pleaded for governors to “beg” him for help.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

The human costs of Trump's war on government

For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 1d

hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 7d

@kysinglepayer.bsky.social www.kff.org/quick-take/m...

More Than Half of ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in Republican Congressional Districts

Since the enhanced premium tax credits became available in 2021, ACA Marketplace enrollment has increased significantly in some red states, and 57% of enrollees now live in Republican congressional di...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8d

For years, a tiny contingent of fringe therapists has been fighting to overturn laws banning conversion therapy.

Now, those therapists—and their powerful allies in the conservative Christian legal movement—are on the verge of success.

SCOTUS wades back into the war on trans kids—and considers greenlighting conversion therapy

The science is in: The anti-LGBTQ "treatments" are ineffective and dangerous.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 8d

"None — repeat none — of America’s fentanyl has been found to originate from Venezuela. Yet Trump and Pete Hegseth, his compulsively strutting “secretary of war”, insist that the country is fuelling America’s opioid epidemic." Me on Trump's wag the dog script. www.ft.com/content/5b3e...

Venezuela is Trump’s useful enemy

Despite the president’s claims, the South American country is nowhere close to being the US’s biggest drug supplier

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 8d

France’s political crisis leaves budget plans in disarray on.ft.com/3VVRrbZ

France’s political crisis leaves budget plans in disarray

Spending can be rolled over but this would prevent measures to tackle France’s worrying public deficit

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 8d

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Top Five Ways That H.R. 1 Hurts the American People - Economic Security Project

1. Gives tax breaks to the ultra-rich while raising prices and cutting essentials for working- and middle-class people. 2. Prices millions of Americans out of healthcare and food security by gutting M...

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 8d

As well as McGrath, "state Rep. Pamela Stevenson, attorney and former Secret Service agent Logan Forsythe and Joel Willett, ex-CIA and military officer, will face off in the Dem primary. Barr, former KY Attorney General Daniel Cameron and businessperson Nate Morris will face off in the GOP primary."

Politico @politico.com · 8d

Amy McGrath has announced a second bid for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat.

McGrath announces second bid for McConnell’s Senate seat

The retired fighter pilot said she is “battle-tested and ready to fight.”

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Politico @politico.com · 8d

Amy McGrath has announced a second bid for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat.

McGrath announces second bid for McConnell’s Senate seat

The retired fighter pilot said she is “battle-tested and ready to fight.”

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Politico @politico.com · 8d

Mike Johnson has rebuffed Hakeem Jeffries’ request for a live shutdown debate.

Mike Johnson rebuffs Hakeem Jeffries' request for a live shutdown debate

The top House Democrat said a floor exchange would "provide the American people with the transparency they deserve."

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Stephanie Mencimer @smencimer.bsky.social · 8d

The Trump BLM just sold 17,000 acres of land for oil and gas leasing in Utah to a company called Bro Energy. Some of that land is around the White River, which feeds into the Colorado. Biden had halted oil drilling there but now it's back on the table. www.motherjones.com/environment/...

The Colorado provides drinking water to 40 million people. Do they know what Utah does to it upstream?

I went to Mordor to find out.

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 8d

One hates to doubt the word of Speaker Johnson, but he can be countermanded by you know who.

Politico @politico.com · 8d

Mike Johnson has given "assurance" to the top Senate Dem that he’ll move government funding bills.

But the speaker has also said Democrats must first vote to end the shutdown.

Johnson gives ‘assurance’ to top Senate Dem he'll move government funding bills

But the speaker says Democrats must first vote to end the shutdown.

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Politico @politico.com · 8d

Mike Johnson has given "assurance" to the top Senate Dem that he’ll move government funding bills.

But the speaker has also said Democrats must first vote to end the shutdown.

Johnson gives ‘assurance’ to top Senate Dem he'll move government funding bills

But the speaker says Democrats must first vote to end the shutdown.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 8d

Vaping is fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, UN agency says on.ft.com/4nzdRvH

Vaping is fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, UN agency says

At least 15mn children globally use e-cigarettes, according to landmark report critical of tobacco industry

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 8d

I joined my friends in Kentuckians for Single-Payer to discuss Medicaid cuts that will harm our state. soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward...

Single Payer Radio | Medicaid Cuts HB1 | 9-29-25

This week on Single Payer Radio, we discuss how the cuts to healthcare in the Big Beautiful (Ugly) Bill will affect Kentuckians, especially in rural areas.

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 8d

I joined my friends in Kentuckians for Single-Payer to discuss Medicaid cuts that will harm our state. soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward...

Single Payer Radio | Medicaid Cuts HB1 | 9-29-25

This week on Single Payer Radio, we discuss how the cuts to healthcare in the Big Beautiful (Ugly) Bill will affect Kentuckians, especially in rural areas.

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 10d

'We Are Exhausted, Frustrated, and Sad': Docs Vent During Meeting With Senator www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

'We Are Exhausted, Frustrated, and Sad': Docs Vent During Meeting With Senator

Providers voiced concerns about erosion of trust between doctors and patients

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10d

Researchers across the US and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other information from the Trump administration’s budget cuts, firings, and scrubbing of federal websites are launching their own climate information portals.

From our friends at @insideclimatenews.org:

Climate scientists raise a middle finger to Trump's censorship efforts

Hundreds are collaborating to make sure accurate data is available to the public.

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 10d

Italian dockworkers shut down the country with a General Strike for Palestine: www.youtube.com/shorts/7xYq6...

General Strike for Palestine Shuts Down Italy. “Not a single nail will depart towards Israel.”

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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hms85 @hms85.bsky.social · 10d

Italian dockworkers shut down the country with a General Strike for Palestine: www.youtube.com/shorts/7xYq6...

General Strike for Palestine Shuts Down Italy. “Not a single nail will depart towards Israel.”

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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