JB Holston
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JB Holston
@jholston.bsky.social
· Nov 12
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Just arrived on the scene at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland. Here less than 10 minutes when agents charged out of the facility and used a pale yellow gas that caused tears and coughing in crowd members. Also shot munitions at those retreating.
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Kristi Noem, Costing $172 Million
Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
www.nytimes.com
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
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Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...
Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.
www.statnews.com
New: Trump officials unveiled a tool intended to help millions of Medicare patients pick their plans, as open enrollment begins today.
But the tool — a directory that was intended to match providers with their plans — was rife with errors, The Post found.
More here w/Akilah Johnson
But the tool — a directory that was intended to match providers with their plans — was rife with errors, The Post found.
More here w/Akilah Johnson
Medicare doctor directory, a Trump team priority, launches with errors
The directory, intended to help older Americans navigate Medicare Advantage open enrollment, produces conflicting responses about which providers are covered by health plans.
www.washingtonpost.com
BREAKING: Morgan State University has received the largest donation in its 158-year history: $63 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The gift is unrestricted, meaning the HBCU can spend the money however it wants. Here's what you should know:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
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MacKenzie Scott gives Morgan State its largest donation ever
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has now given Morgan State University a total of $103 million.
www.thebanner.com