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U.S. healthcare, already the lowest-ranked and most expensive of any developed democracy, is about to get much worse and even more expensive, particularly in rural Red states that voted for “king” Trump. Just out of their own self-interest, I frankly don’t see how anyone can vote Republican.
‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
Democrats and health advocates described the strategy as highly unusual, and some fear it could be wielded to favor political allies.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
U.S. healthcare, already the lowest-ranked and most expensive of any developed democracy, is about to get much worse and even more expensive, particularly in rural Red states that voted for “king” Trump. Just out of their own self-interest, I frankly don’t see how anyone can vote Republican.
Maybe because over the course of my life, I have been close to a number of women who have had serious, life-threatening, OB/GYN issues, this is a part of America’s illness profit system that I follow particularly closely.
Access to OB-GYNs: Evaluating Workforce Supply and ACA Marketplace Networks | KFF
This brief examines the supply of OB-GYNs in the U.S. and the share of OB-GYNs participating in the provider networks of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) offered in the individual market in the federal a...
www.kff.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Maybe because over the course of my life, I have been close to a number of women who have had serious, life-threatening, OB/GYN issues, this is a part of America’s illness profit system that I follow particularly closely.
Elder nursing home healthcare, never a particularly bright spot, in America’s illness profit system, is abiout to get worse, thanks to “king” Trump and his administration, notably the utterly incompetent with no medical training whatever Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
HHS Officially Rescinds Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule
Nursing home providers praised the move, while one patient group called it 'very disappointing'
www.medpagetoday.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Elder nursing home healthcare, never a particularly bright spot, in America’s illness profit system, is abiout to get worse, thanks to “king” Trump and his administration, notably the utterly incompetent with no medical training whatever Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
I have said many times on SR, that Americans today are less educated than they were in the 1800s, even in rural one-room schools. Don’t believe me? Take a look at this actual test from the 19th century, and see how you would do.
Could You Pass a School Exam From the 1800s?
Tests are rarely enjoyable, but imagine taking one in the late 1800s, long before multiple-choice options or standardized curricula. Back then, school exams could be long, demanding, and startlingly w...
historyfacts.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I have said many times on SR, that Americans today are less educated than they were in the 1800s, even in rural one-room schools. Don’t believe me? Take a look at this actual test from the 19th century, and see how you would do.
Bill McKibben mirrors my own thinking. Like him, I have been struck by the blatant racism of “king” Trump and his administration. One would have to go back to the Civil War period to hear any American politicians spew out such racist hate.
Pouring Literal Gasoline on the Flames of Hate
Not a metaphor, not at all
billmckibben.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Bill McKibben mirrors my own thinking. Like him, I have been struck by the blatant racism of “king” Trump and his administration. One would have to go back to the Civil War period to hear any American politicians spew out such racist hate.
I think it is very important for Americans to realize that “king” Trump, like Hitler before him, has surrounded himself with incompetents, whose only qualification is unquestioning loyalty to their leader.
The Radical Honesty of Trump’s Racist New Immigration Policy
Kristi Noem is being pretty direct in her regurgitation of white nationalist talking points.
newrepublic.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I think it is very important for Americans to realize that “king” Trump, like Hitler before him, has surrounded himself with incompetents, whose only qualification is unquestioning loyalty to their leader.
Based on what I am hearing, reading, and seeing on all the media, except for a small segment of academic papers, and this article I found doing research today, there does not seem to be a real understanding of how Trump’s manipulation of the American economy is destroying Earth, and...
US Tax Payers Are Funding the Industry That Is Destroying Our Earth | Common Dreams
Aggressive Big Oil lobbying has secured enormous government giveaways so extensive that the largest US oil and gas companies now pay more in taxes to foreign governments than to the US Treasury.
www.commondreams.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Based on what I am hearing, reading, and seeing on all the media, except for a small segment of academic papers, and this article I found doing research today, there does not seem to be a real understanding of how Trump’s manipulation of the American economy is destroying Earth, and...
Unless you are in your late 90s, over the entirety of your life, the most important currency in global finance has been the U.S. dollar. That, as this article describes, is changing.
The dominance of the US dollar appears to be unravelling under Trump
The US has long sat at the centre of the global financial system, with the US dollar serving as the backbone of the world economy. Private investors rely on the dollar as a store of value in times of ...
www.alternet.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Unless you are in your late 90s, over the entirety of your life, the most important currency in global finance has been the U.S. dollar. That, as this article describes, is changing.
Fact-based journalism is a fading skill, just as magazines and newspapers are disappearing, replaced by manipulated, weaponized social media misinformation driven by AI. The views and attitudes of the already barely literate majority of Americans is being shaped by...
The most dangerous corporation in America is building Trump's police state
The most dangerous corporation in America is one you may not have heard of.It’s called Palantir Technologies, a Silicon Valley tech company that may put your most basic freedoms at risk.Palantir gets ...
www.rawstory.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Fact-based journalism is a fading skill, just as magazines and newspapers are disappearing, replaced by manipulated, weaponized social media misinformation driven by AI. The views and attitudes of the already barely literate majority of Americans is being shaped by...
The fascist majority of the Supreme Court, in a typical 6-3 vote, is assisting “king” Trump and his Republican congressional cabal to racially gerrymander the 2026 election to increase the probability that...
The Supreme Court gave Trump a big redistricting win. But the fight is just getting started.
Trump and his allies are heaping pressure on holdout Republicans in Indiana, while Democrats eye gains elsewhere.
www.politico.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The fascist majority of the Supreme Court, in a typical 6-3 vote, is assisting “king” Trump and his Republican congressional cabal to racially gerrymander the 2026 election to increase the probability that...
Under the direction of the utterly incompetent and medically untrained Robert Kennedy Jr., non-scientific anti-vaxxers now control the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and have manipulated decades-old vaccine protection for children.
CDC advisory panel votes to limit hepatitis B vaccines for newborns
Move from CDC advisers mirrors Trump team’s regressive approach to longstanding vaccine guidance
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Under the direction of the utterly incompetent and medically untrained Robert Kennedy Jr., non-scientific anti-vaxxers now control the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and have manipulated decades-old vaccine protection for children.
Think about this for a minute: an Arizona Democrat Representative is not sworn into office for 50 days, and then, when going with her staff to see what Trump’s Gestapo was doing in her district, and identifying herself as a member of Congress, is still attacked, shoved, and pepper-sprayed.
thehill.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Think about this for a minute: an Arizona Democrat Representative is not sworn into office for 50 days, and then, when going with her staff to see what Trump’s Gestapo was doing in her district, and identifying herself as a member of Congress, is still attacked, shoved, and pepper-sprayed.
As you can see, from reading SR, there is a. massive geopolitical shift going on. I have been reporting on this trend since “king” Trump took office. What is happening? The United States is no longer respected or considered a nation to emulate. Its 80 year status in the world is gone.
Half of Europeans see Trump as enemy of Europe, survey finds
Nine-country poll finds half of people believe risk of war with Russia is high and three-quarters want to stay in EU
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
As you can see, from reading SR, there is a. massive geopolitical shift going on. I have been reporting on this trend since “king” Trump took office. What is happening? The United States is no longer respected or considered a nation to emulate. Its 80 year status in the world is gone.
Today two things happened that gave me a very personal sense of what is happening in the United States. I got an email from a reader in government service that it might be a good idea to stop doing SR.
Feds forcibly yank woman in medical scrubs from car as she screams she's a US citizen
Federal authorities conducting immigration enforcement in Florida were seen pulling a woman wearing medical scrubs from her vehicle as she shouted that she was a U.S. citizen.In a video captured by Da...
www.rawstory.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today two things happened that gave me a very personal sense of what is happening in the United States. I got an email from a reader in government service that it might be a good idea to stop doing SR.
Imagine that you were having your roof repaired by an established contractor, to whom you have made an initial down payment, so that you would be prepared before winter weather began, and...
Her Roof Was About to Be Fixed. Then Immigration Agents Showed Up.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Imagine that you were having your roof repaired by an established contractor, to whom you have made an initial down payment, so that you would be prepared before winter weather began, and...
Here we have further evidence that although the lower courts mostly still function as they should, the Supreme Court is controlled by a six-justice fascist majority that is complicit in advancing the Trump Republican fascist coup that is dismantling democracy in the United States.
Supreme Court gives Texas OK to use House map drawn to boost GOP
The decision bolsters Trump’s attempt to tilt the playing field toward Republicans before the midterms.
www.politico.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Here we have further evidence that although the lower courts mostly still function as they should, the Supreme Court is controlled by a six-justice fascist majority that is complicit in advancing the Trump Republican fascist coup that is dismantling democracy in the United States.
There seems to be only three things that interest “king” Trump: personal enrichment, vengeance against anyone who has opposed him, and rebuilding the White House so that in its new form it will forever be identified with him.
Trumps Scores Big Win for Gas Guzzlers, but Not All Auto Giants Are On Board
"Today, we're taking one more step to kill the 'Green New Scam,'" Trump said.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There seems to be only three things that interest “king” Trump: personal enrichment, vengeance against anyone who has opposed him, and rebuilding the White House so that in its new form it will forever be identified with him.
This describes the MAGAT corruption cabal that currently controls the United States government and your life.
They Tried to Overturn the 2020 US Election. Now, They Hold Power in Trump’s Washington
<blockquote><br /><strong><em>Those who tried to overturn the 2020 election now occupy key federal roles, shaping rules and sowing doubt for 2026</em></strong></...
www.rsn.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This describes the MAGAT corruption cabal that currently controls the United States government and your life.
This is how the Trump Gestapo is being created. You are paying for this recruitment of barely literate, incompetent thugs. Also, please note that this investigative journalist’s report is from a British newspaper.
ICE's messy hiring spree brings in unfit and illiterate recruits
ICE recruits with no experience are being fast-tracked into the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, where instructors are astounded at their incompetence.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is how the Trump Gestapo is being created. You are paying for this recruitment of barely literate, incompetent thugs. Also, please note that this investigative journalist’s report is from a British newspaper.
I think it is very important to understand that states neither send to the federal treasury nor receive from the treasury the same amount of money, and that there are a number of states that pay more than they receive, or that receive more than they pay. Here are the facts.
Which states contribute the most and least to federal revenue? | USAFacts
In 2024, Californians paid about $275.6 billion more to the federal government than they received.
usafacts.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I think it is very important to understand that states neither send to the federal treasury nor receive from the treasury the same amount of money, and that there are a number of states that pay more than they receive, or that receive more than they pay. Here are the facts.
America’s transition from a roughly equalitarian democracy to a neo-medieval society with a tiny aristocracy of overwhelming wealth, a small middle class, and a majority of peasants is, and historically has always been, a pathway to social collapse.
Lessons From 5,000 Years of Civilizational Collapse - Schwartzreport
Illustration by Zhenya Oliinyk In the Middle Ages, prophecies of a coming global collapse proliferated across Europe. Conditions were ripe for a powerful
www.schwartzreport.net
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
America’s transition from a roughly equalitarian democracy to a neo-medieval society with a tiny aristocracy of overwhelming wealth, a small middle class, and a majority of peasants is, and historically has always been, a pathway to social collapse.
Here is another commentary on this same neo-medievalism trend, and Thom Hartmann also places it in its historic context. There is nothing new about it, because it is based on greed which is the most overpowering and destructive characteristic in human history.
This unspoken threat is hastening America's downfall — and it's not MAGA
As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an...
www.rawstory.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here is another commentary on this same neo-medievalism trend, and Thom Hartmann also places it in its historic context. There is nothing new about it, because it is based on greed which is the most overpowering and destructive characteristic in human history.
American media rarely talks about this, but in doing the daily research for SR, I see something very notable happening. The way other nations in the world, particularly developed democracies, view the United States is undergoing a radical reassessment.
Anonymous philanthropy is history: From Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez to the Tangs, meet the new royal donors
In a narcissistic twist, society’s benefactors broadcast that they are as generous as they are powerful, getting their names associated with culturally relevant institutions in exchange for cash
english.elpais.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
American media rarely talks about this, but in doing the daily research for SR, I see something very notable happening. The way other nations in the world, particularly developed democracies, view the United States is undergoing a radical reassessment.
When I look at the United States today, what I see is a country that has betrayed itself and become a neo-medieval culture governed by only one priority: greed. This Jeff Bezos story illustrates what I mean.
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Wants to Dump Millions of Gallons of Waste Into a Protected Lagoon
Space Coast communities have spent years and millions of dollars restoring the Indian River Lagoon. Now, they hope to stop Blue Origin from reversing that progress.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
When I look at the United States today, what I see is a country that has betrayed itself and become a neo-medieval culture governed by only one priority: greed. This Jeff Bezos story illustrates what I mean.
At various times in my life, I have been an investigative reporter, or feature writer for seven newspapers. I have also been the editor of several nationa magazines. In every one, without exception, the absolute requirement was to be fact-based.
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
At various times in my life, I have been an investigative reporter, or feature writer for seven newspapers. I have also been the editor of several nationa magazines. In every one, without exception, the absolute requirement was to be fact-based.