Samantha Sheldon
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Obamacare and other public health care plans such as Medicare for All are more popular than ever. The poll comes as tax credits for qualified enrollees on the ACA’s insurance marketplaces are set to expire at the end of this month, increasing their premiums to as much as double their current cost.
Polls Showing High Support for ACA, Medicare for All, Reveal Voters Back Publicly Funded Health Care
The Affordable Care Act has received 50 percent or higher approval ratings since 2019.
truthout.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Obamacare and other public health care plans such as Medicare for All are more popular than ever. The poll comes as tax credits for qualified enrollees on the ACA’s insurance marketplaces are set to expire at the end of this month, increasing their premiums to as much as double their current cost.
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Breaking news: Ukraine will not surrender territory, President Zelensky declared, rejecting a central Russian demand that President Trump had incorporated into his latest proposal to end the Kremlin’s war.
Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not give up territory, not to hasten peace talks, not to satisfy Washington and not under pressure from Moscow.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Breaking news: Ukraine will not surrender territory, President Zelensky declared, rejecting a central Russian demand that President Trump had incorporated into his latest proposal to end the Kremlin’s war.
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"As heavily armed and camouflage-clad Border Patrol agents crowded into the plaza outside the Japanese American museum...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"As heavily armed and camouflage-clad Border Patrol agents crowded into the plaza outside the Japanese American museum...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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"As masked agents dragged the woman from her car, wrestled her to the ground and forced handcuffs on her, she yelled, 'I’m a US citizen. Please help me! This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'
She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."
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Woman forcefully detained in Keys was driving ‘illegal’ boyfriend’s car, feds say
The woman in medical scrubs, who was a U.S. citizen, was yanked from her car and wrestled to the ground by federal immigration agents in a Key Largo traffic stop Wednesday before she was released.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"As masked agents dragged the woman from her car, wrestled her to the ground and forced handcuffs on her, she yelled, 'I’m a US citizen. Please help me! This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'
She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
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My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
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Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
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December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
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"The woman, a U.S. citizen who was born in Edina Minnesota, was zip-tied when she was detained near Nicollet Mall..."
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December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"The woman, a U.S. citizen who was born in Edina Minnesota, was zip-tied when she was detained near Nicollet Mall..."
www.fox9.com/news/u-s-cit...
www.fox9.com/news/u-s-cit...
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"She said she repeatedly told the agents she’s a U.S. citizen.
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
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“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Video shows masked Border Patrol agent chasing woman back to her Louisiana home
Jacelynn Guzman said she is a U.S.-born citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it "determined the individual in question was not the target."
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"She said she repeatedly told the agents she’s a U.S. citizen.
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Q: Is the default of the administration that even if it's a little bit more expensive, homegrown produce is better than cheaper produce made abroad?
TRUMP: I like homegrown. You know, some things we can't grow because we don't have the heat. Little delicacies.
TRUMP: I like homegrown. You know, some things we can't grow because we don't have the heat. Little delicacies.
December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Q: Is the default of the administration that even if it's a little bit more expensive, homegrown produce is better than cheaper produce made abroad?
TRUMP: I like homegrown. You know, some things we can't grow because we don't have the heat. Little delicacies.
TRUMP: I like homegrown. You know, some things we can't grow because we don't have the heat. Little delicacies.
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Trump is giving another $12 billion of taxpayer money to bail out farmers again from his disastrous policies. Just like he had to bail them out in his first term from his disastrous policies. But they will continue to vote Republican, as long as they keep getting their welfare checks.
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trump is giving another $12 billion of taxpayer money to bail out farmers again from his disastrous policies. Just like he had to bail them out in his first term from his disastrous policies. But they will continue to vote Republican, as long as they keep getting their welfare checks.
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents during a raid last week.
Remember: ICE is getting $170B in new funding from Trump's Big Ugly Bill and lowering its hiring standards.
If Trump's thugs can do this to a member of Congress, they can do it to you.
Remember: ICE is getting $170B in new funding from Trump's Big Ugly Bill and lowering its hiring standards.
If Trump's thugs can do this to a member of Congress, they can do it to you.
December 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents during a raid last week.
Remember: ICE is getting $170B in new funding from Trump's Big Ugly Bill and lowering its hiring standards.
If Trump's thugs can do this to a member of Congress, they can do it to you.
Remember: ICE is getting $170B in new funding from Trump's Big Ugly Bill and lowering its hiring standards.
If Trump's thugs can do this to a member of Congress, they can do it to you.
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Yes. We must extend the ACA tax credits so that over 20 million Americans don't see a doubling in their health premiums, on average. But we must do more. We cannot remain the only major country not to guarantee health care for all as a human right.
We must pass Medicare for All.
We must pass Medicare for All.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Yes. We must extend the ACA tax credits so that over 20 million Americans don't see a doubling in their health premiums, on average. But we must do more. We cannot remain the only major country not to guarantee health care for all as a human right.
We must pass Medicare for All.
We must pass Medicare for All.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she broke with Trump after he called her a traitor and ignored threats against her family. Read the full story at bit.ly/4pmugob
#MarjorieTaylorGreene #DonaldTrump #MAGA #GOP #PoliticalNews #USPolitics #BreakingNews #CurrentEvents
#MarjorieTaylorGreene #DonaldTrump #MAGA #GOP #PoliticalNews #USPolitics #BreakingNews #CurrentEvents
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she broke with Trump after he called her a traitor and ignored threats against her family. Read the full story at bit.ly/4pmugob
#MarjorieTaylorGreene #DonaldTrump #MAGA #GOP #PoliticalNews #USPolitics #BreakingNews #CurrentEvents
#MarjorieTaylorGreene #DonaldTrump #MAGA #GOP #PoliticalNews #USPolitics #BreakingNews #CurrentEvents
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Trump’s $12 billion aid package for farmers essentially a “Sorry we started a trade war, here’s a consolation prize” plan. It’s like giving someone a Band-Aid after smashing their thumb with a hammer and saying, “Look, problem solved!”
Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China
A White House official says President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion aid package for U.S. farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president r...
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Trump’s $12 billion aid package for farmers essentially a “Sorry we started a trade war, here’s a consolation prize” plan. It’s like giving someone a Band-Aid after smashing their thumb with a hammer and saying, “Look, problem solved!”
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I've been a fan of Scott Carter since the 90s and I was thrilled to be invited on the Ye Gods podcast - here's the full episode: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
Ye Gods With Scott Carter
John Fuglesang is a comedian, actor, Sirius XM host, and author of Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frau...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've been a fan of Scott Carter since the 90s and I was thrilled to be invited on the Ye Gods podcast - here's the full episode: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
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Tim Walz and his family are being terrorized by MAGAs driving by their house and screaming the R-word at their special needs son, Gus.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/empaths-an...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/empaths-an...
Empaths, Sociopaths, and Why America's Divide Isn't About Politics Anymore
This is not about politics.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tim Walz and his family are being terrorized by MAGAs driving by their house and screaming the R-word at their special needs son, Gus.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/empaths-an...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/empaths-an...
President Trump has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of days Americans can enter national parks for free but added his own birthday and others.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
President Trump has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of days Americans can enter national parks for free but added his own birthday and others.
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"For many of our right-wing friends & neighbors, Jesus is three things: the manger, the miracles, and the cross--but never the three years he spent teaching, reforming, and explaining what a Christian nation would actually need to do to earn that label."
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"For many of our right-wing friends & neighbors, Jesus is three things: the manger, the miracles, and the cross--but never the three years he spent teaching, reforming, and explaining what a Christian nation would actually need to do to earn that label."
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
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From theEconomic Policy Institute-
1979 to 2023:
Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 354%.
Wages for the top 1% grew by abt 182%.
Wages for the bottom 90% grew by abt 44%.
Up next on FOX: why you should be FURIOUS at low-wage undocumented immigrants & trans people!
1979 to 2023:
Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 354%.
Wages for the top 1% grew by abt 182%.
Wages for the bottom 90% grew by abt 44%.
Up next on FOX: why you should be FURIOUS at low-wage undocumented immigrants & trans people!
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
From theEconomic Policy Institute-
1979 to 2023:
Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 354%.
Wages for the top 1% grew by abt 182%.
Wages for the bottom 90% grew by abt 44%.
Up next on FOX: why you should be FURIOUS at low-wage undocumented immigrants & trans people!
1979 to 2023:
Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 354%.
Wages for the top 1% grew by abt 182%.
Wages for the bottom 90% grew by abt 44%.
Up next on FOX: why you should be FURIOUS at low-wage undocumented immigrants & trans people!
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Birthright citizenship exists because the 1857 Dred Scott decision denied the Declaration. Undoing it now would repeat the very sin the 14th Amendment was built to crush.
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Birthright citizenship exists because the 1857 Dred Scott decision denied the Declaration. Undoing it now would repeat the very sin the 14th Amendment was built to crush.
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“Imagine how they behave when encountering defenseless members of our community,” Grijalva said.
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva Pepper Sprayed by ICE Agents in Arizona Raid
“Imagine how they behave when encountering defenseless members of our community,” Grijalva said.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“Imagine how they behave when encountering defenseless members of our community,” Grijalva said.
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We wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social about our recent panel with three U.S. journalists who were aboard the Gaza aid flotillas.
They described facing assaults and threats from Israeli soldiers — and said the U.S. government did little to help.
They described facing assaults and threats from Israeli soldiers — and said the U.S. government did little to help.
US Journalists on Aid Flotillas Allege Israeli Soldier Abuse
A recent panel of three US journalists aboard the Gaza aid flotillas say they faced assault and threats from Israeli soldiers — and that the US government did little to help them.
jacobin.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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