xpostfactoid
@xpostfactoid.bsky.social
Blogging mostly healthcare policy at http://xpostfactoid.substack.com. ACA implementation watcher. CSR czar. AKA Andrew Sprung.
96 immigration judges purged by the Trump admin include "all 10 that appeared on the DHS Bureaucrat Watch List, a website created...with funding from The Heritage Foundation, whose Project 2025 was a blueprint for the Trump admin’s policies and personnel decisions."
Heritage is fascist trash.
Heritage is fascist trash.
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
The nation's immigration courts have undergone a fundamental change under the administration of President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
96 immigration judges purged by the Trump admin include "all 10 that appeared on the DHS Bureaucrat Watch List, a website created...with funding from The Heritage Foundation, whose Project 2025 was a blueprint for the Trump admin’s policies and personnel decisions."
Heritage is fascist trash.
Heritage is fascist trash.
Call me when he's under 30%.
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Call me when he's under 30%.
Nazi scum. We're governed by Nazi scum.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Nazi scum. We're governed by Nazi scum.
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
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Had my hair done today. I’ve been going to the same small-town stylist for a decade. Want to know the topic of conversation in the ENTIRE salon?
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Had my hair done today. I’ve been going to the same small-town stylist for a decade. Want to know the topic of conversation in the ENTIRE salon?
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
The key term here is "tool of the antichrist"
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The key term here is "tool of the antichrist"
Over the past nine months, the Trump administration has fired almost 90 immigration judges seen by Trump’s allies as too lenient, directed masked officers to handcuff migrants at closed asylum hearings and sent memos instructing judges to fall into line.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
The nation's immigration courts have undergone a fundamental change under the administration of President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Over the past nine months, the Trump administration has fired almost 90 immigration judges seen by Trump’s allies as too lenient, directed masked officers to handcuff migrants at closed asylum hearings and sent memos instructing judges to fall into line.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Evergreen: there has never been and never will be a credible Trump/GOP Congress plan to repeal & replace the ACA. The only plan has always been repealing/deeply cutting the ACA coverage expansions & cutting rest of #Medicaid to help pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. That’s what HR 1 did this summer.
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Evergreen: there has never been and never will be a credible Trump/GOP Congress plan to repeal & replace the ACA. The only plan has always been repealing/deeply cutting the ACA coverage expansions & cutting rest of #Medicaid to help pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. That’s what HR 1 did this summer.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
At Delaney Hall in Newark, Geo Group won't spring for an indoor visitor waiting area. Here's their setup for winter visiting.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
At Delaney Hall in Newark, Geo Group won't spring for an indoor visitor waiting area. Here's their setup for winter visiting.
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📣 Programming Note: I recently joined @anamariecox.bsky.social & @mike-eagle.bsky.social on @pastduepodcast.com for an hour to discuss how to navigate the crazy 2026 #ACA Open Enrollment Period. Tune in!
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What Do We Need to Know About the ACA? with Charles Gaba | Past Due with AMC and OME
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November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📣 Programming Note: I recently joined @anamariecox.bsky.social & @mike-eagle.bsky.social on @pastduepodcast.com for an hour to discuss how to navigate the crazy 2026 #ACA Open Enrollment Period. Tune in!
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He's bought and sold. Or bought and selling.
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
He's bought and sold. Or bought and selling.
Can someone recommend a good overview of the investigations and lawsuits against companies the Trump admin has dropped? SEC, FCPA, EPA, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Can someone recommend a good overview of the investigations and lawsuits against companies the Trump admin has dropped? SEC, FCPA, EPA, etc.
The benefits created by the ACA go well beyond subsidized plans in the individual market and Medicaid expansion.
@louisenorris.bsky.social has a list of 50 distinct populations that benefit from ACA provisions. This is real! Check it out.
@louisenorris.bsky.social has a list of 50 distinct populations that benefit from ACA provisions. This is real! Check it out.
50 populations whose lives are better thanks to the ACA
Millions of Americans would have worse health insurance – or none at all – without Obamacare's provisions. But the law's protections extend beyond insurance benefits.
www.healthinsurance.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The benefits created by the ACA go well beyond subsidized plans in the individual market and Medicaid expansion.
@louisenorris.bsky.social has a list of 50 distinct populations that benefit from ACA provisions. This is real! Check it out.
@louisenorris.bsky.social has a list of 50 distinct populations that benefit from ACA provisions. This is real! Check it out.
And Trump's shadow proposal (as dribbled out in various news reports) was skillful in a perverse way: it has perhaps just enough poison pills, or not-quite-poison pills, to make it hard for Democrats to reject.
xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/the-shadow...
xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/the-shadow...
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And Trump's shadow proposal (as dribbled out in various news reports) was skillful in a perverse way: it has perhaps just enough poison pills, or not-quite-poison pills, to make it hard for Democrats to reject.
xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/the-shadow...
xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/the-shadow...
Trump's proposal for renewing the enhanced ACA subsidies was pretty bad.
But it was too good for Republicans in Congress (and surprisingly targeted and substantive, considering the source).
via @citizencohn.bsky.social
But it was too good for Republicans in Congress (and surprisingly targeted and substantive, considering the source).
via @citizencohn.bsky.social
Trump Discovers, Yet Again, That Health Care Policy Is Hard
He’s floating compromise ideas on Obamacare subsidies, but Republicans in Congress aren’t interested.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trump's proposal for renewing the enhanced ACA subsidies was pretty bad.
But it was too good for Republicans in Congress (and surprisingly targeted and substantive, considering the source).
via @citizencohn.bsky.social
But it was too good for Republicans in Congress (and surprisingly targeted and substantive, considering the source).
via @citizencohn.bsky.social
RIP Jimmy Cliff.
This is in my personal top 3 lyrics anywhere:
Did you ever have to laugh
When you felt like crying,
Who feels it knows it.
Did you ever have to live
When you felt like dying,
Who feels it knows it.
This is in my personal top 3 lyrics anywhere:
Did you ever have to laugh
When you felt like crying,
Who feels it knows it.
Did you ever have to live
When you felt like dying,
Who feels it knows it.
Jimmy Cliff .... Who Feels It , Knows It
YouTube video by Tonton Ouzouk
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff.
This is in my personal top 3 lyrics anywhere:
Did you ever have to laugh
When you felt like crying,
Who feels it knows it.
Did you ever have to live
When you felt like dying,
Who feels it knows it.
This is in my personal top 3 lyrics anywhere:
Did you ever have to laugh
When you felt like crying,
Who feels it knows it.
Did you ever have to live
When you felt like dying,
Who feels it knows it.
LOL
Trump on his administration's initial Russia-friendly peace plan: "That was not a plan. It was a concept."
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
LOL
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Impediments to coverage in Trump's alleged ACA plan:
- minimum premiums (-4% enrollment?)
- end silver loading (-2%?)
- require proof income over 100% FPL (-... a lot?)
- 700% FPL cap (- 1%)?
- minimum premiums (-4% enrollment?)
- end silver loading (-2%?)
- require proof income over 100% FPL (-... a lot?)
- 700% FPL cap (- 1%)?
Harsh side effects in Trump's ACA prescription
It may be a fool’s errand to write about reported features of a now-stayed Trump administration plan to extend the enhanced ACA premium subsidies for two years, with various conditions and haircuts im...
xpostfactoid.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Impediments to coverage in Trump's alleged ACA plan:
- minimum premiums (-4% enrollment?)
- end silver loading (-2%?)
- require proof income over 100% FPL (-... a lot?)
- 700% FPL cap (- 1%)?
- minimum premiums (-4% enrollment?)
- end silver loading (-2%?)
- require proof income over 100% FPL (-... a lot?)
- 700% FPL cap (- 1%)?
Cashier Patel
KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH, THIS IS NOT A DRILL, REPEAT KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Cashier Patel
The ill effects of Long Trump
We have seen & heard enough from RFK Jr. for me to confidently predict the Long COVID Consortium will
- be driven by pseudoscience & lie
- spend a disproportionate amount of time on post-vaccination syndromes, &
- promote fringe treatments that have poor evidence or are known to cause harm
- be driven by pseudoscience & lie
- spend a disproportionate amount of time on post-vaccination syndromes, &
- promote fringe treatments that have poor evidence or are known to cause harm
It's now been over two months, and we still don't have any updates from the federal government on RFK Jr.'s Long COVID Consortium. During the meeting the head of ARPA-H stated they would have plans within "weeks".
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/21/i...
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/21/i...
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The ill effects of Long Trump
While extending the ARPA-enhanced ACA subsidies, Trump's shadow plan hacks at enrollment in myriad other ways
Harsh side effects in Trump's shadow ACA prescription
It may be a fool’s errand to write about reported features of a now-stayed Trump administration plan to extend the enhanced ACA premium subsidies for two years, with various conditions and haircuts im...
xpostfactoid.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
While extending the ARPA-enhanced ACA subsidies, Trump's shadow plan hacks at enrollment in myriad other ways
Republican willingness to cross Trump could be double-edged. His nascent proposal was already poison-pilled. It will get worse, unless he just says 'fuck it' and pushes for more or less clean subsidy extension.
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Republican willingness to cross Trump could be double-edged. His nascent proposal was already poison-pilled. It will get worse, unless he just says 'fuck it' and pushes for more or less clean subsidy extension.
Time for the annual pre-winter mystery: what is triggering these afternoon internal rainbows?
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Time for the annual pre-winter mystery: what is triggering these afternoon internal rainbows?