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Rep. Jasmine Crockett torches GOP hypocrisy: You can’t scream “pro-life” while slashing healthcare + food aid. You worship Orbán, funnel tax $$ to Musk, and kill programs helping abuse survivors + migrant kids-then cry about nonprofits. Blue states bankroll this whole damn country. Fucking Enough is Enough

Rep. Crockett: Earlier someone was talking about cities being hellholes. Los Angeles contributes almost 20 billion in taxes. That’s more than all states in this country except for four.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAB07VSOXy0

#usa #congress

Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
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GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Medicaid #Healthcare #Congress #Trump #GOP #BigBeautifulBill

#Trump Urges #Congress to ‘Kill’ #VoiceOfAmerica as Its *Leader* Defends Gutting It

In a heated hearing, #KariLake, the Trump [crackpot] ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the #media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.

#law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/trump-lake-voice-of-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The #Senate on Friday rejected a #Democratic measure that would have forced #Trump to go to #Congress for approval of another #military strike against #Iran [he was supposed to for the first]. The resolution had little chance of succeeding in a #Republican-controlled & Trump lick-spittle Congress.

#Constitution #law #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutiveAuthority #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/trump-war-powers-iran-strike.html?smid=url-share

"Power, Progress, and Patient-Led Change"

An overiew of Advocacy Week 2025 from Solve ME:

https://solvecfs.org/advocacy-week-2025-power-progress-and-patient-led-change/

"In a single week, the Solve M.E. community took part in 187 congressional meetings—sharing powerful personal stories, urgent data, and clear policy goals with Senate and House offices."

@mecfs @longcovid

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#USPol #MEcfs #LongCovid #POTS #Congress #Senate #Advocacy #SolveME

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The #Trump admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal #funding for #schools that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for #students learning English, #teacher training & other services.

The money, which was already allocated by #Congress, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *#Education* Department notified #state education agencies that the money would not be available.

#law #policy #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

A federal appeals #court is hearing arguments Thursday in a case that could kneecap Trump's global tariff regime.

#Trump has held up the case as a life-or-death moment for his #trade agenda. The plaintiffs in the case say the president has usurped the power of #Congress to set #tariffs.
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#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #NealKatyal
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/trump-trade-tariffs-lawsuit-hearing.html