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Yesterday, Trump says he won't touch Medicaid or Medicare
Today, he endorses the House GOP budget resolution that opens the door to billions in cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and the Affordable Care Act.
The math isn’t mathing.
A liar's a liar's liar.
Work ALL my f'ing life paying into Medicare and in less than four months of reaping the benefits this happens. What is ironic is that Medicare is not free! There's a standard cost of $185.00 per month.
Social Security will be next. Mark my words.
11-year-old took her own life after classmates threatened to call ICE on her family, devastated mother reveals
‘I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately, nothing could be done,’ despaired her mother
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jocelynn-rojo-carranza-texas-suicide-b2700695.html?utm_source=snews&utm_medium=referral
Are we happy now, MAGA?
‘I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately, nothing could be done,’ despaired her mother
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jocelynn-rojo-carranza-texas-suicide-b2700695.html?utm_source=snews&utm_medium=referral
Are we happy now, MAGA?
Similiar event happened to my friends kid at school about 7/8years ago..kids threatened him and told him his grandmother was here illegally and she was gonna get deported etc etc.. fortunately he did not take his own life but he was def rattled as he was maybe 10ish years old at the time..people are heartless..and what happened here is tragic
A fiery Bernie Sanders
AMERICAN POLITICIAN SPEAKS SENSE!
In a stirring speech yesterday, Bernie Sanders, the best presidential nominee the Democrat Party never had, showed the way forward, to defeat Trumpism.
'To all those moaning Minnies forever bleating that "Trump's done this!" or "Trump's done that!!" 'I say this: Get off your useless arses and fight back against him! Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians inside the DC beltway. It will only be defeated by millions of Americans, in every state in this country, coming together in a strong, grassroots movement which says no to oligarchy, no to authoritarianism, no to kleptocracy, no to massive cuts in programs that working people desperately need, no to huge tax breaks for the richest people in our country. Isn't that right, ajay?'
'Yes, it is, Bernie lad. You've hit the nail bang on the head there. I've been saying the same thing for years, but nobody listens. They just keep copy and pasting stuff on to a poetry website. I mean, what the f*ck difference will that make to anything?'
'We can only keep trying, ajay, in the hope that eventually some sense will eventually penetrate their thick skulls and they'll get off their useless arses, unite and engage in practical action.'
'That's all we can do, Bernie. Solidarity,, comrade.'
'Solidarity, ajay. Keep it flying! 🚩
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/19/trumpism-bernie-sanders
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Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself ‘king’
US president made comparison after administration rescinded New York City’s congestion pricing plan
We stood up to a king': New York will sue to block Trump move to halt congestion pricing
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/trump-backlash-social-media-king
Image: Posted by the White House
APPLE REMOVES ADVANCED DATA PROTECTION TOOL IN FACE OF UK GOVERNMENT REQUEST
Apple says removal of tool after government asked for right to see data will make iCloud users more vulnerable
Full story:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/21/apple-removes-advanced-data-protection-tool-uk-government
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I feel absolutely nauseated. I am so sorry for Palestinians and so grateful for the Arab nations, particularly Egypt, opposing our malefic excuse for a leader. There should've been a two-state law decades ago.
Trump’s Gaza relocation bombshell leaves Arabs scrambling for a counteroffer
DOHA, Qatar — President Trump’s plan to uproot more than 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, relocate them to neighboring Arab states and remake the territory as a Middle Eastern “Riviera” has already had one clear real‐world impact: It has rocked Arab states and forced them to reconsider an endgame to the latest eruption of Palestinian-Israeli violence.
Mr. Trump has suggested that Cairo take in some of the 2.2 million Palestinian Gazans, but Egyptian officials insist that no move will remove Gaza residents from their homeland.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/14/trump-gaza-relocation-bombshell-leaves-arabs-scram/
Trump’s Gaza relocation bombshell leaves Arabs scrambling for a counteroffer
DOHA, Qatar — President Trump’s plan to uproot more than 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, relocate them to neighboring Arab states and remake the territory as a Middle Eastern “Riviera” has already had one clear real‐world impact: It has rocked Arab states and forced them to reconsider an endgame to the latest eruption of Palestinian-Israeli violence.
Mr. Trump has suggested that Cairo take in some of the 2.2 million Palestinian Gazans, but Egyptian officials insist that no move will remove Gaza residents from their homeland.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/14/trump-gaza-relocation-bombshell-leaves-arabs-scram/
Ahavati said:
A liar's a liar's liar.
Work ALL my f'ing life paying into Medicare and in less than four months of reaping the benefits this happens. What is ironic is that Medicare is not free! There's a standard cost of $185.00 per month.
Social Security will be next. Mark my words.
I hope you marked them because here we go:
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-social-security-elon-musk-trump-closures-benefits
Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, AP sources say
Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, an advocacy group for the preservation of Social Security benefits, said of DOGE’s efforts that “there is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is. And my understanding is that it has already occurred.”
https://apnews.com/article/social-security-elon-musk-doge-164c91f8477d5e7833af7f6de4bbde57
Coming soon to location near you: Christian Nationalism
A liar's a liar's liar.
Work ALL my f'ing life paying into Medicare and in less than four months of reaping the benefits this happens. What is ironic is that Medicare is not free! There's a standard cost of $185.00 per month.
Social Security will be next. Mark my words.
I hope you marked them because here we go:
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-social-security-elon-musk-trump-closures-benefits
Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, AP sources say
Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, an advocacy group for the preservation of Social Security benefits, said of DOGE’s efforts that “there is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is. And my understanding is that it has already occurred.”
https://apnews.com/article/social-security-elon-musk-doge-164c91f8477d5e7833af7f6de4bbde57
Coming soon to location near you: Christian Nationalism
Authoritarian regime, anyone?
Last night’s Friday Night News Dump was a doozy: Trump has purged the country’s military leadership. He has fired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown, who Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested got the job only because he is Black, and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who was the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and whom Hegseth called a “DEI hire.” As soon as he took office, Trump fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, giving her just three hours to vacate her home on base. Last night, Trump also fired the Air Force vice chief of staff, General James Slife.
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Talking Points Memo’s Marshall pointed out. “If you’re planning to give illegal orders they are an obvious obstacle.” “Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI,” military specialist Tom Nichols wrote in The Atlantic, “the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government.”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-22-2025
Last night’s Friday Night News Dump was a doozy: Trump has purged the country’s military leadership. He has fired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown, who Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested got the job only because he is Black, and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who was the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and whom Hegseth called a “DEI hire.” As soon as he took office, Trump fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, giving her just three hours to vacate her home on base. Last night, Trump also fired the Air Force vice chief of staff, General James Slife.
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Talking Points Memo’s Marshall pointed out. “If you’re planning to give illegal orders they are an obvious obstacle.” “Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI,” military specialist Tom Nichols wrote in The Atlantic, “the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government.”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-22-2025
