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Kathleen M Kendrick's avatar

Thank you! I can’t believe the part about the courts isn’t headline news!

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Barbara Tolley's avatar

Thanks for the excellent synopsis of the big awful budget

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Christina Re's avatar

Instead of targeting the recipient of Medicaid and Snap why not target the corporations that create these impoverished full time employees? They need to be accountable to society for paying their employees liveable salaries and benefits. They should not be allowed to farm those expenses to American taxpayers or the federal and state governments. It’s such a corrupt system of oligarchy that we have had for decades.

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Mama Bear's avatar

Anand, please add this one, which is huge and life-threatening to the small but targeted transgender population: it cuts coverage of gender-affirming care (including hormone therapy) to trans people of all ages on Medicaid or ACA. The trans community will be devastated by this.

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Michele McGurrin's avatar

Definitely Cruelty!!

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Eugene Blake's avatar

God bless you, Anand, your voice and energy and positive enthusiasm are comforting and inspiring. Your fact-based presentation on Morning Joe today was powerful. I read your recent commencement speech…like most graduates and parents, I’ve heard a bunch of- Sen Barbara Jordan spoke at my Tufts graduation, ‘73….I thought that was the best of all….but your speech took the cake.

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Kirk Mann's avatar

I am a brand new subscriber and loved your interview about AI Empire. Listening to Ms. Hao's must read book. I want to let you know I love your journalism and interviews. Great work! I am somewhat new to sub stack and have a publishing page but my gig is Chinese medicine for 30 years, nature photography, and passion is songwriting. I do have a rewrite of The Star-Spangled Banner that is streaming on YouTube that you might enjoy the video and tune titled: Let It Ring. https://youtu.be/Np0DucTn00Y?si=7Fy0Haz-rDcDVsjB

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Anne Lockwood's avatar

Write your congress reps and demand that those w AGI $200K or less pay NO TAXES. We are at our Boston Tea Party moment: No taxation without representation. We have no representation - only the million and billionaires do.

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Tom Huntington's avatar

Why aren’t we hearing our Democratic congress people and senate people sounding the alarm with Caring Outrage …

Caring Truth-talking … like you do Anand & Anat ?

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Suzanne's avatar

I appreciate the synopsis. It's helpful seeing the dangerous parts lined out. I would like to see the cuts to Medicare added, as they have been obscured by not being mentioned and will be automatically cut due to the deficit. Another concern I'm reading about, that I would like help clarifying, are the strategic dates of activation for after the 2026/2028 elections. I'm hearing both and am not sure how this is to be implemented.

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