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Caring Uncle Minpict

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026
here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win.
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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...
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Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages
A key issue is protections against layoffs from AI
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404 Media @404media.co · 31/03/2026
NEW: Thomson Reuters, the media company which is also a data broker, has long provided personal data for ICE tools, according to documents obtained by 404 Media and sources. There are also indications its data is now part of the Palantir system ICE uses to find which neighborhoods to target.
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How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir
Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used ICE.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We are in a magical legal setting where we must have shutdowns because it would violate the Anti-Deficiency Act otherwise, but also the President can ignore the Anti-Deficiency Act to unilaterally fund favored agencies when he feels like it. Seems better to just give up on shutdowns altogether.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
JFC. Impeach and remove this lawless man, you fools.
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The Trump administration will receive a $10 billion fee for brokering the deal that kept TikTok alive in the U.S.
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Lisa Rice @itslisarice.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Since the CFPB has been stripped of its power, Credit Bureaus aren't correcting mistakes on consumers' credit reports. www.propublica.org/article/cred...
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Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers’ Reports Under Trump’s CFPB
The credit bureaus have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
We built the United Nations, with all its flaws, with the hope of never having World War II again and we're going to have to build a new set of multilateral institutions with the hope of never having Donald J. Trump again
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 07/03/2026
Outside Minneapolis City Hall, two protesters blocked a van labeled with “Midwest Plumbing” decals advertising a disconnected phone number. The driver pointed a pistol at them. One of the armed men shot pepperballs into the crowd. The men weren’t federal agents. They were bounty hunters.
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As Operation Metro Surge recedes, concern grows over tactics of Twin Cities bounty hunters
There are no licenses needed to become a bounty hunter in Minnesota, an issue that is raising concerns after highly public actions by bounty hunters in the Twin Cities this week.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
What a public health nightmare. “At least 14 active measles cases have been reported at a troubled El Paso tent camp holding more than 3,000 immigrants… Another 112 people in the facility are being isolated. The outbreak has closed the detention center to visitors” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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14 measles cases reported at El Paso ICE tent camp
The latest outbreak comes after a spate of COVID-19 and tuberculosis cases were reported at Camp East Montana, which holds more than 3,000 immigrants.
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404 Media @404media.co · 03/03/2026
SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements
An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...
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Caring Uncle Minpict @cabinfever.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Sunning + stunning
A tabby and white cat with huge ears, bathed in sunlight
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 20/02/2026
After Javier Abreu-Vasquez was released from the ICE detention center in El Paso Wednesday, two Minnesota nonprofits worked to coordinate Abreu-Vasquez’s stay at Annunciation House, a local El Paso nonprofit.
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Kidney transplant recipient is back home in Minnesota after two weeks in ICE custody
A kidney transplant recipient who had been in ICE custody in Texas for two weeks without access to many of his life-saving medications finally returned home in Minnesota Thursday night.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Fuck this is stunningly good. Perfect snapshots of the Twin Cities. "We are legion, the local moms and dads, we cruise the city in our minivans. You can’t shoot us all." (Gift link)
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Opinion | In the Resistance, We Drive Minivans
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
U / west bank [02.13.26]
our lady
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A 76-year-old veteran and nurse was tackled and detained at the site of Alex Pretti's killing. Agents told him his phone was evidence in an investigation into him assaulting an officer. “I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
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Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? • Minnesota Reformer
After the federal agents took the shackles off Gust Johnson’s ankles to release him from detainment, he asked for his phone back. That would be staying at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, th...
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school. Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools. “I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
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ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Worth stating this clearly: American constitutional law affords due process protections to non-citizens, even those without legal status. Any official who does not respect those rights—whether a political official or law enforcement officer—violates their oath to support the Constitution.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors
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Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Even if Bovino gets fired, ICE has to go. Even if Noem is out, ICE has to go. Even when Trump leaves office, ICE has to go. As protests grow and ICE's popularity drops, we may see concessions and leadership changes, like Bovino's departure. ICE still has to go. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
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Live updates: Top Border Patrol official Bovino expected to leave Minneapolis as Trump sends Homan to the state | CNN
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
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Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I welcome anyone who genuinely changes their opinions to the cause. Pick up a whistle and come join us. But if you've been wrong about everything for decades, you don't get to be in charge here. Being accepted does not mean trusted to lead. It's not a punishment. It's the norm.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If neighbors in a small town help rebuild houses after a tornado, they're correctly lauded for their compassion and hard work to support people in need. They're held up as exemplars of Heartland Values. What we are doing in Minneapolis is the same thing, fundamentally.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/01/2026
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ICE Kills Another American
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It starts in the states, and it requires two things: proportional representation for legislative bodies, and fusion voting in single-winner races. Eventually rolling back state-run party primaries, too. But PR is the only immediate “have a multi-party system” switch to flip and states can do it.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
At the beginning of the video, the man is directing traffic. He is not engaging with ICE. He appeared to be trying to help and protect two other observers who were engaging with ICE after they were sprayed and shoved to the ground. The victim does not initiate the violence that followed. ICE did.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Why are they sending witnesses to Whipple? WHY ARE THEY SENDING WITNESSES TO WHIPPLE?
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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Here's the video interview with the women who got arrested by ICE, saved the ICE agent's life after he had a seizure (because the other ICE agents didn't help him) and then got rearrested. youtu.be/atY_aW3isYk?...
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Woman detained after helping ICE agent
YouTube video by KARE 11
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Shower Cat @shower-cat.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Over time these initially looney ideas float around in the ether and stop being fringe. There is no reason the left of center can’t to do the same thing. Restoration of the prior status quo is impossible, so we must think creatively about what comes next to build the new constitutional republic.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 24/01/2026
NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week. It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...
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Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE
(RNS)— Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block t...
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23/01/2026
As clergy pray, arrests begin
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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Yesterday a reporter asked me for comment about Minneapolis’ opposition to ICE. I got kind of worked up and sent way more than I should have. The piece is great—it’s in my prior post. But I wanted post my comments in full here:
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A lot of what we’re experiencing in Minnesota is exactly what experts warned would happen with mass deportations. It’s always different to experience something for yourself than to imagine it. But the idea that ICE’s actions wouldn’t impact everyone feels truly absurd to me now.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This law group led by @rickpildes.bsky.social had me write for their 100 Ideas series on US democracy My idea: the rule of law cannot coexist with this level of wealth concentration. Once Musk, Bezos, Zuck, & a few others bend the knee, the authoritarian consolidates too much power
"[Flor where some possess much, and the others nothing, there may arise an extreme democracy, or a pure oligarchy; or a tyranny may grow out of either extreme." It seems that American society has forgotten this wisdom of Aristotle over two thousand years ago: extreme wealth inequality destroys constitutions. It's time we remembered.
Aristotle was concerned with the extremes of both oligarchy and democracy. The Framers were well aware of Aristotle's concern as they designed the U.S.
Constitution, which would feature democratic elections as well as strong protections for civil liberties, checks and balances, and (probably too heavily weighted) legislative representation for geographic minorities.
But Aristotle could not have anticipated the particular level of top- heavy wealth inequality in 21st century America. It is not the kind of inequality easily captured in a Gini coefficient or in comparisons between the 1% and 99%. American wealth inequality is characterized by the very, very top of the distribution. The top 12 billionaires in the United States, most of them in the tech sector, hold a combined wealth of over $2 trillion. The pace of wealth accumulation at the top is only increasing. Elon Musk, the wealthiest individual in human history and likely to be the first trillionaire, doubled his net worth in just the calendar year of 2024.
It is this wealth inequality, combined with a particular technological moment, that has dismantled electoral democracy and the rule of law.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I don't understand how the occupation of Minneapolis is not a full-blown, all-hands-on-deck national talking point, as it surely would be if a Democrat were in the White House and federal troops were in a standoff in, I don't know, some random conservative compound in Idaho
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 21/01/2026
We could use some more reporting on ICE use of Medicaid data to target people. What kinds of databases, in which states, can ICE access? stateline.org/2026/01/20/i...
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ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live • Stateline
In a win for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, a recent court ruling has cleared the way for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume using states’ Medicaid data to find people...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: 
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
America 2026 apnews.com/article/immi...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/01/2026
Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
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Becky Zosia Dernbach @bzosiad.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
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Minn. man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after ICE arrest
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was so...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
“Martrich argued the solution lies in restoring consistent investment in federal weather infrastructure, including staffing, observational networks and computing power. "Without robust model guidance, the nation’s ability to anticipate and respond to weather hazards is weakened”
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Local meteorologist warns federal cuts are undermining weather forecasts nationwide
EPAWA meteorologist Bobby Martrich is sounding the alarm on cuts at the federal level he says are quietly eroding the reliability of weather forecasts across the country, from national outlooks to the local forecasts residents rely on every day.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Trump demanding control of Greenland—which the US already has access to—is based on multi-layered lies. Threatening NATO allies to get it undermines the Western alliance. I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
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With Greenland Threats, Trump is Destroying the Western Alliance
A point-by-point breakdown of Donald Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre about a Nobel Peace Prize and control of Greenland
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Missed this a few days ago: Two U.S. citizens grabbed by ICE say there were cells reserved for Americans. Also, they weren’t given medical attention or allowed to go to the bathroom. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Shaxs from Star Trek Lower Decks is pictured. He's a cartoon, because Lower Decks, besides being the best effing show ever, is a cartoon. Shaxs is a big burly man wearing his gold Star fleet uniform and also an apron over the front like he's doing some sort of art project or baking a nice sourdough. In each hand he's holding a broken bottle like that thing you do where you take a bottle and break off the bottom and then use it as a weapon. His eyeballs are bulging large, his brow is furrowed, and he looks absolutely unhinged with rage and fury. Closed caption reads, "Fighting fascism is a full time job!"
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Doug Garrison @dhgarrison.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
MN has an undeserved reputation of being full of overly nice, liberal pushovers, but I will remind you that it is the only state to routinely refuse to return captured Confederate flags and produces more hockey players than any other state. These are hardy people who will happily kick your ass.
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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Three SpaceX rockets exploded unexpectedly last year – twice raining down debris over busy airspace. “It literally looked like the sun coming out,” one passenger said. Such midair scrambles could become more frequent as launches increase, experts say. www.propublica.org/article/spac...
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“We’re Too Close to the Debris”: How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk
The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to p...
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
My colleague @adamsearing.bsky.social notes how Trump Admin will allow only 15% of the $50B in rural health funds in H.R. 1 to be used to reimburse rural hospitals despite being framed as a way to mitigate the draconian #Medicaid cuts harming rural hospitals: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/10/21/t...
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Trump Administration Severely Limits Rural Health Transformation Funds for Rural Hospitals and Clinics – Capped at 15%
Passage of the budget reconciliation law signed into law by President Trump (HR1) will result in a gross reduction of $990 billion in federal Medicaid and CHIP spending over 10 years and an increas…
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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 10/01/2026
On one hand, Columbo is a police lieutenant, which is bad. On the other hand, Columbo makes more sense if you view him not as a cop but as some sort of supernatural entity, like a fey
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