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Catherine Rampell

@crampell.bsky.social
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Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor. Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2h
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h
A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-... By the incomparable @eggerdc.bsky.social
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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.
On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another pre-midterm bribe to voters: www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Trump promises another round of checks before the midterms
The president said he’ll send “nearly $100” checks to 20 million seniors.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Surging flows through Hormuz via high risk ship-to-ship transfers are adding a 30-40 bucks / bbl surcharge to every incremental barrel, driving volume to the market but coming at quite the cost.” bobeunlimited.substack.com/p/expensive-...
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Expensive Supply
Surging flows through Hormuz via high risk ship-to-ship transfers are adding a 30-40 bucks / bbl surcharge to every incremental barrel, driving volume to the market but coming at quite the cost.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/10/2026
@crampell.bsky.social tears apart Trump’s promise of $5,000 checks if Republicans win the midterms, noting they already control the White House and Congress and could send the money now if they wanted to.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/10/2026
Now it's American dairy and cheese producers who are tired of winning under Trump. ICYMI @crampell.bsky.social:
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Who Cut The Cheese? Trump Did.
The dairy industry was supposed to be the one sector that benefited from Trump’s trade war.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You’re missing out if you’re not subscribing to @crampell.bsky.social’s Receipts newsletter!
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In Springfield, OH, nearly 1,400 workers were laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally. Layoffs were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. apnews.com/article/trum...
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...
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Trump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurants
The 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NSF withheld $1.4 billion that Congress had intended for research over the course of the past year www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge in El Paso today issued an emergency injunction blocking the Trump administration's border barrier and road construction across the Big Bend region. #BigBend #NationalParks biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. Photo credit: Laiken Jordahl, Center for Biological Diversity
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain and sent Flight 1073 diving toward the ground had previously been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he had adopted radical ideological views, people familiar with the matter said www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Exclusive | FlyDubai Attacker Had Been Banned From Flying by Oman for Radical Views
The U.A.E. airline later hired the co-pilot who stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In 2014, Marx said there wouldn't be as much domestic violence if women would be happy with "where God has them." It appeared he was suggesting that women were too eager to be in relationships with abusers. Democratic nominee Phil Weiser condemned Marx's comments this week.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The cheese stands alone www.thebulwark.com/p/who-cut-th...
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Who Cut The Cheese? Trump Did.
The dairy industry was supposed to be the one sector that benefited from Trump’s trade war.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
With friends like this, who needs emmentals? www.thebulwark.com/p/who-cut-th...
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Who Cut The Cheese? Trump Did.
The dairy industry was supposed to be the one sector that benefited from Trump’s trade war.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump doesn’t give edam www.thebulwark.com/p/who-cut-th...
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Who Cut The Cheese? Trump Did.
The dairy industry was supposed to be the one sector that benefited from Trump’s trade war.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump Turned His Beloved Golf Hub Into a Ghost Town www.thebulwark.com/p/doral-flor...
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Trump Turned His Beloved Golf Hub Into a Ghost Town
In Doral, there are empty tables, shuttered businesses, and families struggling to survive after their loved ones have been thrown in detention.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Economist analysis of more than 3,000 US counties finds that in reliably GOP counties, annual deaths now exceed births by 0.4 per 1k residents, while in reliably Democratic counties, births exceed deaths by 2.8 per 1k. Population growth in the GOP counties is largely driven by internal migration.
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In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
another way to divert more resources away from the young (who don't vote) and toward the old (who do)
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More than 1.5 million kids were missed in the last U.S. census. The undercount was 2.1% for children <18, and 5.4% for those <5, the highest rate of any age group. Now the Census Bureau is proposing major changes to 2030 Census rules that could make some children even harder to count.
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Children Are Already Undercounted in the Census. Proposed Changes Could Make It Worse. - Population Reference Bureau
Newly proposed rules for who is counted and where could make millions of children harder to count in the 2030 Census.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
wow oh my who could have seen this coming www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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US trade representative declines to commit to imposing new Russian sanctions
Whether to impose the levies ‘is for the president to decide,’ Jamieson Greer said on the sidelines of the G20 trade ministerial.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 01/10/2026
Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Freddie Mac reports that a 30-year fixed rate mortgage is now 7.28%, up from 7.03% last week and nearly a full percentage point higher than a year ago when it was 6.34%. www.freddiemac.com/pmms
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Mortgage Rates
With mortgage rates on their current trajectory, the housing market continues to be supported by favorable economic conditions.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 01/10/2026
NEW: The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script. www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...
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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.
Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
it goes all the way to 11
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Judge Strikes Down Latest Version Of $100,000 H-1B Immigration Fee www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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Judge Strikes Down Latest Version Of $100,000 H-1B Immigration Fee
A federal judge has struck down the $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa holders and invalidated the Sept. proclamation that renewed it.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In nearly every country, women worry about walking alone via @not-ship.com www.not-ship.com/safe-streets...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Treasury releases rules for nation’s first federal school voucher program www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Treasury releases rules for nation’s first federal school voucher program
With the arrival of the long-awaited rules, Democratic governors are under more pressure to say whether they will opt in.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tech Executives At AI Roundtable Donated Over $200 Million To Trump’s Super PAC and Pet Projects www.citizen.org/news/tech-ex...
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Tech Executives At AI Roundtable Donated Over $200 Million To Trump’s Super PAC and Pet Projects - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Big Tech executives met with Donald Trump for a meeting about the threats posed by…
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
State of the US Economy: Poor: 44% Fair: 31% Good: 19% Excellent: 3% YouGov / Sept 28, 2026
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Republican AGs from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills, along with blue states (New York, Massachusetts, and California) that protect them. stateline.org/2026/09/30/r...
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Republican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in US Supreme Court • Stateline
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New Y...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pennsylvania reports 5th measles-associated death as outbreak continues. Cases in the state, home to the country’s largest ongoing measles outbreak, have climbed to 943 across 39 counties. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Pennsylvania reports 5th measles-associated death as outbreak continues
Cases in the state, home to the country’s largest ongoing measles outbreak, have climbed to 943 across 39 counties.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The MTA on Wednesday said President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign imports are on track to add $1 billion to the price of New York’s new train cars and buses. gothamist.com/news/mta-say...
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MTA says Trump's tariffs added $1B to cost of NYC's new train cars, buses
New York's train cars and buses are manufactured in the United States, but they rely on loads of components manufactured all over the world.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If Trump thinks cost overruns on a renovation project are criminal, I have a reflecting pool to sell him
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rural MAHA followers say Trump hasn’t improved health of their communities, an AP-KFF poll finds apnews.com/article/rura...
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Rural MAHA followers say Trump hasn't improved health of their communities, an AP-KFF poll finds
A new AP-KFF poll finds that the Make America Healthy Again movement has a substantial following among rural voters, but most don't think President Donald Trump's healthcare policies have benefited th...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
when your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Fed’s watchdog found cost overruns in building renovation, but no evidence of criminal violations after the Justice Department dropped an investigation into Jay Powell over the renovations earlier this year. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Watchdog finds Fed mishandled renovations that Trump tried to oust Powell over
The Fed’s watchdog found cost overruns but no evidence of criminal violations after the Justice Department dropped an investigation into the renovations earlier this year.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating leading artificial-intelligence companies Anthropic and OpenAI, aiming to determine whether they have misled consumers about potential harms from their technology www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ftc-...
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FTC Opens Investigation of Anthropic and OpenAI
Agency aims to use its consumer-protection powers to examine whether AI labs have misled the public about dangers from the technology.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration’s pullback from food stamp funding expands this week, leaving states and counties facing higher costs to feed more than 36 million low-income people.
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Trump’s Latest Food Stamp Cut Hits States Wary of Lasting Costs
The Trump administration’s pullback from food stamp funding expands this week, leaving states and counties facing higher costs to feed more than 36 million low-income people.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
G.O.P. Nominee in Texas Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gasoline will have a big impact on September CPI. EIA data show Sep YoY gasoline inflation is 36%. Diesel (not a line item in CPI) will be worse, at 68% YoY. (Diesel demand is half of gasoline by volume; shows up more on the PPI side, and/or embedded in inflation of other goods with lag in CPI)
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US 30-Year Treasury Yield Rises to Highest Level Since 2002 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US 30-Year Treasury Yield Rises to Highest Level Since 2002
Yields on the US Treasury’s longest-dated bond rose for a sixth straight day, crossing another key threshold amid a deepening selloff across global debt markets.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also available on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/73ZK...
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5: Trump’s War With Canada Has Officially Lost the Plot (w/ Sam Stein)
Receipts with Catherine Rampell · Episode
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why are we in a trade war with Canada, exactly? What was the country's alleged transgression? Check out my conversation with @samsteindc.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Trump’s War With Canada Has Officially Lost the Plot (w/ Sam Stein)
Podcast Episode · Receipts with Catherine Rampell · September 29 · 40m
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“A Massive Power Grab”: White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote www.propublica.org/article/disa...
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 29/09/2026
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
too perfect
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