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July 22, 2024
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July 22, 2024
In 8 Red States and in Swing-states Georgia and Wisconsin, 1.6 MILLION Can't Afford Health Insurance
In the 10 states that didn’t expand Medicaid, 1.6M can’t afford health insurance - Stateline.org The majority of residents in this coverage gap are people of color, an analysis found.10 states have not expanded Medicaid, the federal-state program that provides health care for low-income people: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Nearly 1 of every 5 uninsured working-age adults across the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are, according to a new analysis, stuck in a health care limbo known as a “coverage gap.” That means they earn too much money to receive Medicaid but not enough to qualify for financial help to purchase their own plan on the marketplace.
In Alabama and Mississippi, more than a quarter of uninsured working-age adults are left with no affordable pathways to health coverage, according to the analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank that researches federal and state budget policies.
Overall, 1.6 million adults between the ages of 19 and 64 face the situation in the non-expansion states.
Nearly 1 of every 5 uninsured working-age adults across the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are, according to a new analysis, stuck in a health care limbo known as a “coverage gap.” That means they earn too much money to receive Medicaid but not enough to qualify for financial help to purchase their own plan on the marketplace.
In Alabama and Mississippi, more than a quarter of uninsured working-age adults are left with no affordable pathways to health coverage, according to the analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank that researches federal and state budget policies.
Overall, 1.6 million adults between the ages of 19 and 64 face the situation in the non-expansion states.
July 22, 2024
SPAKE PIGBOY:
which, in pigboy's view, undoubtedly makes Musk "smart."
Trump Says 'We Have to Make Life Good' for Musk and Other 'Smart People'
Trump Says ‘We Have to Make Life Good’ for Musk and Other ‘Smart People’ - The Daily BeastSPAKE PIGBOY:
“I love Elon Musk. Elon endorsed me recently, the other day actually. He’s great.” Trump went on to praise Musk, claiming to have “always had a good relationship” with the tech mogul who is “a very advanced person,” he said.
“We have to make life good for our smart people. Elon endorsed me the other day, and I read—I didn’t even know this, he didn’t even tell me about it—but he gives me 45 million dollars a month. Not 45 million, he gives me 45 million a month!”
“We have to make life good for our smart people. Elon endorsed me the other day, and I read—I didn’t even know this, he didn’t even tell me about it—but he gives me 45 million dollars a month. Not 45 million, he gives me 45 million a month!”
which, in pigboy's view, undoubtedly makes Musk "smart."
July 22, 2024
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on the MAGA Lie About "Migrant Crime"
If you haven't seen it, catch it if you can. He reveals how Trump, FUX News, and his MAGA acolytes have been GROOMING their constituency with bullshit FALSE PROPAGANDA and repeatedly TRUMPed up lies ( "Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it." - Adolf Hitler ) about so-called "migrant crime."
LIES, CONTRARY to statistical FACT, all hyped smeared and distorted - and touched off (in part - as if they needed any excuse) by a bogus-assed NYC arrest incident.
Also catch his cuts from MAGA's RNC convention (none of which, incidentally, I'd seen before) - My GOD. Talk about batshit CRAZY.....
And here I was thinking "The Boys" (Amazon Prime TV) was SATIRE. 
July 21, 2024
Trump allies pursuing a 'legally dubious' plot to throw the election into chaos - Rawstory
Under the guise of "formally accusing" President Biden's administration of "creating conditions for zero chance of a free and fair election," The Heritage Foundation's Mike Howell, one of the architects of Project 2025, and his co-conspirators, have plans for another attempted coup.
As reported in a NY Times article, "The campaign involves a powerful network of Republican lawyers and activist groups, working loosely in concert with the Republican National Committee."
From the article:
START THE STEAL: Trump & Co. Are Making Big Plans to Throw the November election into chaos
Trump allies pursuing a 'legally dubious' plot to throw the election into chaos - Rawstory
Under the guise of "formally accusing" President Biden's administration of "creating conditions for zero chance of a free and fair election," The Heritage Foundation's Mike Howell, one of the architects of Project 2025, and his co-conspirators, have plans for another attempted coup.
As reported in a NY Times article, "The campaign involves a powerful network of Republican lawyers and activist groups, working loosely in concert with the Republican National Committee."
From the article:
Democrats, civil rights lawyers and even some Republicans say that the threat is clear.
Even if the cases fail, Trump’s allies are building excuses to dispute the results, while trying to empower thousands of local election officials to disrupt the process.
Already, election board members in several states have moved to block certification of primary election tallies, including in a major swing county in Nevada last week."
Even if the cases fail, Trump’s allies are building excuses to dispute the results, while trying to empower thousands of local election officials to disrupt the process.
Already, election board members in several states have moved to block certification of primary election tallies, including in a major swing county in Nevada last week."
July 20, 2024
(all caps headline copied and pasted as was)
How bout that. And just in time for the election.
JIM CROW, alive and well, in Trump's fascist America.
The good ol boy KKangaroo Kourt of the 5th strikes again
FEDERAL COURT RULING MAINTAINS LIFETIME VOTING BAN FOR MISSISSIPPI FELONS- Blackenterprise(all caps headline copied and pasted as was)
Tens of thousands of Mississippi residents will continue to be affected by a lifetime voting ban on those with felony convictions.
On July 18, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2023 ruling dismantling Mississippi’s harsh lifetime voting ban.
As the nation’s most conservative federal appeals court, civil rights advocates knew the moment could happen despite a shocking ruling made by a three-judge panel that deemed the no voting for life penalty as a “cruel and unusual punishment.”
On July 18, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2023 ruling dismantling Mississippi’s harsh lifetime voting ban.
As the nation’s most conservative federal appeals court, civil rights advocates knew the moment could happen despite a shocking ruling made by a three-judge panel that deemed the no voting for life penalty as a “cruel and unusual punishment.”
How bout that. And just in time for the election.
JIM CROW, alive and well, in Trump's fascist America.
July 18, 2024
I know some here don't like Rawstory for (whatever) reasons. But the interesting thing I find in this report is how Trump had been behind the scenes putting pressure on Comcast,
which immediately reminded me of how he threatened to jail Zuckerberg, after which all of the convicted felon's FB restrictions were lifted.
The man and his fascist party are a menace. LITERALLY a threat to democracy.
And we should have no compunctions about saying so.
Comcast scrambling to 'clean up' mess made by booting Morning Joe off the air: report
Comcast scrambling to 'clean up' mess made by booting Morning Joe off the air: report - RawstoryI know some here don't like Rawstory for (whatever) reasons. But the interesting thing I find in this report is how Trump had been behind the scenes putting pressure on Comcast,
which immediately reminded me of how he threatened to jail Zuckerberg, after which all of the convicted felon's FB restrictions were lifted.
The man and his fascist party are a menace. LITERALLY a threat to democracy.
And we should have no compunctions about saying so.
July 18, 2024
Reposted from another thread as requested by Baron 2024 (with additional points)
Trump and his MAGAs will end Social Security. They've been trying for QUITE some time.
The only reason why they're trying to "REFRAME" the discussion (to use sack-o-sht Vance's terminology) is to SNEAK that past voters.
Just like they ALSO WILL:
Institute Nationwide abortions
Undermine or end the availability of all contraceptives.
Criminalize the distribution or sale of contraceptives.
Track, persecute and/or criminalize women seeking abortion, and their doctors.
End the Affordable Care Act
Decimate or undermine Medicare and Medicaid.
End student loan forgiveness.
Destroy governmental checks and balances and balance of powers, via the elimination or undermining of oversight and regulatory agencies.
Fire millions of civil servants and replace them with partisan lackeys, loyal to and obedient only to Trump, and
Reorganize and rewrite government itself, so as to make it subject to the whims and will of Donald Trump.
Reinstitute child labour.
Further legalize child marriage.
Decimate unions and workers' rights.
Ban books considered subversive (as in WOKE) from public libraries.
Decimate environmental protection.
Deny climate change, and abandon clean energy initiatives.
Purge people from voter rolls via Jim Crow like manipulations aimed a disenfranchising certain sectors of the populace.
Refuse to certify and/or throw out election results they don't like.
Seize control of Democratic, mostly minority populated urban centers.
End the Department of Education and decimate public schools
Dictate a fascist fundamentalist based curriculum in TAXPAYER funded private schools.
Obliterate Black history, slavery, racism and other subjects that make certain people "uncomfortable" from textbooks.
Replace evolution with creationism.
Criminalize the teaching of "woke" ideologies.
End separation of church and state via the governmental enshrining of Christan fundamentalism.
End consumer protections from ridiculous interest rates and bank junk fees, etc. by destroying the CFPB.
Make it illegal to record police.
Pass bills obscuring legislative processes from public disclosure.
Restore the right to segregate and discriminate in hiring, housing, banking and lending, and in the public and private sector, by rendering anything having to do with diversity and inclusion "illegal."
Militarize the police to institute mass stops and searches, arrests, raids, and incarcerations, all under the guise of deporting millions of immigrants.
All of the above and WORSE. How do I know?
Because THEY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN working toward most of this and are PROMISING THE REST.
No MIGHT About It: What's In Trump's Plan and
What the MAGAs Have Long Been Pushing.Reposted from another thread as requested by Baron 2024 (with additional points)
Trump and his MAGAs will end Social Security. They've been trying for QUITE some time.
The only reason why they're trying to "REFRAME" the discussion (to use sack-o-sht Vance's terminology) is to SNEAK that past voters.
Just like they ALSO WILL:
Institute Nationwide abortions
Undermine or end the availability of all contraceptives.
Criminalize the distribution or sale of contraceptives.
Track, persecute and/or criminalize women seeking abortion, and their doctors.
End the Affordable Care Act
Decimate or undermine Medicare and Medicaid.
End student loan forgiveness.
Destroy governmental checks and balances and balance of powers, via the elimination or undermining of oversight and regulatory agencies.
Fire millions of civil servants and replace them with partisan lackeys, loyal to and obedient only to Trump, and
Reorganize and rewrite government itself, so as to make it subject to the whims and will of Donald Trump.
Reinstitute child labour.
Further legalize child marriage.
Decimate unions and workers' rights.
Ban books considered subversive (as in WOKE) from public libraries.
Decimate environmental protection.
Deny climate change, and abandon clean energy initiatives.
Purge people from voter rolls via Jim Crow like manipulations aimed a disenfranchising certain sectors of the populace.
Refuse to certify and/or throw out election results they don't like.
Seize control of Democratic, mostly minority populated urban centers.
End the Department of Education and decimate public schools
Dictate a fascist fundamentalist based curriculum in TAXPAYER funded private schools.
Obliterate Black history, slavery, racism and other subjects that make certain people "uncomfortable" from textbooks.
Replace evolution with creationism.
Criminalize the teaching of "woke" ideologies.
End separation of church and state via the governmental enshrining of Christan fundamentalism.
End consumer protections from ridiculous interest rates and bank junk fees, etc. by destroying the CFPB.
Make it illegal to record police.
Pass bills obscuring legislative processes from public disclosure.
Restore the right to segregate and discriminate in hiring, housing, banking and lending, and in the public and private sector, by rendering anything having to do with diversity and inclusion "illegal."
Militarize the police to institute mass stops and searches, arrests, raids, and incarcerations, all under the guise of deporting millions of immigrants.
All of the above and WORSE. How do I know?
Because THEY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN working toward most of this and are PROMISING THE REST.
July 17, 2024
Photos: Thousands of demonstrators flood downtown Milwaukee protesting the first day of the RNC - Yahoo
‘Not welcome in our city’: protesters march on Republican convention - The Guardian
The GOP Convention Kicks Off in a City Where Republicans Don’t Want People to Vote – Mother Jones
MEANWHILE:
Charlamagne tha God Hammers Trump After Shooting: ‘Solely Responsible’ For Violent Rhetoric in US - Mediaite
What U WON'T See on MSM network TV: 'Fight, fight, fight' against Donald Trump
seeing as how they're all so concerned nowadays with offending MAGA's sensibilities by broadcasting uncomfortable TRUTHS:
‘Fight, fight, fight’ against Donald Trump vow Republican National Convention protesters - Rawstory
]
at a Secret Service checkpoint leading to Fiserv Forum on Monday, where the first day of the Republican National Convention kicked off, demonstrators were angling for another kind of fight.
“Fight, fight, fight, abortion is a human right,” the protesters chanted in an effort to make their faces seen and voices heard to the thousands of Republican politicians and convention delegates in attendance.
“We are within sight and sound,” Alan Chavoya, a co-chair of the Coalition to March on the RNC 2024, declared. The crowd, numbering in the thousands, chanted back: “Sight and sound! Sight and sound!”
Milwaukee officials have not made this easy for the demonstrators.
“Fight, fight, fight, abortion is a human right,” the protesters chanted in an effort to make their faces seen and voices heard to the thousands of Republican politicians and convention delegates in attendance.
“We are within sight and sound,” Alan Chavoya, a co-chair of the Coalition to March on the RNC 2024, declared. The crowd, numbering in the thousands, chanted back: “Sight and sound! Sight and sound!”
Milwaukee officials have not made this easy for the demonstrators.
Photos: Thousands of demonstrators flood downtown Milwaukee protesting the first day of the RNC - Yahoo
‘Not welcome in our city’: protesters march on Republican convention - The Guardian
The GOP Convention Kicks Off in a City Where Republicans Don’t Want People to Vote – Mother Jones
MEANWHILE:
Charlamagne tha God Hammers Trump After Shooting: ‘Solely Responsible’ For Violent Rhetoric in US - Mediaite
July 17, 2024
Republicans Just Handed Down a Death Sentence to the Nation's Coal Miners - InTheseTimes As black lung continues to kill coal miners, House Republicans moved to block enforcement of a life-saving safety rule.
Pharma-Funded Republican Comes Out Swinging Against Medical Debt Cancellation - Common Dreams
National abortion ban "hidden in plain sight" in revised RNC agenda, legal experts say - Salon Anti-abortion advocates are still trying to ban abortion, using the 14th Amendment to grant fetal personhood
Republican Platform Confirms Party Plan To Let Social Security Go Insolvent
Billionaires are helping GOP kill Department of Education and privatize schools - Dailykos
'War on Workers': Unions Denounce GOP Efforts to Undo Pro-Labor Biden Rules - Common Dreams
House approves bills that aim to roll back efficiency standards for refrigerators, dishwashers - Yahoo
'Thought it was a joke': Bullet Vending machines in 3 GOP-led states stun consumers - Raw Story
MAGA Points of Cruelty
FACT SHEET: Extreme House Republican Plan Would Cut Medicare and Social Security While Slashing Taxes for Big Corporations and the Wealthy - The White HouseRepublicans Just Handed Down a Death Sentence to the Nation's Coal Miners - InTheseTimes As black lung continues to kill coal miners, House Republicans moved to block enforcement of a life-saving safety rule.
Pharma-Funded Republican Comes Out Swinging Against Medical Debt Cancellation - Common Dreams
National abortion ban "hidden in plain sight" in revised RNC agenda, legal experts say - Salon Anti-abortion advocates are still trying to ban abortion, using the 14th Amendment to grant fetal personhood
Republican Platform Confirms Party Plan To Let Social Security Go Insolvent
Billionaires are helping GOP kill Department of Education and privatize schools - Dailykos
'War on Workers': Unions Denounce GOP Efforts to Undo Pro-Labor Biden Rules - Common Dreams
House approves bills that aim to roll back efficiency standards for refrigerators, dishwashers - Yahoo
'Thought it was a joke': Bullet Vending machines in 3 GOP-led states stun consumers - Raw Story
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