MoveOn: Republicans Torpedo Americans’ Health Care as Shutdown Looms

Members Make Thousands of Calls to Offices to Protect Health Care WASHINGTON – As President Trump and congressional Republicans prepare to shut down the government instead of saving health care, MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “As the party in power, President Trump and Republicans’ priorities are clear: slashing our health care, eliminating cancer research funding, gutting Medicaid and our entire government to give away tax cuts to billionaires. The blame for this shutdown rests squarely on Trump and Republicans’ shoulders. Democrats should keep their…

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Feasibility of RIFs around a government shutdown called into question

The Trump administration is taking a more aggressive approach than usual to what would happen in a government shutdown, after a White House memo Wednesday night told agencies to plan for further reductions in force if government funding lapses early next week. But with just days left before a government shutdown, many are questioning the ability for agencies to put together further RIF plans at all, since the reduction-in-force process is typically complicated and time-consuming, often taking months or longer. The new Office of Management and Budget memo, first reported…

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Charlie Kirk and the ‘Third Great Awakening’

In the two weeks since Charlie Kirk’s killing, Trump-administration officials and allies have not only promised a sweeping crackdown on liberal groups. They have marshaled the language of a rising charismatic Christian movement to describe their political agenda as a cosmic battle against the forces of evil. At Kirk’s memorial service on Sunday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the moment at hand as “not a political war” and “not even a cultural war—it’s a spiritual war.” The right-wing influencer Benny Johnson called out the heads of the Justice Department, the…

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28 Med Schools Flunk Out in Anti-Woke Medical School Rankings

THE CENTER SQUARE—Of 154 medical schools analyzed, 28 received a grade of F from a new ranking system launched by medical group Do No Harm that ranks according to “academic excellence, transparency, and rejection of” diversity, equity, and inclusion. Do No Harm Director of Research and director of the group’s new Center for Accountability in Medicine Ian Kingsbury told The Center Square that “F-rated schools are the embodiment of what has gone wrong in medical education.” “These schools have a deep commitment to DEI, and it shows in the scores…

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Congressional Republicans Want to Shut Down the Government Instead of Keeping Your Healthcare Costs Low

Have you heard the federal government is on the brink of shutting down again? Moments like this can be confusing. But let’s be perfectly clear about what’s happening here: Republicans are so hell-bent on jacking up costs and taking away health care from millions of working people, that they are willing to shut down the government to do so. Millions of Americans are relying on Congress to keep health care costs low by voting to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies that will lower premiums. Health insurance companies that offer…

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