How Trump Enforcers are Sabotaging Efforts to Bring Down Drug Prices

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=11524&post_id=217288945&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjE3Mjg4OTQ1LCJpYXQiOjE3OTE2NjM1OTIsImV4cCI6MTc5NDI1NTU5MiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTExNTI0Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.fnk85SwwDTB7H3dqvQMWBAEQhD31soVvTrvVxCCDzMY

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Thom Tillis’s retirement is an ominous sign for the GOP

 https://www.publicnotice.co/p/thom-tillis-retirement-trump-big-bill?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=501423&post_id=167135631&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=16jbk&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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The Medicaid calculusbehind Donald Trump’s tax cuts

 https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/05/12/the-medicaid-calculus-behind-donald-trumps-tax-cuts?utm_content=ed-picks-image-link-4&etear=nl_today_4&utm_campaign=a.the-economist-today&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=5/12/2025&utm_id=2079478

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Empathy and Cruelty in Trump/Musk's AmeriKKKa

 https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9qb2hucGF2bG92aXR6LnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9wL2lzLWFtZXJpY2EtYmVjb21pbmctYS1wb3N0LWVtcGF0aHk_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWVtYWlsLWhhbGYtcG9zdCZyPXJvdmhrJnRva2VuPWV5SjFjMlZ5WDJsa0lqbzBOalV4TURFNE5Dd2ljRzl6ZEY5cFpDSTZNVFUzTlRJME16Z3dMQ0pwWVhRaU9qRTNOREF6T1RVeU5EVXNJbVY0Y0NJNk1UYzBNams0TnpJME5Td2lhWE56SWpvaWNIVmlMVEl3TXpjNU1ESWlMQ0p6ZFdJaU9pSndiM04wTFhKbFlXTjBhVzl1SW4wLmtsT1hDZ2xaTjhicWNya1JuRzRxT1IzZjhIVHBKRnNWUVRsNFRqWXFDbVUiLCJwIjoxNTc1MjQzODAsInMiOjIwMzc5MDIsImYiOnRydWUsInUiOjQ2NTEwMTg0LCJpYXQiOjE3NDAzOTUyNDUsImV4cCI6MTc0Mjk4NzI0NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTAiLCJzdWIiOiJsaW5rLXJlZGlyZWN0In0.0GfxDHxxlP500M1V-8EIRajpH-kDSa1xo3oC8H9py80

and 

https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=329291&post_id=157797815&utm_source=cross-post&utm_campaign=2158343&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTU3Nzk3ODE1LCJpYXQiOjE3NDA0MDAyNTcsImV4cCI6MTc0Mjk5MjI1NywiaXNzIjoicHViLTMyOTI5MSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.zu2oL1Rwchpuk4IKx0r4YkUOtFQL0_GuCPKOpxbOnnA

Jon Pavlovich asks if America is becoming a post empathy nation where we are losing our capacity to put ourselves into other people's shoes and where cruelty is celebrated by so many of our fellow human beings.  

The second article describes the way Republicans plan to remove access to healthcare for the most vulnerable so they can give tax cuts to the already wealthy so the likes of Musk and Betsy DeVos can buy bigger yachts.  Cruelly punishing the poor for their poverty seems to be the intention.

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House Republican Wants Party To Boldly Own Plans To Gut The Social Safety Net

 https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/house-republican-wants-party-to-boldly-own-plans-to-gut-the-social-safety-net

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‘Every issue is a disability issue’ ~~ Janine Jackson (Posted Dec 29, 2022)

https://mronline.org/2022/12/29/every-issue-is-a-disability-issue/

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