“They’re like cartoon villains,” remarked Bloomberg political columnist Patricia Lopez. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday drew instant jeers when she defended the mass deportation of immigrant farm laborers and suggested that they could be replaced by Americans who are currently enrolled in Medicaid. While speaking in Washington, D.C., Rollins declared that there would […]
“Great optics if you want to ignite a revolution,” remarked one observer. Dozens of peaceful protesters including people in wheelchairs were arrested inside a U.S. Senate building in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday while protesting Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid spending in the budget reconciliation package facing votes on Capitol Hill in the coming days. The […]
HOMER, Alaska — Wednesday, more than 50 residents, caregivers, and health care advocates gathered in Karen Hornaday Park and marched to South Peninsula Hospital as part of Save Our Hospitals Week, raising their voices against federal proposals to slash Medicaid and Affordable Care Act funding. The rally called attention to the devastating impact these cuts […]
“The people stealing from Americans are not folks with tattoos and hoodies—it’s people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins, sitting in this Capitol right now,” said Rep. Maxwell Frost. House Republicans on Thursday morning passed their sprawling budget reconciliation package after making last-minute changes to the legislation to mollify far-right hardliners. The final count […]