Harris Meyer
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Freelance journalist covering health care and law.
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DHS moves to bar aid groups from serving undocumented immigrants
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The amount of work does not shrink just because you slash staff.
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Answer: No. National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties .Service members say they’re glad to help the National Park Service. But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.
washingtonpost.com
Service members say they’re glad to help the National Park Service. But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.
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As crime declines, many worry about Trump's National Guard threat in Chicago.Experts say deployment amounts to political theater at best to ‘recipe for disaster’ at worst.
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Read that again. Medicare Advantage insurers will be able to eat the rising Part D prescription drug costs because they are paid more than traditional Medicare spends on beneficiaries. via @kffhealthnews
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This takes courage: The open show of resistance from FEMA employees was the latest example of federal workers speaking out against the Trump administration’s actions and policies, in many cases putting their jobs at risk.
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About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of Congress and other officials protesting the agency’s leadership and direction.
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Some Call It ‘Death Hospital’: Inside The Medical Center Plagued By Problems.Patients and staff have reported filthy rooms, broken supplies and a flooded ER at Community First in Portage Park in Chicago despite the tens of millions in taxpayer grants.
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Patients and staff have reported filthy rooms, broken supplies and a flooded ER at Community First in Portage Park despite the tens of millions in taxpayer grants sent to the for-profit safety-net...
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@rachelmbade, Gov. Pritzker didn't sound backed into a corner. Did you read his speech?.Trump's public safety play is a ploy to refocus on an issue that favors Republicans — one that’s already backing Democrats into a corner.
politico.com
If the president's recent escalation was an attempt to goad Democrats into declaring that crime isn’t a problem, they did not disappoint him.
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He Tried to Endorse From the Pulpit. He Wound Up Without a Church.
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This is what needed to happen on a much larger scale before Trump and the Republicans passed their giant Medicaid and ACA (and Medicare) cuts. via @newrepublic @GregTSargent
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Top Florida official says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will likely be empty within days, email shows
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“The loyalists around Trump are much more open & much bolder in their authoritarianism than they were 6 months ago, because they’ve learned fight by fight that they can get away with it,” Harvard Prof. Levitsky said. “So we’re in a very dangerous moment.”.
newrepublic.com
The fired Fed governor has filed suit against Trump—and the discovery process may allow her celebrated lawyer to find out if the White House ordered a Trump loyalist to move against her.
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What?.This World-Renowned Negotiator Says Trump’s Secret Weapon Is Empathy
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