KY4singlepayer
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Activist for health care for all. Everybody in, nobody out.
Louisville KY
Joined November 2020
The recent immigration slowdown has not only lowered the nation’s overall population growth, but it also has led to lower population growth or greater population declines in most states, William H. Frey writes.
brookings.edu
New census estimates show that declining immigration has already exerted a negative impact on population growth in most parts of the country.
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Leading @HuffPost this morning. Parents are getting deported without having any idea where their kids are. https://t.co/vTc90SDvWu
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Under the second Trump administration, ICE abductions and detentions of young children have become disturbingly frequent, with 3,800 children — including at least 20 infants — estimated to have been detained as of December 2025: https://t.co/ylwnvoMt9o
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DHS is being more aggressive than ever targeting anonymous social media accounts that have spoken out against ICE, asking Big Tech to hand over information on users without signed judicial warrants story w/ @sheeraf
https://t.co/cyKUIkioC0
nytimes.com
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers...
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State worker health benefits would fall under proposed budget, cabinet says
kentucky.com
Legislature’s current budget plan would have a “devastating impact” on Kentucky Employee Health Plan members, retirees, official warns.
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"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse."
theatlantic.com
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
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NEW #MakingKidsCountPodcast 🎙️ episode w/ Sen @dannycarrollky & Rep Samara Heavrin discussing child care, child welfare, & child safety. Watch or listen here: https://t.co/wypqscm9d9
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Q: Are you worried about the security of the midterm elections? A: "I'm extraordinarily afraid, and I never thought I'd say that in 2026 America," @MarkWarner told us in the #POLITICOPub. Watch the full interview from #MSC2026: https://t.co/BF49E1dv2W
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Samantha Burgess, strategic climate lead of the Copernicus service, said the overwhelming culprit is clear: the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. "Climate change is happening. It's here. It's impacting everyone all around the world and it's our fault," Burgess told The
pbs.org
Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023.
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Courts Have Ruled That ICE Illegally Jailed People More Than 4,400 Times in Less Than Five Months In some cases, the administration has kept immigrants locked up even after a judge has ordered their release, according to an investigation by Reuters.
commondreams.org
In some cases, the administration has kept immigrants locked up even after a judge has ordered their release, according to an investigation by Reuters.
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If they’re deporting people, why do they need nearly $40 billion dollars worth of warehouses to imprison people?
ICE reportedly plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers. Could you imagine how much good we could do if we invested that amount of money into education or health care instead of building concentration camps? We’re privatizing human suffering.
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TSA agents are working without pay at US airports due to another shutdown
wdrb.com
A shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has gone into effect. That includes the Transportation Security Administration, whose officers are responsible for screening passengers and bags at...
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
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Agree to Disagree: KY’s Michael Adams on Trump’s comments about ‘nationalizing’ elections | Opinion
kentucky.com
Linda Blackford: Secretary of State Michael Adams and I have different ideas about what our threat level should be on Trump and elections.
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When a celebrity tragically dies with massive medical debt, I’m left with the questions. Did they have insurance? People with insurance absolutely have medical debt, but out-of-pocket costs are capped. Debt may be from out-of-network care, claims denials, or unocvered treatments.
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“…being able to access affordable child care that works for your child and your family is not a ‘red’ or ‘blue’ issue, it’s something that people across parties experience every single day,” — Julie Kashen, director for women’s economic justice at TCF.
19thnews.org
As Republicans urge Americans to have more children but offer few supportive policies, Democrats believe reducing child care costs could be a winning message.
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Thomas Albus, a federal prosecutor from Missouri, authorized the seizure of roughly 700 boxes of election material in Georgia — far outside of his usual jurisdiction. Former U.S. attorneys say that type of authority is rare. https://t.co/SHT5xKonVg
propublica.org
The federal prosecutor from Missouri, who is overseeing an investigation into the 2020 vote in Georgia, had several meetings set up with top administration lawyers last fall to discuss election...
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Fighting is getting us nowhere, all you get is a bloody nose. I don’t want to go to Washington to fight, I want to go to fix. I know what Kentucky families are facing, and one of my top priorities in Washington will be strengthening education across the Commonwealth, investing
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Sweeping challenge to RFK Jr.’s vaccine policies heard by judge
statnews.com
After a day of oral arguments in a packed courtroom, a Boston federal judge did not rule from the bench on a lawsuit from AAP against HHS focused on vaccines.
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Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says lingering accusations about the 2020 elections should be put to rest. @ReneeKET talks with Adams about the recent seizure of ballots in Georgia, President Trump's call to nationalize elections and more. https://t.co/645eVdlhFU
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