Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.
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The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act pumped tens of millions of dollars a year into a program to help fund state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes.
It’s now at risk of being cut.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maternal-mortality-erase-mm-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
"The Biggest Criminal in D.C. Right Now Is Trump"
https://newrepublic.com/article/198996/biggest-criminal-dc-donald-trump
"The president’s takeover of the capital’s police force is a distraction from his own rampant wrongdoing."
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations
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U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-un-anti-trans-agenda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
This:
"Sunday reading: Why the Extremists Took Over on the Right
I wrote about the escalating sense of besiegement that has fueled the rise of dangerous people and truly radical ideas that fully define the Right today.
This week’s piece: https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/why-the-extremists-took-over-on-the "
Here: https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/115004613922564206
#USPol #USExtremism #Misogyny #ChristoFascism #RepublicanParty #MAGA #Trump
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Hoy visitamos China para hablar de la #India y #agricultura. El presidente Modi tiene claro que su prioridad es dar de comer a la nación más poblada del mundo 🌾 Las amenazas de #Trump 👎 https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-08-08/Modi-vows-no-compromise-on-farmers-interests-after-U-S-tariff-hike-1FFg0XnUwBW/p.html
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See the man circled here? That's E.J. Antoni, Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, walking through a crowd of Capitol rioters.
We've got an archive of 500+ Parler videos taken during Jan. 6. You can spot Antoni starting at around 1:41 here: https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?id=nkL4Fpk5C8U1
The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health.
#News #MentalHealth #Insurance #Health #Trump #Biden #Government
Over the past four months, I documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions.
This is how CECOT left a mark on my countrymen, their loved ones and Venezuela.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cecot-released-family-reunions-photos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Trump #Immigration #Family #Photography #Photo #Venezuela #ElSalvador