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“Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.” Integrity matters. Help protect our Democracy 🇺🇸

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Knicks fans are currently going viral for burning sage outside Madison Square Garden following Trump's presence in the arena.

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

Knicks are 59-27 since Spike Lee gave the Pope this jersey

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Mike Johnson admits Republicans will cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security next year

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

🚨 Trump's new Medicaid rules just made it official: having cancer is not enough to be exempt from work requirements. You have to PROVE cancer is stopping you from working. While you're in chemo.

This week, the Trump administration released its final 400-page rule on how states must enforce the Medicaid work requirements that were buried inside last year's "One Big Beautiful Bill." Starting January 1, 2027, most low-income adults on Medicaid must prove every single month they are working, volunteering, or attending school for at least 80 hours — or lose their coverage.

For months, advocates for cancer patients and people living with HIV had been pushing for a blanket medical exemption. What they got instead was a trap. The new rule ties the definition of "medically frail" — the exemption category — directly to a person's ability to work. That means cancer patients who are still capable of working, even in between chemo rounds, do not automatically qualify. A woman with early-stage breast cancer receiving radiation treatment? May not qualify. A man living with HIV who takes medication and still reports to work? No exemption.

And here's the part that should stop you cold: Harvard health policy professor Adrianna McIntyre told reporters that even cancer patients who ARE technically exempt could still lose coverage — because the paperwork process is so complex that "a recently diagnosed cancer patient who is employed might lose Medicaid coverage due to errors in completing the necessary paperwork." Cancer will not wait while a Medicaid office sifts through forms.

The American Cancer Society ran the numbers. Researchers at the University of Chicago published a study in JAMA Oncology projecting that over 1 million mammograms and colorectal and lung cancer screenings will be missed within the first two years of these rules. That translates to more than 2,300 undetected cancer cases — hundreds at advanced stages — and an estimated 155 avoidable deaths from just three types of cancer alone.

A coalition of 48 patient advocacy groups signed a joint statement calling the rule "life-threatening." The American Academy of Pediatrics said it will "harm those whom Medicaid is intended to support." The HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute's director said bluntly: "We will lose individuals from Medicaid, and many will become ill and die as a result."
68 million Americans depend on Medicaid. The CBO says at least 5 million will lose coverage. And Dr. Oz went on TV to defend it by saying Medicaid recipients watch too much television.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

“Right now, CBS News is on fire”

Scott Pelley: “We need adult supervision and at the moment we don’t have it. We have people who’ve been installed in these jobs who through no fault of their own have no experience in television. It’s not their fault, but they don’t know what they’re doing. There’s a subtle political bias that I’ve never seen at 60 Minutes or CBS News before. That is my hope, a return to sanity. A return to honor, a return to courage. We used to have all of those things in abundance and now we don’t. We can save this. It’s possible to land this plane. But right now, CBS News, in my view, is on fire”

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨BREAKING: TRUMP JUST HAD HIS WORST MELTDOWN EVER.

Trump completely unravels when Kristen Welker challenged him on his California election claims.

Instead of providing evidence, he called her "crooked" and "stupid," attacked the press, and abruptly WALKS OUT in the middle of the interview.

She did what every journalist should do every time Trump spews his unfounded bullsh*t.

Thank you, Kristen.

[WhatIsNewYork @whatisny]

Knicks Game 2 celebrations can literally be heard from NJ #whatisnewyork

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Kenny Chesney @kennychesney]

So grateful to join my friend Bruce @Springsteen in celebrating the history of American music at the opening of his archives. I was honored to sing This Land Is Your Land last night to fans of all kinds of music. Thanks again Bruce. KC

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

The retired California firefighter at the center of a bitter insurance fight has lost his battle against stage 4 lung cancer, after pleading with Blue Shield to reverse their decision to deny treatment. https://t.co/2PazWY4Sum

[Greta Berlin @Truegreta]

I stood at this pool, at both monuments and saw both reflections…
He’s a God damn idiot, as are the fools that support him. The “Reflection Pool” wasn’t designed by American architect Henry Bacon a hundred years ago to look like a swimming pool. It’s designed to have a darkened characteristics that has reflective qualities to reflect the monuments.
That way, the Washington Monument is reflective to you when at the Lincoln Memorial, and when at the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial is reflective to you.
It’s designed to enhance the grandeur of monuments, create an illusion of reflection, and inclusion of expansive space of unity.
He’s a tacky vulgar person that vulgarizes everything he touches. America isn’t becoming great, it’s becoming vulgar.

Credit - Mathew Reed

[PZB @E2BZXME]

@marty37742 @BMNRBullz @fundstrat

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

This speech should be read at Americas 250th. 🇺🇸

[Paul McLennan @MclennanPa15322]

Americans have paid $59bn more for fuel since Trump started Iran war https://t.co/ocLixXp2gk

[CYBRGAL @cybrgalaxy]

Interviewed my almost 95 year old dad about his experience with his one month old Tesla Y. Here’s what he said both the good and the bad. Please show anyone on the fence about getting a Tesla Full a self Driving car or truck. It may change their mind.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

What an unexpected surprise last night!

84-year-old Art Garfunkel joined Charlie Puth on stage at Madison Square Garden to perform a duet of “The Boxer.”

[Mike DeCillis @MikeDeCillis]

Tonight, I was at Delaney Hall which is right over the bridge. State police created a first amendment zone. This is inhumane, we need to adhere to the constitution, and we need to have due process. We need to shut this down.

#delaney #congress #newark

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

This is absolute cinema 🔥

🇺🇸 Trump at 7:00 PM: “The deal is finalise. No nukes for Iran. Open Hormuz now. No tolls. No money exchanged.”

🇮🇷 Iran at 7:05 PM : “You Biggest liar, We never agreed to open Hormuz for free or scrap our nuclear stuff. Unfreeze our $12B and ceasefire in Lebanon, then we’ll talk. He’s just trying to declare victory early like a immature kid.” 🤣🔥

What a belt treatment 👏

[chiky handler @chiky_handlr]

Bruce Springsteen just called out ICE, corrupt politicians, and the for-profit detention system in America 🇺🇸

Meanwhile, protesters are being assaulted outside Delaney Hall while detainees are on hunger strike.

This is not “freedom.” It’s state-sponsored cruelty.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: New research cited from the Cato Institute reportedly found only about 5% of ICE detainees had committed violent crimes.

Which means roughly 95% reportedly did NOT have violent offense records.