Despite facing “fire and ICE,” LA Unified School District students taking AP courses have achieved something never seen in the district’s history. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said they have posted scores that have surpassed California’s.
If ever there were a story that spoke to the cruelty of the ICE sieges, it was
Ofelia Torres's desperate fight to free her dad from detention, even as she was fighting a losing battle with cancer. The heroic Chicago girl died Friday. She was 16.
Rob Reiner had the amazing ability to tell stories that resonated with all of us…stories that made us feel love and hope.…ones that make us feel human. He and Michele committed themselves to making their community - and our country- better. I will miss them dearly…we all will.
7/ Found another one: there’s $100 million in the bill for OMB to find “budget and accounting efficiencies in the executive branch”. What? What does that mean? There's no explanation. It's just a slush fund for MAGA chieftain Russ Vought.
$100 MILLION. That's not small money!!!
6/ Here's another one. Trump snuck $40 million in this bill for a "statue garden". Likely will be filled with MAGA "heroes", reportedly maybe somewhere in South Dakota.
Plenty of money for Trump statue gardens, but not enough money to keep feeding hungry kids.
5/ The bill cuts the help middle income Americans get to buy health care on the Affordable Care Act exchange.
A 60 year old couple making $85,000 (not a king's ransom) would see a $26,000 increase in health care premiums. Yes, that's right - $26,000.
4/ A new tax break for coal companies! So the tax incentives for wind and solar are GONE, and the coal industry is getting NEW tax incentives.
It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
3/ The bill BANS state regulation of AI - a stone cold giveaway to the tech companies who want to addict our kids, pollute our politics, and kill our jobs with zero guardrails.
Rumor is there's a new language coming, but it's still an effective ban. Just an outrage.
2/ It was bad enough they cut all the tax incentives for wind and solar energy - they added a NEW TAX on these projects to make sure America never builds any new renewables.
Remember, Trump promised the oil industry provisions like this in exchange for a $1B campaign donation.
Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day.
1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
🚨 NEW: President Biden was out and about in D.C. today at one of his post-presidency offices—smiling with supporters.
Someone check on Jake Tapper. No wheelchair. No confusion. Just a healthy 82-year-old making them all look ridiculous.
RFK Jr saying "none of the 72 vaccines given to children have been tested against placebo "
The reality :
- Children are not given 72 vaccines
- The ones they are given have been tested against placebo
This serial liar is your HHS Secretary.
Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people.
Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.