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[Tippy @casl45]

@SimonWDC Please start posting and engaging on Threads.

[Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel]

MAJOR LIFE UPDATE - for the remainder of the strike @StephenAtHome, @JimmyFallon, @SethMeyers, @IamJohnOliver & I are joining forces for a new podcast called @StrikeForceFive. Hear the first episode tomorrow 8/30. ALL proceeds (thanks to @Casamigos and @MintMobile) go to support our out of work staffs. Listen now - https://t.co/qsyo28mYSV @SpotifyPodcasts

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Former GOP Congressman David Jolly on Kevin McCarthy launching Biden impeachment inquiry:

“I didn't think Kevin McCarthy would be able to get the votes to become Speaker. Largely, because I underestimated his willingness to sell the gavel to the MAGA-crazy crowd. It was apparent that part of his corrupt bargain with his caucus was a willingness to impeach Joe Biden…I believe McCarthy made that promise eight or nine months ago, and this is always been the plan."

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

Thanks to President Biden and Democrats Medicare has announced that the first 10 drugs have been selected for negotiation.

The President promised reduced healthcare costs, and he is delivering. Every Republican voted against the bill that made this happen. Democrats deliver.

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

🚨BREAKING: The federal government just identified the first 10 medications that will be subject to direct price negotiations with pharmaceutical manufacturers, as part of a major new initiative to reduce prescription drug costs in Medicare.

The list includes a pair of widely used blood thinners, Eliquis and Xarelto, as well as the cancer therapy Imbruvica. It also includes Farxiga, Jardiance and Januvia, all of which treat diabetes.

All told, the 10 drugs on the list accounted for $50.5 billion in total spending in Medicare’s outpatient prescription drug program for the period between June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That’s about one-fifth of what the program, known as Part D, spent on all prescription drugs during that period.

The announcement represents the first step in a process set to unfold over the coming year, with the government collecting data and public input, and then exchanging price offers with manufacturers over how much Medicare will pay for the named drugs.

This mechanism for negotiating prices exists because of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden’s signature legislation that Democrats in Congress passed on party-line votes last year.

Whether the new plan remains in place depends on whether its critics — including leaders of the drug industry and the Republican Party — manage to weaken, block or repeal it through new legislation and lawsuits.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Jim Jordan knows a lot about obstruction of justice. Just ask dozens of Ohio State wrestlers.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Wow. I just asked my Uber driver how he’s doing. He said, “Amazing” because, after 20+ years of trying to pay off student loans, he finally saw his loans forgiven & feels “much more hopeful.” Folks, THIS is the impact that President Biden’s policies is having & it’s incredible.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Nazi kills three black people targeted for their race using an AR-15. In a state were anyone can get weapons of war. Ron DeSantis’s Florida.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

When the Inflation Reduction Act was passed a year ago, inflation was at 8.3 percent.

Today, it’s down to 3.2 percent – the lowest rate of inflation among the world’s leading economies.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Hey, Ron DeSantis: We aren’t forgetting about the permitless carry bill you signed. Nor are we forgetting about the white nationalism & fascism you’ve bred with your attacks on Black history & the LGBTQ+ community. You have blood on your hands. We are going to make you find out.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Never forget how following the death of John McCain 5 years ago today, Trump refused to honor him by lowering the WH flags to half-staff

Only after enormous pressure from John Kelly and others Trump grudgingly gave the order to lower the flags

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Guns are the #1 killer of kids in America.

Not cancer. Not car crashes. Not drugs.

GUNS.

And what is the @GOP doing about it? Absolutely nothing. https://t.co/tEk8dEPr8v

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

In 2012, Romney called Russia our "greatest geo-political foe." In 2016, Russia backed Trump. Now the leading candidates in GOP all support Putin's position to cut off aid to Ukraine. Russia's influence on the GOP is the most successful intelligence operation in history.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Because Russia has destroyed hundreds of thousands of tons of Ukrainian grain, people throughout Africa and Asia will be priced out of grain markets and starve. In this sense, and from the beginning, Russia's war in Ukraine was a war against the world.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Delivering for the American people.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Your weekly reminder that since the insurrection, corporate interests have given $83.5 million benefitting the 147 members who voted not to certify the election results.

This week we're spotlighting @KochIndustries, which has given $1,385,500 to benefit the Sedition Caucus.

[Planned Parenthood Action @PPact]

Reminder: "Late-term abortion" is a made up phrase used by anti-abortion politicians to confuse people and stigmatize abortion.

[Jamie Raskin @jamie_raskin]

Oops. Nikki Haley let the cat out of the bag! Trump and GOP added $7.8 trillion to the national debt. They gave the store away to the super-rich and spent us into the ground! #GOPDebate

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Tennessee House subcommittee members had state troopers physically remove gun safety activists who quietly held signs from a hearing.

We bow down to this woman who - visibly shaking - said: “You will have to drag me out.”

Moms will win.