Elaine Almarode

Child of God, wife, mother, grandmother, retired educator, dog lover, living every day in His Grace. No DM.

[Elaine Almarode @EAlmarode]

@cwebbonline @SPBMcKenna Trash.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump's Justice Department has seemingly refused all election integrity measures for the upcoming midterms.

The admin has canceled election integrity training, deleted a prosecution guide for election infractions, and does not appear to be appointing an Election Crimes branch director.

[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.

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Senate Republicans vote to stop all investigations into ICE civil rights abuses.

[Elaine Almarode @EAlmarode]

@elonmusk This is so full of holes.

[Human☮🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🌊 @4HumanUnity]

BIG UGLY BILL! It took just 2 weeks for inflation, gas prices, healthcare costs, and tariffs to wipe out middle-class tax cuts and push households back into the negative.

The bottom 30%, 100 million people, lost money. So who really benefited?

The top 0.1% got $300,000 each...

[Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego]

Lift the cap on Social Security payroll tax. This will take care of the problem. Next Dem trifecta has to do this immediately.

[HUMAN WA$TE @Dplanet]

🚨 BREAKING: The New Yorker has published the most heavily documented account yet of how Andrew and Tristan Tate built their operation. Reporter @HeidilBlake worked from sealed prosecutorial files. Her reporting has already reopened a UK police investigation that sat dead for over a decade. 🧵⬇️

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This's not Gaza. This's Lebanon...

Similarities between Israel's bombing of Gaza and Lebanon are growing. Hospitals in flames and children buried beneath rubbles, in flagrant violation of all international laws and treaties, with full impunity and absolutely no consequences.

[Feisty is proud to be a Democrat! @FeistyLibLady]

A divided federal appeals court panel ruled a policy implemented by Pete Hegseth to expel transgender service members from the military was a violation of their constitutional rights.

Shortly after the start of Trump 2.0, Trump signed an executive order stating that transgender individuals “cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service.”

Of course, SecWar, White Christian Nationalist and abuser of women and alcohol, Pete Hegseth will take the ruling to SCOTUS.

The ban to stop transgender individuals from enlisting in the military still remains.

For now, a win for the LGBTQ+ community.
#PrideMonth2026
#DemsUnited

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

Accountability in politics requires a long memory.

The disastrous reality of Trump's second term means it is time to permanently discredit the influencers, tech billionaires, politicians, and other figures who pushed for his return to power.

Trump's second term has proven to be an absolute catastrophe, far exceeding the chaos of his first four years. He has easily earned the title of the worst president in American history, defined by unparalleled corruption, incompetence, treason, and completely arbitrary decision-making. The entire global community is currently suffering from the fallout of his erratic policies and betrayal of traditional alliances.

Voters must remember the exact individuals who guaranteed that this administration would bring prosperity. Consider when Elon Musk claimed that it would be the end of the United States as we know it if Trump lost the election. The exact opposite turned out to be true, and the country is now fractured because he won.

These pundits and tech moguls have exposed their complete lack of moral and intellectual judgment. Anyone who weaponized their platform to sell this vision has earned a long disqualification from public discourse, and their political advice should be ignored for years (if not decades)

[Cally1977 @Cally12750]

A reminder that we are living under the most corrupt administration in American history every day, something new.
An example of dark money is the $250,000 donation made by The GEO Group, ICE’s largest private detention contractor, to a political committee closely aligned with Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH). We would not have known about this if it had not been accidentally disclosed. An investigation by POGO Investigates, the reporting arm of the Project On Government Oversight, revealed key details about this contribution
The Recipient
Target Organization: The American Liberty Action Fund and the American Liberty Foundation, two twin political committees with identical leadership tied to Rep. Jim Jordan.
Lawmaker's Role
Rep. Jordan chairs a crucial congressional committee that directly oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its budgets.
Timing & Context
Legislative Action The contribution came shortly after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Financial Impact
This legislation nearly triples ICE's budget and funds a significant increase in immigrant detention spaces.
Corporate Benefit
Industry experts note that the substantial expansion of federal funding directly boosts projected revenues and contracts for private operators like The GEO Group.
The nature of the donation originally cloaked the transaction in secrecy, surfacing only after campaign-finance researchers and journalists traced the funding loophole.

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[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Its already been 170 days past the deadline given by Congress for the DOJ and Todd Blanche to release the remaining 3 million Epstein files.What is it in these files that they’re so afraid of the World seeing!

[Covie @covie_93]

The French don't play: "He has very warlike views and it seems to us that this man does not share our democratic values."

French villagers say Hegseth not welcome for D-Day visit.

https://t.co/Od2cnRSA2l

[DulceBiatch @BiatchDulce]

JUST IN MAY 2026:
36 RIGHT-WINGERS/MAGA’s MADE HEADLINES FOR CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
#RepublicansSupportPedophilia

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

On the 100th day of the war in Iran, we know it was immoral, illegal, and unstrategic.

The regime is largely unchanged and Iran has fuel.

Gas and food prices have soared in America.

That's why @RepThomasMassie and I led a WPR to stop it that passed in the House. @FaceTheNation

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

ALERT: Nothing is formally scheduled yet... but it appears there will be a court hearing on THURSDAY here in DC in the 11th hour lawsuit seeking to halt the weekend UFC event at the White House

Trump Admin will respond to lawsuit by tomorrow midday

[Negan @Roger_Negan]

This

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

It appears that Trump never posted anything about D-Day, though he had plenty of posts on June 6. It's as if all pretenses are gone, and he's given up even pretending he's interested in honoring anything about America other than himself.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

WELKER: What changed? You insisted 'no new wars'

TRUMP: I didn't guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?