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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

#GiftArticle

They bought #HealthInsurance promoted by #Trump. Then they needed surgery.

The cheap #health #insurance promoted by Trump officials has a catch.
Some states have banned “short-term” insurance plans with limited coverage, & consumer advocates have warned of the drawbacks.

#law #scammers #affordability #healthcare #HealthcareCrisis #CostOfLiving #economy #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #policy #USpol
https://wapo.st/4oRpNtt

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

#GiftArticle

They bought #HealthInsurance promoted by #Trump. Then they needed surgery.

The cheap #health #insurance promoted by Trump officials has a catch.
Some states have banned “short-term” insurance plans with limited coverage, & consumer advocates have warned of the drawbacks.

#law #scammers #affordability #healthcare #HealthcareCrisis #CostOfLiving #economy #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #policy #USpol
https://wapo.st/4oRpNtt

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

…In limiting spending on long-term #housing to just 30% of the $3.5 billion in aid — from about 90% this year — the #Trump plan would deal a crippling blow to a movement called Housing First, which once enjoyed bipartisan support & has guided federal grant making since at least 2009. Housing First programs provide subsidized apartments without preconditions to the #homeless with #disabilities — offering, but not requiring, treatment for mental health or addiction.

#law #policy #unhoused

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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

…The [forced] treatment-first approach, embodied by #Trump’s plan, pledges swifter action to address what it calls the “root causes” of #homelessness, like drug abuse & mental illness. But it risks consigning to worse destitution & danger those who cannot or do not comply. It also does not address another root cause of homelessness, soaring #housing costs [‼️].

#Trump #law #policy #unhoused #WealthGap #affordability #CostOfLiving #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

By cutting #aid for permanent #housing by TWO-THIRDS next year, the plan risks a sudden end of support for most of the people the Continuum places in such housing nationwide, beginning as soon as January. All are #disabled — a condition of the aid — & many are 50 or older [WTF?]. The document does not explain how they would find housing.

#Trump #law #policy #unhoused #SocialCleansing #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

“There are people who have been living in those units for 5 years, 8 years,” said Ann Oliva, the chief executive of the National Alliance to End #Homelessness, an advocacy group. “No one can wrap their head around the idea that #HUD is about to kick 170,000 #vulnerable people out of their homes. People don’t know what’s about to hit them.”

#Trump #law #policy #unhoused #SocialCleansing #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

The expected shift, which would be the most consequential in a generation, is detailed in a 100pg notice from #HUD, slated for release in coming days, that would govern >$3.5 billion in Continuum of Care funds, the main source of federal money for #homelessness.

While #Trump has long pledged to pursue tougher homelessness policies, such as camping bans & treatment mandates, the long-anticipated document, reviewed by NYT, outlines changes that would go much deeper & faster than expected.

#law

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

By cutting #aid for permanent #housing by TWO-THIRDS next year, the plan risks a sudden end of support for most of the people the Continuum places in such housing nationwide, beginning as soon as January. All are #disabled — a condition of the aid — & many are 50 or older [WTF?]. The document does not explain how they would find housing.

#Trump #law #policy #unhoused #SocialCleansing #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

#Trump admin renews #SCOTUS appeal to keep full #SNAP payments frozen

The request is the latest in a flurry of legal activity over how a program that helps buy groceries for 42 million Americans should proceed during the historic US govt #shutdown. Lower courts have ruled that the govt must keep FULL payments flowing, & SCOTUS asked the admin to respond after an appeals court ruled against it again late Sunday.

#law #Plutocracy #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #FoodStamps
https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-benefits-trump-government-shutdown-c633d646f08f395e7d157d1145eaf727?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-10-Breaking+News

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Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen

The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to keep full food aid payments on hold. The request Monday is the latest in a legal fight over how the SNAP program that helps 42 million Americans buy groceries should proceed during the government shutdown.
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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

#Trump admin renews #SCOTUS appeal to keep full #SNAP payments frozen

The request is the latest in a flurry of legal activity over how a program that helps buy groceries for 42 million Americans should proceed during the historic US govt #shutdown. Lower courts have ruled that the govt must keep FULL payments flowing, & SCOTUS asked the admin to respond after an appeals court ruled against it again late Sunday.

#law #Plutocracy #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #FoodStamps
https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-benefits-trump-government-shutdown-c633d646f08f395e7d157d1145eaf727?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-10-Breaking+News

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Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen

The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to keep full food aid payments on hold. The request Monday is the latest in a legal fight over how the SNAP program that helps 42 million Americans buy groceries should proceed during the government shutdown.
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Dave Fenichel
@nek@hear-me.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Please be very aware that the emerging capitulation by Senate Democrats over the #republicanShutdown maintains the current plan to eliminate medical care for millions of Americans first in December of this year when the state-administered Affordable Care budgeted programs are set to expire without a renewal action, or right after the midterm elections next fall, when Medicaid itself (whatever it's called in your state) will cease to be funded under the new federal budget. Combined with approved, huge, doubledigit-percentage increases to private healthcare premiums, most Americans and every community will be directly affected, and the national economy isn't likely to collapse; it is certain to do so. Hospitals will be closing. If you're not okay with it then get on the phone now, seriously.

#healthNews #healthcare #healthcareNews #economy #economicNews #uspol #shutdown #financialNews #redistribution #feudalism #plutocracy #kakistocracy #hospitalShutdowns

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/senate-hopes-for-shutdown-breakthrough-sunday-00644023

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Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday

Senators believe enough Democrats are ready to reopen the government. The White House isn’t standing in the way of an emerging deal.
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Dave Fenichel
@nek@hear-me.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Please be very aware that the emerging capitulation by Senate Democrats over the #republicanShutdown maintains the current plan to eliminate medical care for millions of Americans first in December of this year when the state-administered Affordable Care budgeted programs are set to expire without a renewal action, or right after the midterm elections next fall, when Medicaid itself (whatever it's called in your state) will cease to be funded under the new federal budget. Combined with approved, huge, doubledigit-percentage increases to private healthcare premiums, most Americans and every community will be directly affected, and the national economy isn't likely to collapse; it is certain to do so. Hospitals will be closing. If you're not okay with it then get on the phone now, seriously.

#healthNews #healthcare #healthcareNews #economy #economicNews #uspol #shutdown #financialNews #redistribution #feudalism #plutocracy #kakistocracy #hospitalShutdowns

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/senate-hopes-for-shutdown-breakthrough-sunday-00644023

POLITICO

Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday

Senators believe enough Democrats are ready to reopen the government. The White House isn’t standing in the way of an emerging deal.
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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.

The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.

#aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #law #USpol

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

How the #Trump Administration Is Giving Even More #TaxBreaks to the #Wealthy

The #Treasury Department & #IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big #corporations & the #ultrarich.

#law #SeparationOfPowers #aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nytimes.com

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

With its various #tax relief provisions, the admin is now effectively adding hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses & investors. The #Treasury is empowered to write rules to help the #IRS carry out tax laws passed by #Congress. But the aggressive actions of the #Trump admin raise questions about whether it is exceeding its legal #authority.

#aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol #law

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#Trump & congressional #Republicans have attacked federal workers as instruments of the “deep state,” exercising power beyond anything authorized by the #law. Now the administration is doing the same thing, several #tax experts said, undermining laws that hit the #ultrawealthy & big #corporations.

#aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

But the succession of notices the #Treasury & #IRS have issued beginning in summer means the #tax could bring in a fraction of that.

The breaks come in addition to the ~$4 trillion package of tax cuts that #Trump signed into #law in July. The #legislation, passed entirely by #Republicans, heavily benefits #corporations & the #ultrawealthy. It is projected to add trillions of dollars to the federal #deficit & came with steep cuts to #healthcare for the #elderly & #FoodStamps for the poorest.

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

With its various #tax relief provisions, the admin is now effectively adding hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses & investors. The #Treasury is empowered to write rules to help the #IRS carry out tax laws passed by #Congress. But the aggressive actions of the #Trump admin raise questions about whether it is exceeding its legal #authority.

#aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol #law

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

How the #Trump Administration Is Giving Even More #TaxBreaks to the #Wealthy

The #Treasury Department & #IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big #corporations & the #ultrarich.

#law #SeparationOfPowers #aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nytimes.com

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.

The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.

#aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #law #USpol

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

How the #Trump Administration Is Giving Even More #TaxBreaks to the #Wealthy

The #Treasury Department & #IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big #corporations & the #ultrarich.

#law #SeparationOfPowers #aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nytimes.com

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

…there ain’t no rest for the wicked…

#SCOTUS granted #Trump *emergency* appeal to temporarily block a #CourtOrder to FULLY fund #SNAP #food #aid payments amid the government #shutdown.

#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #Aristocracy #Plutocracy #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #Aporophobia #FoodStamps #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #HealthInequity #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-07-SNAP+update

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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Heartless #billionaire assholes

#Trump admin seeks to halt #SNAP #food #aid payments after a #CourtOrder

Trump’s admin asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a #US govt #shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.

#law #judiciary #FoodStamps #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #EconomicDiscrimination
https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-07-Breaking+News

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

US District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had given #Trump’s admin until Friday to make the #SNAP payments. But Trump’s admin instead asked the appeals #court to suspend any #CourtOrders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund.

#law #judiciary #FoodStamps #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol

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Ben Royce 🇺🇦
@benroyce@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@atlovato

#capitalism says you work hard and succeed

the reality is capitalism creates a #plutocracy class. the effect of this class is you work your ass off to tread water, or even sink, all so that these #plutocrat parasites can siphon off your productivity for another $billion

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Ben Royce 🇺🇦
@benroyce@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@atlovato

#capitalism says you work hard and succeed

the reality is capitalism creates a #plutocracy class. the effect of this class is you work your ass off to tread water, or even sink, all so that these #plutocrat parasites can siphon off your productivity for another $billion

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#OpenAI Signs $38 Billion #Cloud Computing Deal With #Amazon

After signing agreements to use computing power from #Nvidia, #AMD & #Oracle, OpenAI is teaming up with the world’s largest cloud computing company.

#tech #AI #law #antitrust #technocracy #plutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/technology/openai-amazon-cloud-computing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nytimes.com

OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Cloud Computing Deal With Amazon

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