Thursday, August 7, 2025

Tag: CHIP

Trump slashes $7 billion from children’s health program

The move is being called "despicable on every level."

Children’s Health Insurance Program in trouble – funding to end in January

"We are unable to say with certainty whether there is enough funding for every state to continue its CHIP program through March 31, 2018.”

Bernie slams McConnell’s efforts to end defense and non-defense spending parity

“When history looks back on this period, I do not want people to see a U.S. Congress which worked overtime to protect billionaires and large corporations but turned its back on providing health care to vulnerable children.”

Here’s the first state to freeze enrollment to Children’s Health Insurance...

In six states – Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Utah and Virginia – officials have said they will end the state programs completely if Congress doesn't approve funding.

The Republican Party’s sickness of the soul

There is, indeed, a “poverty of spirit” at work here.

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Trump’s IgNobel Peace Prize

As if these six victories are not enough, stay tuned for new peace treaties that will end the Wars on Science, Education, Rational Thought, a Free Press, and "the big one"!—Habeas Corpus.

America the FUBAR

After all, the few can do little without the consent of the many. It’s up to the many (that’s us!) to reclaim and restore America.

FCC faces backlash over push to lift media ownership limits amid threats to local...

Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability.

Journalists demand access to Gaza as Israel begins full conquest and press blackout deepens

More than 600 journalists call the press restrictions in Gaza “the worst blackout in modern conflict” as Israel moves forward with plans to fully occupy the strip and restricts independent coverage of its escalating war.

ICE recruitment campaign offers student loan forgiveness and bonuses as Trump ramps up deportation...

Critics warn Trump is weaponizing student debt to undermine dissent and push ideological loyalty through immigration enforcement