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Medicaid cuts

Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump-GOP Plan to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid Healthcare

Interview with Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works, conducted by Scott Harris

50501 protests

Growing Civil Resistance Defying the Trump-Musk Coup

In-depth interview with Maria J. Stephan, co-lead and chief organizer with the Horizons Project, conducted by Scott Harris

No kings

As NYC’s Congestion Pricing Program Generates Funds for Mass Transit, Trump Wants It Shut Down

Interview with Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Feb. 26, 2025

Compiled by Bob Nixon

  • New DNC chairman: Democrats are “true party of labor and working people"
  • U.S. firm accused of Guantanamo migrant rights abuses
  • Argentina's president accused of cryptocurrency "pump and dump"

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Here’s what Trump doesn’t want you to know:

Ukraine used to have the third largest nuclear weapons arsenal in the world.

They got rid of their nukes in exchange for security guarantees.

By betraying Ukraine, Trump just taught every country on the planet to never trust America, and definitely get your own nukes to prevent getting invaded.

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"We did see the 505051 protests across the country on President’s Day. So definitely, activist movement groups have been out.

But we’re also seeing groups like the American Bar Association issuing declarations, condemning the administration’s attacks on the rule of law. We’re seeing the American Association of University Presidents issue statements against anticipatory obedience and, you know, vowing to stand by teachers, students and communities and not to cave into threats, to change curricula, to not teach about certain subjects, to resist efforts to undermine commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion.

You know, you’re seeing scientists taking to the streets in protests of cuts to NIH funding and CDC funding. You’re seeing youth from different movements. — Maria J. Stephan, chief organizer, The Horizons Project #StopTheCoup #StopFascism #stopmusk
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"If we weren’t living in and seeing the other things that the Trump administration and the unelected monarch Elon Musk are doing, they wouldn’t be believable that this is what they’re proposing, but it’s what they’re proposing. It’s $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid. It’s basically an elimination of food assistance — SNAP —providing meals for seniors, for example, people with disabilities. Medicaid primarily serves seniors, children, people with disability and besides that, the majority of people work and are on Medicaid. It provides health care. That’s all it provides. You can’t live on Medicaid alone. It just provides health care. So if you take it away from people, they get sick and they die. That’s what’s being proposed." — Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works #DOGECUTS #MedicaidCuts #MedicaidMatters
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As NYC’s #CongestionPricing Program Generates Funds for Mass Transit, Trump Wants It Shut Down: Interview with Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Law at Columbia University Law School, conducted by Melinda Tuhus. Listen Here > https://btlonline.org/as-nycs-congestion-pricing-program-generates-funds-for-mass-transit-trump-wants-it-shut-down-2/
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Growing Civil Resistance Defying the Trump-Musk Coup: interview with Maria J. Stephan, co-lead and chief organizer with the Horizons Project, conducted by Scott Harris. Listen Here > https://btlonline.org/civil-resistance-strategies-and-tactics-to-effectively-resist-the-trump-musk-coup/