Disability accommodations are a rare thing that actually trickles down. You like curb cutouts? Auto-opening doors? Jar openers? Ramps? Hand rails? YOU’RE WELCOME
Even as an abled person you use disability accommodations every single day.
Supporting accommodations actually helps everyone.
Over and over, the patterns repeat
BREAKING:
The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released.
They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump.
DOC 1: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.
And ICYMI here is the latest blog by my veteran Medicaid expert colleague Andy Schneider on what is happening with the actions against Minnesota.
Hint: They are unprecedented.
ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/03/02/c...
“They unleashed an army of highly talented, skilled, and competent public servants that now have the motivation and the time to fight back. They've tried to break our souls. They tried to break us down, but they're not going to take that fighting servant spirit. They're really not.”
70% of voters say the Dem Party is too weak
40% say it is too progressive
So why is the money & energy in Dem spaces so tilted 2 moderation? Why is every "smart" analysis about how the party has been taken over by "groups"?
How does that win over the 70%?
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
Today's @gelliottmorris.com post is really eye-opening with respect to Dems' optimal midterm strategy ... www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
As my colleague Andy Schneider explained there is a complex administrative process CMS has to follow to preemptively withhold or retrospectively disallow federal #Medicaid funding for a state like MN. It would be unlawful to just unilaterally halt federal funding: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/16/c...
This story put my over the edge today. We will not forget thIs inhumanity and there will be accountability.
When Bezos fires, @51st.news hires.
We're up to $3171 ($2537 donations, 634 follows), which means it's time for me to cut another check. Keep it up and make me send a third.
The overall fundraiser is at $215,736‼️
Recycling of EV materials is required in the world's biggest EV markets in China and the EU.
Recycling of EV materials boosts further the public health and environmental benefits of EVs.
Recycling debunks EV haters claims about EV materials scarcity.
RMI Report is here:
rmi.org/how-we-can-e...
The template provides guidelines and suggested language advocates can use to submit public records requests to their states. healthlaw.org/resource/sta...
TIP #6 EXEMPTIONS FOR MEDICALLY FRAIL AND SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS PEOPLE. OBBBA exempts people who are “medically frail” or who have “special medical needs” from Medicaid work requirements, and states can still work now to maximize the utility of this exemption. Learn more about what states can do to identify and protect exempt individuals with our latest Timely Tip to Safeguard Medicaid. By Shandra Hartly https://healthlaw.org/timely-tips-to-safeguard-medicaid/
TIP #6 EXEMPTIONS FOR MEDICALLY FRAIL AND SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS PEOPLE. OBBBA exempts people who are “medically frail” or who have “special medical needs” from Medicaid work requirements, and states can still work now to maximize the utility of this exemption. healthlaw.org/timely-tips-...
This is exactly what concerned me with this data release: healthlaw.org/news/nhelp-c...
Feel like it's telling that you *don't* see people who have a lot of experience with T-MSIS data rushing to put out quick-and-dirty analyses (they know how quirky T-MSIS data can be)
Sloppy efforts to "expose" Medicaid "fraud" like this are going to expand the large target already on HCBS services
Striking from new Quinnipiac poll:
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
Bar chart titled "Nebraska Renewal Outcomes and Application Processing Times, September 2025." It shows percentages for Medicaid application outcomes in Nebraska compared to the national average. Data source: KFF Analysis of CMS State Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility Processing Data.
Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement Medicaid work requirements on May 1.
Here’s what state data indicate about their potential readiness for eligibility and enrollment system changes: https://on.kff.org/3NO0Pha
What could possibly go wrong?
but don't call them Nazis
The Republican Study Committee (RSC) in the House is pushing for a *second* budget reconciliation bill & released a plan with more damaging #Medicaid cuts beyond the draconian cuts enacted last year in H.R. 1. My new blog explains and analyzes these proposed cuts: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/22/h...
They just make up bullshit, bad-faith legal theories, do what they want until a court stops them, then lather, rinse, and repeat.
In the meantime, they get to terrorize people. And nothing will happen to any of those responsible.
Our courts are not equipped to deal with this.
Insurance companies are not the primary driver of health care costs. It's hospitals.
But, it’s also not clear that we’re getting a lot of value from insurers in driving down health care costs.
Also, their safety is obviously the main point, but Haitian workers are the backbone of the human services industry in Massachusetts. Amid an existing workforce crisis, deporting 45,000 Haitians will devastate care systems for seniors and the disabled. This is policy violence against *many* groups.
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty: "What is this about? It certainly isn't about fraud. This isn't how you investigate fraud. This is about the administration's anger over Minnesota's leaders, our tradition of valuing our neighbors, our immigrant neighbors."
My colleague (and expert on Medicaid law) Andy Schneider’s new blog explores the approach and fact checks the Trump Administration’s threat to withhold a significant chunk of Minnesota’s Medicaid funding.
ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/16/c...
"California’s utility solar and battery generation has risen by 58%, yet generation at the sunniest hour of the day has risen by just 8%."
Batteries are delivering solar after dark!
Batteries make it possible to deliver solar in all hours of the day!
Batteries change the game.
#energysky
Here is a gift link to the Times’ new analysis of the Good shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
