A red state reckons with Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

 NBC News - Few states stand to lose as much from the megabill that President Donald Trump signed into law as Louisiana.  With more poverty and disease than most of the country, Louisiana relies heavily on Medicaid benefits going to people who lack the means to cover a doctor’s visit on their own.

That fragile lifeline is now in jeopardy.

The “Big Beautiful Bill” that Trump muscled through Congress chops Medicaid spending by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade.... About 35% of Louisianans under the age of 65 were covered by Medicaid in 2023, the most recent year data was available. That figure is the second highest among the 50 states, according to KFF, a nonpartisan health policy organization....

Nationwide, the act will reduce the number of people receiving Medicaid by nearly 12 million over the next 10 years, the largest cutback since President Lyndon Johnson created the program 60 years ago as part of his “Great Society” agenda.

Stupid Trump stuff

Independent, UK -   President Donald Trump on Saturday took time out to issue a threat that he’ll strip the citizenship of U.S.-born comedian and talk show host Rosie O’Donnell, a longtime critic.  In a major escalation of his war of words with adversaries, the president wrote on Truth Social: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.”

He continued: “She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her.”...

O’Donnell was born in Commack, New York, in 1962. Her mother was of Irish American descent, and her father was an immigrant from County Donegal, Ireland. Days before Trump's return to the White House, the 63-year-old comedian left the U.S. and moved to Ireland, which she says has helped improve her health and sleep.  Nevertheless, she remains a fierce critic of Trump, and on Sunday, she blamed him for the impact of the deadly flash floods in Central Texas in a lengthy TikTok video. 

Time - The White House has responded after drawing ire and backlash over its recent memes, one of which included a fake movie poster depicting President Donald Trump as Superman. In a post shared across its core social media accounts on Friday night, the White House said: “Nowhere in the Constitution does it say we can’t post banger memes,” 

X,Com -  REPORTER: What do you say to the families who are upset that the [weather] alerts didn't go out in time and people could've been saved?

TRUMP: Only a bad person would ask a question like that. I don't know who you are, but only an evil person would ask a question like that. 

Via Annie