Two minutes til the Falcon 9 launch of #Meteosat Third Generation Sounder with the Sentinel 4 payload also aboard: webcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCTZj0hIAqE, more information at https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/meteosat_third_generation/Watch_MTG-S1_and_Sentinel-4_launch_live and https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=mtgs1
JD Vance is being lambasted for dismissing social safety net rollbacks under the Trump tax bill currently making its way through Congress.
On Monday night, Vance attempted to rally support for the bill in a post on X, writing,
“Everything else—the CBO score [the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate], the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy—is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.”
Many were rubbed the wrong way by…
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The Prospero challenge.
https://www.mattkeeter.com/projects/prospero/
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Perkins: Gutting Medicaid Is What Jesus Would Want - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/06/perkins-gutting-medicaid-is-what-jesus-would-want/
Oz works to assuage GOP members on Medicaid relief fund (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/02/congress/oz-medicaid-relief-hospitals-00437647
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p121#a250702p121
Republicans Are Flat-Out Lying About Their Medicaid Cuts (Nikki McCann Ramirez/Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-lying-cuts-medicaid-1235352465/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250602/p66#a250602p66
Johnson says 4.8 million Americans won't lose Medicaid access 'unless they choose to do so' (Rachel Scully/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/5327723-mike-johnson-gop-bill-medicaid-cuts/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250601/p47#a250601p47
House GOP probes whether NY Gov. Kathy Hochul pulled Medicaid funds to plug billion-dollar hole in state budget (Josh Christenson/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/07/02/us-news/house-gop-probes-kathy-hochul-over-hoarding-medicaid-funds-to-plug-billion-dollar-budget-hole/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p106#a250702p106