Over 60 percent of people on Medicaid who don't qualify via SSI/SSDI work full-time or part-time. Republican politicians never cite this number. http://www.politico.com/live-updates…

— Julia Métraux (@juliametraux.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T18:10:58.183Z

Low enrollment, high costs, a backlog of more than 5,000 applications: Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program — the only one in the nation — offers a window into how the GOP’s nationwide proposal could impact your state 👇

— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2025-06-28T03:15:13.628Z

#ResistanceUnitedDon’t fall for the straw man argument that the Big Ugly Bill will only throw people off Medicaid who don’t meet work requirements. Work requirements just mean more paperwork and confusion and more cost to the states. Repubs want to trip people up then blame them for falling.

— Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) 2025-06-28T22:41:10.380Z

Republicans want to add work requirements for Americans to get Medicaid. Is that a necessary step to fight "waste, fraud, and abuse" or a sneaky way of cutting the social safety net?

— NPR (@npr.org) 2025-06-26T12:28:13.632184Z

Yup. The entire point of “work reporting requirements” for Medicaid is to kick as many people off the program as possible without openly admitting that that’s the point.The process is deliberately as cumbersome as possible.

— Charles Gaba ✡️ (@charlesgaba.com) 2025-07-05T19:30:27.150Z

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

— James Brandt (@jamesbrandt.bsky.social) 2026-01-28T16:33:23.557Z

Several Voice of America employees based in Washington who received termination notices last week had those notices temporarily rescinded on Friday.

— Politico (@politico.com) 2025-06-28T18:49:24.957Z

Let me just get this completely straight.Pardon all the January 6 criminals.Fire all the prosecutors who secured over 1k J6 convictions?This is a criminal & corrupt administration from top to bottom. And the Supreme Court is locked in & fully corrupt.Uh huh. 💩🤢www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus…

— Steve (@stupotus.com) 2025-06-28T14:58:53.238Z

Pam Bondi just fired more than 20 Justice Dept. employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases and Trump's handling of classified documents.The firings are part of a massive purge aimed at clearing DOJ of attorneys and staff who took part in Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump. http://www.axios.com/2025/07/12/p…

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-07-12T17:40:05.535Z

BREAKING via ABC News “Judge permanently blocks Trump executive order that targeted the law firm Susman Godfrey, describing it as "unconstitutional from beginning to end."Law firms who have fought back are now 4/4 in securing permanent injunctions. DOJ has not yet appealed any of the rulings.”

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) 2025-06-27T22:01:52.301Z

BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us…

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T17:33:21.099Z

Glad to see this—Paul Weiss deserves to go extinct after its cowardly capitulation to Trump. Every partner and associate with any integrity should flee ASAP. The firm is irredeemable. http://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b…

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2025-05-23T22:04:14.051Z

“Many clients see the deals as a weakness and, increasingly, are pulling work away from the firms that [capitulated] to the Trump administration. … Attorneys are leaving the firms that caved to Trump, hoping to get the stink of capitulation off their resumes.”

— George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2025-05-09T22:26:18.966Z

The law firm caved. The lawyers didn’t. “The agreement now is pushing more lawyers to leave…spurred by anger that the firm capitulated to Trump instead of fighting back against an administration campaign that many in the industry believe to be unconstitutional.”www.wsj.com/us-news/law/…

— L’Etat C’est Moi (@letatcestmoi.bsky.social) 2025-05-08T22:12:08.284Z

The five big law firms that caved to Trump—Kirkland, Cadwalader, A&O Shearman, Latham, and Simpson—are trying to defend themselves against the indefensible.They chose to collaborate with tyranny.Any new clients are suspect too.They’ll be known as cowards always. http://www.law.com/nationallawj…

— L’Etat C’est Moi (@letatcestmoi.bsky.social) 2025-05-06T19:53:16.522Z

What Republican, Democratic judges said about Trump’s law firm orders reut.rs/45PXNjq

— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-06-30T15:35:08.548Z

A shameful display of cowardice by the nation's largest law firms. This article should be required reading in every law school ethics class in the country.If you are a partner at one of these firms, know that the money will never be enough to wash away the stain. http://www.reuters.com/investigatio…

— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-08-03T20:53:04.072Z

“If every single immigrant who has a baby in the U.S. has to sue to obtain citizenship, we are happy to create an army of lawyers to represent those people," Mr. DiBianco saidobvi they shouldnt have to but I really appreciate people whose response to hurdles is, aight bet, watch me clear that shit

— Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie (@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social) 2025-07-22T16:12:06.340Z

Chairman of the law firm that initially caved to Trump’s demands is in the Epstein files… imagine that…

— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-01-31T14:45:54.729Z

WSJ ed board warning Paramount not to pay Trump’s bribe!“The better alternative for Paramount: Win the legal case, vindicate its CBS journalists and 1st Amend & trust FCC has enough integrity to operate as something more than the President’s personal protection racket.” http://www.wsj.com/opinion/para…

— Ian Bassin (@ianbassin.bsky.social) 2025-06-26T03:54:34.789Z

That sentence is so insane

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) 2025-06-26T01:23:24.203Z

Sen. Wyden tells me that if Shari Redstone settles Donald Trump's "bogus case" against CBS News to push the Paramount-Skydance merger through "is illegal and offensive to anyone who values the First Amendment."More in @status.news: http://www.status.news/p/senators-w…

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy.bsky.social) 2025-05-21T02:41:45.777Z

partisan sorting, especially once one side becomes authoritarian, is simply incompatible with a business model for news that pursues attention from as many people as possible to sell advertising. as i told Semafor, once you're writing stories "for everyone," you're writing stories for no one

— G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) 2025-05-20T13:19:11.268Z

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2025-05-10T01:31:41.125Z

From a troubling data-sharing scheme to the ongoing risk of federal records being destroyed, the Trump administration’s disregard for accountability continues to put democracy at risk. Read our latest newsletter: americanoversight.org/newsletter/n…

— American Oversight (@weareoversight.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T20:58:16.382Z

Unclear what "non-survey data" refers to here. Note that this development comes a few months after HHS fired the entire team responsible for calculating federal poverty guidelines, which determine eligibility for Medicaid, SNAP, etc. kffhealthnews.org/news/article… bsky.app/profile/hans…

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2025-06-25T18:35:50.437Z

Accidental death data threatened by Trump CDC cuts

— Axios (@axios.com) 2025-06-23T11:16:06.328Z

@jilldlawrence.bsky.social describes how the Trump regime is disappearing data it doesn't like and gathering personal data it can use against Americans. A disaster for democracy that depends on knowledge and a danger to every one of us.www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru…

— Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) 2025-05-07T17:52:22.631Z

This is a big deal. "Economists say the staffing shortage raises questions about the quality of recent and coming inflation reports. There is no sign of an intentional effort to publish false or misleading statistics. But any problems with the data could have major implications for the economy."

— @NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social) 2025-06-04T21:16:25.286Z

A priceless treasure trove of biodata gathered from generations of Americans by Harvard University researchers may soon be lost due to additional funding cuts by the Trump administration, a leading nutrition researcher told CNN.

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-05-08T09:00:23.138Z

@adamserwer.bsky.social: “During Democratic administrations, Trump has—completely without evidence—accused federal agencies of faking economic data. If the usual pattern of Trump doing things he accuses others of doing holds, Trump himself may try to fake economic data for real.“

— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com) 2025-05-27T19:48:53.428Z

Trump can now have any federal financial analyst fired if their reports don't paint the pretty pic he demands.Any gov't number cruncher who submits one that makes Trump look bad will be on the street.That means all economic reports will be manipulated before released to the Federal Reserve.

— Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T04:09:44.137Z

Started/Going

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-05-27T00:02:15.750Z

We’ve amended our lawsuit against USAID and Marco Rubio for the destruction of government records.Our expanded lawsuit contests the alarming directive to remotely wipe devices used by departing staff.americanoversight.org/american-ove…

— American Oversight (@weareoversight.bsky.social) 2025-05-14T16:24:56.903Z

Was just talking with a group of scholars about all the primary sources and reports that have been disappearing along with the research and teaching losses associated already — USAID, USIP, Wilson Center, White House transcripts and older files, speeches, reports … with much more imperiled🗃️

— Christopher McKnight Nichols (@cmcknichols.bsky.social) 2025-05-28T19:15:59.343Z

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has intensified his crackdown on independent economists and consultants, detaining at least eight people in what critics call a bid to control data exposing the country's decline. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/article…

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T23:53:08.032Z

Trump’s halting of data collection could have effects that last far beyond his time in office.Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.

— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2025-04-24T03:00:44.481Z

A current Noaa scientist who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation said that the action to halt the DMSP, when taken in context with other recent moves by the Trump administration, amounted to “a systematic destruction of science”.www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

— Eric Holthaus (@ericholthaus.com) 2025-06-28T18:34:02.043Z

Pentagon will no longer share satellite data that tracks hurricanes overnight, @byscottdance.com: http://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025…

— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather.bsky.social) 2025-06-30T21:20:14.660Z

* REUTERS POLL — NEARLY 90% ECONOMISTS, 89 OF 100, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OFFICIAL U.S. ECONOMIC DATA, INCLUDING 41 SAYING VERY CONCERNED@reuters.com

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2025-07-25T11:48:08.724Z

Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).It has granted relief to Trump … in all 15 rulings.It has written majority opinions in only 3.Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*

— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-07-14T19:38:43.267Z

Since May:Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.A judiciary at war with itself.

— Adam Bonica (@adambonica.bsky.social) 2025-06-25T12:52:38.190Z

Of course, qualitatively, the lower-court injunctions in the Biden cases were almost entirely horseshit, while the injunctions in the Trump cases are almost entirely slam dunksMaking this even worse than the numbers would indicate

— Robert Black (@hurricanexyz.bsky.social) 2025-07-09T18:32:41.626Z

We all know whywww.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u…

— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2025-07-16T16:01:08.355Z

House Republicans are trying to gut the Government Accountability Office—the nonpartisan agency that’s spent decades exposing waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government. GAO has worked with Congress for years to make government more efficient and accountable. (1/2)

— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@repjasmine.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T16:43:46.387Z

This really is Congress eating its own institutional capacity to stifle any dissent to Trump. They accuse CBO of being Democrats, even though it is run by a Republican appointee.GAO has pointed out the illegality of impoundment. DOGE tried to take over GAO, and now House Republicans want to gut it.

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T00:15:51.073Z

House Republicans are clearing the path for Trump’s corruption by decimating the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. Acting RM @lynch.house.gov and Oversight Dems are fighting back against Republican cuts at the GAO.

— Oversight Dems (@oversightdemocrats.house.gov) 2025-06-23T18:11:12.101Z