Steve Thompson PhD
Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles
Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.
Steve Thompson PhD
Justices knew what they were awarding and how it wiould be used. Oddly enough, Biden had it, too. He did zip with it.
"The Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. He’s using it as a blank check."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/trump-supreme-court-immunity/index.html
Trump has expounded an extraordinary vision of his authority over the past month, relying on the Supreme Court’s decision last year granting him immunity from criminal prosecution as a blank check in his broader drive for power.
Steve Thompson PhD
Good news. Thank you, Jesus.
"Critics cheer Trump postmaster general’s resignation after 'turbulent five-year tenure'"
https://www.alternet.org/dejoy-resignation-trump-biden/
"Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's five-year association with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is coming to an end. CBS News' Kate Gibson, on Tuesday, February 18, reported that DeJoy is leaving the agency."
Steve Thompson PhD
Some sycophant grifter worse than DeJoy, likely, if tha's possible.
Steve Thompson PhD
Protesters decry 'fascist Elon Musk' at dozens of Tesla showrooms nationwide
https://mashable.com/article/tesla-showroom-protests-elon-musk
#TeslaTakeover tries to hit Musk where it hurts.
Steve Thompson PhD
Trump goes after religious groups—and they’re fighting back
Trump has wasted no time making good on his campaign to enact a reign of terror against immigrants. Now, churches and religious groups are pushing back, suing the administration for violating their religious freedom.
Twenty-seven Jewish and Christian religious groups, representing national denominations and interdenominational associations with millions of members, sued...
Steve Thompson PhD
Utah man arrested after threatening to kill Jews at Manhattan synagogue
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-842218
Luis Ramirez...alleged to have threatened to kill Jews...on social media, was arrested after traveling from Utah.
Ramirez, 23, drove from Utah through Kansas City to Philadelphia, continuing to make threats along the way, NBC reported. He was later arrested at the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel.
Efforts are being made to gain legal access to his phone.
Steve Thompson PhD
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
https://apnews.com/article/black-consumers-dei-buying-guide-naacp-34664d8af92e2dc1ba787a498348b7a4
The NAACP says the spending guide it published Saturday is needed because DEI initiatives promote the social and economic advancement of Black Americans, who are projected to consume nearly $2 trillion in goods and services in nominal dollars by 2030, according to the McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility.
Steve Thompson PhD
US states say Trump illegally appointed Elon Musk to head DOGE
Steve Thompson PhD
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages
https://apnews.com/article/tesla-china-lawsuits-musk-investigation-58b10ccace488784fcc63646ab78b410
Zhang Yazhou was sitting in the passenger seat of her Tesla Model 3 when she said she heard her father’s panicked voice: The brakes don’t work!
Tesla sued her for defamation for complaining publicly about the car’s brakes — and won. A Chinese court ordered Zhang to pay more than $23,000 in damages and publicly apologize to the $1.1 trillion company.
Steve Thompson PhD
After meeting with Trump, Jordan’s king says his country opposes displacing Palestinians in Gaza
https://apnews.com/article/trump-abdullah-jordan-gaza-hamas-israel-1f3ef249419ce61fc5c0f41412c24cb0
Steve Thompson PhD
⬆️ Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts ⬇️
Elon Musk to Vice President JD Vance have not only criticized a federal judge’s decision early Saturday that blocks Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records, but have also attacked the legitimacy of judicial oversight, a fundamental pillar of American democracy, which is based on the separation of powers.
Steve Thompson PhD
Core to our democracy is our judge and jury court system. We should not be surprised if it is determined to be antiquated and replaced with AI adjudicators at some point.
Steve Thompson PhD
Historian wants us to see lessons we’ve ignored from Hitler's rise
“Trump is not Hitler, by any means,” says Timothy Ryback. “But I think there are modalities that are very similar."
In his new book, “Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power”...Ryback also sets out to show how the Nazi leader came to power in a functioning democracy, enabled by rivals and fairweather allies who either underestimated him or thought they could “tame” him once he took office.
Steve Thompson PhD
Sorting Out the Facts on ‘Waste and Abuse’ at USAID
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/sorting-out-the-facts-on-waste-and-abuse-at-usaid/
As President Donald Trump’s administration targets the U.S. Agency for International Development for closure or major downsizing, the White House and social media posts have highlighted four projects as examples of the agency’s “waste and abuse.” But only one was funded by USAID.
Steve Thompson PhD
Conservative Writer Who Accused Drag Queens of ‘Grooming’ Is Arrested on Child Molestation Charges
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Steve Thompson PhD
Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office
The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official who has planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump’s power into one of the most influential positions in the federal government.
Steve Thompson PhD
‘Directly violates the law’: Trump defying ’90 years of Supreme Court precedent’ in firing labor board member after ‘unlawful’ termination, lawsuit says
Steve Thompson PhD
Donald Trump Says He Will Deny Visas for Transgender Olympic Athletes
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-he-will-deny-visas-transgender-olympic-athletes-2026896
#TRUMP #TRANS #OLYMPICS #SPORT #LGBTQ #VISAS #TRAVEL #DEI #PRESS
Steve Thompson PhD
Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance
https://www.wired.com/story/google-responsible-ai-principles/
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Professor. Formerly @ Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, UC Davis. Published first ever research on Internet Addiction and Dependency (1996). Scholar in media and terrorism rhetorics. Editor. Veteran newsman. Futurist. Believer. https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/SteveThompson
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