Indiana FSSA to seek federal waiver to reinstate HIP cost-sharing for able-bodied adults on Medicaid.

FSSA to seek federal waiver to reinstate HIP cost-sharing for able-bodied adults on Medicaid • Indiana Capital Chronicle

FSSA intends to seek a federal waiver application to revive the agency's cost-sharing model under a new iteration of HIP

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"A Trump-linked cryptocurrency mining company, American Bitcoin, disclosed Monday that it settled a Justice Department allegation accusing it of improperly obtaining a pandemic relief loan, agreeing to pay millions of dollars as it omitted the settlement from its positive earnings narrative."

Trump-Linked American Bitcoin Settles Improper PPP Loan Allegation For $2.5 Million

The settlement was noted in the company’s 10-Q filing, excluded from its earnings narrative.

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Looking forward to the next Democratic Administration under whose leadership we can expect to find the catering cart Trump cowered in as part of a major new display at the Smithsonian on "Corruption and Cowardice in the U.S. Presidency."

It’s a grim sight—we’re staring down a new industrial revolution with the industrialists already driving the car, and Republicans are slowly realizing their policies have made this dire future possible. trib.al/JhiRn6b

We don't have to accept this, but it is also sadly the case that we can't just fix this under the table with budget rules. But there's nothing stopping local governments from passing rules banning their use. And if preempted by the state lege, mayors can fire* police chiefs who let cops use them.

NACDL@nacdl.org · 7d ago

The tech is moving faster than the law and faster than public awareness. Read the full @truthout.org report and see what is already flying over your city:

As I wrote with @becingber.bsky.social in @justsecurity.org earlier this summer, these US attacks on third-state merchant vessels themselves constitute violations of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. At least according to the USG's own legal position. www.justsecurity.org/142005/block...

Blockade and Article 2(4) of the UN Charter

U.S. attacks on neutral vessels to enforce its Iran blockade point to U.S. violations of UN Charter against four different countries.

justsecurity.org

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 7d ago

Exclusive: U.S. forces fired on a Panama-flagged ship after it attempted to break the American blockade of Iranian ports.

Trump's disastrous approval ratings among Independents and Dems are as close to zero as polls like these ever get. The vast majority of Americans view him as a disaster. To quote someone close to the story, "No one's ever seen anything like it."

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 7d ago

Today in “It’s not polarization” bsky.app/profile/mcop...

CITADEL: “.. the corporate buyback window reopens this week ..”

President Donald Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle

President Donald Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle

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Explore the stories of five little-known men who almost became president and learn how the ratification of the 25th Amendment changed the rules of presidential succession. Read: #ConstitutionDaily: https://ow.ly/2IoT50ZwIiy

Five little-known men who almost became president | Constitution Center

What do Benjamin Wade, Willie P. Mangum and John Nance Garner all have in common? If not for a last-second decision, or a twist of fate, they might have become Acting President of the United States, in an era before the 25th Amendment existed.

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Not that this goes to the deeper issues people are discussing. But the Thanksgiving Holiday has basically nothing to do with the Pilgrims or anything to do with settlers or later white Americans interactions with American Indians. The holiday didn't start with the Pilgrims. The modern day ...

PLS WATCH: North Korea is becoming part of Russia’s war machine youtu.be/X5o5zFww6mM?...

NORTH KOREA IS BECOMING PART OF RUSSIA'S WAR MACHINE

YouTube video by Onest.

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Iran has changed its secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, appointing former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezaei as second-in-command on the body that coordinates the ​country's security and foreign policy.

New: The time Hugh Hefner reported that Jeffrey Epstein had raped one of his Playboy centerfolds -- and the FBI did nothing. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/the-time-h...

“circular financing” has a real “sub-prime” vibe to it. Might just be me…

Never forget.

Equal Justice Initiative@eji.org · 7d ago

On this day in 2017, more than 200 members of white supremacist, alt-right, neo-Nazi, and pro-Confederate groups from across the country marched with torches at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Prepare for more news on this front today -->

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.

NEWS --> Dems are launching an investigation into Trump's corrupt prosecutions for "vandalism" of Reflecting Pool. They're demanding access to WH-DOJ communications and more. “Participants in this frame-up will be held to account," Jamie Raskin tells me. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2141...

Are you telling me this wasn't realistic www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw3P...

Get Off My Plane - Air Force One

YouTube video by Samuel Helgabond

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So, what I'm hearing in all this is that Trump let unknowing staffers and journalists stay on a plane that he knew was under credible threat of being attacked.

In major security breach, catering truck is reported to have lacked adequate supplies of Big Macs and Coke.

"The developers of a multi-billion-dollar natural gas export facility recently donated $125,000 to a group supporting the congressional run of the son-in-law of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy." via Politico

Duffy’s son-in-law gets a natural gas boost

The developers of a multi-billion-dollar natural gas export facility recently donated $125,000 to a group supporting the congressional run of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s son-in-law, Michael ...

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The Trump administration’s rhetoric about international justice depends on short memories. foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/10/i...

Dismantling the ICC Doesn’t Serve U.S. Interests

The Trump administration’s campaign against the court is transparently cynical.

foreignpolicy.com

If he endangered WH employees, why would any American think he would protect them?

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · last wk.

STUNNING: Trump left the White House press corps in Turkey as a decoy to be attacked by Iran—and instead flew out on a secret plane: wapo.st/4i1OByh

Houthi attack on small cargo ship in Red Sea kills three crew members, sources say

Three killed in Houthi attack on Red Sea cargo ship, sources say

A small cargo ship was attacked by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday, killing three crew members, sources said.

abc.net.au

So Trump did the Jeff Davis dressed in women’s clothing thing except this time it actually happened and wasn’t just opposition propaganda

Children are "cum trophies" and women are commodities to be traded. A look at the world of Brandon Herrera, Republican seeking a congressional seat in Texas, who is fully backed and funded by Speaker Mike Johnson, and who reflects the new GOP family values.

Opinion | He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him.

Thanks to Trump, G.O.P. extremism has become so ordinary that it breaks through only when it reaches an absurdly high level.

nytimes.com

I suspect those who've speculated are right. Trump went ballistic on round one of the QatarForce One story because underneath it was this pretty humiliating episode of Trump getting smuggled out of Turkey in a food cart. And he'd do anything to stop that from getting out.

Breaking: Qatar to donate high-end catering truck for Trump to hide in.

* U.S. FORCES FIRED ON A PANAMA-FLAGGED SHIP THAT TRIED TO RUN THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN PORTS ON TUESDAY -- WSJ @reuters.com

1. Donald Trump again tried rewriting the Constitution by issuing another executive order limiting birthright citizenship. Steve Vladeck has a breakdown of the details. For me, it was a reminder. www.stevevladeck.com/p/243-birthr...

243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux

President Trump's new attempt to cabin birthright citizenship is a lot narrower than the one the Supreme Court struck down in June. Its key provisions are still unconstitutional.

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