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Will the passage of the megabill help Dems?

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/05/nx-s1-5455928/trump-megabill-democrats-house-win-midterms

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst, in an interview with NV’s Nataliia Rop, explains why Donald Trump blames his predecessor for the war, how his sympathy for Vladimir Putin took shape, and what could eventually push him to put real pressure on Russia.

https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/trump-s-mixed-signals-on-ukraine-aid-reflect-deeper-rift-says-ex-u-s-ambassador-50527462.html

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No economist played as large a role in devising and pushing forward the Affordable Care Act as Jon Gruber, one of my former MIT colleagues. He gets a lot of the credit for the 10-year stretch when America, like every other advanced country, guaranteed adequate health care to the great majority of its citizens.

But MAGA is putting an end to all that. So I talked with Jon about how the ACA came to be, what happens now, cuts to medical research and more. It’s not as depressing a conversation as you might think!

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/health-care-jonathan-gruber?publication_id=277517&post_id=167529826&isFreemail=true&r=53zo0e&triedRedirect=true

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May I add foodscrolling to this thread?

Red currants. Didn't get a pic of the gooseberries before we made them into jam. Yields on the berries not as good as last year, but we still ended up with more than enough jam.

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The veg garden going great guns. Monster tomato and potato plants. Beans shooting up. Black currant bushes in the foreground, protected by bird netting over hoops.

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Pickles, three types:

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Burpless cuke:

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Eggplant blossoms. Love the color! It's a bit more purple in person.

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With a little help from the bees, blossoms turn into eggplants. Japanese eggplants. 'Ichiban'

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'Little Sicily' patio tomato. Looks like another year of crazy good yields.

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Starting to harvest a few things. The burpless cuke, a couple of Campari-type tomatoes ('Sweet Cluster'), and a weird striped pepper. The leaves on the plant are variegated, as are the peppers. A pepper left to grow for a while turned deep purple-red.

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The Porky Pig bill.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/04/from-rum-to-gun-silencers-tailored-tax-breaks-add-billions-to-megabill-00438962

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I got the email. I couldn't believe it.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/social-security-administration-sends-misleading-email-lauding-trumps-n-rcna216990

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If you're an economist, you have to have a cat?

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I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, @Mark . My most heartfelt condolences to you. Maxine was so lucky to have Sarah and you to care for her when she could no longer care for herself. It is exhausting in every way. What a remarkable gift to her.

You guys take care of yourselves.

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In the wtg house, it's Happy Jam Cooking Day!! We have berries galore.

I grow the red currants and gooseberries, bought fresh strawberries at the store, and frozen blueberries (regular, not wild) from Costco.

We've already made a batch of red currant-blueberry jam and a batch of red currant-strawberry jam. Straight gooseberry next up, after I get back from the store. Need a bunch more jars.

Black currants are still ripening. Not sure if I'll have enough to make jam from them. I just graze on the red raspberries, straight from the canes. Or in a bowl with some half and half and maybe a sprinkle of sugar.

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Rural southwest Nebraska clinic closes, blaming expected Medicaid cuts

https://www.klkntv.com/rural-southwest-nebraska-clinic-closes-blaming-expected-medicaid-cuts/

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