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If Democrats Campaign on Stopping Scam Calls, They’ll Be Re-Elected Forever
Dec 20, 2025

If Democrats Campaign on Stopping Scam Calls, They’ll Be Re-Elected Forever

It just happened again. One of my colleagues got a call this afternoon from the “local sheriff’s department” informing her that because she’d missed jury duty, there was now a warrant out for her arrest. She had, in fact, missed jury duty earlier this year, and they knew the details of the letter she’d received, as well as her former and current address. The phone number of the incoming call matched that of the local police station. Once they told her she needed to send “bail money” via Zelle, she realized it was a scam and hung up, but not before they’d wasted 30 minutes of her time and successfully made her panic. 

SCOTUS Attacks Democracy, Agencies, And Health | Mark Joseph Stern | TMR
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Dec 20, 2025

SCOTUS Attacks Democracy, Agencies, And Health | Mark Joseph Stern | TMR

Doctors in Jail? Hospitals Stripped of Fed Funding? The Criminalization of Trans Youth Healthcare
Dec 19, 2025

Doctors in Jail? Hospitals Stripped of Fed Funding? The Criminalization of Trans Youth Healthcare

The Trump administration on Thursday announced new measures to target hospitals and doctors providing care to trans youth. Under the new rules unveiled by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who leads Medicaid and Medicare, the government would strip federal funding for any hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care. The new rules were announced a day after the House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill that aims to criminalize providing gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18 and subject providers to hefty fines and prison time. “This is a drastic departure from any concern about science, concern about parents and their rights,” says Chase Strangio, co-director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “It is putting hospitals in an impossible situation, and just another example of this administration undermining and threatening all of our health and welfare.” We also speak with Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum, a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist who works with transgender youth in New York City. He says the families he works with are “terrified right now,” but vows to continue his work. “I refuse to stop providing this care, knowing that I could potentially face 10 years in prison and a felony charge. I’m willing to go down that route, if necessary.”

Trump Admits Venezuela Attacks Are All About Their Oil
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Dec 19, 2025

Trump Admits Venezuela Attacks Are All About Their Oil