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@thebulwark.comReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.socialThe latest political ad from Mike Rogers shows him frustrated with the tariff war and siding with Canada. But he still refuses to criticize Trump outright.
@citizencohn.bsky.social's latest analyzes Mike Rogers’s most recent political ad and his debate with Abdul El-Sayed.
@citizencohn.bsky.socialThe question was about Medicaid Rogers turned it into an answer on the Muslim Brotherhood Emblematic of the debate — and the campaign as a whole
@thebulwark.comReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.socialTrump is sending Americans $500 checks with a letter blaming Biden for supposedly overcharging them for Obamacare.
But as @citizencohn.bsky.social explains on MS NOW, there was no overcharge, and Trump is repackaging money meant to help run the ACA as a personal refund.
@citizencohn.bsky.socialCharles' track record on these sorts of estimates and projections is superb, so take this seriously...
@citizencohn.bsky.socialLots of questions about these $500 checks the Trump administration
@charlesgaba.com gets into all of them here
@thebulwark.comReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.social@citizencohn.bsky.social takes on the claim that universal healthcare inevitably means longer waits and worse care, and shows why the reality is far more complicated.
“There is no rule that says universal healthcare has to mean waiting longer for services.” lnk.thebulwark.com/4yC6NUK?utm_...
@citizencohn.bsky.socialThe story of the White House press corps is yet another story of a democratic institution faltering -- mostly because Trump is attacking it, but also because defenders aren't defending it
@jvl.bsky.social explains just how bad things have gotten www.thebulwark.com/p/propagandi...
@citizencohn.bsky.socialRFK Jr. wants more AI in health care, so we fed Claude, Grok etc. some of his vaccine statements
Here's how one of them responded:
False/inaccurate
False
Mostly false/highly misleading
False
Read here to see which one it was -- and what the others said www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-wan...
@citizencohn.bsky.socialNEW at @thebulwark.com
RFK Jr. says wants us to use AI in health care, so we decided to feed Claude and a few others some of his statements on vaccines
You'll never guess how it went
@donmoyn.bsky.socialReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.socialUnless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
@mikegrunwald.bsky.socialReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.socialI am so sorry to hear this sad news. Melissa and I were close in college, she was so brilliant and kind. Also a fierce advocate for women, she really taught me feminism, she once made me watch violent porn to show me the shit women face! May her memory be a blessing. coloradosun.com/2026/10/01/m...
@thebulwark.comReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.socialThere was finally bipartisan momentum to help parents with childcare costs. Then Trump stepped in.
@citizencohn.bsky.social explains how the admin’s proposal could take support from working parents to subsidize stay-at-home parents and reignite a culture war. lnk.thebulwark.com/3VZpkvC?utm_...
@hamiltonproject.orgReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.socialThe U.S. is ill-prepared to meet the long-term care needs of an aging population. TOMORROW @ 1:30 PM ET, hear from @avivaaron-dine.bsky.social, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, @taraelizwatson.bsky.social, @citizencohn.bsky.social, and more on policies to expand access to long-term care:
@thebulwark.comReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.social@citizencohn.bsky.social on FDA nominee Heidi Overton: “We care what she says when she's in front of Donald Trump, and we all saw it with our own eyes. She was at that press conference when Trump was talking about the vaccine being lethal, and she said nothing, and this is the problem.”
@thebulwark.comReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.socialMedicare for All would raise all kinds of challenges that many of the idea’s less-informed supporters fail to take seriously, if they have even contemplated them at all. But El-Sayed isn’t one of those people. @citizencohn.bsky.social:
@thebulwark.comReposted by @citizencohn.bsky.socialGot a question for @crampell.bsky.social?
Her AMA in r/politics is live now.
Get your questions in before she starts answering at 2 p.m. ET lnk.thebulwark.com/3TmFWg5?utm_...
@citizencohn.bsky.socialAnd here (from a few weeks ago) is a deeper dive on the Rogers health care agenda, such that it is
Very much part of the conversation, or at least it should be www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-roger...
@citizencohn.bsky.socialNEW at @thebulwark.com
The Mike Rogers campaign is all about convincing Michiganders to fear Abdul El-Sayed
New attacks on “Medicare for All” are part of that
I wrote about what Rogers is saying — and what he’s leaving out www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-roger...
@citizencohn.bsky.socialDefinitive profile of El-Sayed by @craigmauger.bsky.social
One of the reporters who has followed the campaign most closely -- and who knows Michigan best
@citizencohn.bsky.socialNEW
This week showed us how big a deal a deal the Pennsylvania measles outbreak is
And how little RFK Jr. cares about it
My latest for @thebulwark.com
