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Saturday, August 08, 2026

The US has pledged $1bn (740m) in assistance to Colombia, after the country's new right-wing president was sworn in on Friday.

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Republicans held a hearing on Medicaid fraud today, so I asked a top health expert: what bill delivered the largest cuts to Medicaid in American history?   Yep. Trump's Big Ugly Bill.   Seems to me like the biggest Medicaid theft actually happened last year in Congress.

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-- Senator Patty Murray (@murray.senate.gov) 3:56 PM · Aug 4, 2026

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Didn't Trump/MAGA simply flip out for years over stuff like this?

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-08-08 12:57 PM | Reply

Why isn't DOGE curbing the decomposing------------'s wasteful spending?

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-08 09:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Why isn't DOGE curbing the decomposing------------'s wasteful spending?

DOGE activated their cloaking device and skipped across the Neutral Zone a long time ago.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-08-08 09:36 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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Nice!

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-09 02:11 PM | Reply

7.4 earthquake in Colombia this morning. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

#5 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-08-10 10:51 AM | Reply

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