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California faces severe flood threat from “most potent” in barrage of atmospheric rivers - Axios https://apple.news/ApHh9cTvaRvyR4mhltwTqwQ

If you are a senior or disabled person living on social security, be prepared for a problem in July.

The House WILL hold your check hostage and refuse to raise the debt ceiling to shut down the federal government.

Social Security isn't funded by Congress, but...apparently distribution IS funded/controlled by the federal government. Your money is there since you paid in for decades, but you can't access it.

Hold Congress accountable for holding YOU hostage!
#SeniorLife #SocialSecurity

LATEST: Despite warnings that 54% of rural Mississippi hospitals are in danger of closing, Gov. Tate Reeves cautioned lawmakers against using state funds to save them.

"Keeping inefficient systems is not a good answer,” he told @KayodeCrown@twitter.com.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30116/crisis-mode-as-hospitals-close-mississippi-lawmakers-mull-band-aid-fixes

Still, Speaker Gunn said he's reviewing the so-called "Arkansas model" to see if it is “a viable solution,” while reiterating that he opposes "Medicaid expansion."

But the "Arkansas model" is a version of Medicaid expansion that includes work requirements.https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30116/crisis-mode-as-hospitals-close-mississippi-lawmakers-mull-band-aid-fixes

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn reiterated to @KayodeCrown@twitter.com that he is "not in favor of Medicaid expansion," even though Mississippi's top medical leaders say it could save dozens of ailing rural hospitals.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30116/crisis-mode-as-hospitals-close-mississippi-lawmakers-mull-band-aid-fixes

Important point: A lot of times when we talk about "rural hospitals" and "rural voters," people assume you're referring to white people (such as in the midwest).

But in Mississippi, "rural" very often means Black (such as the majority Black rural Delta).
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30116/crisis-mode-as-hospitals-close-mississippi-lawmakers-mull-band-aid-fixes

On this day 16 years ago, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman elected speaker of the House.

She easily won on the first ballot in a 233-202 vote.