Liveblog - ICYMI: May 23, 2025

Below, you will find some headlines we may have missed and some interesting video clips on several subjects. Please feel free to share anything you may have run across; just make sure it’s not from a MAGAt infested shithole.

Good Trouble:

They will NEVER silence us on the House Floor.Or anyplace else.

Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T17:30:59.511Z

The Clown House:

House Republican tax bill skipped ACA credits — marketplace health insurance will get pricier without them

  • Premium tax credits under the enhanced Affordable Care Act were not included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that House Republicans passed on Thursday.
  • Without action from Congress, the subsidies are on track to expire by the end of 2025.
  • “Pretty much everyone, almost everybody who’s buying their own health insurance, now would see their costs go up,” said Cynthia Cox, vice president and director of the program on the ACA at KFF.

The bill House Republicans passed on Thursday would add an estimated $3.3 trillion to the national debt as written. Here's a look at the cost or savings for nearly everything in the bill, as estimated by the CBO.

The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-05-23T14:55:34.766Z

Judicial Branch:

A judge extended a pause on President Trump’s plans for vast layoffs of federal workers — at agencies including the departments of Housing and Urban Development, State, Treasury and Veterans Affairs — until a case challenging them is resolved.

The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-05-23T15:04:37.721Z

NEW: Judge Burroughs GRANTS Harvard's requested TRO against the Trump administration, blocking it from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll international students during early court proceedings.

Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) 2025-05-23T15:52:25.472Z

Health:

The FDA announced this week that it was likely to limit access to Covid vaccines among healthy children and adults this fall. Here’s what to know.

The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-05-23T13:50:19.056Z

The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:

Several guests who attended Trump's crypto dinner last night said they attended with the explicit intent of influencing him and U.S. financial regulations.Trump is selling access to our government to the highest bidder while lining his own pockets.It's all out in the open.

Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-05-23T16:17:58.127347Z

The Worst Garbage in the World:

From the MarKODA Files:

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