Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

The #settlers will not be allowed to send #money to the #UnitedStates or have anyone act on their behalf. The order also prevents any American from contributing money, goods or services to those sanctioned.

The financial #sanctions follow an announcement in early Dec restricting US #visas for people believed to have been involved in #settler #violence, as well as their immediate family members. Neither those restrictions, nor the sanctions announced on Wed affect the many US citizen settlers.

“Like other fundamentals of #Israeli life, many of the preconceptions about #women in #combat were upended on Oct. 7 […]

“In the months since, the needs of the #military have propelled societal change at breakneck speed. Same-sex partners of slain #soldiers are now legally recognized widows and widowers, and at least one #transgender soldier has fought on the front in #Gaza.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-women-soldiers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R00.yprC.G417WOTN9Uxq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #GiftArticle #israel #lgbt

Medicare begins its drug price negotiation program today, with final prices to be set by Sept. 1 and to take effect in 2026.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/01/biden-admin-opens-medicare-drug-price-offers/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

Sen #ChuckGrassley (R)criticized the measure, which nonpartisan estimates say could lift 400k #children out of #poverty, because it could help #Biden’s #reelection campaign. He said he would evaluate the bill after the #House vote.

Sen #MittRomney (R),who supported previous #ChildTaxCredit expansions, called the new #legislation “excessive”& said it would turn into “another entitlement program which is massively expensive.”

(#entitlement = #Republican speak for #LowIncomeFamily programs)

#law

#House votes to expand #ChildTaxCredit, beef up #CorporateTaxBreaks

The bill passed the House by a vote of 357 to 70. It would expand eligibility for the #child #tax credit among the lowest-income #families & adjust payments for #inflation for the 2024 & 2025 filing years.

#law #taxes #LowIncomeFamilies #ChildPoverty #poverty
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/31/child-tax-credit-vote-congress/

Republicans: Fix the border crisis!

Also Republicans:

EVERY media mention of border deal being torpedoed by congressional Republicans needs to include this phrase at the end:

“Because Trump told them to.”