The show notes for Episode 33 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/05/episode-33-you-can-defeat-trumpcare-with-special-guest-topher-spiro.html
Paul N. Van de Water at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Trump Budget May Break Promise to Protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute: Proposed Medicaid Changes Would Put Medical Decisions for Kids in Hands of States Instead of Parents and Pediatricians
Andy Slavitt on the Pod Save the People podcast: American Do-Over
Social Security Administration: Social Security and the “D” in OASDI: The History of a Federal Program Insuring Earners Against Disability
Medicaid Made Clear: What is Co-insurance?
U.S. Supreme Court decision: COOPER, GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, ET AL. v. HARRIS ET AL.
Adam Liptak at New York Times: Justices Reject 2 Gerrymandered North Carolina Districts, Citing Racial Bias
Ari Berman at The Nation: North Carolina Is Once Again Found Guilty of Discriminating Against Black Voters
Jasmine Lee at CNN: WH: Trump was ‘exhausted’ when he said ‘Islamic extremism’
Reuters video: Trump: Clinton is weak and “trigger-happy”
Rachael Revesz at the Independent: Donald Trump drops out of Saudi Arabia event due to ‘exhaustion’
Nathan L. Gonzales at Roll Call: Rating Change: Montana Special Creeps Closer to Tossup
Brennan Center for Justice: New Report: Extreme Partisan Maps Account for 16-17 Republican Seats in Congress
Jen Hayden at Daily Kos: Why I’m so proud of my co-workers and you, our readers—We are the ones we’ve been waiting for!
Tony Schwartz at Washington Post: I wrote ‘The Art of the Deal’ with Trump. His self-sabotage is rooted in his past.
“Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017”
John Upton at Climate Central: Spending Deal Overrides Climate Science on Wood Energy
Warren Cornwall at Science: Proposal to define wood-burning as ‘carbon neutral’ fuels debate
Andrew Johnson of TSI: The Case for Wood Bioenergy
John Upton at Grist: E.U. loophole counts wood energy as “carbon neutral.” It’s not.
Kayla Tausche at CNBC: White House to pay insurers while Obamacare case kept on ice: Sources
Topher Spiro on Twitter: @TopherSpiro
FLINT UPDATE
Elisha Anderson at Detroit Free Press: Child who was face of Flint water crisis ineligible for extra food aid, his mom says
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Intro and Outro music: Zoolookologie by Jean-Michel Jarre from the album Zoolook.
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