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uesday "blocked the Trump administration's efforts to deny permanent residency to legal immigrants who make even limited use of public benefits like Medicaid, food stamps or housing vouchers, but restricted the injunction to New York, Connecticut and Vermont." The ruling affirmed a decision last week by

The AP (8/4, Smith) reports that om testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, the US's special representative to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, "said...that the Trump Administration will continue recognizing lawmaker Juan Guaido as the nation's interim president even if President Nicolas M

ation's interim president even if President Nicolas Maduro's government ousts the opposition from control of congress - its last major stronghold." Abrams told the panel, "He will not change the legal status for many countries around the world - and especially for us. ... In our view the constitutional

its to pay for health premiums, and it would create a new coverage option to help people living in states that have resisted the ACA's expansion of Medicaid," Sean Sullivan reports. "I understand the appeal of Medicare-for-all, but folks supporting it should be clear that it means getting rid of Obama

p-ed in 2016 saying Trump should not be president and would lose the election. Trump foiled then- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's attempt to name Abrams as his deputy in spring 2017. But Pompeo succeeded in January of this year in appointing Abrams as special envoy for Venezuela. Mary Kissel and Bria

if the White House refuses to hire them, they said, perhaps a determined Cabinet secretary can bring them on. Along with Jeffrey, they pointed to Elliott Abrams, a veteran of the Reagan and Bush administrations who did not sign the letters but wrote an op-ed in 2016 saying Trump should not be president and

ts to pay for health premiums, and it would create a new coverage option to help people living in states that have resisted the ACA's expansion of Medicaid," Sean Sullivan reports. "I understand the appeal of Medicare-for-all, but folks supporting it should be clear that it means getting rid of Obamaca

n if the White House refuses to hire them, they said, perhaps a determined Cabinet secretary can bring them on. Along with Jeffrey, they pointed to Elliott Abrams, a veteran of the Reagan and Bush administrations who did not sign the letters but wrote an op-ed in 2016 saying Trump should not be president and

p-ed in 2016 saying Trump should not be president and would lose the election. Trump foiled then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's attempt to name Abrams as his deputy in spring 2017. But Pompeo succeeded in January of this year in appointing Abrams as special envoy for Venezuela. Mary Kissel and Bri

re to those who already have a lot. And if you want a strong piece of evidence in favor of that cynical view, look at the current state of play over Medicaid." Some background: Medicaid, which provides health insurance to lower-income Americans, is a highly successful program that's about to get bigger,

mnesty and amnesia about people's misjudgment on the most consequential decision of our times.... Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bremer, Rice, McCain, Abrams, and others including the pro-war press claque are still offering their judgments unfazed. One of my father's saying is, "history is always re-writ

benefits MORE FROM THE FRONT LINES ON THE IMMIGRATION WARS: -- Immigrants who live legally in the United States and use public benefits - such as Medicaid, food stamps or housing assistance — could find it harder to get a green card under a policy change unveiled yesterday by the Trump administration.

from the organization that the Georgia Democrat founded last year after narrowly losing her bid to become the nation's first black female governor. Abrams is set to announce the program Tuesday during a speech at the convention of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades in Las Vegas." S