Bill Freeman October 30, 2025
Patients go without needed treatment after the government shutdown disrupts a telehealth program
Bill Swick, who has a rare degenerative brain disease, has lost access to virtual speech therapy due to the federal government shutdown.
apnews.com/article/telehealth-virtual-medicare-government-shutdown-congress-37a4aaa97ed4ed2e81330eda0d8eb908?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
States Step Up as Washington Stalls
With Congress paralyzed and aid programs in jeopardy, state governments are proving to be laboratories for reform and resistance.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/states-step-washington-stalls
Trump Is Sleepwalking Into Political Disaster
A health-care battle tarnished the president’s first term. Here he goes again.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/trump-obamacare-shutdown-fight-healthcare-subsidies/684750/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fe3fMcw53x9XfAuSllsjStg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/trump-officials-military-housing-stephen-miller/684748/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3feyX_5HFCkSvEc19iORxqBQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Can Democrats flip Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District? • Tennessee Lookout
Polling for Rep. Aftyn Behn, the Democratic nominee in Tennessee Congressional District 7, is favorable, but will enough Democrats vote?
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/30/can-democrats-flip-tennessees-7th-congressional-district
ICE detentions rise in Nashville since Trump took office - Nashville Banner
A closer look at the Nashville numbers produced by Donald Trump's mass deportation effort as ICE agents increase enforcement and deportations from local jails.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/10/30/nashville-ice-jail-deportations-donald-trump
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