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Ellen Milhiser
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Ellen Milhiser
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Synopsis newsletter by Gray & Associates provides in-depth coverage of Defense and Veterans health care and personnel issues on Capitol Hill.
Washington, DC Beigetreten Mart 2010
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If @GavinNewsom is unqualified to be president cuz he's dyslexic, does that mean @GregAbbott_TX is disqualified as well? After all. we've never had a president in a wheelchair, right? Answer me that, @whitehouse.
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Statement from Military Reporters & Editors: “In this moment of undeclared war in Iran, it has never been more important to have as many eyes as possible on the administration and the Pentagon … In this republic, the lives of our troops and the sober formulation of policy depend on a public that is well-informed by a free press doing its job without fear or favor.”
militaryreporters.org/2026/03/mre-pr…
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Since this post, the Pentagon came back with current figures:
As of Feb '26
"nearly 800" troops have expressed interest
153 have been reinstated
Konstantin Toropin@KToropin
CONTEXT - Of the roughly 8,200 troops that left the military over the COVID-19 vaccine few showed interest in returning and even fewer actually did In May '25, ~700 troops showed interest, only 13 had been reinstated Asked today, Hegseth's office wouldn't give current figures
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DHS talks with Homan this evening: WH "likely will be putting more subject matter on the table for negotiations," per source familiar
Otherwise, "it's stuck," Peters says.
Would Rs ever fund TSA, FEMA, etc. without ICE and CBO? Cramer: “That’s ridiculous … it’s dumb enough that we’re sitting here now, waiting"
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to Trump administration policy limiting reporters’ access to Pentagon.
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THUNE says bipartisan group of senators have "narrowed down" issues in DHS funding talks. They're meeting again tonight
"I think they've really narrowed the list. The issue set has gotten much more confined and if there is any serious interest on Democrats' side in actually getting a deal to fund DHS, I think the deal space is there just based on kind of what I've seen in terms of the movement."
THUNE points to warrants and masks as the key hangups for R's but that there's a "range" of solutions if both sides want a deal
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@Cptfuzzy1974 @NewYorkStateAG Some businesses have gone cashless. The biggest one I know of is the Gaylord Hotel at National Harbor, just outside of DC.
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I'm pretty sure cash is always been an option in this country matter of fact look at US currency it that kind of gives you directions right on it..
If you allow that to happen then not to take it that's on you you are the attorney general for the city New York you need critical thinking to properly do your job...
But then again that's probably why you have not been doing your job in the state of New York's judicial system is completely a joke thanks to you and your other state attorneys running the state
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Under a new state law, starting tomorrow, stores in our state are required to allow you to pay in cash.
Businesses can't deny access to necessities by refusing to take cash or charging more for paying in cash.
You have a right to service no matter how you pay.
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CONTEXT - Of the roughly 8,200 troops that left the military over the COVID-19 vaccine few showed interest in returning and even fewer actually did
In May '25, ~700 troops showed interest, only 13 had been reinstated
Asked today, Hegseth's office wouldn't give current figures
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth@SecWar
UPDATE ON COVID-19 REINSTATEMENTS. We are extending the Department’s “reinstatement and return to service” guidance by an ADDITIONAL YEAR, allowing our Warriors of Conscience to return through April 1, 2027. We will continue correcting the wrongs of the Biden administration.
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47-37: Senate for a 5th time blocked Homeland Security Department funding legislation to reopen DHS partially shutdown for 35 days. 60 votes are needed. Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote Yes 16 Senators missed the vote that was held open for over two hours. @cspan 2
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By my count, there are 47 GOP Senators here today - with 6 not voting right now. If that doesn't change, then Republicans would not be able to provide a quorum (51) of the Senate over the weekend for their talking filibuster on the SAVE America Act. Stay tuned.
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As we scooped, Senate is having attendance issues and senators don't know atm if they can vote as planned this weekend (though they would likely still be in session?)
Senators also think they'll have attendance issues this weekend
Lots of staff talks happening, very fluid
Jordain Carney@jordainc
👀 RonJon confirms to me that rs have an attendance problem and that the Dems know it Said it's tbd if Senate will be able to do SAVE amendment vote as planned on Saturday
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👀 RonJon confirms to me that rs have an attendance problem and that the Dems know it
Said it's tbd if Senate will be able to do SAVE amendment vote as planned on Saturday
Jordain Carney@jordainc
Senate now voting on DHS funding Vote was supposed to be at 1 but was in limbo for a bit over questions about if Rs had a quorum / attendance problem
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WH border czar Tom Homan meeting again with bipartisan group of senators today on DHS funding, Thune says.
"I see deal space there"
"I think we're in going to know today whether we’re really serious”
Shutdown on its 35 day today
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The number of troops wounded in the war with Iran is now 232.
Of that, 207 have been returned to duty.
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@1622Patriot @SecWar COVID-19 vaccine requirements have not been in effect for several years. There are still over 15 required shots for other illnesses, though.
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@SecWar Don't do it.. their enlistment numbers have fallen below normal and they are begging you.
They say "another year" which means they are pausing COVID restrictions, not getting rid of them.
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UPDATE ON COVID-19 REINSTATEMENTS.
We are extending the Department’s “reinstatement and return to service” guidance by an ADDITIONAL YEAR, allowing our Warriors of Conscience to return through April 1, 2027.
We will continue correcting the wrongs of the Biden administration.
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This popped late: The CDC's panel of vaccine advisers could be down to a handful of people, or disbanded, amid a legal battle. ACIP members in limbo spoke out last night. w/ @jechristensen @megtirrell
cnn.com/2026/03/19/hea…
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THUNE says there would be challenges to including Medicaid or Medicare fraud provisions in a recon 2.0 bill, saying Dems could use amendments to try to undo pieces of OBBB
THUNE continues to express caution about another reconciliation attempt, saying it’s “a possibility” but “there’s got to be something to get 50”
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@CongSynopsis Nothing planned this year
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One driving force behind overmedication at nursing homes is understaffing. Last year, after receiving donations from the industry, the Trump admin got rid of a federal rule requiring a minimum level of staffing for patient safety. nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/…
The Washington Post@washingtonpost
U.S. nursing homes are fabricating schizophrenia diagnoses to hide their use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to subdue dementia patients, a government watchdog report found. The drugs increase risk of falls, strokes and death. wapo.st/4tfSUsr
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