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Seen on this episode:

Jeff Bezos says he will do propaganda - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/washington-post-owner-bezos-says-opinion-pages-shift-from-broad-focus-to-will-defend-free-market-and-personal-liberties 

https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088 

Medicaid and the budget cuts - 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/26/house-passes-budget-bill-trump-touts-big-first-step-for-mike-johnson/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/upshot/republicans-medicaid-house-budget.html

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/trump-congress-not-state-of-the-union

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-elissa-slotkin-will-deliver-democrats-response-trumps-joint-addres-rcna194069

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/10-things-to-know-about-medicaid/#:~:text=While%20Medicaid%20covers%201%20in,half%20of%20adults%20in%20poverty.

https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/10/the-truth-about-fraud-against-medicaid/#:~:text=The%20HHS%20Office%20of%20Inspector,and%20carry%20out%20the%20fraud.

Potential VA cuts - https://apnews.com/article/doge-veterans-affairs-cuts-health-services-contracts-9a726b744e402da01d711023b0fc49a1 

Michigan GOP and gay marriage - https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/02/27/michigan-same-sex-marriage-equality-supreme-court-obergefell/80483874007/ 

Joshua Schriver is a demon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Schriver#cite_note-:0-1 

Zelenskyy and Trump meeting goes poorly - https://www.nytimes.com/article/ukraine-mineral-deal-trump.html 

Tariffs delayed again - https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5299291/trump-tariffs-infrastructure-week 

Elissa Slotkin’s website - https://elissaslotkin.org/priorities/