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Work Requirements for Federal Aid Programs Are a Bad Idea

Allison Dinner/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As the deadline to raise the national debt ceiling and avoid a default approaches, President Biden is reportedly considering a proposal from Republicans to require people who receive certain types of federal assistance to prove that they…

DeSantis Has Lots of Plans to Fight the Left—and None to Preserve Millions of Floridians’ Health Care

Scott Olson/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Florida’s government is very busy. The GOP-dominated legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican darling considered a top contender for the 2024 presidential nomination, are currently hard at work in a special legislative session, cranking out bills…

Ron DeSantis’ Relentless War on Trans Kids Hits a New Low

Mother Jones illustration; Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Emile Fox learned that the Florida Board of Medicine, the rule-making body for doctors in his state, was considering banning transgender medical care for youth, he thought about his own transition. Fox, a…

Ron DeSantis’ Relentless War on Trans Kids Hits a New Low

Mother Jones illustration; Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Emile Fox learned that the Florida Board of Medicine, the rule-making body for doctors in his state, was considering banning transgender medical care for youth, he thought about his own transition. Fox, a…