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'I will always be honest': Republican shamed over 'false' promise on Medicaid

Raw Story 25 Mar 2025
“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere.”. Rep ... (Medicare is generally considered a third rail because its beneficiaries are a powerful voting bloc.) ... .
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Bill that congressman says protects Medicaid doesn’t — and would likely require cutting it

Alternet 25 Mar 2025
“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere.” -- Rep ... (Medicare is generally considered a third rail because its beneficiaries are a powerful voting bloc.).
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Could Elon Musk Actually Destroy Social Security as We Know It?

Scheerpost 25 Mar 2025
Let’s start with the political reality that most Americans see Social Security as absolutely essential to their future financial security ... The first ... But Social Security does still remain — at least for now — the “third rail” of American politics ... ... ....
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Sardella Selections

The Record 24 Mar 2025
Speed and the rail; 2- Uncle Andy ... Big time class relief for his third start back; 5- Makin No Bakin ... Big threat from the rail; 3- Reel Busy ... Beat a softer bunch in last, rail for his second start back;2- Tiktok Roy ... Rail for a piece; 6- Esa.
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In Westerly, progress for an upgraded train station, chugs along. Why there's new hope

The Providence Journal 24 Mar 2025
For decades, Connecticut has considered expanding its Shore Line East commuter rail to service Westerly, RIAbout one third of workers from Westerly commute west to New London County, according to ...
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VTA strike: Work stoppage enters third week as union votes on latest offer

NBC Bay Area 24 Mar 2025
Striking Valley Transportation Authority workers were voting Monday on the latest contract offer from the transit agency as the work stoppage entered a third week. VTA bus and light rail services have been on pause since the strike began on March 10.
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GOP Sen. John Curtis says politicians are ‘not being honest' when they say they won't touch Social Security

NBC Bay Area 24 Mar 2025
Social Security, which includes retirement and disability benefit programs, has been referred to as the “third rail” of politics, meaning it is considered untouchable because of its widespread popularity.
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Keel laid for HMS Dreadnought, the Royal Navy's largest ever submarine

New Atlas 24 Mar 2025
... the economic benefits it provides to depressed areas by employing 30,000 people at 1,500 companies, and the perception that opposition is seen as something of a third rail in UK electoral circles.
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Republicans are celebrating democracy’s collapse—and it might cost America everything

The Real News Network 24 Mar 2025
It has been fruitful, albeit chaotic ... And that might be their downfall—and ours ... 24, 2025 ... Ralph Norman ... Normally, all of these political third rails—a dour economy and massive federal job cuts—would be anathema to a party working to remain in power ... ....
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Trump and Musk take aim at Social Security, FDIC | Opinion

South Bend Tribune 24 Mar 2025
INDIANAPOLIS — Some 1.38 million Hoosiers receive Social Security benefits, which inject $24.3 billion into our economy annually ... Eliminate? Social Security? The so-called "third rail of American politics" (you touch it and you die)? ... Musk said on U.S.
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A Progressive Perspective: Trump is Worse than my Worst Fears

The Trentonian 24 Mar 2025
I didn’t see this coming. I thought a second Trump term would be bad but not anything like what’s happening ... In the past, associating with overtly anti-democratic groups would have been viewed as one of the “third rails” of our politics ... ....
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From ‘Tootsie’ to ‘Six’: The 12 can’t-miss shows on Portland stages this spring

The Oregonian 24 Mar 2025
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Morning Report — Trump’s next hurdles demand GOP unity

The Hill 24 Mar 2025
Close. Thank you for signing up!. Subscribe to more newsletters here ... Subscribe ... U.S ... THIRD RAIL ... Social Security is considered the “third rail” in partisan politics, and Trump campaigned with promises not to touch the government’s most popular program.
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The White Lotus Kill or Be Killed Report: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

New York Magazine 24 Mar 2025
Photo. Fabio Lovino/HBO ... It’s the rude awakening we’ve been waiting for ... ... ... Kate ... Obviously she was hoping this would cause drama in a fun way, but instead she accidentally hit on some friendship third rails, and now everyone is angry in a miserable way.
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The ‘Twitter Files’ Took Over the Government

The Atlantic 23 Mar 2025
Ever since he bought Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk has been titillating his fans with wild conspiracy theories from supposedly secret files ... They weren’t getting checks ... [Renée DiResta ... “🚨🇺🇦U.S ... [Read ... Musk comes for the ‘third rail of American politics’] ... .
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