CURTIS, Nebraska - The only health clinic here is shutting down, and the hospital CEO has blamed Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation. But residents of Curtis - a one-stoplight town in deep-red farm country - aren’t buying that explanation.

“Anyone who’s saying that Medicaid cuts is why they’re closing is a liar,” April Roberts said, as she oversaw lunch at the Curtis Area Senior Center.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOP
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    20 hours ago

    I’m over here in a corner wondering just how hard our ruling parties have to fail before the cultish devotion goes away.

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      19 hours ago

      Republicans could round up Republican voters and gun them down on the street while waving Trump flags and their voters would assume it was Biden’s fault.

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      Million dead from covid last time and they were still calling it fake while dying on a respirator I dont think were getting anyone to think their way out of this

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      17 hours ago

      that will never happen. even as they are starving and dehydrated from lack of food and clean water they will mutter with their dying breath “thanks Biden”.