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, Jack Reed , Joe Shekarchi , Ken Block , McKee Trump fights fraud by withholding funds from blue states while pardoning the fraudsters It's odd that fraud only seems to happen in blue states Julia Conley  for Common Dreams “Political retribution, plain and simple,” was how US Sen. Alex Padilla  described  an announcement by Vice President  JD Vance  late Wednesday regarding the White House’s decision to withhold $1.3 billion in  Medicaid  reimbursement payments to California.
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Progressive Charlestown Progressive Charlestown a fresh, sharp look at news, life and politics in Charlestown, Rhode Island Menu Bar Home Calendar Topics Just Charlestown About Us Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Newest poll shows Helena Foulkes kicking Dan McKee's butt by 20% 59% Say Rhode Island Is Headed in the Wrong Direction A new Emerson College Polling/WPRI-TV 12 News survey of Rhode Island finds incumbent Governor Dan McKee trailing businesswoman Helena Foulkes in the Democratic primary by 20 points, 20% to 40%. Thirty-seven percent are undecided ahead of the September primary.  “Registered Democrats support Foulkes over Governor McKee by a 12-point margin, 37% to 25%, while independent voters break more significantly for Foulkes by 32 points, 45% to 13%,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said.  McKee is viewed unfavorably by 60% of Rhode Island voters, while 21% have a favorable view of him. Among Democratic Primary voters, 29% have a favorable view of McKee and 50% an unfavorable view. Foulkes’ favorability is split: 27% have a favorable view of her and 29% have an unfavorable view of her. Among Democratic Primary voters, 35% have a favorable view of Foulkes and 23% an unfavorable view.  Click Here to Read More >> at 11:59:00 AM Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Topics: 2026 election , Affordable Housing , Donald Trump , economy , Foulkes , Jack Reed , Joe Shekarchi , Ken Block , McKee Trump fights fraud by withholding funds from blue states while pardoning the fraudsters It's odd that fraud only seems to happen in blue states Julia Conley  for Common Dreams “Political retribution, plain and simple,” was how US Sen. Alex Padilla  described  an announcement by Vice President  JD Vance  late Wednesday regarding the White House’s decision to withhold $1.3 billion in  Medicaid  reimbursement payments to California. Vance and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for  Medicare  and Medicaid Services,  claimed  the state’s Medicaid records have generated “red flags” and demanded officials clarify $630 million in billing, $500 million that’s been spent on home health services, and $200 million in what Oz called “questionable expenditures,” which he claimed had been used to provide coverage for undocumented immigrants, who are not eligible for Medicaid. The announcement came a month after Vance’s federal anti-fraud task force  suspended  the licenses of nearly 450 hospice care facilities and 23 home health agencies in the Los Angeles area, accusing them of fraud. Vance also warned that all 50 states could soon see federal funding for their Medicaid Fraud Control Units frozen if they fail to “aggressively prosecute Medicaid fraud.” “We can turn off other resources within their state Medicaid programs as well,
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