well, what did fidel castro did in 1980? he opened his prisons and mental hospitals and sent them to miami, therefore changing miami forever. dhs is warning border officials that the venezuelan government is purposely freeing inmates, including some convicted of murder, rape and extortion. it's unbelievable. again, we've seen this before. it's a catastrophe. again, during the carter administration, fidel castro's government, the cuban government, did the same thing. 125,000 people came to florida. a report from 1985 estimated that out of the 125,000 migrants who came at the time, 16,000 to 20,000 were criminals. the miami director for immigration it shouldn't have happened. any other team it would have been an act of war. bill clinton said the exact same thing. no one in the federal government will admit it's an invasion.

elimination of fidel. castro him. in general, one absolutely expressive photograph is very famous. well, gorbachev, in fact, role confident speaks about democratic values. that is, this is my first association that pops up with this, that one can even note such a moment. eh, they probably don't talk about him, but it should be said that it was the decision of the politburo to nominate gorbachev to the post of general secretary. what did they come from. it seems to me that they proceeded from the fact that he is the youngest among the polishers. it was a mistaken decision, the man was not prepared for leadership. such a huge superpower, that's why it's also one of the possible lessons. we now see not only in the post-soviet space, the tragedy in ukraine, but also in europe and all over the world. these are all the consequences, the actions of practically gorbachev, and for me gorbachev is an example of how important the personality factor is in history, that is, how important it is, despite the huge number of reas

uh, attempted assassination attempt on fidel castro fights venezuela. e with nicaragua with other countries and politicians who hmm at least to some extent. at least to some extent , er, they are trying to pursue an independent policy. this death is similar to this, in short, about how the americans ruled in the region. read more and much will become clearer to you in the next program, we will tell you about asia they inherited there. less in reaching noble goals of torture and eyewitness accounts, and all the same rude manner of killing and dictating their own rules. follow the broadcast of happiness. good evening before the important matches of the league of nations on september 22-25. the main team of the country will play the final matches of the group stage against kazakhstan and slovakia, the belarusians run the risk of being relegated to a divisional rank lower, therefore, against motivated opponents on foreign fields, they will only have to play to win. in this regard, a depressing injury that weakened the striker vitali's team, lisakovich. by t

uh, assassination attempts on fidel castro fight venezuela. with nicaragua with other countries and politicians who hmm at least to some extent. at least to some extent, they are trying to pursue an independent, and politics is death like this, in short about how the americans ruled in the region. read more and much will become clearer to you in the next program, we will tell you about asia they inherited there. less torture and eyewitness testimony in achieving noble goals, and still the same rude manner of killing and dictating your own rules. follow the broadcast. happily. t good evening, the national team of belarus suffers losses before important matches of the league of nations on september 22-25, the main team of the country will play the final matches of the group stage against kazakhstan and slovakia, belarusians run the risk of being relegated to a divisional rank lower, therefore, against motivated opponents on foreign fields, you will only have to play to win. in this regard, the injury is depressing, which weakened the team of str

however, they expected such support, fidel castro on the island, two mercenaries of americans from amonguban migrants could shoot the commandants, getting close to a distance of 10 m. however, they laid down their arms and joined the militia against the interventionist forces. then the ussr came to the rescue with the famous anadyr operation to deliver nuclear weapons to the club and the moment when the world was in seconds from a nuclear war, and all because of washington's unwillingness to give others the right to independence. next point on the map grenada island nation 110.000 inhabitants the americans invaded there after the new government came to power, which focused on the ussr and the specter of communism, as we know for washington, is an absolute evil, god forbid the second cuba happens in 1983 grenada headed for rapprochement between the ussr and cuba , including in the military sphere washington is here he spoke about the spread of the virus of marxism. president maurice bishop. i decided to smooth the situation and entered into negotiations with the americans, which led to a

the darkest and for decades. 63 years after the triumph of fidel castro's revolution, tens of thousands of cubans in search of a different life are fleeing the island. on this edition of talk to al jazeera in the field, we traveled to the cuban capital havana to meet with some of the people confronting the christ's god. ah, this is old havana. among the old cars in crumbling buildings, we meet a shoemaker who's about to leave for argentina. who youngling salish is 76 years old. he's been making shoes by hand since he was 12, but he's never stepped foot outside of cuba. mm. mm. thought it was a bottle for them and below. laughing to mr. gonzales has made these as a gift for an argentine friend to help him settle in his label is on every pair. maximum quality, 100 percent leather and bowed and made by hand blue. his house is literally falling apart, held together just barely yet that's not what's motivating him to leave your other . can you go on without me? by 40 and 21. we'll not on pay and what your son use. i feel to say if i go knock on even a cell limping me, i did it did say by a m

it included the traditional chance of loyalty did to cease leader of fidel castro. and against the u. s. government decades long economic embargo against cuba. that's where we met any bits, abigail, with either because i am convinced that this is the country that i want to defend. that's why i'm here to support my leadership and my people. she agreed to meet her later to explain why she remains a true believer. and he reg, as you know, there are a lot of people in this country who are disillusioned, disillusioned with the revolution, they don't believe it any more. they want to leave this country. why is it that you feel exactly the opposite? made it your see are boy of top voided, so selling out going on here. it is so sadly more but this is sammy lopez if they louis and all that i can't go, i will get a thumb. ahem! process of our they're going to look see on this as his tamar, the him at 1.3 of worth to lose your a. what am i to, what is when i both of them for me, vase for that old lucille journal. go and sit there. mike, i believe they're gonna get esick at tho

looks at him fidel castro already knows that gorbachev sanctioned the virtual elimination of fidel. oking at him. in general, one absolutely expressive such photograph is very famous. well, gorbachev, in fact, his role, confident speaks of democratic values. that is, this is my first association, which pops up with this, that, uh. hmm you can even note such a moment. eh, they probably don't talk about him, but it should be said that it was the decision of the politburo to nominate gorbachev to the post of general secretary. what did they come from. it seems to me that they proceeded from the fact that he is the youngest in the composition of palettes. it was a mistaken decision, the man was not prepared for leadership. such a huge superpower, so this is also one of the possible lessons. everything we see now is not only on post-soviet space the tragedy in ukraine there in europe about the whole world. these are all the consequences, the actions of practically gorbachev, and for me gorbachev is an example of how important the personality factor is in history, that is, how important it

and exactly what fidel castro did to the united states back in the 1980s. >> for fidel castro, it was tantamount to an act of genocide with one fell swoop he rid cuba of thousands and thousands of undesirables. he emptied his prisons, he cleared the bumps off the streets of havana, murderers, thieves, perverts, prostitutes. rounded up and sent to harbor and put aboard boats headed for miami. >> jesse: when socialists sense weakness they pounce. first time in u.s. history, border patrol witnessed 2 million people breaking into our country. 78 of those were on the fbi's terror watch list shattering another record. and just think how many got away while the border patrol was changing diapers. it's not safe for us. and it's not safe for the migrants. it's a death march. illegals are raped, tortured and extorted by the cartels, many drowned in the rio grande. biden is in business with the cartels. they are in the same supply chain. human traffics is the only supply chain that biden hasn't broken. and the man won't take any responsibility. >> why is the border more overwhelmed under your wa

well, of course, if fidel castro was ready to sacrifice an entire nation in the area of ​​destructionalism, that is, we are not talking about this here, of course. yes, now the fact is that we have watched this film and even heard the voice of khrushchev. but all these assessments are after the fact. these are not historical assessments, but we must look at the situation specifically historically. that is, what happened then, and not what they later began to think out or agree on, including the participants in these events, as regards the events that preceded the caribbean crisis , the trigger for this chris was certainly the berlin crisis of the fifty-eighth dash of the sixty-first and the erection of the berlin wall. and these were already echoes of this the second circumstance is being put by the americans they were not deployed in turkey in italy and in three countries there were only 100 jupiter and thor missiles, most of the missiles were in the uk 55 and 45 missiles were in italy turkey was aware of this already in the spring they say who something in march in april. and malino

according to politico, one spanish radio host impaired the news for fidel castro who relocated cubanseval, i was going through the asylum process. they were giving him a lot to think about. >> so, as a venezuelan immigrant he has a very positive -- was the way he looks at rhonda sanchez. >> a republican congress from florida, he's an msnbc political analyst. it's also with me, former democratic for -- she is the senior adviser. it is good to see you both. debbie, i think it is a little soon to ask how this is all going to play out. the humanitarian crisis in front of us is still unfolding. it's one that is a creation of republican governors. but i wonder as you are watching this play, out it is pretty clear what is motivating them. i wonder what you make of that motivation and the gamble that they're taking here, politically. >> yeah, good evening alicia. it's absolutely a distraction tactic. ron desantis knows that he has an issue with the fact that republicans are losing on the two top issues facing americans right now and floridians. it's banning abortion without incest, without ex

well, what did fidel castro do in nineteen eighty with the mariel boatlift, he opened his prisons and mental hospitals and sent him to miami, thereby changing miami forever. venezuela is doing something very similar. venezuela is opening its prisons and sending them here. breitbart reports. tonight, the dhs is warning border officials to be on the lookout for venezuelan convicts entering the country. dhs indicates that, quote, the venezuelan government is purposely freeing inmates, including some convicted of murder, and extortion. it's unbelievable. again, we've seen this before and it's a catastrophe again. during the carter administration, fidel castro's government, the cuban government did the very same thing. a hundred and twenty five thousand people came to florida. a sun-sentinel article from nineteen eighty five estimated that out of the hundred and twenty five thousand migrants came at the time, 16 to 20 thousand were criminals. the miami district director for immigration called it an invasion, quote, the bootless should never been allowed to happen at any other time. >> it w

isn't fidel castro's mom or they're much more open in an interest? in addition, they arrive with a smile on their faces when they see the dog is there, with among the atmosphere is more relaxed because they have to be considerate of the dog in the cell. so them are aware of their behavior, causal novelty, and they also interact with me differently. whom camille is layla and mark fish. manning takes an active part in the lesson. she chooses words for example, which the children then insert in a sentence. every one's came to play alone. the almost magical effect of animals on the human psyche is also harnessed for therapeutic purposes. whether it's dogs, horses, lamazzo, even snails. animal assisted therapy is especially helpful with psychological conditions like depression, anxiety, or addiction. leo, the donkey is here to help teacher, christiana adam had a traumatic experience. 2 years ago. oh, a pupil attacked her college as she was standing next to her. the have not a thought because the in i just saw the blood at 1st. i thought she'd fainted. ind

the leader of the cuban revolution, fidel castro, urged khrushchev to take a serious response to the immediate nuclear strike on the united states. the cuban people are ready to sacrifice themselves for the destruction of imperialism and the victory of the world revolution, gastro also insisted that the american leadership was offered start hostilities immediately. and although the world was on the brink of a nuclear conflict at the end of october. sixty second. it was actually allowed all this time, khrushchev and kennedy were conducting a tense correspondence, he managed to come to an agreement. the ussr withdraws its missiles from cuba. the united states lifts the blockade of the island and guarantees the regime's inviolability. fidel. these agreements were fulfilled. in addition, a few months after the withdrawal of soviet missiles, america dismantled its installations in turkey as obsolete later. nikita sergeevich argued as follows. i am proud that we have shown courage and adrenaline. i believe we have won. well, who won? we are still discussing. and here's my question. we are

him in order for him to make films about them, for example, he made three films at once about fidel castro and hmmm, about ogacha. you yourself are a friend of hugo, for example , he made a film after chavis died and made a whole film about latin american leaders. castro well, already in the 21st year, he announced and released the entire film called the kazakh story of the golden man, which was dedicated to nursultan nazarbayev, he shot this film with the already mentioned igor lapatyomko, and by the way, the premiere of this film was held at the rome film festival. that is, you imagine that this director is so tainted. that is, he should have been terminated a long time ago. because, well, he is a person who directly works for dictators and directly spreads absolutely wild conspiracy theories, but he is still invited to respectable film festivals, right? we are now surprised that there are any we have moments , yes, with the fact that she is at international film festivals, they protect good russians, they say that there is no need to cancel and the russian truck and invite them further

well, there fidel castro also transferred power to his brother raul, but first of all, they were bothbers of the communist party , what was the role of each, that is, they were both his from the first day in power, it is not that there is some child who grew up and after raulak , the article, the dynasty ended, there are no more castro bravs this is a communist country, there are many such countries where parents transfer power to their children, but it is not an eternal dynasty, and the most important thing is that there are still some public institutions working there, the parliament. well, one way or another, it doesn't look like this. this is how it looks in north korea, north korea, it turned out as it turned out, in fact, several countries were preparing for a communist such a situation, there nicolai ceaușescu , the president of romania, was thinking of handing over power to his son , this is also true, the leader of the bulgarian communists bet on his daughter ludmila, who died even before he lost power. that is, there were different situations, but no one created such an outr

even worse and comparing to thugs and gangsters and crt in schools and kind words of the like of fidel castrond praises anti-seek stority seminis and -- anti-race and he wants to pack the courts and the great state of pennsylvania, well, phony, spoiled, never had a job, trust fund brat in a hoody and tattoos. john fetterman never had a job in his life and wants to legalize drug dens, supports amnesty and reduce pennsylvania's prison population by at least a third and wants to eliminate and put a moratorium on fracking and faze it out and doesn't support american independence and continues to suffer following a stroke back in may and won't answer a question about his single health and dr. oz is making it clear debates need to take place before any votes are cast, and that needs to happen in all of these states. joining us now is dr. oz along with former south carolina governor nicky haley joining dr. nicky, start with you. all these extreme positions and john fetterman has campaigned a whopping 20 minutes in total since the primary. this is the it. voting begins in ten days and how do people i

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when fidel castro wanted to empty his prisons, he give us their prisoners.t because you are a communist doesn't mean we want your prisoners, and just because you are fleeing communism doesn't mean you get in here. who knows what you've been doing? >> ainsley: a few years ago they were zero on the terror watch list that came across, and you might say why. when people come over, we took the fingerprints, their biometrics, and then we cross-reference them, and the fbi or border patrol is notified if someone could be suspicious of terrorism. and that's not happening as much now, because they say they are so overwhelmed, and the numbers -- they can't do it. >> brian: the numbers are still high and yet we can't do an adequate job because you don't have the manpower, and we certainly don't have the i.c.e. they've basically destroyed i.c.e. >> steve: it's troubling, that's why we brought you that number. a quarter after the hour, carley joins us with news. currently someone had paint in d.c. >> carley: they did, and u.s. park police have arrested a man for vandalizi

you know, i brought you a proposal from fidel castro to normalize the cuban american relations will saynow, they won’t understand me with ram rings on the topic of central america, but the soviet union could help here in the united states, and gorbachev helped. direct consequence of the summit in malta , the then departure from the post of head of nicaragua, comandante daniel teger well, here is the spring of the fourteenth year, when artega is again the president of his country, who, however, has now become a zealous catholic, and he is visiting the head of the russian foreign ministry, who was preparing a visit to the monk already and the presidents our country. we recorded lavrovo just during the latin american tour. perhaps the pendulum has swung too far in this direction. uh, we felt something for the first time. e was not very good. uh, cozy when yugoslavia was bombed. and we didn’t resent that much about it, but that’s already behind us. i don’t see any consequences of that period now, but it brought a lot of positive things. let's be frank. can i ask you a frank question. now th

condemned him and compared desantis to fidel castro.inside the state about this scheme? >> well, joy, i think the same that are paying attention to what's going on are aghast at this. this is beyond an act of cruelty and certainly not a political stunt. anyone who calls this a political stunt doesn't understand what's happening. this is an act of evil. when you pull apart this sociopathic elements, the moral repug nns judd makes the point, is this a criminal act? because if it is a criminal act, joy, the voters of florida need to know if the current sitting governor who is seeking re-election in less than a month and a half committed crimes in the name of the state of florida using taxpayer money. so if there are any prosecutors watching that are as repulsed by this and the trafficking of children with this desantis as coyote engagement, they need to stand up. it shouldn't just be the sheriff of san antonio. it's those watching and understand the law, and by all accounts this was done under false pretenses. by all accounts, a crime was

first generation, they themselves may have been coming over from cuba over the years leaving a fidel castro communist regime of cuba, coming for a better way of life, for freedom here in the united states, and now to see that their lieutenant governor and their governor are using them as you said earlier today, as pawns in this scheme that they are playing out. we know what this is all about. let's be realistic, here. rhonda sentences running for president in 2024. that is not, you know, everyone knows that that is what is happening here today. and now he is using not only these individuals, he is using florida taxpayer dollars, money that was put into the budget to do something like this. a political stunt. and he didn't did the same thing last year. he spent 1. 6 billion dollars last year sending our national guard and law enforcement over to the border in texas. again, for the political, you know, picture. for that photo op. and this is what he is doing. so what this is doing here in the state of florida is outraging everybody. from the immigrant community, to those on the conservative r

and it was 6 years before fidel castro assumed power in cuba. 4 years later, the beatles had their 1st number one hit, she became queen 16 years before neil armstrong and basil darren became the 1st men to land on the moon. a decade later, the iranian revolution took place when iran came in islamic republic, under ayatollah, how many she became queen 36 years before the berlin wall came down and the fall of communism in eastern europe 37 years before. and he partied figure nelson mandela was released from prison in south africa that he, 8 years before the world wide web. it came publicly available and 5 decades before the us led invasion of iraq, which toppled leaders, sadam hussein. and she came to the throne of 51 years afore the launch facebook. but throughout the wide spread and dramatic changes across the world and the country she rolled over. she remained a constant as new voc report, her rame saw more than 60 years of traumatic change, the social, cultural, and technological revolution that altered the very landscape of the nation. but the queen retained the same values, the sam

that one spanish radio host even compared his actions to that of deceased hugh cuban dictator fidel castro price for the way he dehumanize these migrants? >> i like to think so. but again, i do think the maga bubble is strong and the dissonance is, it's not clear maybe to people outside of florida, but hey, look, inside of florida, let's hope it's very clear that yeah, these are allegedly people who have been, in quotes, suffering under socialism in venezuela. so, who knows. i'm not sure. i also think it is important to bring up the fact in terms of skin color, and the fact that only a few months ago, you had haitian migrants being chased on horseback. and yet, ukrainian migrants, refugees, have been welcomed into this country, which they should be. it is either death or accepting folks into this country. there is only two options here. and i will go with letting people into this country instead of letting them die. >> always. thank you all for your time and insights tonight. i greatly appreciate it. still ahead, how one d.c. law firm became a key player in shifting the federal judiciary.

. >> so he supports louis farrakhan, jeremiah wright, he's praised and fidel castro. that's likn: he a trifecta of oh some of the worst people thae t i can think of. >> one of the things you're going to tell me is where i wasr at the church and i had nothing to do with it. no, no, you were a part of it. you were a part of it. and don't run now. biden just the same as don't run from biden because you cut fromcloth. the same cloth.i call and i've called him a wolfed in sheep's clothing. ai'm just excited that on october the 14th he's going to debate me so people can ask me whether i want to debate him because he was running from me. but he didn't realize i can. catch it and i call him and now he's going to debate octobere oe the fourteenth in savannah, georgia. >> a little too late ithn the process. like most democrats, karine jean-pierre made this comments about the atlanta thaves. what we have, staceyes, abrams, by the way, who said that the worst state to ever be in. the united states . why should ever want to be the b governor ? i don't know. she cost the statee a f

say to people who would bring up, for example, the cia's several supposedly attempts to poison fidel castro, for example? what's the difference between the sort of activity that you outline in your book and that sort of thing? well, the first difference is that in 1970, a us law was changed to outlaw any bio weapons, to outlaw any poisons. and in 1972, we a treaty that we would never do it. and there's no evidence that we've ever done it since that even before time our activities were small and minuscule. castro maybe a couple of other people we killed allende in a likely killed allende or were behind his death on the gold program in south vietnam. but we weren't killing hundreds of people we weren't developing bioweapons kill hundreds of thousands of people so there was a tremendous difference degree from the very beginning when we entered the bioweapons treaty in 1972, we stopped absolutely stopped any efforts of any kind. but albert discloses in his book, that was not a stop for the soviet union, it was a starting point. and by the mid 1970s, they were spending more money on bioweapons t

and it was 6 years before fidel castro assumed power in cuba. 4 years later, the beatles had their 1st number one hit. she became queen 16 years before neil armstrong and buzz aldrin. again, the 1st men to land on the moon. a decade later, the reigning revolution to place when iran became in islam republic, under ayatollah how many she became queen 36 years before the berlin wall came down and the fall of communism in eastern europe. 37 years before anti apartheid figure nelson mandela was released from prison in south africa that he, 8 years before the world wide web became publicly available. and 5 decades before the u. s. t at invasion of iraq, which topple leader, sadam. hussein. and she came to throne 51 years before the launch a facebook and i go back now to ne barker who's at buckingham palace. so we're real sense of people's lives, kind of echoing to the sounds of the over the years of, of the queen being part of it, or tells us a bit more about how she's been such a figure during these times of change. yeah, that's why lauren is pretty remarkable and the way that you've just p

support crt in schools offers kind words for the likes of fidel castro.raises louis farrakhan, p a virulent anti-semite, racist, even defending the radical hate america pastor gd america, jeremiah wright, among many a other bizarre positions. >> and he wants to packia the courts and the great state of pennsylvani, wea. well, phony, spoiled, never hadb a job, trust fund, brad in jo a hoodie and tattoos. john fetterman never had a jobea . legalife. he wants tlio what? legalized drug dens, supports amnesty, wants to reducen po pennsylvania's prison population. pula by at leasby at least a third, o eliminate put a moratorium fracking and phase it out.suppor doesn't support americanence and and energy independence. t he continues to suffero following a stroke back in may, and he won't answer a singleut h question about his health. t cla his opponent, dr. mehmet oz,ed t is making it clear debates needs to take place before any votesea are cast. and that needs to happen in all of these states . joining us now is dr. oz, along with former south carolina governor

full extent to which nixon and his counterpart went in affirming their determination to overthrow fidel castroially chile which is of course form some of the backdrop of the ultimately successful coup. and from this relationship sprang the siege of operation condor the hemisphere wide scheme of cooperation among security services that went on to wage a campaign of counterterrorism for years to come. well okay, this is the kind of story that has long infuriated critics of richard nixon and i hasten to add his partner in foreign policy henry kissinger again to nixon was focused on the president a moral approach to foreign policy. his prioritization of stability above all at the expense of a concern with democracy for human rights or even economic development. what counted for nixon in other words was the extent to which a foreign nation served americans geostrategic interest rate the nature of the government and their attitude toward their own people mattered hardly at all amid what social sciences have taken twitch hardheaded notions of national interest trump allegedly softheaded notions of de

reporter: the lack of latinos on the big screen recently highlighted after james franco was cast as fidel castro be able to play whatever role but that's not the way it works. it only goes one way. >> reporter: he wrote on instagram, latin exclusion in hollywood is real. don't get it twisted. long, long history of it and appropriation of our stories even longer. why can't latinxers play latin roles? the issue on full display in some of the most famous movies made. >> ready, ladies? >> come in. is it not beautiful? >> reporter: from natalie wood playing puerto rican siblings in "west side story" to al pacino as cuban refugee tony montano in "scarface." some even winning oscars for their performances. latinos make up 18% of the u.s. population but research shows latino actors had only 5% of speaking roles in 2019's top 100 movies. many in hollywood hopeful for a change. >> we're figuring it out. we're not sitting quiet. we're in the room, and figuring it out and we have to continue to have these conversations so we move the needle forward. >> i mean, you saw the numbers there. they're really telli

at the beginning of fidel c castro's revolution gay people were sent alongside others deemed by the newovernment to be undesire abls to toil in the work camps. slowly there's been growing official acceptance for gays, lesbians and transgender people in cuba. castro's daughter has been a vocal supporter of lgbtq rights and sponsors a parade against homophobia. the tolerance, though, has had limits. in 2018 cuban lawmakers removed language authorizing same-sex unions from a proposed new constitution amid fears that voters would reject it. many in cuba's evangelical community say they will vote no on the new family code, but growing influence of the evangelical church in cuba is one of the reasons it has taken so long to legalize gay marriage here. people like the ones in this church have opposed the government's measures in a way that is rarely seen in cuba. cubans from other parts of society could join them in voting no. it's not just christians, this pastor says, there are communists who are not in agreement, materialistic people not in agreement. a lot of people who believe in differen

last month they passed a reckless tax-and-spending spree that included enough handouts to make fidel castro proud. first there are the expanded affordable care act subsidies. originally the subsidies were provided back when obamacare passed to provide subsidies for people earning less than 400% of the federal poverty level. but our democratic colleagues last month not only increased the amount of assistance people can receive, they also expanded eligibility. in short, giving more people more money, regardless of their ability to pay for their own expenses. shifting that, again, out of the pockets of middle-class taxpayers into the pockets of those who don't need the subsidies and especially those who can pay for their expenses themselves. our colleagues said this was a temporary provision that was critical to the pandemic response. but here we are a year and a half later, and they've already extended it. the people who gain insurance coverage because of this proposal aren't low-income families. those individuals have already been eligible for obamacare. assistance now extends to people earn