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The One Big Ugly Bill was designed so its cruelest provisions wouldn't hit until after the midterms — but Nebraska didn't get the memo, or rather, Governor Pillen decided not to wait. Spocko brings on Angie Lauritsen of Nebraska for Us to explain what happens when a state jumps the gun on Medicaid work requirements: confused patients, rural hospitals converting to emergency-only care, and a governor who's visited the White House more than any Nebraska governor in memory, up for reelection this year.

Before we get to that, August 6 has been a big day in history. In 1945 - 81 years ago, the US dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan. It flew from the plane called The Enola Gay. Two years ago, the D'ump regime flagged for deletion documents about The Enola Gay during a DEI scrubbing crusade because it included the word "gay" I wish I were kidding. Today also marks 61 years since LBJ signed the Voting Rights Act, and some people on Xitter had a lot of fun at the expense of D'ump's ridiculous looking wig.