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Brette O'Connell

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Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · May 4

To all my fellow #Resisters:
Keep fighting the good fight.
👍💙✊

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Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks for the info! 👍

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 2h

The level of kleptocratic corruption in this regime is breathtaking, e.g.:

—Selling off Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to big banks

—Bribes from ABC & CBS

—TikTok sale to Ellison

—Everything Qatar: the plane gift, the Idaho military base

—Whoever has bribed him by buying his scam meme coins

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Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · 2h

Adorable! 🧡🖤🤗

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Dizzygirl @dizzygirl.bsky.social · 7h

He wasn't shot.
He didn't win.
He's on the list.
He's not going to heaven.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 14h

Grateful for this Seattle Times article exposing, again, the conditions at the ICE detention center in Tacoma. The infrastructure for the current lawlessness has been active for a long time.
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Look inside Tacoma’s ICE detention center, where you could be kept for days or years

Conditions inside Tacoma's Northwest ICE Processing Center have been a mystery for many. In new interviews, people formerly held there reveal what life is like.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 2h

Fox News is FAKE News. 💩

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Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · 2h

I love it when they eat their own.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4h

Love this so much
📸 Respective Collective

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 4h

It’s been 19 days since Adelita Grijalva won—and Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. The government’s been shut down for 12 days. They can delay, lie, and hide—but the Epstein files aren’t going anywhere. The cover-up is cracking, and they know it.

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Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · 5h

Excellent! Keep it going! 👍

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 9h

“The House speaker is losing control of his party”

Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown - The New Republic

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Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown — The New Republic

The House speaker is losing control of his party.

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Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · 5h

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Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · 5h

Keep fighting the good fight! Thanks! 👍💙✊

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Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, me neither. 🫤

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Remember that time Trump admitted he was wrong about something and apologized …

Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks for the recipe. 👍😋

Brette O'Connell @csiwriter.bsky.social · 5h

Profoundly beautiful. ❤️

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S.E.E. Danesti @seedanesti.com · 13h

I finally understand what the GOP represents.

They are Guardians... Guardians of...

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 5h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.