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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

Maryland Rep. Olszewski: With all the due respect to the Speaker, that is a load of crap. Rep. elect Grijalva was duly elected. She’s ready to get sworn in any time, any place. Those 2 Floridians were sworn in the day after they were elected. This is now weeks that we’ve been waiting to swear her in

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Resistor Sister @sistergf.bsky.social · 13h

Kristi Noem illegally has a prayer service with the Proud boys and Oath keepers, I mean ICE

prior to their deployment of terror on American cities

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David Jolly @davidjolly.bsky.social · 11h

This is the best chance we’ve had to elect a Democratic Florida Governor in the last 30 years. It’s time for us to join together and win next November.

It was a pleasure to speak at the @claycountydems.bsky.social earlier this week and share our vision for Florida’s future.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

Umm… it’s the very definition of discrimination. Earle-Sears is such a hateful bigot!! 😡

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

SPANBERGER: “She doesn’t think gay couples should be allowed to marry.”

WINSOME EARLE-SEARS: “That’s not discrimination.” 🤔

SPANBERGER: “She thinks you can fire someone for being gay.”

EARLE-SEARS: “That’s not discrimination.” 🤔🤔 #VAGov

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 1d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Elon Musk 🇺🇸 Parody @elonmusk-parody.bsky.social · 14h

The scary team

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

D.C. stands to lose more than $40 million in homeland security funding, starving programs aimed at responding to terrorist attacks and other emergencies, after the Trump administration moved to slash federal grant funding by 90 percent.

Trump pledged to make D.C. ‘safe and beautiful.’ His administration cut $40M in homeland security funds.

The Trump administration cuts to homeland security grants in D.C. and 11 states has been paused by a federal judge while they are being challenged in court.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 1d

I just got off the debate stage, where I outlined my plans to put Virginia — not the President, not a political party, not a personal agenda — first.

That’s what you deserve, and that’s what I’ll do as your next Governor.

Help us get to the finish line:

Donate to Abigail Spanberger's campaign for Governor!

Virginia is the only state in the country where we can flip a Governor's office from red to blue in 2025. Abigail needs our help to build a winning campaign.

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 17h

If Winsome Earle-Sears hadn't kept interrupting me, maybe she would have heard what a real plan to make life better for Virginians sounds like.

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 1d

As Governor, make no mistake — I will make lowering everyday costs across Virginia my top priority.

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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 12h

This picture speaks for itself.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

With Larry Ellison in control of TikTok, we now have right-wingers or looney far-right wingers in control of most of the major social media platforms.

Right-Wing Moguls Dominate Social Media. One Legal Fix Can Help Stem the Tide.

Revising Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act would make outlets more accountable for the content they platform.

www.thenation.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11h

“This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison”

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

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Axios @axios.com · 12h

The base is already home to fighter planes from another foreign country, and has a storied history of defending the U.S.

What to know about Idaho's Mountain Home base, home to Qatar's new air force station

The facility will not be a military base for Qatar.

www.axios.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: Is it good if your boss asks you to let them know if you get fired?

My latest from inside NOAA, EPA, elsewhere. Please sign up and subscribe to the new very reasonable paid tiers.

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired

Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

www.gravityisgone.com

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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 20h

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 14h

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 15h

The brave Secretary of War who had US service members literally rolling out the red carpet for Putin will now have them cleaning toilets on a Qatari Airforce base in Idaho. You think operational maintenance and housekeeping isn’t part of the deal Kushner cut? America First, baby.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

this is an absolutely insane news conference for the Attorney General of the United States to be participating in.

(note how Benny Johnson describes the Annunciation shooting as an act of political violence, which is a lie)

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Politico @politico.com · 12h

Johnson slams the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place in DC next week as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.”

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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