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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

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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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

NATO has not INVADED Russia. Russia has invaded Ukraine. Do you get the difference?

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 1d

Some Ceasefire 🤨👇🏼👿

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 3d

#WATCH | Israeli tanks targeted Palestinians who were celebrating the ceasefire agreement and attempted to return to Gaza City via the Al-Rashid Street. As Israeli PM Netanyahu announced the postponement of the ceasefire's start, Israeli warplanes, drones, and tanks continued to strike Gaza

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Libra on Fire 🔥 ⚖️ @libraonfire.bsky.social · 1d

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The real power isn’t in a single day of outrage.

It’s in everyday people refusing to drop the issue week after week, until change becomes the only option.

Americans love to be comfortable. I hate to break it to y’all, but it’s time to be uncomfortable for a little bit.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 6h

This is a really well done—I hope it catches on: A silent roadside protest staged over the weekend in Westerville, Ohio, and posted to the Facebook page of the Westerville Progressive Alliance.
www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZFS...

Signs of Fascism!

YouTube video by COOLHAND

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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

Brilliant.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 6h

Majority of CDC staff fired after Trump admin's 'chaos' have returned to work: report

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Majority of CDC staff fired after Trump admin's 'chaos' have returned to work: report

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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

So much for reducing teen and unwanted pregnancies. Oh well. Back to the 50’s.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

Crooks. Just thieves.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 6h

“More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation”

Daniel Ducassi for Florida Bulldog

More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation

By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts missing legally required public documentation.

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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

Oops.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 6h

Who is María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize? Historian Greg Grandin calls her a "shocking choice" who is "completely aligned with the most militarist and darkest face of U.S. imperialism."

2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”: Greg Grandin

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqua...

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🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦 @beppil007.bsky.social · 7h

Provinces as well. In BC we barely escaped a BC Con govt. What a toxic bunch of wingnuts they are. My new MP is a bigoted creep.
Far right is organizing worldwide, they share messaging, resources. We need to fight against this extremism & make sure it never takes power. Alberta & Smith is bad enough

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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

Hate. Pure and simple.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

It’s a set-up.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

I really wouldn’t be shining lasers at helicopters if I were you. It’s illegal and could cause an aircraft to crash - and that could kill a LOT of people, in the air and on the ground.

And the ICE goons appear to be *salivating* at the chance to claim people that they arrest were doing this:

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

It was an honor to join Sunday services at the Historic Union Baptist Church in Harlem this morning. My thanks to Reverend Brian D. Scott for the conversation and welcome.

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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

Sue.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 20h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h

Add to this the Court’s usurpation of trial judges’ fact-finding function, often getting facts way wrong, in ways that get the Court to desired outcomes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

Hatch Act violation. Of course, this bimbo never heard of the Hatch Act.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Good for them: it is a violation of the Hatch Act that limits the use of public assets for partisan messaging. Orgeon has its own version of that law, and covers those who run the airport. Other airport administrators should look to see if they are in the same position.

Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 12h

PDX continuing to show why it's the best airport in the country.

PDX chooses not to air video of Sec. Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown

The Port of Portland is choosing not to broadcast a new video that shows DHS Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown."Democr

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Wicky @vigeo93.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely. Ex KGB.

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