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A $1.2 Trillion ‘Rip Off’: Report Spotlights Massive Scale of Medicare Advantage Fraud www.commondreams.org/news/medicar...
A $1.2 Trillion ‘Rip Off’: Report Spotlights Massive Scale of Medicare Advantage Fraud | Common Dreams
"These private insurer-run plans are more expensive AND lead to worse outcomes for patients," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "It’s time to rein in Medicare DisAdvantage and protect traditional Medicare."
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February 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
A $1.2 Trillion ‘Rip Off’: Report Spotlights Massive Scale of Medicare Advantage Fraud www.commondreams.org/news/medicar...
The paper is the first to analyze three decades of federal, state, and local gov't budgets to determine how immigrants affected the total US gov't debt and deficit. The fiscal surplus from all immigrants from 1994 to 2023 was $14.5 trillion, compared with a deficit of $48 trillion w/o immigrants.
Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994
The best way to balance the budget is to reduce spending—particularly on wealthy retirees—but rather than hinder our efforts to control deficits, immigrants are helping.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The paper is the first to analyze three decades of federal, state, and local gov't budgets to determine how immigrants affected the total US gov't debt and deficit. The fiscal surplus from all immigrants from 1994 to 2023 was $14.5 trillion, compared with a deficit of $48 trillion w/o immigrants.
The Fascist claim they have found the leader of the Anti-Fascists!
Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa”
The list they're creating says so, anyway
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February 4, 2026 at 5:35 AM
The Fascist claim they have found the leader of the Anti-Fascists!
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Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
The People’s Grocery Lynching, Memphis, Tennessee
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The People's Grocery Lynching, Memphis, Tennessee - JSTOR Daily
On March 2, 1892, in Memphis, Tennessee, a racially charged mob grew out of a fight between a black and a white youth near People’s Grocery.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:48 AM
The People’s Grocery Lynching, Memphis, Tennessee
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“He Can’t Do That” Is a Hope, Not a Strategy open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
“He Can’t Do That” Is a Hope, Not a Strategy
The Steady State |by Steven A. Cash
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January 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
“He Can’t Do That” Is a Hope, Not a Strategy open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
US picks a fight with its biggest creditor...
US picks a fight with its biggest creditor
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. You couldn't make this stuff up. A U.S. president threatens to pile an extra tax on American consumers in order to force a Eur...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:24 AM
US picks a fight with its biggest creditor...
Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
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Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan."In paperwork f...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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When Trump is gone, the world will still never look at us the same way again. They will know that another Trump may be only another four short years away. We did this to ourselves.
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 AM
When Trump is gone, the world will still never look at us the same way again. They will know that another Trump may be only another four short years away. We did this to ourselves.
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👇 Also don't let them distract you from the Epstein files! We're not forgetting any of these things happened!
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
👇 Also don't let them distract you from the Epstein files! We're not forgetting any of these things happened!
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Time and again, people look back on horrors and wish they had taken action and done things differently. Trump and Putin have brought us to that critical turning point. We either remove them or suffer the consequences for generations.
January 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Time and again, people look back on horrors and wish they had taken action and done things differently. Trump and Putin have brought us to that critical turning point. We either remove them or suffer the consequences for generations.
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See? It's not about stealing Venezuela's oil.
It's about Donald Trump getting rich off that stolen oil.
It's about Donald Trump getting rich off that stolen oil.
January 7, 2026 at 12:02 AM
See? It's not about stealing Venezuela's oil.
It's about Donald Trump getting rich off that stolen oil.
It's about Donald Trump getting rich off that stolen oil.
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5 years ago, there was a bloody, lawless, and deadly attack on our nation’s Capitol. A group of criminal thugs broke out in riots and stormed our Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election at the direction of the President of the United States.
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
5 years ago, there was a bloody, lawless, and deadly attack on our nation’s Capitol. A group of criminal thugs broke out in riots and stormed our Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election at the direction of the President of the United States.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
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Brazil succeeded in holding coup plotters accountable. "If — when the glass has been swept away & the trials are over — those who empowered, guided, mobilized, and legitimized [the riots] are never held to account, then... the conditions for repetition remain intact.” jacobin.com/2026/01/janu...
What Brazil’s January 8 Can Teach Us About January 6
In 2021, the January 6 Capitol attack exposed deep connections between the US state and far-right groups. When something similar happened in Brazil in 2023, it prompted a national attempt to reform th...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Brazil succeeded in holding coup plotters accountable. "If — when the glass has been swept away & the trials are over — those who empowered, guided, mobilized, and legitimized [the riots] are never held to account, then... the conditions for repetition remain intact.” jacobin.com/2026/01/janu...
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FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸