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A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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Can't argue with this, either...
July 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Can't argue with this, either...
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But I’ll bet the Iranians know.
June 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
But I’ll bet the Iranians know.
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HUGELY Important.
While Mike Lee and Steve Daines' Senate Natural Resources Committee amendment to the budget reconciliation package mandates the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land, what most people miss is that it also authorizes the sale of 258 million acres. That's 40 percent of all public land:
Lee, Daines Up Public Land Sell Off To 258 Million Acres
The Senate's budget reconciliation package includes provision to sell off 40 percent of all public land
wessiler.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
HUGELY Important.
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Oh, to have to confidence of a Trump supporter who has no clue what she’s talking about.
April 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Oh, to have to confidence of a Trump supporter who has no clue what she’s talking about.
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Twitter is down. Tesla stock is plummeting. SpaceX’s rocket imploded.
All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.
All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.
March 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Twitter is down. Tesla stock is plummeting. SpaceX’s rocket imploded.
All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.
All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
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Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
www.sfchronicle.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
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NBC News confirms: An IRS employee affiliated with Elon Musk's DOGE has accessed an IRS system that holds sensitive taxpayer information. @msnbc.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states.
Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.
#RedStateMoochers
Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.
#RedStateMoochers
February 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states.
Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.
#RedStateMoochers
Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.
#RedStateMoochers
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The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
America will pay dearly for the NIH’s mindless war on wokeness and DEI
Colleges, businesses, patients, students, workers, and US excellence will all suffer—and for what?
www.motherjones.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
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If you weren’t clear: a President ordering a Federal health and disease agency to delete pages on its website is a public health crisis.
January 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
If you weren’t clear: a President ordering a Federal health and disease agency to delete pages on its website is a public health crisis.
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Unless something unexpected happens soon, I think we need to admit we live in a fundamentally changed world.
There's good news. We don't know yet what that new world is going to look like, just that the old one is no more.
Disruption is a double edged sword. Fight for the future you want to see.
There's good news. We don't know yet what that new world is going to look like, just that the old one is no more.
Disruption is a double edged sword. Fight for the future you want to see.
February 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Unless something unexpected happens soon, I think we need to admit we live in a fundamentally changed world.
There's good news. We don't know yet what that new world is going to look like, just that the old one is no more.
Disruption is a double edged sword. Fight for the future you want to see.
There's good news. We don't know yet what that new world is going to look like, just that the old one is no more.
Disruption is a double edged sword. Fight for the future you want to see.
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How could this not possibly violate a slew of federal laws?
New - Elon Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
How could this not possibly violate a slew of federal laws?
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It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
January 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
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It took all of *one week* before top Republican donors pivoted to the real prize of Trump’s election: the prospect of extending Trump’s tax breaks for the ultrawealthy.
It was never about lowering prices. It was always about lining the pockets of Trump’s donors.
It was never about lowering prices. It was always about lining the pockets of Trump’s donors.
Charles Koch’s network launches $20m campaign backing Trump tax breaks
Revealed: fossil fuel billionaire’s Americans for Prosperity vows ‘herculean undertaking’ to renew and deepen tax cuts
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
It took all of *one week* before top Republican donors pivoted to the real prize of Trump’s election: the prospect of extending Trump’s tax breaks for the ultrawealthy.
It was never about lowering prices. It was always about lining the pockets of Trump’s donors.
It was never about lowering prices. It was always about lining the pockets of Trump’s donors.
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1. Trump's immigration crackdown is premised on the idea that the US is experiencing a massive surge in violent crime
According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities
THIS IS A LIE
New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels
According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities
THIS IS A LIE
New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels
Trump's fake crime wave
On January 19, during a rally held in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump claimed that “crime has gone through the roof” and that it “was up like 40%.” He claimed that violent crime is especially...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
1. Trump's immigration crackdown is premised on the idea that the US is experiencing a massive surge in violent crime
According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities
THIS IS A LIE
New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels
According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities
THIS IS A LIE
New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels
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Worth noting that McConnell refusing to whip votes to convict Trump at his impeachment trial (or vote himself to convict) is *why* we’re now in a position where Hegseth is the Defense Secretary. If McConnell is looking for the person at fault, he might want to consult a mirror.
January 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Worth noting that McConnell refusing to whip votes to convict Trump at his impeachment trial (or vote himself to convict) is *why* we’re now in a position where Hegseth is the Defense Secretary. If McConnell is looking for the person at fault, he might want to consult a mirror.
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Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration rally. Did it twice, actually.
Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda.
Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.
Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda.
Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.
January 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration rally. Did it twice, actually.
Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda.
Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.
Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda.
Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.