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Listening to the Senate hearing on biomedical research where Sen. John Kennedy is losing his 💩over indirect costs and wants to audit NIH. Cool! So he must support auditing DoD who hasn't had a clean audit like . . . ever?
April 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Listening to the Senate hearing on biomedical research where Sen. John Kennedy is losing his 💩over indirect costs and wants to audit NIH. Cool! So he must support auditing DoD who hasn't had a clean audit like . . . ever?
🥴 Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery — theonion.com/pete-hegseth...
Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
WASHINGTON—Lambasting the current program as wasteful, bloated, and entirely unnecessary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for steep cuts Monday to the number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous...
theonion.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🥴 Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery — theonion.com/pete-hegseth...
The MAGA attack on science continues w/ scientists fearing for their safety. Can one Republican stand up? www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/f... via @statnews.com
Former NIH director Francis Collins, once beloved in Washington, now worries for his safety there
Former NIH director Francis Collins is so concerned for his personal safety that he has hired security at his home
www.statnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The MAGA attack on science continues w/ scientists fearing for their safety. Can one Republican stand up? www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/f... via @statnews.com
Former NIH director Francis Collins, once beloved in Washington, now worries for his safety there www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/f... via @statnews.com
Former NIH director Francis Collins, once beloved in Washington, now worries for his safety there
Former NIH director Francis Collins is so concerned for his personal safety that he has hired security at his home
www.statnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Former NIH director Francis Collins, once beloved in Washington, now worries for his safety there www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/f... via @statnews.com
It's sad that Mitch is now the resistance
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, was confirmed as health secretary. Mitch McConnell, a polio survivor, was the lone Republican opposed. nyti.ms/3EDJeE0
February 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's sad that Mitch is now the resistance
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From Representative Jamie Raskin "Of course, Musk could not be elected president constitutionally, so Trump just sold him the office for $280 million."
February 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
From Representative Jamie Raskin "Of course, Musk could not be elected president constitutionally, so Trump just sold him the office for $280 million."
👇🏻IG report showed how MA plans are ripping off the gov & delaying and denying care to beneficiaries. Republicans know this but continue to fight that they get increases in payment. Elon won't rein them in since Rs want to privatize Medicare.
Musk's latest power grab: your Medicare benefits.
Elon - you're looking in the wrong place. Private insurers in Medicare Advantage overcharged taxpayers by at least $83 billion in 2024 alone.
Elon - you're looking in the wrong place. Private insurers in Medicare Advantage overcharged taxpayers by at least $83 billion in 2024 alone.
Exclusive | DOGE Aides Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems for Fraud
Elon Musk’s allies have been on site at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offices this week.
www.wsj.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
👇🏻IG report showed how MA plans are ripping off the gov & delaying and denying care to beneficiaries. Republicans know this but continue to fight that they get increases in payment. Elon won't rein them in since Rs want to privatize Medicare.
This is so outrageous. How is this even legal? Why is a guy who can't even pass a security clearance not to mention a nazi, given access to peoples personal information.
February 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is so outrageous. How is this even legal? Why is a guy who can't even pass a security clearance not to mention a nazi, given access to peoples personal information.
Yeah, don't provide health care to your kids, beat them instead. 😢
Republicans want you to hit your kids instead of giving them health care
Senator Tommy Tuberville: We have an attention deficit problem in this country. Attention deficit — when you or I were growing up — our parents didn’t use a drug they used a belt.
February 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Yeah, don't provide health care to your kids, beat them instead. 😢
I almost felt bad for him not knowing the basic differences between Medicare and Medicaid. And the MAHA movement? When was America so healthy? Does he want smoking rates to go up? Life expectancy to be lower? 🥴😬https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cassidy-asks-rfk-jr-about-medicaid-and-medicare-views/
Cassidy asks RFK Jr. about Medicaid and Medicare views
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was asked by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) about Medicare and Medicaid during Kennedy's Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. See their full exchange.
www.cbsnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I almost felt bad for him not knowing the basic differences between Medicare and Medicaid. And the MAHA movement? When was America so healthy? Does he want smoking rates to go up? Life expectancy to be lower? 🥴😬https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cassidy-asks-rfk-jr-about-medicaid-and-medicare-views/
Blending baby chickens and mice? WTF? He's a sick person. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...
Caroline Kennedy Urges Senators to Reject RFK Jr. for Health Secretary
In a harsh letter to lawmakers considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary, Ms. Kennedy called her cousin a “predator” who led other family members down the path of addiction.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Blending baby chickens and mice? WTF? He's a sick person. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01... mean, how bad could this be? He's just an alcoholic in denial who will be running the world's second largest corporation? 😬 🥴
Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary as Vance Breaks Tie Vote
With two G.O.P. senators opposed, Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick for defense secretary, can afford to lose only one more. If he is confirmed, it is likely to be by the smallest margin for that p...
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01... mean, how bad could this be? He's just an alcoholic in denial who will be running the world's second largest corporation? 😬 🥴
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www.politico.com/live-updates... How ironic that the only Rs with balls are women. Too bad Ernst lost her spine.
Trump ‘very surprised’ at Collins, Murkowski over Hegseth vote
The two moderate Republicans have long been willing to break ranks on some high-profile votes.
www.politico.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
www.politico.com/live-updates... How ironic that the only Rs with balls are women. Too bad Ernst lost her spine.