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Tiffany Y
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Dog loving, scrabble enthusiast. I will always support human rights, equality, education, kindness and healthcare for all.
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At a moment when the majority of Americans are dissatisfied with Trump’s stewardship of the economy, millions could soon be on the hook for increased health-care costs, @willgottsegen.com writes:
Millions of Americans May Soon Face Huge Costs
The GOP is gambling on health care.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
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December 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth.

Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”

(Published Dec. 2022)
She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...
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December 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is a good list.
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Whether you plan to head out to the theater or binge from the couch, our critics have gathered together their favorite films and TV shows of 2025.
The best movies and TV of 2025, picked for you by NPR critics
Whether you plan to head out to the theater or binge from the couch, our critics have gathered together their favorite films and TV shows of 2025.
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December 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two sources tell NPR.

www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two sources tell NPR.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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It’s been said that nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless they've had a dog. Billy Collins agrees, and he recently released his 12th volume of poetry, called “Dog Show."https://to.pbs.org/4qlm9sj
Poet Billy Collins explores love, loss and life in 'Dog Show'
It’s been said that nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless they've had a dog. Billy Collins agrees, and he recently released his 12th volume of poetry, called “Dog Show." Senior arts c...
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December 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.

Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublica
Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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ICE forcefully detain Pastor on Christmas Eve—even though he showed ID.

Agents said they had to take him back to office and prove his legal status.

"He's a pastor! You're beating a pastor," witness yells.

"He's not a pastor in this country," agent quips.

"God will judge you," witness warns.
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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ICE arrest father on Christmas morning—handcuff his kids & make them watch.

"We're just kids!" they cry—right before agent violently rips phone away breaking it.

Detain the 2 minor children & perp walk their dad in front of them—3 more witnesses just filming were also arrested.

Corona, California
December 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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“People were dying in our backyard,” said Pastor Daniel Simmons of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, whose members helped establish the Samaritan Clinic in 2007.

“It wasn’t because they didn’t want to go to the doctor. It was because they couldn’t afford it.”
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 4: The Last Safety Net
As a community hospital, Phoebe’s mission is to care for people no matter their ability to pay. But in a town where the uninsured rate is twice the national average, even some Phoebe employees are una...
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December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I'm ready to be the type of Democrat the Democratic Party has needed this entire time. The type of Democrat who will fight Trump’s authoritarianism by showing up, not with strongly worded letters.

The type of Democrat who will fight, not fold.
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance.

Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable.

(Published Aug. 2024)
Why I Left the Network
Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made thei...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.

Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.

(Published Jan. 2024)
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
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December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Israel signals another imminent round of mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza

Israel says it will “respond accordingly” after citing an alleged IED explosion it claims wounded an Israeli officer, signaling plans to resume large-scale bombing of Gaza. No evidence of the incident has been...
December 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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According to a newly released email, federal agents were attempting to contact 10 possible Epstein “co-conspirators” the day after his 2019 sex-trafficking arrest.
New Epstein email reveals feds tried to contact '10 co-conspirators'
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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🚨W/in 24 hours of releasing Vol. 8 of the Epstein Archive, the DOJ has deleted 3 files w/o explanation.

Among them are records tied to prison staff, including a document concerning the guard reported to have fallen asleep the night Epstein died.

The jmail team preserved the files. Links in reply ⬇️
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Justine Paul spent years in jail awaiting trial even as the evidence against him fell apart.

Afterward, he lived on the streets and nearly overdosed 10 times. “They took seven and a half years of his life, and I think it broke him,” his lawyer said.

By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, @adn.com
Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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More than 800 storm victims around Helene-battered western North Carolina have applied for FEMA’s voluntary program that would enable the government to buy out their properties.

So far, they say, not a single approval has come through.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Chris Vasquez is proving that no one is more motivated to understand health care costs than a 26-year-old journalist with a marketplace plan.
My health care costs are going up. So I made a video series figuring out why and who's to blame.
No one is more motivated to understand this topic than a 26-year-old journalist with a marketplace plan.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model is launching in six states starting next year.
New Medicare Program: Full List of Services That Will Need Prior Approval
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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A Homeland Security spokesperson erupted this week after attorney Victoria Slatton accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement of unlawfully arresting her client, who Slatton says is an American-born U.S. citizen.
DHS rages after being called out for arresting 'indisputable' U.S. citizen
A Homeland Security spokesperson erupted this week after attorney Victoria Slatton accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement of unlawfully arresting her client, who Slatton says is an American-born U.S. citizen.Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morale, a 22-year-old woman whose lawyer says was born in Maryland,...
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December 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Tens of thousands have been taken by masked, armed men working for DHS on the streets of LA, D.C., Chicago, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Charlotte, and others. Agents have loosed an attack dog, unleashed pepper spray, violently yanked people from their cars and chased them out of stores. trib.al/J5dhV3F
Kristi Noem Is the Villain DHS Was Made For
The Department of Homeland Security has been grotesque and incompetent from the start. In Noem, the department finally has a leader cruel and campy enough to match its stated mission.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Vox’s Astead Herndon sits down one-on-one with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Is there a “Mamdani wing” of the Democratic Party?

Vox’s Patreon supporters will get to see the full video interview first this Sunday. Subscribe now to be alerted when it publishes: patreon.com/vox
December 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM