bozoid.bsky.social
Curmudgeon. Engineer. Occasional pilot and sailor. Former child.
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It's very civic minded of Jeff to take the bold editorial stance of "me keeping all my money is freedom, you discussing taxing some of it for your health care is tyranny."
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I just canceled my subscription.
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Astigmatism correction is worth whatever they charge, because astigmatism SUCKS. After lens replacement, I no longer need glasses around the house. My bifocals have only a modest distance correction (for driving) and an equally modest "cheater" correction (for reading small print). Glorious!
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DELAWARE: 250,000 residents are enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP (24% of the total population).
DE-AL: Sarah McBride (D): 250K
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Here again is a breakout of total Medicaid/CHIP enrollment in every state by Congressional District.
Total enrollment is as of October 2024.
The ACA expansion portion is as of June 2024 or later.
acasignups.net/25/01/29/how...
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epa administrator lee zeldin claims to have found $2 billion in gold bars at an unspecified "outside organization" linked to stacy abrams. no further details offered
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They’ve been planning since Trump’s first term about how to try to get the military to obey whatever Trump says—and they just decapitated the JAG system to ensure whatever loyalists they put in place will provide justifications for previously unlawful orders.
A Trump advisor reposted this tonight:
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I teach at an HBCU in Kentucky (Kentucky State University). To borrow from Bill Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Will Selber, "The cruelty isn't the point. It's the pleasure." It's all disgusting. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cruelt...
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From a source: Here's the form letter being sent to CISA employees who have been laid off.
"...you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the Agency's current needs, and your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment..."
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One of Trump Media's risk factors is "compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act."
This week, Trump issued an executive order temporarily pausing enforcement of that act.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
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I think about this one nearly every day:
"This isn’t a story of a working class that is being pinched. It’s the story of a working class that is doing better than any comparable working class ever has and a professional class who are angry about that."
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
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The tariffs were all a distraction for this