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Since scumbag ghoul Rick Scott said openly that republicans will “cut your social security and Medicare,” a reminder that he’s responsible for the largest Medicare fraud scheme in US history, his company was fined $1.7B after pleading guilty to 14 felonies. He should be in jail.

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If you are looking for someone to say that all is lost and the courts can't help protect democracy, you are following the wrong guy. If you are looking for someone who fights hard and will never give up, I'm here for you.

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WARREN: "Only Congress -- not Donald Trump, not Elon Musk, not some 22-year-old programmers -- only Congress can shut this agency down."

submitted 77 days ago • 158 comments

President-elect Musk is really setting down the marker of how he wants to run his administration. VP Trump better pay attention.

submitted 131 days ago • 1177 comments

This is how it’s done

submitted 131 days ago • 134 comments

Hakeem Jeffries weighs in on the Elon-Trump plan to shutdown the government

submitted 131 days ago • 713 comments

Education is the bedrock of revolution. Arm society with knowledge, illuminate systemic flaws, and foster critical thought. An informed populace cannot be subdued.

submitted 131 days ago • 11 comments

CFR: “.. Putin’s ultimate objectives are to relitigate the post–Cold War order in Europe, weaken the United States, and usher in a new international system that affords Russia the status and influence Putin believes it deserves.” www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/putin...

submitted 131 days ago • 12 comments

The Arctic Ocean, photographed from the same location 107 years apart.

submitted 141 days ago • 96 comments

People are now calling Cash Patel "Trash Patel" and I'm howling. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

submitted 138 days ago • 312 comments

The process of the Mike Flynn suing me is grinding to its inevitable end, with a staggering loss at the Florida Second District Court of Appeal. floridapolitics.com/archives/711...

submitted 137 days ago • 1340 comments

VICTORY - NY AG completes massive victory vs NRA Judge rules NRA must be cleaned up by auditors and stop allowing its leaders to grift off members' donations And former leaders Wayne LaPierre and Woody Phillips forced to pay $6,350,000 plus interest -- all stolen from members

submitted 138 days ago • 258 comments

The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills. Norway - 0 UK - 0 France - 0 Spain - 0 Portugal - 0 Denmark - 0 Australia - 0 Iceland - 0 Italy - 0 Finland - 0 Ireland - 0 Germany - 0 Netherlands - 0 Sweden - 0 Japan - 0 Canada - 0 United States - 643,000

submitted 143 days ago • 99 comments

Knowing and acknowledging history is a very mature thing.

submitted 138 days ago • 17 comments

"some of the angriest, most resentful people in America right now — people who seem very likely to have a lot of influence with the incoming Trump administration — are billionaires who don’t feel sufficiently admired." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

submitted 138 days ago • 4 comments

U.S. job market bounces back, adds 227,000 jobs in November - The effects of two hurricanes and a Boeing strike made the job market look worse than it actually was last month. The new data is far more encouraging.

submitted 143 days ago • 0 comments

My thoughts on the insanity we’re witnessing: a shadow president, an unelected billionaire, working to dismantle our institutions with a fake, non-governmental agency, all while the media treats Musk's actions as if they’re perfectly normal.

submitted 143 days ago • 174 comments

This is going to save hospitals a lot of money ! www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-re...

submitted 143 days ago • 1844 comments

For Elias, that includes increasing his own efforts to advocate for democracy. “The success of our democracy rests on an effective opposition movement,” he wrote yesterday. “We all must play a part in offering additional ideas and approaches and not being afraid to take risks.”

submitted 143 days ago • 56 comments

LASHINSKY: ".. If the solid functioning of the critical tasks of the federal government is at all important .., it is worth pausing to consider how ill-prepared Musk and his coterie of libertarian cost-cutters are to accomplish much more than more chaos .." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 143 days ago • 34 comments

Prescription drug costs can add up fast. That’s why my colleagues and I tackled the issue head on by passing legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices and cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 under Medicare, putting money back into their pockets.

submitted 143 days ago • 54 comments

The richest man in the world wants to rip Social Security away from millions who need Social Security to survive. Elon Musk is morphing into a Villain that Super heroes wouldn’t tolerate…..and neither should we. These are the types trump has surrounded himself with. Jackaloons…every one of them!

submitted 143 days ago • 43 comments

🚨 Experts are being deployed to Panzi, in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the #Congo, to support health authorities in investigating a yet undiagnosed disease. Laboratory tests are underway to identify the cause.

submitted 143 days ago • 233 comments

Things you won’t see on Twitter.

submitted 143 days ago • 531 comments

Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead

submitted 143 days ago • 1309 comments

Biden considering preemptive pardons for people who might be targeted by Trump’s DOJ. Possible list includes Liz Cheney, Dr. Fauci, Adam Schiff, and General Milley abcnews.go.com/Politics/bid...

submitted 144 days ago • 568 comments

BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is backing off of a controversial plan to limit coverage of anesthesia in at least one state.

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Starting in February, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri will deny any claims for anesthesia services that exceed specific time limits that have been set for surgeries and procedures.

submitted 144 days ago • 114 comments

Joke's on Elon Musk. He can't defund the ACLU. They don't get any government funding. What an idiot.

submitted 145 days ago • 469 comments

Aaron Rodgers skipping practice for a Netflix documentary about himself is a truly fitting intro into the inspiring story of a once great player who bounced back from a devastating injury to lead a historically woebegone franchise to their worst season in a decade

submitted 144 days ago • 422 comments

This was the White House pill mill from the first Trump term And that was before Captain Brainworm and the Ketamine Kid showed up — and they almost added Matt Gaetz too Is America about to be run by hard drug addicts?

submitted 153 days ago • 178 comments

Why is Eric Adams going all anti-immigrant? Because he has a deal with Trump — so Trump will pardon Adams and give him a role in the administration. This is an open secret among insiders in NYC politics. That’s why.

submitted 144 days ago • 102 comments

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield issues new policy that will CUT OFF insurance coverage for anesthesia if a surgery lasts longer than expected So a planned 3-hour surgery runs for 5 hours — and Blue Cross will only pay for 3 hours Leaving you with a $10,000+ medical bill

submitted 144 days ago • 912 comments

When Trump said that big strong steelworkers were always coming up to him with tears in their eyes, is this what he meant? meidasnews.com/news/union-w...

submitted 144 days ago • 752 comments

The best thing about BlueSky is not financing a sociopath.

submitted 145 days ago • 407 comments

My thoughts on how media must do better and stop normalizing Trump and disseminating Russian fear mongering propaganda

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Sweden's remarkably clean power grid. In November, this was its electricity generation mix: Hydro 38% Wind 31% Nuclear 28% Bioenergy 4% Zero coal or gas. - Ember data

submitted 144 days ago • 607 comments

Amnesty International on Thursday became the first major international human rights organization to accuse Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza, drawing a rebuke from Israeli officials who denied the claim.

submitted 144 days ago • 51 comments

The thing about all of these many hits on Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth about them being unqualified, malignant, possibly criminal, and unfit is that they are also forgetting that they are both really awful people too. I mean...these are truly terrible men.

submitted 145 days ago • 521 comments

I understand Donald Trump for what he is a buffoon. Donald Trump wants you to be scared. Rather than being scared, I am proud to be a happy warrior for democracy. We all need to have the courage to not back down. Do not obey!

submitted 145 days ago • 1010 comments

FACT: Aaron Rodgers, a dumbass jock who knows fuck all about science and medicine and uses the media to spew dangerous conspiracy theories about vaccines to gullible fans who listen to him because he used to be able to throw a football, sucks.

submitted 145 days ago • 703 comments

Professors Leiyu Shi and Douglas A. Singh explained that health care in the U.S. does not meet the basic requirements of a free market. However, while economic factors are responsible by default, there are other drivers of costs.

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HOLY SHIT—In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or procedure goes beyond an arbitrary time limit, regardless of how long the surgical procedure takes. Dark times ahead.

submitted 145 days ago • 395 comments

Shoutout to South Korea. Their guy tried to pull a Trump and he got shut down and impeached within 24 hours. Gangsta democracy.

submitted 145 days ago • 854 comments

As a veteran, I can tell you this: They have no f*cking idea of the backlash this would create. If they start taking away the promised benefits of people who are already depressed and pissed off 3/4 of the time... taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...

submitted 145 days ago • 1203 comments

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is functioning normally again after the aging probe's dwindling power supply triggered a communications blackout. It's one of several challenges faced by the spacecraft this year.

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