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i don't love matty but he's not wrong here

Dystopia is the AARP advising older Americans about how to live in a police state www.aarp.org/travel/trave...

🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

Medicaid fight could come to a head in early May under GOP timeline.

I'd say this is a pretty important story. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

NEW: Blue Cross authorized mastectomies & breast reconstructions at one hospital, then refused to pay the full doctors' bills. BUT... The insurer did make some exceptions. On several occasions, Blue Cross execs signed deals to pay for their wives’ treatment. By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social

JUST IN: 2 Northwestern law professors sue their university & House Education Committee to block school's cooperation with House antisemitism probe. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In 2021, Medicare Advantage insurers pulled in $33 billion by adding diagnosis codes to patients’ medical records. UnitedHealth Group took in *42%* of that total on its own. “United is just coding a lot more.” @tarabannow.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/04/07/m...

WSJ: Investors Who Were All In on U.S. Stocks Are Starting to Look Elsewhere Look what Trump did to Biden’s winning economy that was the envy of the world.

The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.

Cheddar finally tore through his favorite toy the other day and he looked at me like I was a monster for throwing it out. But the look on his face when I pulled out a replacement octopus was golden. I think he likes it

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

Trump highlights the danger of two categories of decision-making mistakes. The first is the one made by US partners in being too dependent on the US. AUKUS comes to mind, as it backtracked on a deal that would've diversifyied Aus' security portfolio. Those Scorpenes probably don't seem so bad now.