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Just an FYI: Medicaid fraud is rarely perpetrated by beneficiaries. The fraudsters are almost always the doctors and CEO's that administer Medicaid. For example: when a doctor charges the government $600 for an $8 breast pump and pockets the cash and the third party administrator takes a cut.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1076 comments

Many of the so-called receipts aren’t receipts at all. They’re negotiated agreements with known government contractors, who might provide future services, known as blanket purchase agreements, or BPAs. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 15 hours ago • 6 comments

Regarding the Press Pool: 1. TRUMP ALREADY HAS THE MEANS TO DEAL WITH THIS!: He can show up in the Briefing room and take questions from all of those people who never get in the pool. And he could ignore the first 2 rows. (the pool). We'll be waiting.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

The fact that Republicans don't care that law enforcement nominees are openly lawless confirms that the GOP has disqualified itself from participating in our democracy, along with the Trump Regime that has consumed it.

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

A deadly mystery disease in Congo has killed 50+ people—half within 48 hours. Serious question: If a deadly virus hits our shores, how will we even know other than word-of-mouth? Trump pulled us from WHO, is gutting the CDC & put an antivaxxer who thinks WiFi causes “leaky brain” in charge of HHS.

submitted 15 hours ago • 355 comments

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

submitted 18 hours ago • 81 comments

I'm no politician, but there's not a representative in this country who couldn't find a bright, young, patriotic federal employee from their district who got the buzz saw from Musk and Trump. Get them on camera. Make these job losses personal, ya know.

submitted 17 hours ago • 35 comments

Romanian authorities this morning arrested pro-Kremlin presidential candidate Călin Georgescu. Officials found $10m in cash and plane tickets to Moscow at the home of one of his bodyguards. This is the man that JD Vance and Elon Musk claim is being treated unfairly by Romanian and EU authorities.

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

Republicans are too chickenshit to hold town halls. Shocker. Here’s an idea: Democrats, hold town halls in Republican districts.

submitted 22 hours ago • 720 comments

My latest: Republicans and Musk To Americans: "Time to Die" Not every day I can use an exquisite Blade Runner quote to describe the GOP's pro-death march, but here we are, folks. Hope you can read and share. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

submitted 17 hours ago • 70 comments

“A lot of people are saying we need to take the money. I’m not saying it but many are saying it, so we’re strongly looking into it.”

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

Breaking: Jasmine Crockett - ''We may be heading towards the next World War because we have a President that wants to pal around with Putin, and lying about who invaded who.''

submitted 15 hours ago • 107 comments

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

submitted 21 hours ago • 444 comments

Don’t listen to HHS Secretary RFK Jr. on anything—especially health, disease, and vaccines. He’s straight-up lying and going to get folks killed. Vaccinate your damn kids, people!

submitted 16 hours ago • 339 comments

"If the job is not essential...obviously they should not be on the public payroll." What does this mean? Trump's EO calls for focusing reductions in force for employees deemed "non-essential" during a shutdown. That is 800,000 employees. The want a permanent government shutdown.

submitted 1 day ago • 85 comments

Why is America still building houses in climate danger zones? https://www.ft.com/content/f8c00c80-1c41-4796-8f74-9d6f8f87a713

submitted 14 hours ago • 12 comments

Republicans have decided to stop holding town hall meetings because of the pushback from their constituents. Do these sound like "Alpha Male" Republicans to you?

submitted 18 hours ago • 129 comments

This news truly breaks my heart. We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line! abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...

submitted 17 hours ago • 1403 comments

Meanwhile in Russia: TV pundits discussed the drastic change of America's foreign policy under Trump and how Moscow can use it to its advantage. They rejoiced that Trump's enemies are also Russia's enemies. Once again, Vladimir Solovyov threatened Germany. youtu.be/EEY1wMEqXs0?...

submitted 17 hours ago • 19 comments

New in PN: EPA head wants to steal $20B of green "Zeldin's ridiculous lie is being used to justify an illegal expropriation of funds in contravention of the Constitution, which gives Congress the power of the purse, & the will of the people as expressed through their congressional representatives"

submitted 1 day ago • 69 comments

BREAKING: Federal Board Agrees With OSC Order to Halt Firings; Ruling Will Likely Apply to Many DOGE-Fired Workers talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-f...

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

It took ONE FUCKING MONTH for trump to turn America into a garbage, shithole country. And he's getting worse daily.

submitted 14 hours ago • 369 comments

When Joe Biden was elected, America’s allies were willing to accept that the Trump era was an aberration. That bridge is now burned. It will take a generation to regain their trust and that’s assuming we get the chance.

submitted 1 day ago • 64 comments

El Chapo will take the "Gold Card" for $5 million and a Pardon for $2 million. Is there a group discount? That wasn't on the ballot, but he'll thank you! 'Greatest scam for laundering money in history': Ex-Obama official blasts new Trump scheme www.rawstory.com/trumps-gold-...

submitted 15 hours ago • 3 comments

This photo says 1000 words. Musk, standing, the center of all eyes. Trump possibly asleep.

submitted 15 hours ago • 72 comments

Brett Meiselas: Right now, we have a president and his billionaire oligarch buddy, who are essentially leading a coup against the United States from within. And I think people are looking right now for people to call this out for what it is every single day, unapologetically,

submitted 14 hours ago • 116 comments

Trump threatened to sue journalists, authors, and book publishers who use anonymous sources. Granting certain sources anonymity is a common journalistic practice, especially when sources fear retribution.

submitted 1 day ago • 190 comments

This is NOT THE TIME to be pulling the plug on preparing for next season's flu season!!! WTH? Please share this with anyone you know who doesn't follow the news. Everyone needs to be in the loop. FDA cancels meeting to update next season's flu vaccines www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-can...

submitted 16 hours ago • 29 comments

💯 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...

submitted 14 hours ago • 6 comments

This is the result of pure evil and hatred. No country of decent people accepts people being treated this way for serving their country.

submitted 15 hours ago • 11 comments

This is evil. Pure evil.

submitted 21 hours ago • 3800 comments

Government files new Defense Department policy in court. Transgender US service members to be removed from military service New Policy here: www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u... An update in Talbott, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al. (D.D.C.)

submitted 14 hours ago • 8 comments

The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion... The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.

submitted 1 day ago • 399 comments

This is huge and monstrous. The nasal vaccines are our only hope of getting back to a world where you don't have to fear getting covid indoors. I would like to stop masking some day, and they're going to make it impossible.

submitted 20 hours ago • 33 comments

“Trump Gaza” would mean 100,000 American troops in Gaza — fighting Hamas, door to door — and coming home in body bags. Is that what you voted for?

submitted 15 hours ago • 131 comments

Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."

submitted 1 day ago • 746 comments

Trump used the last four years to turn the GOP into an anti-democratic war machine. And he is not done wreaking havoc. That is the stark reality we face. If we truly care about the future of free and fair elections, we must take the threat Trump poses to our elections literally and seriously.

submitted 1 day ago • 227 comments

Understand what's happening. MAGAs are gutting: •Medicaid—which 60M Americans rely on to survive •SNAP—which 40M Americans rely on to eat •School Lunch—which 30M kids rely on daily •Housing Assistance—which 5 million families rely on to live ALL to cut $4.5T in taxes for 800 billionaires BARBARIC

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DOGE is cutting some very talented people from government. Some of them are also leaving, declining to be part of a project of destruction. We are all worse off for their exit. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

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The private federal contractor behind the Guantánamo detention site is under renewed scrutiny as some of the immigration detention facilities it runs across the United States are under investigation for human rights abuses.

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Seniors. Children. Pregnant women. Disabled Americans. That's whose health care Republicans are putting on the chopping block to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Democrats won't go quietly or let them make these cuts in the dark.

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Told ya so. After Roe v Wade, i knew they’d overturn same-sex marriage.

submitted 1 day ago • 40 comments

1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs: "Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..." www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 1234 comments

"Resistance politics" won Ds decisive victories in 2018, 2020, and 2022. Chasing disillusioned conservatives lost Ds the presidency in 2024. The conclusion that the Dem consultant class is drawing from this? You guessed it.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

once tide turns... www.mediaite.com/news/house-r...

submitted 4 days ago • 56 comments