@aschwartz1960.bsky.social
Reposted
Trump delayed a Biden-era plan to restrict Medicare’s coverage of skin substitutes, which cost $10 billion in 2024. Trump had received a large campaign donation from a leading bandage seller and skewered the plan on social media.
By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/h...
By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/h...
Medicare Bleeds Billions on Pricey Bandages, and Doctors Get a Cut
Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Trump delayed a Biden-era plan to restrict Medicare’s coverage of skin substitutes, which cost $10 billion in 2024. Trump had received a large campaign donation from a leading bandage seller and skewered the plan on social media.
By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/h...
By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/h...
Reposted
Reposted
Today. Find the location nearest you and join everyone.
If you’re upset about the chaos and corruption Trump is inflicting on your country—whether your focus is the nihilistic dismantling of government, the economy, our foreign relations, or his threats to the rule of law—please join the nationwide marches on April 5. Learn more here 👉
handsoff2025.com
handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today. Find the location nearest you and join everyone.
Reposted
Santiago is right. The congressional Republicans are complicit!
Just so we’re all clear: Congress could vote to end this tariff madness tomorrow. Every Republican who refuses to do so is actively supporting a $6 TRILLION tax hike on Americans.
April 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Santiago is right. The congressional Republicans are complicit!
Reposted
BOOM! More than 23,000 letters sent demanding Congress call for Hegseth to resign. Help us get to 25,000 by sending yours here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Demand the resignation of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
BOOM! More than 23,000 letters sent demanding Congress call for Hegseth to resign. Help us get to 25,000 by sending yours here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Reposted
A man who will not provide for his children...isn't a man.
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A man who will not provide for his children...isn't a man.
Reposted
Oh my fucking god
April 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Oh my fucking god
Reposted
Reposted
Democrats "may find themselves quickly back in business if they can simply swallow their pride and follow Bernie’s lead."
Bernie Sanders Is Showing Democrats How It’s Done
The Vermont senator is taking his anti-Trump tour to red America—and it’s a smash hit.
newrepublic.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Democrats "may find themselves quickly back in business if they can simply swallow their pride and follow Bernie’s lead."
Reposted
‼️Protest organizers are noticing the media is not airing the many protests going on around the country. The biggest one yet is happening April 5 & we need to tell the media to cover the hundreds of protest that will be occurring.
ACTION: Write postcards to the media using the graphic below. Thx ✊
ACTION: Write postcards to the media using the graphic below. Thx ✊
March 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
‼️Protest organizers are noticing the media is not airing the many protests going on around the country. The biggest one yet is happening April 5 & we need to tell the media to cover the hundreds of protest that will be occurring.
ACTION: Write postcards to the media using the graphic below. Thx ✊
ACTION: Write postcards to the media using the graphic below. Thx ✊
Reposted
Uh guys? NBC just found out a DHS staffer accidentally added a journalist to an email thread about an ICE raid in Denver. Yeah, a completely separate incident.
THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???
THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???
March 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Uh guys? NBC just found out a DHS staffer accidentally added a journalist to an email thread about an ICE raid in Denver. Yeah, a completely separate incident.
THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???
THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???
Reposted
👇
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
March 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
👇
Reposted
This hasn’t aged well.
March 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This hasn’t aged well.
Reposted
Lock them up?
18 U.S.C. § 793(f) makes it a federal crime to for people entrusted with information related to the national defense to, with gross negligence, disclose it to others in violation of that trust.
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Lock them up?
Reposted
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
Reposted
Gangel: I've spoken to two very high ranking former intelligence officials, both of whom worked for Republicans… “The lack of operational security and stupidity is just stunning”
March 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Gangel: I've spoken to two very high ranking former intelligence officials, both of whom worked for Republicans… “The lack of operational security and stupidity is just stunning”
Reposted
In case you had any doubts about Elon Musk's purchase of the current administration, Trump turned the WH into a Tesla dealership last week to boost his dwindling sales, and the Attorney General declared any attempt to explode his cars, before they explode on their own, an act of domestic terrorism.
March 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In case you had any doubts about Elon Musk's purchase of the current administration, Trump turned the WH into a Tesla dealership last week to boost his dwindling sales, and the Attorney General declared any attempt to explode his cars, before they explode on their own, an act of domestic terrorism.
Reposted
BREAKING: A top tesla investor is calling on Elon Musk to step down, ICE admits that it deported those without criminal records to El Salvador, more losses pile up for the Administration in court, and more. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
A Top Tesla Investor Calls On Elon Musk To Step Down
A top tesla investor is calling on Elon Musk to step down, ICE admits that it deported those without criminal records to El Salvador, more losses pile up for the Administration in court, and more
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
BREAKING: A top tesla investor is calling on Elon Musk to step down, ICE admits that it deported those without criminal records to El Salvador, more losses pile up for the Administration in court, and more. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Reposted
My fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, has a creed you have to memorize and try to live up to called “The True Gentleman.” Curious if you think our current president is a “true gentleman”?
March 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, has a creed you have to memorize and try to live up to called “The True Gentleman.” Curious if you think our current president is a “true gentleman”?
Reposted
RFK Jr. & his brain worm would just like to remind everyone that he doesn’t give a flying fuck.
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
RFK Jr. & his brain worm would just like to remind everyone that he doesn’t give a flying fuck.
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
Reposted
EVERY STATE SHOULD BE DOING THIS
March 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
EVERY STATE SHOULD BE DOING THIS
Reposted
And there you have it, America. Pure corruption.
March 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
And there you have it, America. Pure corruption.
Reposted
And on top of all this, weakening rule of law, breaking of contracts and political unpredictability are shaking the once unshakable faith in US treasury bonds
"Economy is slowing. Inflation is up. Markets are spooked. Now we’re going to have this play out in the agricultural sector, which is largely in GOP districts, putting pressure on Republicans who are starting to get weak-kneed."
Good @simonwdc.bsky.social points here
newrepublic.com/article/1922...
Good @simonwdc.bsky.social points here
newrepublic.com/article/1922...
Trump Hit by Brutal Fox News Graphic on Tariffs as More Bad Polls Land
As Trump’s announcement of tariffs causes the markets to slide—even on Fox!—Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg reflects on whether his party is doing enough to capitalize on the moment.
newrepublic.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
And on top of all this, weakening rule of law, breaking of contracts and political unpredictability are shaking the once unshakable faith in US treasury bonds