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DEATH PANELS PUSHED BY OZ
A pilot program of AI for Medicare to begin in 6 states:
- It will require prior authorization for some services, a major change.
- Worse yet, AI will decide and the AI companies will be paid based on the value of the healthcare they deny.
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
A pilot program of AI for Medicare to begin in 6 states:
- It will require prior authorization for some services, a major change.
- Worse yet, AI will decide and the AI companies will be paid based on the value of the healthcare they deny.
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers • Stateline
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
stateline.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
DEATH PANELS PUSHED BY OZ
A pilot program of AI for Medicare to begin in 6 states:
- It will require prior authorization for some services, a major change.
- Worse yet, AI will decide and the AI companies will be paid based on the value of the healthcare they deny.
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
A pilot program of AI for Medicare to begin in 6 states:
- It will require prior authorization for some services, a major change.
- Worse yet, AI will decide and the AI companies will be paid based on the value of the healthcare they deny.
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
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We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
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Durbin, the guy whose job it is to whip the votes for leadership, voted for the deal Schumer was supposedly against.
What are we even doing here people
What are we even doing here people
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Durbin, the guy whose job it is to whip the votes for leadership, voted for the deal Schumer was supposedly against.
What are we even doing here people
What are we even doing here people
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
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Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
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While we're waiting to hear the terms of a shitty deal, this needs to be said. Whatever reason Trump is claiming there'll be a $2K tariff dividend (remember the $5K DOGE dividend), there'll be no such thing.
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Suggests $2,000 Payouts to Americans as He Defends Tariffs
President praises benefits of the levies after Supreme Court appears skeptical of his justification for many of them.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
While we're waiting to hear the terms of a shitty deal, this needs to be said. Whatever reason Trump is claiming there'll be a $2K tariff dividend (remember the $5K DOGE dividend), there'll be no such thing.
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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It seems like lots of voters are calling Chuck and telling him not to fold and since his job description is that he works for us then that's a clear signal Chuck Schumer does NOT represent his constituency so it should be easy for Dems to oust him as leader unless they're all secretly Chuck
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It seems like lots of voters are calling Chuck and telling him not to fold and since his job description is that he works for us then that's a clear signal Chuck Schumer does NOT represent his constituency so it should be easy for Dems to oust him as leader unless they're all secretly Chuck
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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The Art of War advises that when your enemy is self-immolating, rush to grab a bucket. @schumer.senate.gov has outdone himself once again.
I assumed that since Schumer asked for such a pathetically low number on the ACA extension (1 year) it would get whittled down to maybe four months and pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Art of War advises that when your enemy is self-immolating, rush to grab a bucket. @schumer.senate.gov has outdone himself once again.
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DOGE and others in the administration want to build a giant database of records by haphazardly combining info the government collected for one purpose, like paying taxes, and use it for another purpose, like targeting immigrants. We can't let this happen. takebackctrl.org/get-a-warrant
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
DOGE and others in the administration want to build a giant database of records by haphazardly combining info the government collected for one purpose, like paying taxes, and use it for another purpose, like targeting immigrants. We can't let this happen. takebackctrl.org/get-a-warrant
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Take that food from those kids mouths, I'll be golfing.
Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits
Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits
New guidance from USDA on Saturday informs states to move ahead with partial food stamp payments only given the Supreme Court stay.
dlvr.it
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Take that food from those kids mouths, I'll be golfing.
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Reading this interesting article about a study of depression in teens. Researchers concluded many teens experience boredom as depression or anxiety. Meaning they have not been taught to sit with themselves & their thoughts & dont know how to handle lack of stimulation
Only childs were the exception
Only childs were the exception
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reading this interesting article about a study of depression in teens. Researchers concluded many teens experience boredom as depression or anxiety. Meaning they have not been taught to sit with themselves & their thoughts & dont know how to handle lack of stimulation
Only childs were the exception
Only childs were the exception
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This is pure, unadulterated evil.
The president of the United States is deliberately trying to starve millions of people.
The president of the United States is deliberately trying to starve millions of people.
Any food which has gotten to poor families the states must send agents to reclaim the food before it is eaten or face new federal penalties
“.. The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo .. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is pure, unadulterated evil.
The president of the United States is deliberately trying to starve millions of people.
The president of the United States is deliberately trying to starve millions of people.
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China First?
President Donald Trump has approved a pardon for Michael McMahon, the White House said Friday, a retired New York City police officer who was convicted in 2023 for his role in stalking a New Jersey family on behalf of the Chinese government.
Trump approves pardon for former NYPD officer convicted in Chinese government scheme | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has approved a pardon for Michael McMahon, the White House said Friday, a retired New York City police officer who was convicted in 2023 for his role in stalking a New Jersey fa...
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
China First?
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So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.
Amazing.
Amazing.
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.
Amazing.
Amazing.
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No one can rip defeat from the jaws of victory like the Democratic caucus.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
No one can rip defeat from the jaws of victory like the Democratic caucus.
If Senate Dems don't throw Chuck Schumer overboard this weekend, what are we even doing?
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If Senate Dems don't throw Chuck Schumer overboard this weekend, what are we even doing?
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sorry but the Democrats literally just swept a special off-year election slate that was explicitly a "fuck you, GOP" referendum up and down the ballot from sea to shining sea, a clear sign that the GOP are losing the "your problems are the Democrats' fault" optics battle, and you're surrendering???
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
sorry but the Democrats literally just swept a special off-year election slate that was explicitly a "fuck you, GOP" referendum up and down the ballot from sea to shining sea, a clear sign that the GOP are losing the "your problems are the Democrats' fault" optics battle, and you're surrendering???