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16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Today I heard somebody pronounce the b in "limb".
January 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today I heard somebody pronounce the b in "limb".
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A question that all of us should be asking ourselves more is: “Is this piece of media actually bad or am I not the target audience for it?”
January 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A question that all of us should be asking ourselves more is: “Is this piece of media actually bad or am I not the target audience for it?”
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this is the shit that gets me about conservatives - how does it get more conspiracy-adjacent than "the president's three billionaire pals are personally invited to watch him become president'
SCOOP - Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos will attend Trump's inauguration, sitting on the platform with Cabinet picks and elected officials
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... by Jake Traylor and @davidingram.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... by Jake Traylor and @davidingram.bsky.social
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump’s inauguration
The three will be seated together on the inauguration platform with other prominent guests.
www.nbcnews.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
this is the shit that gets me about conservatives - how does it get more conspiracy-adjacent than "the president's three billionaire pals are personally invited to watch him become president'
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Correct. He was encouraged (and even expected) to do it right away, instead he sparked a crisis of biblical proportions in Cuba and then he does it
January 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Correct. He was encouraged (and even expected) to do it right away, instead he sparked a crisis of biblical proportions in Cuba and then he does it
Bitch get off my Vogue.
January 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Bitch get off my Vogue.
Beverly Hills, that's where I [don't] want to be!!
January 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Beverly Hills, that's where I [don't] want to be!!
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In response to the death of their colleague Stephanie Holland, writers at The Root were asked to write more stories to "offset" her death
‘Root’ writers pressed to write more to ‘offset’ colleague’s death | Semafor
A struggling digital media brand tries to fulfill “the metrics that our superiors expect of us.”
www.semafor.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In response to the death of their colleague Stephanie Holland, writers at The Root were asked to write more stories to "offset" her death
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Choose your fighter
January 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Choose your fighter
I literally cannot remember one time hearing a democratic legislator discussing the "mechanics" or "details" of any legislation passed in the last 4 years.
Chuck Schumer blames Democratic losses on "average working families who didn't realize how much we had done and how much we care for them."
January 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I literally cannot remember one time hearing a democratic legislator discussing the "mechanics" or "details" of any legislation passed in the last 4 years.
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FBI can't seem to figure out bcc
January 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
FBI can't seem to figure out bcc
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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
propub.li
January 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
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The FOIA backlog is worse than it's ever been with hundreds of thousands of unfulfilled requests. Guess who the top congressional Democrat overseeing FOIA compliance is gonna be!
December 31, 2024 at 6:15 PM
The FOIA backlog is worse than it's ever been with hundreds of thousands of unfulfilled requests. Guess who the top congressional Democrat overseeing FOIA compliance is gonna be!
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Yesteday we brought you the story of how insurers have relied on doctors, some of whom “shut their eyes” to medical opinions that opposed their conclusions.
Today, @mayatmiller.bsky.social and I tell you the story of how insurers cite progress as a reason to deny
www.propublica.org/article/ment...
Today, @mayatmiller.bsky.social and I tell you the story of how insurers cite progress as a reason to deny
www.propublica.org/article/ment...
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Yesteday we brought you the story of how insurers have relied on doctors, some of whom “shut their eyes” to medical opinions that opposed their conclusions.
Today, @mayatmiller.bsky.social and I tell you the story of how insurers cite progress as a reason to deny
www.propublica.org/article/ment...
Today, @mayatmiller.bsky.social and I tell you the story of how insurers cite progress as a reason to deny
www.propublica.org/article/ment...
This is one of the scariest photos I have ever seen.
apnews.com/article/puer...
apnews.com/article/puer...
Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year's Eve
A blackout has hit nearly all of Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory prepares to celebrate New Year’s.
apnews.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:19 PM
This is one of the scariest photos I have ever seen.
apnews.com/article/puer...
apnews.com/article/puer...
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Gorgeous, haunting, eye-opening: Here is ProPublica's year in visual storytelling.
I look forward to it every year.
Best viewed on larger screen! And take your time.
www.propublica.org/article/prop...
I look forward to it every year.
Best viewed on larger screen! And take your time.
www.propublica.org/article/prop...
ProPublica’s Year in Photos and Video for 2024
See the photography, illustration, graphics and filmmaking that brought ProPublica’s journalism to life and helped hold power to account in 2024.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Gorgeous, haunting, eye-opening: Here is ProPublica's year in visual storytelling.
I look forward to it every year.
Best viewed on larger screen! And take your time.
www.propublica.org/article/prop...
I look forward to it every year.
Best viewed on larger screen! And take your time.
www.propublica.org/article/prop...
"Congress is not the Make A Wish Foundation for elderly politicians. Well, maybe it is. But it shouldn’t be."
The gerontocracy gives us one last cringe before 2025:
Gerontocracy Gives Us One Last Cringe Before 2025
VIDEO: 74 year old congressman could barely speak in painful TV appearance today
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:30 AM
"Congress is not the Make A Wish Foundation for elderly politicians. Well, maybe it is. But it shouldn’t be."
K Hive would have never
December 30, 2024 at 6:11 PM
K Hive would have never
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One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012.
United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
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United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
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Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposing their conclusions.
propub.li
December 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM
One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012.
United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
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United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
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No U.S. states mandate that law enforcement officers take active shooter training annually. In comparison, at least 37 states require active shooter-related drills in schools, typically on a yearly basis.
w/ @texastribune.org and FRONTLINE
(Published Feb. 2024)
w/ @texastribune.org and FRONTLINE
(Published Feb. 2024)
Check Your State: Here Are the Active Shooter Training Requirements for Schools and Law Enforcement
No states mandate annual active shooter training for police officers, according to an analysis by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE. In comparison, at least 37 states require such training…
propub.li
December 29, 2024 at 4:00 AM
No U.S. states mandate that law enforcement officers take active shooter training annually. In comparison, at least 37 states require active shooter-related drills in schools, typically on a yearly basis.
w/ @texastribune.org and FRONTLINE
(Published Feb. 2024)
w/ @texastribune.org and FRONTLINE
(Published Feb. 2024)
Me, blocking you here too.
December 28, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Me, blocking you here too.
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Insurers’ denial rates are a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care. But they remain mostly secret to the public.
Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
(Published June 2023)
Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
(Published June 2023)
How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.
Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
propub.li
December 27, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Insurers’ denial rates are a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care. But they remain mostly secret to the public.
Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
(Published June 2023)
Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
(Published June 2023)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
December 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.