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#MedSky: In August, we reported that the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year.
We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️
We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️
Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?
ProPublica wants to hear from doctors, nurses and other front-line medical providers who recently left positions at a VA hospital or clinic.
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#MedSky: In August, we reported that the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year.
We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️
We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️
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🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
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If Tom Homan did nothing wrong, the Department of Justice should have no issue releasing the Homan files and the video of the alleged bribery to clear this up.
And while they’re at it, go ahead and release the Epstein files and clear Trump’s name.
Shouldn’t be hard!
And while they’re at it, go ahead and release the Epstein files and clear Trump’s name.
Shouldn’t be hard!
September 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If Tom Homan did nothing wrong, the Department of Justice should have no issue releasing the Homan files and the video of the alleged bribery to clear this up.
And while they’re at it, go ahead and release the Epstein files and clear Trump’s name.
Shouldn’t be hard!
And while they’re at it, go ahead and release the Epstein files and clear Trump’s name.
Shouldn’t be hard!
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Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her.
She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.”
(Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.”
(Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.
Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...
www.propublica.org
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her.
She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.”
(Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.”
(Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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September 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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My, my, my. How the tone has changed.
September 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
My, my, my. How the tone has changed.
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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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“Health insurance costs in the United States are on track for their biggest jump in at least five years…
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Why your health insurance may soon cost a lot more
Millions will be paying substantially more for health insurance next year, according to multiple surveys. Insurers cited tariffs and demand for obesity drugs.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“Health insurance costs in the United States are on track for their biggest jump in at least five years…
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Seems really torn up about it.
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Seems really torn up about it.
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Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.
Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104
Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.
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Kilmer has been kidnapped and is now forcibly being kept against US and international law on El Salvadorian soil. Go with a whole delegation.
Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
April 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Kilmer has been kidnapped and is now forcibly being kept against US and international law on El Salvadorian soil. Go with a whole delegation.
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Welcome !
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Welcome !
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#ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson lives in a $3.7 million D.C. townhouse with evangelical pastor Steve Berger, who has attacked the separation of church and state as “a delusional lie."
Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”
Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”
Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign
The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.
propub.li
April 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson lives in a $3.7 million D.C. townhouse with evangelical pastor Steve Berger, who has attacked the separation of church and state as “a delusional lie."
Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”
Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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This is super smart Steve. Wish I had thought of it first ! Stocks have been crushed. The next trump move is uncertain. Best move ? Buy back stock. No question about it
#EconSky www.businessinsider.com/world-riches... Prediction that the Largest U.S. companies will invest in record Stock buybacks and not invest in Manufacturing, More Jobs or U.S. Employees and these billionaires will make it all back and then some by years end.
Here's how the 10 richest people in the world fared after Trump's tariffs
The world's top 10 richest people saw $74 billion vanish on paper after Trump's tariffs.
www.businessinsider.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is super smart Steve. Wish I had thought of it first ! Stocks have been crushed. The next trump move is uncertain. Best move ? Buy back stock. No question about it
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Workers at one of the US's largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Labs facility is engaging in unsanitary practices.
Tbt to my vid on @heathervogell.bsky.social's investigation into Abbot & Mead Johnson's efforts to protect the US's formula biz abroad at the cost of young children's health.
Tbt to my vid on @heathervogell.bsky.social's investigation into Abbot & Mead Johnson's efforts to protect the US's formula biz abroad at the cost of young children's health.
April 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Workers at one of the US's largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Labs facility is engaging in unsanitary practices.
Tbt to my vid on @heathervogell.bsky.social's investigation into Abbot & Mead Johnson's efforts to protect the US's formula biz abroad at the cost of young children's health.
Tbt to my vid on @heathervogell.bsky.social's investigation into Abbot & Mead Johnson's efforts to protect the US's formula biz abroad at the cost of young children's health.
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NEW:The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.
By @reneedudley.bsky.social
By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?
The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across…
propub.li
April 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW:The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.
By @reneedudley.bsky.social
By @reneedudley.bsky.social
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They won the election in 2024 because prices were too high.
As political communicators, we don’t need to complicate this.
Just hammer them for destroying the economy and raising prices on everyone.
Repeat creatively and consistently through Eday next year.
As political communicators, we don’t need to complicate this.
Just hammer them for destroying the economy and raising prices on everyone.
Repeat creatively and consistently through Eday next year.
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
They won the election in 2024 because prices were too high.
As political communicators, we don’t need to complicate this.
Just hammer them for destroying the economy and raising prices on everyone.
Repeat creatively and consistently through Eday next year.
As political communicators, we don’t need to complicate this.
Just hammer them for destroying the economy and raising prices on everyone.
Repeat creatively and consistently through Eday next year.
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There are 32m small businesses in the USA
April 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
There are 32m small businesses in the USA
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Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers.
But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.
(Published Sept. 2024)
But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.
(Published Sept. 2024)
“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network
Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could fi...
propub.li
April 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers.
But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.
(Published Sept. 2024)
But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.
(Published Sept. 2024)
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I feel bad for so many people in border towns who have been nothing but hospitable over the years, but this isn't going to change.
vancouversun.com/news/bc-wash...
vancouversun.com/news/bc-wash...
Cross-border travel from B.C. to Washington State plummets
Data shows the number of people crossing the border into Washington in March fell by nearly half compared to the same period last year.
vancouversun.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I feel bad for so many people in border towns who have been nothing but hospitable over the years, but this isn't going to change.
vancouversun.com/news/bc-wash...
vancouversun.com/news/bc-wash...