duchessr.bsky.social
@duchessr.bsky.social
Death care professional. STRONG women’s advocate. Old.
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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.
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”?

But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?

Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.
February 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Love this. It should not be limited to this term. But it’s a great step forward.

Now @khanna.house.gov and other house members need to make the media tour , including Fox News, to talk about it

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna has introduced the Drain the Swamp Act.

It will ban White House officials from accepting gifts from lobbyists or becoming lobbyists during the Trump term.
February 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details

Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
February 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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"The weakest people are bullies, you know that?"

Yeah motherfucker, we know.
We're looking right at one.
February 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
When I first moved to this country from England 50 years ago, it was to go to college. As I studied, there were things I just didn’t understand, the McCarthy era being one of the big ones. How could people do that to each other? Now I finally get it.
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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I can see it now. First you build hotels in Gaza. Then of course you go to the Ukraine. Find nothing but the best land and rebuild. ..

You can train the staff at Mar a Lago ....
February 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Welcome to the class of Gaslighting 101. Take notes, it's a four-year course.
January 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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A lot of lives going to be upended all in the name of egg prices.
January 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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If only we were merely living in an SNL skit
January 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.
December 19, 2024 at 11:13 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 3:48 AM
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

Arthur C. Clarke
December 17, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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I'm a #MedicareForAll voter. You want my vote you fight like hell for Medicare For All.
End of story. People can call me any name they like, unrealistic, purity tester, radical, I don't really give a flying fuck anymore. Enough death and misery for corporate profits! Enough!
December 16, 2024 at 4:54 AM
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Who here agrees? 🖐🏾
December 16, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Hey corporate media,

Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
December 16, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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"People don’t cheer for chaos when they feel like justice is possible. But right now, what options do they have? Of course Mangione gets turned into a meme hero—it’s not him they love; it’s the idea of someone finally fighting back.”
Those Who Make Peaceful Revolution Impossible
JFK tried to warn us.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 14, 2024 at 2:13 AM
I want to start a gofundme so that he gets good attorneys!
December 11, 2024 at 2:13 AM
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That authorization process is one we should not be asking ins comps to do. That role should be performed by INDEPENDENT TPAs. With zero economic incentive to approve or deny.

The first step is for self insured entities to use 3rd party TPAs and move away from insurance companies for this service
December 10, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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my step dad finished radiation treatments for cancer last week and the only question anyone had about costs was whether or not our free provincial health insurance paid for his hotel stay—which, yes, they did

when you get sick the government can and should take care of you
December 9, 2024 at 4:42 PM