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UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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And to be clear, the government's argument in the Abrego Garcia case would apply even if it sent someone, including a U.S. citizen, to a foreign prison intentionally and with full knowledge that it was violating the law in doing so.
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And to be clear, the government's argument in the Abrego Garcia case would apply even if it sent someone, including a U.S. citizen, to a foreign prison intentionally and with full knowledge that it was violating the law in doing so.
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April 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Sign of the day…Chicago
April 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sign of the day…Chicago
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Plan to give all of your private tax data to oligarchs.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Plan to give all of your private tax data to oligarchs.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
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You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.
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remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Agency for older adults, people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-livin...
www.marketwatch.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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REPUBLICANS: Democrats are antichrists and must be put against the wall.
DEMOCRATS: Let's work together with our friends across the aisle.
DEMOCRATS: Let's work together with our friends across the aisle.
December 18, 2024 at 1:26 PM
REPUBLICANS: Democrats are antichrists and must be put against the wall.
DEMOCRATS: Let's work together with our friends across the aisle.
DEMOCRATS: Let's work together with our friends across the aisle.
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once again, every accusation is a confession. republicans spent 15 years accusing democrats of winning elections by trading cash for votes. now, here we are.
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
once again, every accusation is a confession. republicans spent 15 years accusing democrats of winning elections by trading cash for votes. now, here we are.
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I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
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When you're accidentally added to a war plan Signal group chat.
March 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When you're accidentally added to a war plan Signal group chat.
Terrifying.
And now her lawyer can’t find her bsky.app/profile/ppls...
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
March 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Terrifying.
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Hegseth says women are a liability in combat. Gabbard says DEI puts lives at risk. Waltz warns DEI will destroy military readiness.
Then they all turn around and share classified war strategy in a Signal thread.
They don’t fear “low standards.” They fear accountability.
Then they all turn around and share classified war strategy in a Signal thread.
They don’t fear “low standards.” They fear accountability.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but this scandal is what happens when you promote utterly unqualified people to the very top positions.
#signalgate
#signalgate
March 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Hegseth says women are a liability in combat. Gabbard says DEI puts lives at risk. Waltz warns DEI will destroy military readiness.
Then they all turn around and share classified war strategy in a Signal thread.
They don’t fear “low standards.” They fear accountability.
Then they all turn around and share classified war strategy in a Signal thread.
They don’t fear “low standards.” They fear accountability.
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The 47 on Trump’s hat means 47th oblast.
March 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The 47 on Trump’s hat means 47th oblast.
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Alley Cat Engineering is bringing back Altoids tin projects with the Pi Tin handheld game console.
Pi Tin Is a Well-Rounded Handheld Gaming Console That Fits in an Altoids Tin
Alley Cat Engineering is bringing back Altoids tin projects with the Pi Tin handheld game console.
www.hackster.io
March 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Alley Cat Engineering is bringing back Altoids tin projects with the Pi Tin handheld game console.
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
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This should INFURIATE you
March 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This should INFURIATE you
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They're terrorizing our federal employees in real ways and the impact is devastating for all of us. I spoke to a VA employee and FBI Agent about what they're experiencing and it will shock you. This is the most important thing I've written. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Terrorizing our fellow Americans
Russ Vought promised to traumatize Federal workers, and it's happening
open.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
They're terrorizing our federal employees in real ways and the impact is devastating for all of us. I spoke to a VA employee and FBI Agent about what they're experiencing and it will shock you. This is the most important thing I've written. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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We are sending people for indefinite detention without trial at a foreign gulag because they have tattoos about soccer teams and about loving their mothers.
I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
March 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We are sending people for indefinite detention without trial at a foreign gulag because they have tattoos about soccer teams and about loving their mothers.
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Trump harping on making Canada the 51st state, is also insulting to the residents of D.C. a city w/o representation (but where the pop. is higher than that of Wyoming).
The 51st state is right there. Ah but Canada, Trump & Miller think, will help forestall the demographic changes they fear.
The 51st state is right there. Ah but Canada, Trump & Miller think, will help forestall the demographic changes they fear.
Senseless pain is about to be afflicted to D.C., a place that has no congressional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
How Congress Could Force $1.1 Billion in Cuts on Washington, D.C.
District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair. The city raises most of its own money but cannot control how it is spent.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Trump harping on making Canada the 51st state, is also insulting to the residents of D.C. a city w/o representation (but where the pop. is higher than that of Wyoming).
The 51st state is right there. Ah but Canada, Trump & Miller think, will help forestall the demographic changes they fear.
The 51st state is right there. Ah but Canada, Trump & Miller think, will help forestall the demographic changes they fear.
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i wonder if any of the sensible centrists are going to call axios hysterical for making this straightforward observation
March 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i wonder if any of the sensible centrists are going to call axios hysterical for making this straightforward observation