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How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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They are still essential heroes in my eyes. Thank you to our healthcare workers!
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
They are still essential heroes in my eyes. Thank you to our healthcare workers!
Kennedy has to go. I think the scale is leaning more and more against him for reasons other than health care. We need to keep contacting our reps.
Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
The current Surgeon General of Louisiana has made headlines recently, including for allegedly burying a whooping cough outbreak.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Kennedy has to go. I think the scale is leaning more and more against him for reasons other than health care. We need to keep contacting our reps.
Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
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“Structural ignorance.” Yes.
Public health depends on citizens accepting scientifically-grounded guidance. When official institutions produce politically-determined science and independent verification infrastructure is eliminated, the capacity for evidence-based health policy collapses, writes Renée DiResta.
How Political Power is Capturing Knowledge Systems and Manufacturing Structural Ignorance | TechPolicy.Press
We're witnessing the simultaneous capture of knowledge-producing institutions and the elimination of independent verification mechanisms, writes Renée DiResta.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“Structural ignorance.” Yes.
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A gift read for you: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
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November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A gift read for you: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
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Dance lessons return to Portland ICE protests as city awaits ruling on troop deployment: Get caught up
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/dance-lessons-return-to-portland-ice-protests-as-city-awaits-ruling-on-troop-deployment-get-caught-up.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/dance-lessons-return-to-portland-ice-protests-as-city-awaits-ruling-on-troop-deployment-get-caught-up.html
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dance lessons return to Portland ICE protests as city awaits ruling on troop deployment: Get caught up
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/dance-lessons-return-to-portland-ice-protests-as-city-awaits-ruling-on-troop-deployment-get-caught-up.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/dance-lessons-return-to-portland-ice-protests-as-city-awaits-ruling-on-troop-deployment-get-caught-up.html
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Students at Little Village Lawndale High School held a walkout and protest today as they say Operation Midway Blitz has left their families and communities living in fear.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Students at Little Village Lawndale High School held a walkout and protest today as they say Operation Midway Blitz has left their families and communities living in fear.
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"A grocer who as a Democrat likely served a majority Republican clientele and brought everybody together with his spirit of servant leadership and fellowship.
Larry was a man of Main Street and caretaker of community." open.substack.com/pub/kylemuns...
Larry was a man of Main Street and caretaker of community." open.substack.com/pub/kylemuns...
Larry was a man of Main Street and caretaker of community
Larry Larson was a small-town grocer, Army veteran, and local politician who nourished a sense of community spirit along with the dinner tables of generations of customers.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"A grocer who as a Democrat likely served a majority Republican clientele and brought everybody together with his spirit of servant leadership and fellowship.
Larry was a man of Main Street and caretaker of community." open.substack.com/pub/kylemuns...
Larry was a man of Main Street and caretaker of community." open.substack.com/pub/kylemuns...
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Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
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The Trump administration’s effort to rewrite history continues with more firings at DOJ. I’ll join MSNBC at 8 AM to discuss.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/p...
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Two U.S. prosecutors put on leave after seeking 27 months in jail for Jan. 6 rioter
Taylor Taranto brought illegal guns and ammunition to former President Barack Obama’s house in 2023.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Trump administration’s effort to rewrite history continues with more firings at DOJ. I’ll join MSNBC at 8 AM to discuss.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/p...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/p...
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As food assistance runs out and he refuses to use the contingency fund— he posts about his new marble bathroom
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As food assistance runs out and he refuses to use the contingency fund— he posts about his new marble bathroom
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We are in a serious govt shutdown, but instead of negotiating, Trump posted several pics of his WH bathroom remodel today and now this. He is currently headed to Palm Beach for another golf weekend.
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We are in a serious govt shutdown, but instead of negotiating, Trump posted several pics of his WH bathroom remodel today and now this. He is currently headed to Palm Beach for another golf weekend.
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The USDA is lying. They have $5-6 billion for SNAP.
Here's more details on SNAP money: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Here's more details on SNAP money: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The USDA is lying. They have $5-6 billion for SNAP.
Here's more details on SNAP money: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Here's more details on SNAP money: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Due to an overwhelming amount of Nonsense going on in the US farm sector, I am in need of a half-time to full-time video editor
Anybody know someone who is 1) real good at it and 2) not heinously overemployed already?
Anybody know someone who is 1) real good at it and 2) not heinously overemployed already?
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Due to an overwhelming amount of Nonsense going on in the US farm sector, I am in need of a half-time to full-time video editor
Anybody know someone who is 1) real good at it and 2) not heinously overemployed already?
Anybody know someone who is 1) real good at it and 2) not heinously overemployed already?
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As health insurance premiums are set to double for millions of Americans and 42 million working families face losing the benefits that keep them fed, the No Kings Alliance is organizing to provide mutual aid and care for our communities.
Please join us this weekend: www.mobilize.us/nokings/c/no...
Please join us this weekend: www.mobilize.us/nokings/c/no...
Mutual Aid
No Kings Alliance - Mutual Aid Table of Contents Find a Local Mutual Aid Group Do’s and Dont’s of Mutual Aid Common Items in Need Starting Your Own Project Create a donation drive for a local mutual ...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
As health insurance premiums are set to double for millions of Americans and 42 million working families face losing the benefits that keep them fed, the No Kings Alliance is organizing to provide mutual aid and care for our communities.
Please join us this weekend: www.mobilize.us/nokings/c/no...
Please join us this weekend: www.mobilize.us/nokings/c/no...
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NEW SCOOP from me: the White House is "scrambling" to salvage Trump's nomination of Casey Means to be US Surgeon General.
Means—who is statutorily ineligible—had been set to testify today, but went into labor.
They will now try a... different approach.
lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Means—who is statutorily ineligible—had been set to testify today, but went into labor.
They will now try a... different approach.
lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
NEW SCOOP from me: the White House is "scrambling" to salvage Trump's nomination of Casey Means to be US Surgeon General.
Means—who is statutorily ineligible—had been set to testify today, but went into labor.
They will now try a... different approach.
lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Means—who is statutorily ineligible—had been set to testify today, but went into labor.
They will now try a... different approach.
lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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"Trump admin is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be White South Africans, a dramatic drop after the U.S. previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution."
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Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It’ll be mostly White South Africans | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be White South Africans, a dramatic drop after the United States previo...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"Trump admin is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be White South Africans, a dramatic drop after the U.S. previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution."
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Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agsubscription. #ency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/zYPx2hAa
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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October 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agsubscription. #ency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/zYPx2hAa
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More important to know why they are the same. Donald Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice against his political opponents. That is dangerous and must be condemned. Period.
It’s important to understand why DOJ indictment of John Bolton seems very different than Letitia James and Jim Comey indictments.
1. Biden administration opened the criminal investigation of John Bolton in 2022. It's been detailed investigative work ever since.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...
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1. Biden administration opened the criminal investigation of John Bolton in 2022. It's been detailed investigative work ever since.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
More important to know why they are the same. Donald Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice against his political opponents. That is dangerous and must be condemned. Period.
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Washington Post v. Democracy Docket on today's Bolton news.
I cannot express how dangerous it is that legacy media is normalizing Trump's targeting of his political opponents. I don't like Bolton. But what is happening here is dangerous and wrong.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I cannot express how dangerous it is that legacy media is normalizing Trump's targeting of his political opponents. I don't like Bolton. But what is happening here is dangerous and wrong.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
October 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Washington Post v. Democracy Docket on today's Bolton news.
I cannot express how dangerous it is that legacy media is normalizing Trump's targeting of his political opponents. I don't like Bolton. But what is happening here is dangerous and wrong.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I cannot express how dangerous it is that legacy media is normalizing Trump's targeting of his political opponents. I don't like Bolton. But what is happening here is dangerous and wrong.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Gaza and Protest
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Gaza and Protest
Why freedom of speech matters
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October 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Gaza and Protest
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"I suspect [Israel] will find a method to abrogate this agreement and ensure it is only of a temporary nature."
A Ceasefire Deal, But Not a Peace Agreement: What Will Happen in Gaza After Hostages Are Released?
President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal for Gaza. The 20-point roadmap includes a swap of captives and a phased Israeli withdrawal...
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October 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"I suspect [Israel] will find a method to abrogate this agreement and ensure it is only of a temporary nature."
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Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”
Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:
Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”
Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:
Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video: