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Historian | Author | Small Business Owner | GenX
All-American Antifascist | Climate Responder | #MeToo
Historian | Author | Small Business Owner | GenX
All-American Antifascist | Climate Responder | #MeToo
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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.
How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal
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...
www.propublica.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 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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My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
I Am Suing the Department of Justice for the Epstein Files Training Videos
On July 20th, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel how to flag mentions of Trump and others in the Epstein files. Today, I'm suing for those videos.
substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
AAAAAAAAGGHHHH!!!
What a shame. "WGBH … has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series 'American Experience' and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
As PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
AAAAAAAAGGHHHH!!!
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This is the way.
There are still good, kind, decent people in the world
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
Florida locals defy Ron DeSantis by restoring Pulse rainbow crosswalk
People took matters into their own hands after the commemorative crosswalk was removed, and drew it back onto the ground.
www.newsweek.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This is the way.
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🔥 “How much does it cost for fascism? How much does taxpayers have to pay for a fascist country?”
Nebraska Republican @USRepMikeFlood gets the raucous reception he deserves at a town hall.
Nebraska Republican @USRepMikeFlood gets the raucous reception he deserves at a town hall.
August 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🔥 “How much does it cost for fascism? How much does taxpayers have to pay for a fascist country?”
Nebraska Republican @USRepMikeFlood gets the raucous reception he deserves at a town hall.
Nebraska Republican @USRepMikeFlood gets the raucous reception he deserves at a town hall.
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Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell gets moved to a minimum security prison, while the majority of detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz” have no criminal charges and are living in inhumane conditions.
Are we great yet? 🙁
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Are we great yet? 🙁
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hundreds of detainees with no criminal charges sent to Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Authorities have refused to release list of people sent there as Democratic lawmakers decry ‘inhumane’ conditions
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell gets moved to a minimum security prison, while the majority of detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz” have no criminal charges and are living in inhumane conditions.
Are we great yet? 🙁
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Are we great yet? 🙁
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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New: After Steve Bannon called for “a MAGA Republican” to run the BLS, Trump fired its commissioner www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon... Trump took this action following a weak jobs report with major downward revisions. Economists say this move will create mistrust about economic data.
After Steve Bannon called for “a MAGA Republican” to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump fired its commissioner
www.mediamatters.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New: After Steve Bannon called for “a MAGA Republican” to run the BLS, Trump fired its commissioner www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon... Trump took this action following a weak jobs report with major downward revisions. Economists say this move will create mistrust about economic data.
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Just hours before Trump announced he was firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, VP JD Vance was celebrating some cherry-picked numbers from the latest jobs report.
The point was to say only immigrants are losing jobs, and Americans are doing great.
newrepublic.com/post/198737/...
The point was to say only immigrants are losing jobs, and Americans are doing great.
newrepublic.com/post/198737/...
JD Vance Praised Jobs Report That Trump Now Says Was a Hoax
The vice president applauded a report that Donald Trump baselessly claimed was made up to make him look bad.
newrepublic.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just hours before Trump announced he was firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, VP JD Vance was celebrating some cherry-picked numbers from the latest jobs report.
The point was to say only immigrants are losing jobs, and Americans are doing great.
newrepublic.com/post/198737/...
The point was to say only immigrants are losing jobs, and Americans are doing great.
newrepublic.com/post/198737/...
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August 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The 17 experts who were ousted from an HHS vaccine committee have published a commentary on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying that Robert Kennedy, Jr., and his self-picked panel are abandoning rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The 17 experts who were ousted from an HHS vaccine committee have published a commentary on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying that Robert Kennedy, Jr., and his self-picked panel are abandoning rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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This is how democracies die.
August 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This is how democracies die.
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Thou shalt not starve children.
August 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Thou shalt not starve children.
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Worth remembering: The Constitution explicitly gives the power to set tariffs to Congress. They could stop this nonsense by the end of the day.
July 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Worth remembering: The Constitution explicitly gives the power to set tariffs to Congress. They could stop this nonsense by the end of the day.
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I can’t stress this enough
These rates are the result of magic “math”
And they’re being done on the whim of a guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
These rates are the result of magic “math”
And they’re being done on the whim of a guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
New tariff executive order just released, and the official start date for tariffs was pushed to next week from instead of tomorrow, but we're raising tariffs for roughly 68 countries plus the EU, with some tariffs now as high as 41%. Literally Liberation Day 2 Electric Boogaloo.
July 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I can’t stress this enough
These rates are the result of magic “math”
And they’re being done on the whim of a guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
These rates are the result of magic “math”
And they’re being done on the whim of a guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
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Republicans are trying to charge taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars to needlessly transfer a space shuttle from a museum in Virginia to Texas. Where’s their care and concern for stewarding taxpayer dollars now?
July 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Republicans are trying to charge taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars to needlessly transfer a space shuttle from a museum in Virginia to Texas. Where’s their care and concern for stewarding taxpayer dollars now?
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Some thoughts on the depraved bill and what it means.
July 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Some thoughts on the depraved bill and what it means.
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I asked New Mexicans what they would say to someone trying to sell off our public lands. Swipe to see what they said. Their message is loud and clear, keep public lands public.
I’m making sure it’s heard in Washington.
I’m making sure it’s heard in Washington.
June 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I asked New Mexicans what they would say to someone trying to sell off our public lands. Swipe to see what they said. Their message is loud and clear, keep public lands public.
I’m making sure it’s heard in Washington.
I’m making sure it’s heard in Washington.
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This is one of those times where it really behooves us all to ground ourselves by reading legal experts who know what they're talking about, like @stevevladeck.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @rgoodlaw.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is one of those times where it really behooves us all to ground ourselves by reading legal experts who know what they're talking about, like @stevevladeck.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @rgoodlaw.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
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In light of today’s recommendation on COVID vaccines for pregnant women, this 2022 piece by
@deldeib.bsky.social is newly relevant.
COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen
@deldeib.bsky.social is newly relevant.
COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen
“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen.
A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, unwittingly increasing their chances of a stillbirth.
www.propublica.org
May 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In light of today’s recommendation on COVID vaccines for pregnant women, this 2022 piece by
@deldeib.bsky.social is newly relevant.
COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen
@deldeib.bsky.social is newly relevant.
COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen
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“It is up to all of us to fix this. It’s not going to be because somebody comes and saves you.”
May 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“It is up to all of us to fix this. It’s not going to be because somebody comes and saves you.”
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