Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.

“Trump administration is using AI to cut Medicare benefits and trap seniors in Washington state… blocking them from getting the health care they need. Everyone should be alarmed by this backdoor move by Republicans to privatize #Medicare” - US Sen Patty Murray

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This seems evident.

Opinion | $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?

At that amount it's no longer "insurance." It's extortion.

Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.

Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.

I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.

A billboard in Richmond, Kentucky.

Boycott Amazon.

State piracy

this will go over well

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

This would have been a great idea fifteen or twenty years ago, but the only way to save Healthcare is to end "insurance." I'd rather take the $705 a month I pay for my family's insurance and pay it in taxes and get unrestricted universal healthcare.

The practical effect of overturning Humphrey’s will be that Republican presidents can stack the formerly independent agencies with their copartisans and SCOTUS will be cool with everything they do but when a Dem POTUS does the same Roberts et al will declare all those agencies’ actions unlawful.

😂

The cornerstone of Scalia’s project was unitary executive theory, particularly on the removal power, and it’s top to bottom complete garbage on text, history, and structure. It’s disastrously wrong on any methodology you could choose.

Twin Cities religious leaders unite to support Somali community and condemn Trump attacks Religious leaders from churches, Jewish temples and mosques from across the state opposed remarks from President Donald Trump that included calling Somalis “garbage.”

“No human being is garbage, Mr. President, and shame on you for saying so,” said the Lutheran pastor.“In the name of Jesus, I rebuke those hateful words.The Somali community in Minnesota are our neighbors, brothers and sisters, children of God, fellow Americans.”

www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...

They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos met with Donald Trump to try and win him over ahead of the bidding war for Warner Bros.

Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.

Augsburg University officials: ICE agents pointed weapons at students, staff during confrontation Augsburg University officials say ICE agents pointed weapons at students and staff while conducting an operation on the Minneapolis campus targeting an undergraduate student on Saturday, the universit...

How all universities should respond to kidnappings on campus: "They aimed weapons at witnesses that included staff and students while many more students watched from their windows. These tactics, with the implicit threat of violence, are unacceptable, dangerous, and profoundly disturbing."

You’re killing it, Governor!

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Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order

This man & his regime are EVIL.

Pure. Fucking. Evil.

And the only reason ANYONE treats these Executive Orders as if they are LAWS is if they already WANT to do what Trump’s telling them to do.

They aren’t legally binding.

Not worth the paper he vomited them onto.
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Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes

Some simple moral clarity. Our country is run, and our public life is dominated by, wicked people.

I wish there were a party -- or christ, just a substantial faction of Americans -- who stood up for love, compassion, & decency with the same vigor these fucking ghouls celebrate murder.

Steyer: We have to break this cycle of rising costs so we can continue to deliver care, and single-payer is the way to go.

Meiselas: What do you say to critics who say, “I remember when Tom ran for president and ran ads saying he didn’t support the single-payer?”

Steyer: I was wrong.

NB: It is no longer necessary to obey anything this illegitimate court decides, especially its bogus "immunity" decision. They have beclowned and dishonored the institution with idiotic, unconstitutional, and ideologically driven decisions and squandered whatever authority they may have claimed.

Suburban dipshits, trapped in their boring houses & boring jobs & boring lives, dreaming about an opportunity to finally win their fathers' approval through redemptive violence. Just the saddest most pathetic humans on the planet.

it was a rhetorical skeet, but yes of course

So fascism is now the accepted norm. All the necessary systems are in place. To resist it is "extreme." (re "2+2=5") I appreciate the candor.

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Why do they need to "hear arguments" about what could only be a radically unconstitutional case? What could be the case against it? Why would their august body even bother themselves with it?