Patricia 💙📗🌪️ ☮️🌀🌊

ICE’s interest in high-tech gear raises new questions: ‘What is it for?’ The immigration agency’s surveillance tools and increased access to government databases draws privacy concerns.

ICE is spending billions on surveillance tech to find undocumented Americans. They are also using the tech to find anyone who makes a threat to ICE including recording them.

They are trying to make it a crime to record them while increasing surveillance on us.

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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

Insurance companies aren’t just players in the fight with doctors over money; they’re also the referees.

They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.

(Published April)
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social

Indeed this ❤️

The U.S. spent at least $22.76B on Israel’s war (Oct 2023–Sep 2024), covering about 65–70% of Israel’s military costs that year. This massive funding is a key reason Israel’s brutal assault on Palestinians continues. #Gaza #Palestine #USaid

82 dead including 28 children and dozens still missing. This was both foreseeable and preventable. Fuck You Mike Johnson and your thoughts and prayers. Fuck You Greg Abbott and your politicalization of this tragedy, and a Big Beautiful FUCK YOU to Donald Trump who couldn't care less.

What the hell is going on at McArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA! Looks like these militarized thugs are doing some kind of federal disappearing operation on street vendors in the park. This is only going to get worse with the new bloated ICE budget. #UnMaskICE

ICE should be going after people setting off fireworks after midnight instead of immigrants.

Oops saw COS.

So next time you come let’s meet for lunch!! Where are you?

Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids ICE agents have been advised to continue conducting workforce enforcement operations on agricultural businesses despite concerns the raids will negatively impact the food industry.

Well, that didn't last long. DHS told staff it was reversing guidance issued last week that agents were not to conduct immigration raids at farms, hotels and restaurants.
Shadow President Stephen Miller wins again.
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Global News ColinDMello- #cdnpoli
American Governors are pleading with Canadians to come back as tourism numbers plummet in the wake of Trump's tariffs.
Eastern American Governors met with Eastern Canadian Premiers in Boston to talk about the cross-border impact.

Alex Lawson to Rep. Miller-Meeks: Last time you spoke with us you lied to our face and said you wouldn’t vote for Medicaid cuts, but you’ve voted for the largest cuts in the history of the country.

Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your district are going to lose?

🔥Volcanic lightning - an electrical discharge caused by colliding particles of ash and ice rather than from a thunderstorm.

I think it’s something about kings?! Let them eat cake!

Also CO here!

A lot of NASA is already at a standstill. Grant review panels aren’t meeting, funding proposal calls are being postponed indefinitely or not even mentioned. If this budget passes, it’s the end of NASA as a major scientific institution; there’s no way to continue on ~40% of the funding it gets now. 🧪

COS? I lived there for over 45 years! Wonder if we have mutual friends in common? Live in Florence now, much quieter!

In case you hadn't noticed:

100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.

1362 Days to go...

Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.

The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.

The result? Demagoguery and corruption.

What’s the theme of the 4/19 one?

Ohhhh I ❤️ this!

He has one brain cell and that one fibrillates.

He did it because those tux-wearing bastards never once said "thank you."

Ugh, a bloated whale. How has he not had a heart attack?