How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.

Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.

“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.

(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’ Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

Airbnb to Show Fees in Price Display to Comply With FTC Rule Airbnb Inc. announced it will by default show customers the total price of stays, including cleaning and service fees, to comply with a US Federal Trade Commission rule set to go into effect next month.

Airbnb will show US customers the total price for rentals, including fees, to comply with a Federal Trade Commission rule coming in May

Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India 'to beat' Trump tariffs, sources say About six cargo jets with a capacity of 100 tons each have flown out since March.

Tech giant Apple chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones, or as many as 1.5 million, to the United States from India, after it stepped up production there in an effort to beat President Donald Trump's tariffs, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4co3MwW

Trump’s tariffs are ‘a debacle of epic proportions’ for the auto industry Prepare to be liberated from affordable car prices.

Trump’s tariffs are ‘a debacle of epic proportions’ for the auto industry

Texas cities run short of MMR vaccine as measles outbreak drives demand Pharmacies are struggling with supplies as fatal outbreak expands and health secretary sows disinformation

The demand for the measles vaccine is so high in Texas that they are now RUNNING OUT of them. I have always said it would come to this. Science will always exist. Politics will never usurp it.
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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

Tesla for Sale: Buyer’s Remorse Sinks In for Elon Musk’s E.V.-Owning Critics The backlash against the electric vehicle company has intensified as the billionaire ally of President Trump exerts his power over the federal government.

Tesla owners in the U.S. and overseas are selling their vehicles because of Elon Musk's politics, intensifying a backlash against the company. “Two weeks ago, I was called a Nazi,” one owner said.

taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?

Trump Says He Will Introduce New Tariffs on Autos Around April 2 President Donald Trump said he would unveil new tariffs on automobiles, adding to his wave of sweeping import levies as he seeks to remake US trade relationships.

New: President Donald Trump said he would unveil new tariffs on automobiles, adding to his wave of sweeping import levies as he seeks to remake global trade relationships and pressure companies to move production to the US

JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party US vice-president meets with AfD leader Alice Weidel as Trump administration courts European populist parties JD Vance has met with the leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, breaking a taboo in German politics as the Trump…

JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party

Judge temporarily blocks mass terminations at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau In a court order, the judge said CFPB employees for now cannot be fired without cause, and data housed by the independent agency cannot be deleted.

NEW: In a court order, a judge said CFPB employees for now cannot be fired without cause, and data housed by the independent agency cannot be deleted.

Trump’s Anti-DEI Edicts Just Scared a Big Sponsor Away From a Major Pride Event Booz Allen’s decision to cancel a sponsorship ought to worry anyone who cares about Washington culture.

Column: A top federal contractor won’t support a pride gathering — because it’s afraid of Trump’s DEI rules, writes Michael Schaffer.
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‘Time is running out’: frailty of freed hostages raises pressure on Netanyahu Relatives and supporters anxious for return of remaining hostages urge Israeli PM to maintain ceasefire deal

‘Time is running out’: frailty of freed hostages raises pressure on Netanyahu

Scarlett Johansson warns of dangers of AI after Kanye West deepfake goes viral Short film falsely depicts actor and other Jewish celebrities opposing recent antisemitic remarks from pop star Scarlett Johansson has warned of the “imminent dangers of AI” after a deepfake video of her and other prominent Jewish celebrities opposing…

Scarlett Johansson warns of dangers of AI after Kanye West deepfake goes viral

The battle lines are being drawn: Not left vs. right but MAGA vs. people with even an ounce of integrity.

U.S. tennis star Coco Gauff was the top-earning female athlete last year, raking in an estimated $30.4 million in earnings. That number puts her seven million dollars off the number 100 highest-paid athlete, Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daniel Jones, who earned $37.5 million.
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YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin Rep. Raskin’s Telephone Town Hall on Escalating Violations of the Constitution and Rule of Law

Thanks to the 13,000 participants who joined me for our telephone town hall this week to discuss violations of the rule of law and escalating threats to key federal government programs, federal workers and vulnerable communities. We’re fighting back. Check it out below.

State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks

Tesla, whose chief executive, Elon Musk, has been advising President Trump on how to cut government spending, is likely to receive a lucrative contract to supply armored versions of its Cybertruck pickup to the State Department, according to public documents.

One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands. The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to launch 25 Starship rockets this year. The last one exploded, sending debris raining down on the islands of Turks & Caicos. He now has power over the federal agency that licenses launches. @propublica.org @heathervogell.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/elon...

‘Devastating’ cuts to NIH grants by Trump’s team put on hold by US judge The ruling temporarily halts a policy slashing research-overhead costs that left some universities wondering how they will make ends meet.

Here’s one example of the impact of the proposed NIH rate cuts: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, would lose $40 million annually, which would restrict access to new treatments and cause more children to die.
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Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Patients “Using His Position as a Therapist” The plea comes after an investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica about the former therapist, who built a reputation as a specialist for struggling gay Latter-day Saints men.

NEW: Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing His Patients

The plea comes after an investigation by @sltrib.com and @propublica.org about the former therapist, who built a reputation as a specialist for struggling gay Latter-day Saints men.

Serena Williams’ Super Bowl appearance with Kendrick Lamar ends a Drake tennis culture feud The American tennis legend appeared at the Super Dome during Lamar's halftime show performance of his Drake diss track.

From @theathletic.bsky.social: Serena Williams and Kendrick Lamar are both from Compton, but the meaning behind Williams’ appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show runs much deeper. It brings down the curtain on one of the more unlikely feuds in tennis culture. nyti.ms/4jOT6e9

How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

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Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked Reproductive rights are now enshrined in the state constitution, but Missouri’s main abortion provider is fighting legal hurdles to resume offering the procedure. Meanwhile, anti-abortion lawmakers…

Conservative state legislators aim to put a new amendment on the ballot that would ban abortion except for in emergencies, when a fetus has abnormalities, or in cases of rape or incest, but only if a police report is filed and within a 12-week limit.

By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.

On Wednesday, Musk shared a faked video claiming USAID had sponsored celebrity visits to Ukraine.

Darren Linvill of Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub told NBC News the video was manufactured Russian propaganda.

@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social on the origins of the USAID conspiracy theories:

Video: Opinion | Don’t Believe Him Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

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Would You Clone Your Dog? We love our dogs for their individual characters—and yet cloning implies that we also believe their unique, unreproducible selves can, in fact, be reproduced.

We love our dogs for their individual characters—and yet cloning them implies that we also believe their unique, unreproducible selves can, in fact, be reproduced. Alexandra Horowitz reports on the Texas company that will clone pets, to the tune of $50,000.

Marijuana Dependence Linked to Higher Risk of Death Two new Canadian studies are the largest to date looking at death rates and psychosis associated with cannabis use disorder.

Hospital and emergency room patients diagnosed with cannabis use disorder died at almost three times the rate of individuals without the disorder over the next five years, according to a new study, the largest on the subject.