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Social Justice * Kindness and Empathy * Always on the lookout for Good Trouble * Mischievous Cats and Dogs *Follows for people who make me laugh, think, or learn β€οΈπŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ€“πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸ€£

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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

08.10.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1156    πŸ” 549    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 12
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β€œ.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

07.10.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13732    πŸ” 7418    πŸ’¬ 712    πŸ“Œ 666

When Christian Nationalism imagines greatness it thinks of power and domination

When Jesus imagines greatness he thinks of humility and service

08.10.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

07.10.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 14284    πŸ” 3935    πŸ’¬ 348    πŸ“Œ 116
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πŸ‘€ πŸ˜‚ @mikenellis.bsky.social

07.10.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 7508    πŸ” 1406    πŸ’¬ 170    πŸ“Œ 78
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Thanks, New Yorker

07.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 20553    πŸ” 6409    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 206

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

07.10.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7287    πŸ” 1794    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 67
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Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.

Many people will turn away and not pay for itβ€”obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

07.10.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 7391    πŸ” 2758    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 102

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. β€” This should shake everyone to their core.

07.10.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 27169    πŸ” 7455    πŸ’¬ 2090    πŸ“Œ 593
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Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

07.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1045    πŸ” 225    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 46
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Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists have joined other public health groups in calling for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

07.10.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 800    πŸ” 260    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 11
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This strikes me as pretty bad

07.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 21683    πŸ” 8882    πŸ’¬ 2031    πŸ“Œ 738
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CNN: β€œAn older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 β€” 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

07.10.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 13920    πŸ” 6742    πŸ’¬ 470    πŸ“Œ 270
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Kash was begging for a Community Note

07.10.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11971    πŸ” 3105    πŸ’¬ 246    πŸ“Œ 92

I don’t blame you or any of my friends from Europe, Latin America, Asia, etc. for not wanting to visit the US right now. It’s been comforting but also awful to have their support because of what our country has become.

07.10.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.

07.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 17173    πŸ” 4543    πŸ’¬ 560    πŸ“Œ 151
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😬 awkward

06.10.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5841    πŸ” 2012    πŸ’¬ 279    πŸ“Œ 126
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Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

06.10.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14863    πŸ” 4440    πŸ’¬ 918    πŸ“Œ 257

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

06.10.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8609    πŸ” 3063    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 60
The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn
) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn ) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.

06.10.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 15499    πŸ” 4534    πŸ’¬ 417    πŸ“Œ 143
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Whether you like it or not, this is our painful truth in America.

06.10.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6602    πŸ” 2509    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 105

Once again, for the head-smackingeth time, this administration and all the R governors who are happily going along with the war against the American people are NOT inept or stupid. They know exactly what they are doing, and they're doing it enthusiastically. Calling them dumb is part of the problem.

06.10.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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06.10.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 15950    πŸ” 7559    πŸ’¬ 832    πŸ“Œ 1097

Not that I miss hearing from Dear Leader, but has anyone else noticed that it seems we hear less and less from him directly these days and more from the likes of Miller and Vance? He goes missing for days especially after big events.

07.10.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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18 months ago.

06.10.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9840    πŸ” 2827    πŸ’¬ 431    πŸ“Œ 108

Less than a year into the Trump admin and the National Governors Association, founded over 115 years ago, is on the brink of collapse.

07.10.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1998    πŸ” 604    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 19

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