John Davisson

Setting the Record Straight: Separating Fact from Fiction on Health Insurance Marketplace Fraud | AHA News It is imperative that policymakers understand that Paragon developed their allegations of large-scale “fraud” in health care using inaccurate data, dubious assumptions, and an apparent lack of underst...

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The same right-wing org responsible for the 40 percent claim (Paragon Health Institute) has a history of misleading claims like this: americanscovered.org/wp-content/u...

Every time another university wins a case against the Trump administration, I am reminded yet again of the folly of Columbia's effort to strike a "deal."

Update: she's back home to her owner!

Mario Guevara

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.

The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

Small white dog with a brown left ear faces the camera

Side view of a small white dog with a brown left ear

DC folks—anyone recognize this dog? Found her wandering yesterday in North Michigan Park (8th & Buchanan NE). Small, white, and has a brown left ear. Very friendly, but no collar.

We're taking care of her for now and will get her checked for a chip tomorrow. Hoping to find her owner soon!

A district court's 100+-page opinion and a circuit's court's 100+-plus page opinion affirming get vacated by the judicial equivalent of a fart noise, an unsigned shadow docket order containing 0 syllables of reasoning.

Tragically I could not avenge Gary Kasparov

Atmosphere of Jupiter - Wikipedia

Mostly hydrogen & helium with some other trace elements. Maybe some helium-neon rain if she dunked her hair in far enough. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosph...

US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by Ice Mario Guevara faces imminent removal from US as his attorney files emergency petition

With the news cycle focused on ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, a journalist with a valid US work permit and pending green card application is about to be deported for the crime of reporting www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bowser also ordered MPD to coordinate with other federal LE to the maximum extent allowed by law. So whatever changes are happening on paper, it's not clear that it makes a big difference on the street.

A sign on a tree reads: "Nelson was taken by ICE on August 29 here at 7:20 am when walking to work." "Nelson fue secuestrado por la migra aquí el 29 de Agosto a las 7:20 am cuando caminaba para su trabajo." (Translation: Nelson was seized by immigration here on August 29 at 7:20 am when he was walking to his job.) "NEVER FORGET NO NOS OLVIDAMOS" (Translation: NEVER FORGET WE DO NOT FORGET)

A sign on a post says ICE ABDUCTED SOME HERE 8/28/25 time: 1.00pm IF YOU SEE ICE ACTIVITY OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS DETAINED CALL 202-335-1183

In Columbia Heights D.C., memorial signs are going up for residents abducted by the state.

(📸 Igor Bobic)

Signs are looking good this morning!

The Ferguson commission loves to insinuate that doing rulemaking and unfairness enforcement are somehow an intrusion on Congress's power, but they're right there in the damn statute! Not using those tools to protect consumers is flouting what Congress told you to do.

Trump’s Consumer Watchdog Seeks to Break With Biden-Era Policies The Federal Trade Commission’s recent string of children’s privacy enforcement actions highlight its new strategy of hewing closely to the “law as it is written,” according to Chris Mufarrige, who bec...

The FTC isn't “creat[ing] law or mov[ing] the law in a way that it doesn’t presently exist,” said the agency trying to regulate gender-affirming care, nuke watchdog orgs out of existence, and implement affirmative action for right-wing speech.

Give me a break. news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

The United States—right now, this very moment—is putting individuals in ICE detention, revoking and denying visas, and canceling billions in grant dollars specifically because of the viewpoints they express

As a lawyer, I'll tell you that there's nobody who knows this law better than Ryan and Brian. Sure looks like murder or war crime to me. But as a human, I'll tell you that the Rubio statement -- we could have stopped the boat but we blew it up to send a message -- is sickening and depraved.

Looking forward to seeing Commissioner Slaughter back at the FTC!

Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.

Mayor Bowser, "shared priorities" with this administration means having masked agents disappear our neighbors in the middle of the night.

It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods.

It means arresting children.

These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.

Ooh I hope it's good

Anyway, here's the process for recalling the mayor in DC. code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/counci...

"Donald Trump is a monster and we desperately want to work with him" is a batshit position to take, it makes you sound like an insincere and feckless empty suit

It’s pretty hard to answer calls for public comment when ICR abstracts and supporting documentation are inaccessible, and with those frequently being 30-day comment periods, time is running short in some cases.

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Accepting email comments on information collections is a joke if reginfo.gov isn’t working — there’s (typically) no other way to access the materials to comment on!

Unless OMB tolls deadlines here, every new/modified ICR that gets approved from this period will violate the Paperwork Reduction Act.

It's important to know what we're dealing with. Though some in the media still try to horse-race, both sides this, we're faced with psychopaths at the helm of our nation's public health, scientific and healthcare efforts. They want to inflict pain and suffering. It's a goal, not a by-product. 6/

Dear journalists:

The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.

Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

“Jimenez Rosa’s time in custody ended with her alone, wet and begging for help at The Cheesecake Factory in the Burlington Mall, after ICE agents released her into the rainy street outside the detention facility Wednesday night”

D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state.

But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed.

D.C. statehood now.