Dr. Patricia Fox

Why I Left the Network Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made…

Why is it so hard to find a therapist who takes insurance?

We heard from more than 500 mental health care providers who left their networks because of red tape, low reimbursement rates, delayed payments and more.

(Published Aug. 2024)

A treemap of terminated research grants at Harvard

We pored through more than 900 grants worth $2.6 billion that the Trump administration canceled at Harvard.

“This is larger than any individual grant,” a researcher told us. “What we are losing is a future.”

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With @emmbadger.bsky.social and @ethansinger.bsky.social

U.S. Officials Concede They Don’t Know Whereabouts of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile

The NYT has gotten so much wrong lately but this deserves a Pulitzer Prize for Photo Selection (on clueless U.S. officials) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

Sad.

How Jon Voight went from Oscar-winning A-lister to Trump acolyte The actor was once one of the most commanding men in Hollywood – yet he has now teamed up with the president to help ruin the industry

How Jon Voight went from Oscar-winning A-lister to Trump acolyte

And to effectively manage what's in our joint best interests, safety, infrastructure, defense etc.

But I do think entrepreneurs, inventors, innovators of all kinds, improve the quality of life for everyone and I think compassionate capitalism is the right path

We can argue over whether individuals or politicians are better stewards of capital.

I think the goal should be for politicians to try to efficiently collect and handle what a country needs to support those most in need, so they can live their lives in a meaningful way.

For the love of god congressional Republicans, take tariffs authority away from this madman

The Trump family is taking crypto payoffs in the middle of Fifth Avenue. Who will stop them? From a Persian Gulf dictator to a trucking magnate, a shocking line to pay off the Trump family in crypto is growing.

A POTUS who said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave. is doing something nearly as bad with his massive crypto grift - selling access to his WH as he and his kids pocket hundreds of millions of dollars

Why can't we stop a bigger scandal than Watergate? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Trump Says ‘I Don’t’ Know’ When Asked if He Must Uphold the Constitution The president also questioned whether noncitizens are entitled to due process as his deportation efforts stoke conflict with federal courts.

President Trump said he was uncertain whether he was duty bound to uphold the Constitution, saying in a television interview aired Sunday that was a question better posed to his lawyers

Opinion | Time for a Civic Uprising It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

"It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power"
From David Brooks
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The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches?

Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.

See the problem?

Opinion | What Is Actually the Point of Treating the N.I.H. Like This? (Gift Article) Efficiency is not being enhanced, nor is waste being eliminated at the N.I.H. Scientists are just left to wonder: Why?

A good article explaining the senseless destuction of one of the US's most critical research institutions www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/o...

Investigating the Department of Government Efficiency Our reporting team discusses DOGE and how Elon Musk and his associates are remaking the federal bureaucracy.

How are Elon Musk and his associates remaking the federal bureaucracy?

🗓️ On Thursday, April 17 at 4 pm ET, join our reporters as they review what they’ve learned about the inner workings of DOGE.

Submit your questions below ⤵️

We get a LOT of complaints about many of these Reps for having disconnected lines, no voicemail capability, and rude staffers gaslighting their callers. The worst offenders:

Bill Huizenga (R-MI 4)
Young Kim (R-CA 40)
Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA 7)
Anne Wagner (R-MO 2)
Mike Lawler (R-NY 17)

Tell Congress: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act Contact Congress today!

Everyone! Do this:
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@fetterman.senate.gov @mccormick.senate.gov
#Support #Pennsylvania

“What happened? You helped elect Donald Trump you fucking moron” - @timmiller.bsky.social

“It is up to all of us to fix this. It’s not going to be because somebody comes and saves you.” - President Obama yesterday

We must organize the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Join an event near you for tomorrow’s nationwide day of action: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...

How Investigative Journalists Actually Find Fraud, Waste and Abuse While investigative journalists immerse themselves in minutiae to identify waste and fraud, Elon Musk’s team has taken a chainsaw approach to spending based on cursory examinations. That might help…

ProPublica’s investigative reporters rely on a careful playbook for finding waste, fraud and abuse within government agencies.

It bears little resemblance to the approach deployed by DOGE against the Social Security Administration or USAID.

By @sengelberg.bsky.social

Newsmax Is the Trumpcession’s Perfect Metaphor Let's all celebrate losing money!

"Every drop of the stock market. Every lost job. Every price increase. Every piece of macroeconomic bad news. Trump owns it. It was caused by him. But also: Rail against any exemptions Trump grants as the worst form of cronyist corruption."

A graph showing the S&P 500 index over the past week, with a current value of 5,396.52. The chart indicates a decline of 4.85%, featuring a downward trend with notable dips on specific dates.

Happy Liberation Day to all who celebrate the release of money from your retirement accounts into thin air.

Cory Booker breaks record for longest speech by US senator in Trump condemnation In speech that began Monday night, Democratic senator warns of ‘grave and urgent’ danger of Trump administration * US politics – latest updates Cory Booker, the Democratic US senator from New Jersey, has broken the record for longest speech ever by a lone senator – beating the record first established by Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Booker’s speech, which began at 7pm on Monday night, was not a filibuster but instead an effort to warn of what he called the “grave and urgent” danger that Donald Trump’s presidential administration poses to democracy and the American people. Continue reading...

Cory Booker breaks record for longest speech by US senator in Trump condemnation

Some data worth pondering as the conversation shifts to "reciprocal" tariffs.

Where’s the Beef (Tallow)? Steak ’n Shake’s RFK Jr.–centric rebrand and Donald Trump’s growing polling weakness.

"For the sake of the country, there’s no more important thing Trump opponents can do than find every opportunity to chip away at his popular approval." Be alarmed, but do not be intimidated. His approval is already slipping.

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

We did it folks !

Here's what Republican tax cuts have done: This chart shows (in red) the share of all US wealth held by the "middle 40" (a.k.a. middle class households, 50th-90th wealth percentile) vs. (in blue) the wealthiest 1%. Maybe Ronald Reagan wasn't so great after all? (Source: World Inequality Database)

If you see any local news reports or stories in the paper or on radio or in trade journals, please post them everywhere and tag me so I can too.

And this is the type of stuff that should be posted on twitter , threads and all socials. The bigger the reach the bigger the impact

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