When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

Before this, Trump reserved much of his ire for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act—but that is no longer. trib.al/UAnLMOv "[SNAP] really puts the country in jeopardy,” he said, falsely claiming that people leave their jobs because “it’s easier” to be poor and rely on income-limited programs.

They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Literally how women see every corrupt abusive man in power: why does everyone protect and empower their cruelty and abuse?

The American people deserve answers, and it’s time for the DOJ and FBI to provide them. While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.

Abundance bros call Texas a climate leader because it's easy to build clean energy there. But Texas has so much fossil fuel that it also has THE HIGHEST ENERGY EMISSIONS IN AMERICA, and now Chevron is building multiple methane gas plants in Texas to feed energy directly into data centers. 🙃

Even if it were true, "taking jobs from Americans" is not a criminal offense that calls for committing human right abuses against said person and potentially renditioning them to third countries with poor human rights records "This person is undocumented" does not mean "this person has ZERO rights"

saying that it could be any of several cities kind of gives up the whole game huh

Clearly we need millions of podcasts about the womanophere and why it wants to get the fuck out

And today’s two time winner:

"Truth Social seemed like it was going to be an echo chamber that did nothing for him. Trump ended up getting even more radicalized while he was in exile at Mar-a-Lago on that platform, marinating in memes. His posts got more unhinged. He got more into QAnon and reposted white supremacist accounts."

The Bible leaves no room for disbelief without punishment. Its framework is exclusionary by design — belief divides salvation from damnation. That’s not divine wisdom, but the mark of an insecure, dictatorial deity who fails to grasp that faith cannot be forced.

More lessons from my class, Wealth and Poverty, here: www.inequalitymedia.org/wealth-and-p...

Poverty is a policy decision. Concentrated wealth is a policy decision. Inequality is a policy decision. Remember this.

And today’s two time winner:

Fuck Fetterman, Joe, and Mika. Useless people

The Miracle Mile is on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.

New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings “Big tech has made their choice” www.404media.co/google-has-c...

In the context of the strategic erosion of civic integrity, the reckless deployment of generative AI, and a coordinated campaign to dismantle institutions of oversight, those who wish to counter disinformation must center their strategy on care and collective action, writes Brooklyne Gipson.

Eleven states and the District of Columbia have seen double digit increases in the cost of residential electricity over the last year. In New Jersey, electricity costs are up over 20%. In DC, that number is over 30%.

An AI company estimated that producing a single page of text using their model uses about as much water as growing a small pink radish. Applied to OpenAI's ChatGPT, that calculation would make Sam Altman the equivalent of a farmer harvesting a trillion radishes, writes Henry Throp:

It's well-documented that the most toxic corners of the internet have slipped into the mainstream, writes Paul Elliott Johnson. As trolling continues to arrogate power and authority, reality’s move from bent to broken accelerates, he says.

“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

NEW REPORT from ProPublica finds that Fox News manufactured riots fit for air, using old footage or footage that was not of Portland, for months leading up to September. It was so convincing that the network apparently prompted Trump to send federal forces to the Pacific Northwest. trib.al/koDwQMR

Yes, they caved because many Democrats lack a coherent or compelling vision for their party. But the shortest answer for why Democrats caved is that Chuck Schumer is the party’s leader in the Senate. The fish rots from the head. trib.al/AaaXLnQ — @alexshephard.bsky.social

BACK-TO-BACK CY YOUNG AWARDS FOR TARIK SKUBAL

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived. (Published October)

"We need a new iteration of a Democratic Party that doesn't take just these symbolic wins where we thrust issues into the spotlight. Frankly that's that's not enough for me anymore. And it's not enough for the country anymore... We need tangible wins. And we need folks to go to the mat to get them."

Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.

Those Sunday morning shows specialize in bringing out the scumbags, especially of the far-right morons and other cringe things.

You were betrayed, José.

The Cincinnati Children's hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they've known it for all 73 days! He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!

I've expected these kinds of pin pricks in the NATO alliance that Trump would use to flip to Putin's side immediately. But it's taken time for the regime to manufacture them.

trump again lies for the wealthy bankers and against people. anything trump does or says is nothing but dishonesty.

You ever travel? Well, when you book a flight through any major travel site, a data broker sells the government: ❌ Your name ❌ Your credit card ❌ Your destination Here’s how to opt out…

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social Why are you blaming one guy for the Palisades fire when, in fact, there is evidence that firefighters were called away from a brush fire that wasn’t out? What’s the strategy here? Avoid huge lawsuits against you and all agencies involved?

Watching creators with accts similar in size to mine but who take $$ from dark $$ funded groups getting access to interview MY elected officials when I can't, watching them get boosted in the algo...it's the same game reconstituted. "Indie" media is just as bought and paid for as corporate media.

If you think the dark $$ in politics doesn't connect to the dark $$ in "new media" and creator spaces and isn't pushing a certain agenda...you are sorely mistaken. Those who criticize it get punished. Those who take it get access and promotion and $$$. Billionaires have their own agenda, y'all.