Jazzthecat66
@jazzthecat66.bsky.social
This was supposed to be my non-political account; it hasn’t worked out that way. Sorry! Fandom and liberalism.
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Spotify is wrapped in complicity for helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Spotify is wrapped in complicity for helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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A new Medicare pilot program is about to launch that will let private companies use AI to review requests for certain medical care — and reward companies when they deny claims.
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers • Stateline
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
stateline.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A new Medicare pilot program is about to launch that will let private companies use AI to review requests for certain medical care — and reward companies when they deny claims.
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
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"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
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1. CNN and CNBC recently announced partnerships with Kalshi, a prediction market that lets you place bets on the news.
Now, every story is a casino game.
Although Kalshi's popularity has exploded, it remains relatively small and vulnerable to political manipulation.
Now, every story is a casino game.
Although Kalshi's popularity has exploded, it remains relatively small and vulnerable to political manipulation.
The casino-fication of news
New partnerships between the prediction market Kalshi and cable TV networks will transform every news event into a betting opportunity.
popular.info
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
1. CNN and CNBC recently announced partnerships with Kalshi, a prediction market that lets you place bets on the news.
Now, every story is a casino game.
Although Kalshi's popularity has exploded, it remains relatively small and vulnerable to political manipulation.
Now, every story is a casino game.
Although Kalshi's popularity has exploded, it remains relatively small and vulnerable to political manipulation.
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My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
podcasts.apple.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
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🔥HOPE WALZ: “Oh Don Jr, it is so clear your dad doesn’t love you… my family will always be richer than yours, because we find joy in each other - not tearing other people down. I really hope you get the help you need.”
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🔥HOPE WALZ: “Oh Don Jr, it is so clear your dad doesn’t love you… my family will always be richer than yours, because we find joy in each other - not tearing other people down. I really hope you get the help you need.”
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I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
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I’m running for the U.S. Senate so the people who built Colorado can take back control of our healthcare, our homes, and our futures.
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I’m running for the U.S. Senate so the people who built Colorado can take back control of our healthcare, our homes, and our futures.
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
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More than 70 vultures found dead on athletic fields in Ohio. They most likely died from bird flu.
This isn't going away.
www.wlwt.com/article/dead...
This isn't going away.
www.wlwt.com/article/dead...
Dead vultures removed from Ohio school grounds; bird flu suspected
State wildlife crews removed more than 70 dead vultures from the athletic fields near St. Bernadette School on Friday, days after neighbors expressed concern from the bizarre sight.
www.wlwt.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
More than 70 vultures found dead on athletic fields in Ohio. They most likely died from bird flu.
This isn't going away.
www.wlwt.com/article/dead...
This isn't going away.
www.wlwt.com/article/dead...
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Can't wait for Bugs Bunny's new owners: Jared Kushner and the Saudi Arabian, Abu Dhabi and Qatari sovereign wealth funds.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Can't wait for Bugs Bunny's new owners: Jared Kushner and the Saudi Arabian, Abu Dhabi and Qatari sovereign wealth funds.
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"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
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Trump is giving another $12 billion of taxpayer money to bail out farmers again from his disastrous policies. Just like he had to bail them out in his first term from his disastrous policies. But they will continue to vote Republican, as long as they keep getting their welfare checks.
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trump is giving another $12 billion of taxpayer money to bail out farmers again from his disastrous policies. Just like he had to bail them out in his first term from his disastrous policies. But they will continue to vote Republican, as long as they keep getting their welfare checks.
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NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
They finally got their wish.
Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
They finally got their wish.
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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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From the moment Joel Wernick arrived in Albany, Georgia, to take over as the Phoebe Memorial’s CEO, his No. 1 priority was to get rid of the city’s only other hospital.
He’d win in the end, but at a steep cost to Phoebe and its patients.
This is Part 2 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series 👇
He’d win in the end, but at a steep cost to Phoebe and its patients.
This is Part 2 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series 👇
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 2: The Making of a Monopoly
The story of how a century-old community hospital in Albany, Georgia, grew into a sprawling health care system by waging a yearslong battle to eliminate its competition.
projects.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
From the moment Joel Wernick arrived in Albany, Georgia, to take over as the Phoebe Memorial’s CEO, his No. 1 priority was to get rid of the city’s only other hospital.
He’d win in the end, but at a steep cost to Phoebe and its patients.
This is Part 2 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series 👇
He’d win in the end, but at a steep cost to Phoebe and its patients.
This is Part 2 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series 👇
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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There’s no question she’s telling the truth about this. It’s obvious many, if not most, of them know he’s a terrible buffoon. And disagree with a lot of what he says and does. But they are all cowards & play this game. I actually respect the true believer rube cultists more. bsky.app/profile/blue...
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans in Congress make fun of Trump behind his back.
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
There’s no question she’s telling the truth about this. It’s obvious many, if not most, of them know he’s a terrible buffoon. And disagree with a lot of what he says and does. But they are all cowards & play this game. I actually respect the true believer rube cultists more. bsky.app/profile/blue...
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Of course anyone with half a brain knew how this was going to end long ago: Walk away from Ukraine, walk away from NATO, blame Zelensky, lots of business deals between Trump, his cronies, and our new “friends” the murderous, corrupt, lying Russians.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Of course anyone with half a brain knew how this was going to end long ago: Walk away from Ukraine, walk away from NATO, blame Zelensky, lots of business deals between Trump, his cronies, and our new “friends” the murderous, corrupt, lying Russians.
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Another round of Sunday shows today where a string of Republican senators and representatives claimed to have no knowledge or awareness of any of the worst things Trump said or did this week.
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Another round of Sunday shows today where a string of Republican senators and representatives claimed to have no knowledge or awareness of any of the worst things Trump said or did this week.
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Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
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Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people
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This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.