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Boomer. Blue State Voter. Hoping to live to see the end of this horror show. Would rather be 'woke' than ignorant. Dog rescuer. Doubt is the motor of failure. #BlueResisters. It's up to AMERICANS to save America. 'Adapt or Die'. #SISU
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Former sports broadcaster turned conservative media figure Michele Tafoya is considering a run for Senate in Minnesota.
https://www.notus.org/2026-election/michele-tafoya-minnesota-senate-run-conversations
https://www.notus.org/2026-election/michele-tafoya-minnesota-senate-run-conversations
Former Sportscaster Michele Tafoya Considering Run for Senate in Minnesota
Tafoya met with officials from the National Republican Senatorial Committee last week in Minnesota, according to a source.
www.notus.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Former sports broadcaster turned conservative media figure Michele Tafoya is considering a run for Senate in Minnesota.
https://www.notus.org/2026-election/michele-tafoya-minnesota-senate-run-conversations
https://www.notus.org/2026-election/michele-tafoya-minnesota-senate-run-conversations
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
Can Dems start to make it clear that when they have power back, there will be NO corporate bailouts.
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Can Dems start to make it clear that when they have power back, there will be NO corporate bailouts.
Hospitals are also businesses. They staff & budget based on an anticipated number of patients/procedures. If fewer people show up, there will be layoffs at the hospital and/or prices for care will INCREASE for those who still have insurance. Count on it. (Hospitals were not always for profit.)
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Hospitals are also businesses. They staff & budget based on an anticipated number of patients/procedures. If fewer people show up, there will be layoffs at the hospital and/or prices for care will INCREASE for those who still have insurance. Count on it. (Hospitals were not always for profit.)
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Indict him too while you’re at it.
Jared Kushner has pulled out of a planned Trump-branded development in Belgrade after the project sparked protests and the indictment of a senior Serbian politician.
On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted a cabinet minister and three other officials over the project.
On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted a cabinet minister and three other officials over the project.
After Backlash, Jared Kushner Drops Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia
For more than two years, the U.S. president’s son-in-law had sought to build a complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
www.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Indict him too while you’re at it.
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Lolololololol!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons.
apnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Lolololololol!
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apnews.com/article/trum...
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How could the winner of the prestigious FIFA Peace Prize speak so ill of someone brutally murdered just hours ago?
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
How could the winner of the prestigious FIFA Peace Prize speak so ill of someone brutally murdered just hours ago?
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Walshe said his wife left town for a work emergency in January 2023. Investigators found items like a hacksaw, bloody rugs and her COVID vaccine card in dumpsters — and chilling searches on his devices. n.pr/4s3MPiU
Brian Walshe, who searched for crime tips online, is convicted of his wife's murder
Walshe said his wife left town for a work emergency in January 2023. Investigators found items like a hacksaw, bloody rugs and her COVID vaccine card in dumpsters — and chilling searches on his devices.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Walshe said his wife left town for a work emergency in January 2023. Investigators found items like a hacksaw, bloody rugs and her COVID vaccine card in dumpsters — and chilling searches on his devices. n.pr/4s3MPiU
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Over six years ago, I published an 11,000 word article in The Atlantic (gift link below) explaining how Donald Trump was, beyond any question, mentally ill and unfit to hold any office of public trust.
He has proven these points virtually every day since.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
He has proven these points virtually every day since.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Unfit for Office
Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Over six years ago, I published an 11,000 word article in The Atlantic (gift link below) explaining how Donald Trump was, beyond any question, mentally ill and unfit to hold any office of public trust.
He has proven these points virtually every day since.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
He has proven these points virtually every day since.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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There is in fact a bottom.
Fox News Panel Unanimously Condemns Trump’s Reaction to Rob Reiner’s Killing: ‘Beneath the Office’
Fox News Panel Unanimously Condemns Trump’s Reaction to Rob Reiner’s Killing: ‘Beneath the Office’
The panel on Monday's edition of Special Report on Fox News had a rare moment of unanimity in the wake of President Donald Trump's response to the killing of film director Rob Reiner and his wife.
The post Fox News Panel Unanimously Condemns Trump’s Reaction to Rob Reiner’s Killing: ‘Beneath the Office’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
December 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
There is in fact a bottom.
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Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
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Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid. n.pr/4pyLdvK
Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck
Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid. n.pr/4pyLdvK
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Providing people in government custody with access to legal counsel isn't optional — it's required by the Constitution.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
One of the Most Basic Rights in the Book Is Regularly Denied to ICE Detainees
ICE insists its system protects attorney-client privilege. But the record inside tells a different story.
slate.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Providing people in government custody with access to legal counsel isn't optional — it's required by the Constitution.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
Maybe people should start posting what they would say when #47 kicks it. Get a head start.
December 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Maybe people should start posting what they would say when #47 kicks it. Get a head start.
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Now all we need is a political party that believes this
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Now all we need is a political party that believes this
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The waterfront sparkled Sunday night as the 39th Annual Parade of Lights lit up the harbor with a festive flotilla and fireworks, capping an afternoon and evening of holiday activities for families.
www.edhat.com/news/santa-b...
#edhat #SBnews
www.edhat.com/news/santa-b...
#edhat #SBnews
Santa Barbara’s 39th Parade of Lights Brings Crowds to Wharf and Waterfront - edhat
The waterfront sparkled Sunday night as the 39th Annual Parade of Lights lit up the harbor with a festive flotilla and fireworks.
www.edhat.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The waterfront sparkled Sunday night as the 39th Annual Parade of Lights lit up the harbor with a festive flotilla and fireworks, capping an afternoon and evening of holiday activities for families.
www.edhat.com/news/santa-b...
#edhat #SBnews
www.edhat.com/news/santa-b...
#edhat #SBnews
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The former Bed Bath & Beyond storefront, in the Fairview Shopping Center in Goleta, will soon be transformed into a indoor pickleball complex, The Picklr Santa Barbara.
www.edhat.com/news/indoor-...
#edhat #SBnews
www.edhat.com/news/indoor-...
#edhat #SBnews
Indoor Pickleball Complex to Take Over Former Bed, Bath & Beyond Storefront in Goleta - edhat
The former Bed Bath & Beyond storefront, in Goleta's Fairview Shopping Center, will soon be transformed into a indoor pickleball complex.
www.edhat.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The former Bed Bath & Beyond storefront, in the Fairview Shopping Center in Goleta, will soon be transformed into a indoor pickleball complex, The Picklr Santa Barbara.
www.edhat.com/news/indoor-...
#edhat #SBnews
www.edhat.com/news/indoor-...
#edhat #SBnews
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When will Cubans realize they made a mistake
Marco Rubio care to answer
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Marco Rubio care to answer
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump administration ends family-reunification parole program for Cubans and Haitians
The Trump administration is terminating the family reunification parole programs for Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras
www.miamiherald.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When will Cubans realize they made a mistake
Marco Rubio care to answer
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Marco Rubio care to answer
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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A note on my friend, Rob Reiner — a man of courage and conviction.
December 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A note on my friend, Rob Reiner — a man of courage and conviction.
What's next DOE? We have too many words! It's too hard to learn them so we'll make it easier.
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What's next DOE? We have too many words! It's too hard to learn them so we'll make it easier.
If you are mentally incapable of discerning the difference between the words: there, their and they're - the DOE hears you!!!
December 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you are mentally incapable of discerning the difference between the words: there, their and they're - the DOE hears you!!!
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I agree. No one who supports Trump should be able to say "oh, I didn't see/hear about that post about Reiner."
Correct; shove it in their faces.
How many people do you know that continue to delude themselves on this because they’re too embarrassed to admit how easily fooled they were.
Make them feel discomfort.
How many people do you know that continue to delude themselves on this because they’re too embarrassed to admit how easily fooled they were.
Make them feel discomfort.
December 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I agree. No one who supports Trump should be able to say "oh, I didn't see/hear about that post about Reiner."
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THREAD 🧵
As the Trump administration gutted USAID this year, officials, including Marco Rubio, said over and over that lifesaving operations would continue around the world and that nobody had died because of the cuts.
December 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
THREAD 🧵
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texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges
In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...