JMV
@jesvalsilva.bsky.social
Violinist, mariachi, ethnomusicologist, public transit enthusiast, mediocre baker, average crocheter, and new to knitting and sewing
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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)
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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)
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
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#AltCitizen call to action.
There is now a second public comment period about oil and gas leasing off the coast of Central and Southern California.
Deadline: February 26.
For more info and how to provide comments as an individual, business or org, check out:
There is now a second public comment period about oil and gas leasing off the coast of Central and Southern California.
Deadline: February 26.
For more info and how to provide comments as an individual, business or org, check out:
Drilling – Save Our Shores
saveourshores.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
#AltCitizen call to action.
There is now a second public comment period about oil and gas leasing off the coast of Central and Southern California.
Deadline: February 26.
For more info and how to provide comments as an individual, business or org, check out:
There is now a second public comment period about oil and gas leasing off the coast of Central and Southern California.
Deadline: February 26.
For more info and how to provide comments as an individual, business or org, check out:
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Please watch. Nonviolent resistance works.
February 3, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Please watch. Nonviolent resistance works.
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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If Trump is innocent, prove it.
If you're a politician and don't support rapists or pedophiles, prove it.
If you're a politician and aren't complicit in Epstein's crimes, prove it.
Release the full unredacted Epstein files.
If you're a politician and don't support rapists or pedophiles, prove it.
If you're a politician and aren't complicit in Epstein's crimes, prove it.
Release the full unredacted Epstein files.
January 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
If Trump is innocent, prove it.
If you're a politician and don't support rapists or pedophiles, prove it.
If you're a politician and aren't complicit in Epstein's crimes, prove it.
Release the full unredacted Epstein files.
If you're a politician and don't support rapists or pedophiles, prove it.
If you're a politician and aren't complicit in Epstein's crimes, prove it.
Release the full unredacted Epstein files.
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Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.
January 20, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.
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🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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“Do I support mass deportations? Why would I do that? These people are contributing to 🇺🇸.”
🫡 @DemSocialists just reminded us about this old Nick Shirley clip where he stopped the wrong lady and got cooked
🫡 @DemSocialists just reminded us about this old Nick Shirley clip where he stopped the wrong lady and got cooked
January 19, 2026 at 11:37 PM
“Do I support mass deportations? Why would I do that? These people are contributing to 🇺🇸.”
🫡 @DemSocialists just reminded us about this old Nick Shirley clip where he stopped the wrong lady and got cooked
🫡 @DemSocialists just reminded us about this old Nick Shirley clip where he stopped the wrong lady and got cooked
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MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Even now it's hard to imagine that there aren't enough @houserepublicans.bsky.social or @senategop.govpeeps.us in Congress who love our country enough to save it from Trump.
But there aren't. Every single one is willing to shred our Constitution to serve their Pedophile-in-Chief. Every single one
But there aren't. Every single one is willing to shred our Constitution to serve their Pedophile-in-Chief. Every single one
January 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Even now it's hard to imagine that there aren't enough @houserepublicans.bsky.social or @senategop.govpeeps.us in Congress who love our country enough to save it from Trump.
But there aren't. Every single one is willing to shred our Constitution to serve their Pedophile-in-Chief. Every single one
But there aren't. Every single one is willing to shred our Constitution to serve their Pedophile-in-Chief. Every single one
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NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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As far as I can tell, Santa Ana is governed by seven Democrats and yet their police department still runs security for Trump's army who tries to kill protesters and laughs at those who they maim.
Local officials must order their police to stand down and stop protecting federal buildings.
Local officials must order their police to stand down and stop protecting federal buildings.
Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 AM
As far as I can tell, Santa Ana is governed by seven Democrats and yet their police department still runs security for Trump's army who tries to kill protesters and laughs at those who they maim.
Local officials must order their police to stand down and stop protecting federal buildings.
Local officials must order their police to stand down and stop protecting federal buildings.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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you and many of your followers have probably already seen this but I thought it did a good job laying out a list of targets and categorizing strategic considerations for each vis a vis scope and lift: www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
you and many of your followers have probably already seen this but I thought it did a good job laying out a list of targets and categorizing strategic considerations for each vis a vis scope and lift: www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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The "fork in the road" cost taxpayers $10B. Thanks, DOGE.
Doge cuts cost US taxpayers $10bn to cover workers’ paid leave, analysis finds
Analysis estimates Trump administration ‘wasted’ billions to compensate over 154,000 federal employees on leave
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The "fork in the road" cost taxpayers $10B. Thanks, DOGE.
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Also let's be clear, we are attacking Venezuela for the same reason we attack most countries and the same reason we overthrow most governments: they had the audacity to take over their own resources (notably, their oil fields) instead of letting US corporations own them. Anything else is propaganda.
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Also let's be clear, we are attacking Venezuela for the same reason we attack most countries and the same reason we overthrow most governments: they had the audacity to take over their own resources (notably, their oil fields) instead of letting US corporations own them. Anything else is propaganda.
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Also always true
January 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Also always true
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“Anyone who is an American or here legally has nothing to fear.” ~ Noem
… hours later …
ICE shoots and kills an American soccer mom.
… hours later …
ICE shoots and kills an American soccer mom.
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 AM
“Anyone who is an American or here legally has nothing to fear.” ~ Noem
… hours later …
ICE shoots and kills an American soccer mom.
… hours later …
ICE shoots and kills an American soccer mom.
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WATCH — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social : "Can we finally put this BS to bed that Trump is the 'peace president’? This man bombed 7 countries last year... Can a foreign country indict Trump and send in their Special Forces to grab the president of the US? This is madness.”
January 5, 2026 at 3:09 AM
WATCH — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social : "Can we finally put this BS to bed that Trump is the 'peace president’? This man bombed 7 countries last year... Can a foreign country indict Trump and send in their Special Forces to grab the president of the US? This is madness.”