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Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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Just before airing, CBS management pulled the approved story about the El Salvador torture prison Trump has been sending deported immigrants to.
Neither they nor Trump can bury things for good. The full report is included in this.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Neither they nor Trump can bury things for good. The full report is included in this.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
The full segment aired on the GlobalTV app in Canada. Someone sent me a link to a recorded version. Let's see if we can figure out whether Bari Weiss' decision to spike it was editorial or political.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Just before airing, CBS management pulled the approved story about the El Salvador torture prison Trump has been sending deported immigrants to.
Neither they nor Trump can bury things for good. The full report is included in this.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Neither they nor Trump can bury things for good. The full report is included in this.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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State media serving Dear Leader.
The self-proclaimed head of USAGM, Kari Lake, who this year destroyed nearly all of the Voice of America, tells the agency's few remaining journalists the White House National Security Strategy will "guide our interview subjects, story selection, and coverage going forward."
December 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
State media serving Dear Leader.
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“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”
Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times
In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.
www.miamiherald.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”
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Fly Fishing Magazine: Big Spring Creek Conservationists Fight To Save Wild Trout From Warehouse Development In Cumberland County tinyurl.com/sx8yfptd
Big Spring Creek Conservationists Fight to Save its Wild Trout - Fly Fisherman
Big Spring Creek, a pristine limestone stream in Cumberland Valley, faces threats from a proposed warehouse project near its headwaters.
tinyurl.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Fly Fishing Magazine: Big Spring Creek Conservationists Fight To Save Wild Trout From Warehouse Development In Cumberland County tinyurl.com/sx8yfptd
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tricorder slow after triOS update
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
tricorder slow after triOS update
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Largescale suckers can have a bad rap among anglers who mistakenly think they compete with trout. Trout + suckers have coexisted for millennia, and while suckers may consume some trout eggs while hoovering up bottom-dwelling food, consumption isn’t enough to harm trout populations #25DaysofFishmas
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Largescale suckers can have a bad rap among anglers who mistakenly think they compete with trout. Trout + suckers have coexisted for millennia, and while suckers may consume some trout eggs while hoovering up bottom-dwelling food, consumption isn’t enough to harm trout populations #25DaysofFishmas
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Republicans spent years attacking Hunter Biden’s foreign ties. Meanwhile, Jared Kushner raised billions from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar. And now he sits at the center of U.S. media consolidation and back-channel diplomacy. The double standard is glaring.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Jared Kushner is backing a 'hostile takeover' of US infrastructure: analysis
Salon reporter Sophia Tesfaye says “the speed and scale of Jared Kushner’s re-emergence can’t be overstated,” and neither can his corruption.“In the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency, hi...
www.rawstory.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Republicans spent years attacking Hunter Biden’s foreign ties. Meanwhile, Jared Kushner raised billions from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar. And now he sits at the center of U.S. media consolidation and back-channel diplomacy. The double standard is glaring.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
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Trump on Americans' healthcare costs going up by 200-300%: "Don't make it sound so bad"
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trump on Americans' healthcare costs going up by 200-300%: "Don't make it sound so bad"
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There would be a dark Darwinian humor in all this if it wasn’t for the fact that children - and others with no say - are risking death because of the medical voodoo being pushed by RFK jr and Trump.
Killing a million Americans during COVID wasn’t enough?
#RadioFreeAmerica
Killing a million Americans during COVID wasn’t enough?
#RadioFreeAmerica
Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks
Measles outbreaks in South Carolina and on the Arizona-Utah border are growing. In South Carolina, more than 250 people, including students from nine area elementary, middle and high schools are in qu...
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
There would be a dark Darwinian humor in all this if it wasn’t for the fact that children - and others with no say - are risking death because of the medical voodoo being pushed by RFK jr and Trump.
Killing a million Americans during COVID wasn’t enough?
#RadioFreeAmerica
Killing a million Americans during COVID wasn’t enough?
#RadioFreeAmerica
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Today's comments from Trump – saying "it's imperative that CNN be sold" – will intensify the questions about what Larry and David Ellison have said to him about their intentions for CNN
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Today's comments from Trump – saying "it's imperative that CNN be sold" – will intensify the questions about what Larry and David Ellison have said to him about their intentions for CNN
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The EPA has scrubbed most of its website of any mention that human activity is driving climate change.
Causes of Climate Change | US EPA
Burning fossil fuels changes the climate more than any other human activity.
www.epa.gov
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The EPA has scrubbed most of its website of any mention that human activity is driving climate change.
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Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these…
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
Every #software demo is the same: “we leveraged a BlahBlah IDE and an oaktree stack to execute sqrQL code against a natural language model and and incorporate Flipblub libraries to enhance the deterministic user experience” … and then the demo doesn’t run so who knows what it actually does.
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Every #software demo is the same: “we leveraged a BlahBlah IDE and an oaktree stack to execute sqrQL code against a natural language model and and incorporate Flipblub libraries to enhance the deterministic user experience” … and then the demo doesn’t run so who knows what it actually does.
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Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Word on the street is that HDTV antennae are selling like hotcakes in the Greater Philadelphia area. Returns are expected to spike after #MondayNightFootball or when YouTube works out their issues with Disney.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Word on the street is that HDTV antennae are selling like hotcakes in the Greater Philadelphia area. Returns are expected to spike after #MondayNightFootball or when YouTube works out their issues with Disney.
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Purely performative. Nearly all charges were at the state level…and the president does not have the ability to remove those.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
Government pardon attorney Ed Martin posted on social media a signed proclamation of the pardons.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Purely performative. Nearly all charges were at the state level…and the president does not have the ability to remove those.
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Excellent explanation of MLS’ failure to attract and retain fans. #mls
The Philadelphia Union are in the midst of one of the best seasons in franchise history. And the excitement is … minimal, due in large part to MLS's confounding schedule. trib.al/U6A64Dk
De George: MLS playoff scheduling chasm is league’s latest self-own
The Philadelphia Union are in the midst of one of the best seasons in franchise history. And the excitement is … minimal, due in large part to MLS’s confounding schedule.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Excellent explanation of MLS’ failure to attract and retain fans. #mls
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The national average price of gas is around $3.10, just above the level it was at one year ago.
Trump Falsely Says Gas Prices Have Reached A 20-Year Low—Here’s The Real Data
The national average price of gas is around $3.10, just above the level it was at one year ago.
www.forbes.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The national average price of gas is around $3.10, just above the level it was at one year ago.
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Vermont-based outdoor equipment retailer Orvis will close 31 stores and five outlet locations by early 2026 due to "unprecedented tariff pressure." Also, Orvis will reduce its product offerings, which include fly fishing gear, outdoor apparel and more.
Vermont-based retailer Orvis to close 36 stores by early 2026 due to tariff pressure - cleveland.com
Vermont-based outdoor equipment retailer Orvis will close 31 stores and five outlet locations by early 2026 due to "unprecedented tariff pressure," president Simon Perkins said.
www.cleveland.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Vermont-based outdoor equipment retailer Orvis will close 31 stores and five outlet locations by early 2026 due to "unprecedented tariff pressure." Also, Orvis will reduce its product offerings, which include fly fishing gear, outdoor apparel and more.
The fact the #Phillies were eliminated by the eventual World Series winners doesn’t change the reality that they played like shit when the big moment arrived, they didn’t hit and Kevin Long should be fired.
Go Phils.
Go Phils.
November 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The fact the #Phillies were eliminated by the eventual World Series winners doesn’t change the reality that they played like shit when the big moment arrived, they didn’t hit and Kevin Long should be fired.
Go Phils.
Go Phils.
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“The legacy media is apparently more interested in the climate musings of an erstwhile PC mogul than a sober assessment by the world’s leading climate scientists.”
#climate
#climate
Some serious scientists have a look at Bill Gates 17-page memo on climate science and come to some ready conclusions: this isn't serious criticism. It's the handiwork of a charlatan.
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“The legacy media is apparently more interested in the climate musings of an erstwhile PC mogul than a sober assessment by the world’s leading climate scientists.”
#climate
#climate
Rooting for #Rush tonight. #WorldSeries
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Rooting for #Rush tonight. #WorldSeries