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 I am in my 70s and have had the same reliable doctor for years, with very few health problems. I get my blood pressure prescriptions filled and go in for an annual checkup. From an insurer's perspective, I'm a bargain customer: I pay my premiums and rarely use my coverage.When I went onto Medicaid, a consultant suggested Kaiser Permanente. When it came time to renew, they recommended Aetna

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 The current unrest in France did not begin as an immigration issue. It began as a student-led protest movement focused on conditions in the education system, including teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, deteriorating school facilities, concerns about the Parcoursup university admissions system, and broader worries about public spending cuts. As demonstrations spread, they drew

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Upcoming Events In Support Of Democracy(In Person events are in West Seattle; Virtual Events Are Everywhere!) Ballot CuringBallot "Curing" helps people who have already cast their vote, but whose ballots have not been accepted. The mission is to contact them and help them solve the problem. Generally it is a positive experience because people who voted tend to want their vote to count!Oct 24

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 Following an invitation by Donold Trump to report fraud, waste and abuse via the fraud.gov portal, I filed the following:------------------------------------------------------------------------Fraud reportReference number: TFF-2026-017087063441Goes to: GAO · GAO FraudNetWhat happened:On September 20, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, within the Department of Homeland Security,

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 A friend asked me to comment on an article in "Foreign Policy".261019 - What Trump Gets Right—and Wrong—About Foreign Policy.• Critics from across the political spectrum have disparaged U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America first” brand of statecraft—and for good reason. He has alienated allies, appeased great-power rivals, launched yet another failed war of choice in the Middle East, and

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Someone posted:"Judge Jinsook Ohta, a Biden appointee born in South Korea, ruled that the State Department must open registration immediately after it failed to do so on time. The program gives permanent residency to people from countries with historically low immigration rates to the United States, including many in Africa and the Middle East. The administration had suspended the lottery after a

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Arguments about Hunter Biden's laptop always leap from documented events to conclusions that the evidence doesn't establish.1. The Twitter episodeYes, Twitter temporarily blocked the New York Post's account in October 2020 over its Hunter Biden story. That was a serious and, in my view, mistaken decision. The 51 former intelligence officials' letter also contributed to public skepticism, although

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Someone wrote:Every conversation about US politics is like "Ok so there are 100 people and 300 cupcakes, and two of those people have 299 of the cupcakes. We think the cupcakes should be better distributed so everyone gets enough cupcakes."And then someone will start shrieking and crying about how you can't just steal all those cupcakes from those two people!!!That it's cruel and unusual to

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The problem with a flying car that hovers without wings or rotors is gravity. To stay aloft, it must continuously generate enough upward thrust to counteract its entire weight. Unlike a car sitting on a road, it can't rely on the ground to support it.Rockets can do this, but they must continuously burn propellant to generate thrust. A 2,000-pound vehicle would need at least 2,000 pounds of thrust

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A funny thing about arguments that begin with "anybody who has taken macro or microeconomics would know..." is that anybody who has taken more than the introductory survey courses learns that the simple supply-and-demand graph is a model, not a law of nature. "Free markets are regulated by supply and demand" is true in the same sense that physics problems begin with "assume a frictionless

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Friends,Thank you for circulating this so-called "America First Global Health Strategy" .Having read the proposal and the accompanying comments, I find myself unconvinced on moral, legal, and practical grounds.First, the moral question.The central purpose of global health programs is to prevent disease, disability, and death. Programs such as PEPFAR earned bipartisan support over many years

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Ah yes, the legendary 2020 Georgia election: simultaneously the most scrutinized election in American history and, according to some people, the greatest criminal conspiracy ever assembled, somehow capable of fooling Republican election officials, Democratic election officials, multiple recounts, a statewide hand audit, courts, investigators, and years of scrutiny while leaving behind a trail of

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Audience: likely Democrats in MI-10 Script 1: Healthcare should be affordable and accessible to every Michigander. MAGA Republicans voted to make the super-rich even richer while our health insurance premiums doubled. Fight back! Register at Votizer.org and elect Democrat Christina Hines who will stand for working families, not billionaires. Script 2: Healthcare should be affordable and

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 October 2026 Free CLE.October 1:* 50 Scary Things That Buyers Do Which Cause Issues On Loans Before Closing. By CES.* Ethics and the Use of Artificial Intelligence by the Legal Profession. By National Conflict Resolution Center.*  Artificial Intelligence in the Energy Sector. By LexisNexis.* Trends to Watch in Antitrust Law. By LexisNexis.* Do’s and Don’ts: Disciplining for

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The Speech and Debate Clause does not give senators a free pass to commit crimes. It protects legislative acts, not legislators themselves. A senator cannot be questioned or prosecuted for protected legislative activity such as speeches on the Senate floor, voting, or committee work. But that protection does not extend to conduct outside the legislative process. The Supreme Court has repeatedly

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To the argument:  "If a socialist society is going to work as intended, then mathematically you need more makers than takers to sustain society. If you have open borders and allow unfettered immigration. Then you invite more takers than makers. Point is you might be able to pull off a socialist society, but you have to have tightly controlled closed borders. So which is it that you want?"&

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Oh gather round, ye lords of lawn and cement, Who measure civic worth by mortgage spent. For how could any renter dare to steer A city where the condos scrape the pier?How could one lead without a modern kitchen, Four beds, five baths, and which in The back has a sauna, in the front a garage, Plus a den and a craft room for découpage?What horror… what collapse of social order… Leaders who don’t

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 Dear Friends and Colleagues, As we head into September and everyone settles back into their post‑summer routines, I’m glad to share this month’s lineup of Free CLE Webinars. They’re ready for you to explore, use, and pass along to your networks. Every listing is free to attend, though credit approval varies by jurisdiction. If your state isn’t listed, you may still be able to self‑apply

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BREAKING NEWS: The Navy announced today it is renaming all 13 of its aircraft carriers after Donald Trump: USS Angry Toddler USS Bone Spurs USS Combover USS Creepy Donold USS Draft DodgerUSS Epstein FilesUSS Golf CheatUSS Kid Diddler USS Orange Makeup USS Smelly Bastard USS Tax Cheat USS Waddler USS Weak And Stupid---Reference: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/

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On Monday August 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM Pacific, the 34th District Democrats partnering with Field Team 6 invite you to a Zoom session on real, practical steps to increase voter turnout across our nation.You’ll get solid numbers on how time and effort put into voter registration now, months before an election, has shown measurable results. We all want our contributions in time and money used

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Retrofitting a Ford-class aircraft carrier to use steam catapults and hydraulic plane elevators - as Trump wants - would be an engineering freak show because the ship was never designed to support those systems. The Ford class was built around electromagnetic catapults and advanced weapons elevators, and those choices shape the entire internal architecture. Steam catapults need massive

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Working for the Peterson "Academy", Smug Bishop Barron wrote:  It's assumed that leaving the faith is the daring move and staying is the safe one. Chesterton found the opposite—that orthodoxy was the reckless thing, a chariot thundering through the ages, swerving past heresy after heresy and staying upright by an inch. Nobody presented it to you that way. It's a shame. 100+ full-length

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Someone wrote: I contracted COVID very early on before there was a vaccine and paid close attention to the 'experts' for guidance. I called multiple hotlines to offer myself for monitoring in case my antibodies could be helpful (crickets). The experts didn't know what they didn't know and should have said that. The impact it had on me is distrust, not because of Trump, not because of MAGA but

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 Right now I'm getting a plague of Jordan Pederson ads for his "Academy" - really just a video channel, not any better for learning than a curated youtube channel, but much more expense.In these ads he and his minions make various silly claims. Let me collect debunkings as an exercise.---CLAIM:"You are the salt of the earth." You've heard it a thousand times. You think it means a decent,

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I’ve seen this letter floating around, so here’s a fact‑check with a little humor to keep things human. A lot happened during the pandemic, and memory is… well, like a mask left in your jeans pocket after a wash cycle: a little warped. 1. “You told us we could wear a bandanna.” Early 2020 guidance was based on the best available evidence at that moment. COVID was new, data was limited, and cloth

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