Universal healthcare is a human right, right? RIGHT?
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How Wall Street turns your monthly bills into its debt payments.
#News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #Politics
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England's hottest summer on record has produced a bumper crop of unusually sweet apples — which, in turn, have bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider) from its typical 6-8% ABV to as high as 10.5% ABV. As a result, scrumpy is now classified as “wine,” meaning it’s taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
Take a trip to Roger Wilkins’ cider farm with me in this clip from “Rick Steves’ Europe” — and ponder yet another example of an industry impacted by climate change.
youtube.com/watch?v=XMj8lCuU…
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The massive income and wealth inequality that exists in America today is literally a matter of life and death.
People in wealthy counties live SEVEN years longer than people in poorer communities. That’s unacceptable.
EVERYONE has the right to a long, happy and productive life.
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‘1984’ is upon us
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The government is literally not collecting actual inflation data anymore.
They’re just estimating what they think inflation is.
They “suddenly” changed this in May 2025.
Right before the tariffs started getting collected.
How much more obvious can they make it for you guys?
The State Department is changing its mind about human rights, removing abuses such as harsh prison conditions, government corruption & restrictions on participation in democracy
npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-535…
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Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.
All embryos begin by developing female sex organs, with male sex organs only replacing them at around 6 weeks of gestation.
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Democrats cannot just respond institutionally to Trump. Extra-judicial, anti-institutional responses are necessary to meet the moment.
My latest in @thenation
thenation.com/article/politi…
Change Healthcare Faces Lawsuit For Failing To Protect Customer Data
The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office is urging healthcare providers in the state who may have been impacted by this cyberattack to come forward: ProtectTheGoodLife.Nebraska.…
forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/…
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How Opioid Giant Endo Escaped a $7 Billion Federal Penalty
A blockbuster collab between @propublica and @PhillyInquirer
propublica.org/article/endo-…
"We've had a framework of what's happened to downtown San Francisco and the recovery economic framework, and we've had the politics of today. We've had all of that."
What exactly is "the politics of today"? What is it you're afraid to say—denying, even?
abc7news.com/post/san-franci…
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'Mold, algae': Insurance drops SF homeowners, citing aerial footage of roof; inspector refutes claim abc7ne.ws/4gxolb2
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Governor Kathy Hochul keeps trying to hide the corruption.
For the second year in a row, the Governor has vetoed a major contract transparency bill, and for the second year in a row, the Governor’s rationale for the veto is completely ridiculous.
Our statement ⬇️
buff.ly/49I5gRd
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From salvaging 1914 Orient Express archives for The Last Express to the fight for digital preservation, legendary game designer Jordan Mechner shares why safeguarding our cultural artifacts—like video games—is vital.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/21/…
🕳️ #VanishingCulture @jmechner
ALT “Cultural artifacts are findable only so long as someone takes on the active responsibility to preserve, catalog and share them. Once gone, they’re gone forever. Historical oblivion is the default, not the exception.” Jordan Mechner Video game designer
Hundreds more workers to lose jobs following megabank's takeover of San Francisco's First Republic: "the workers aren’t being laid off, but [rather] their 18-month contracts following the acquisition are coming to an end."
sfgate.com/bayarea/article/j… via @SFGate
Cal Academy of Sciences cuts youth program after teens show solidarity with union missionlocal.org/2024/11/cal… via @MLNow
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Last night gerrymandered NC GOP House passed massive power grab in lame duck session stripping power from Dem gov & AG and giving GOP control over state and county election boards. Incredibly dangerous and anti-democratic motherjones.com/politics/202…
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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.
propublica.org/article/find-…
