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UnitedHealth made over $6 billion in profit in just 3 months. Reportedly denying about 1 in 3 claims.
You paid your premium. They denied your claim.
They kept your money. Then they called it a "record quarter." And it's all legal.
You paid your premium. They denied your claim.
They kept your money. Then they called it a "record quarter." And it's all legal.
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The biggest amount of waste and fraud in this country is in the military and it’s not particularly close
The Pentagon’s F-35 office cannot accurately track the $31 billion of F-35 parts, cannot account for parts reported missing and has not sufficiently trained staff members to oversee the status of the parts. stripes.com/theaters/us/20…
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NEW: Meet incoming speaker Hakeem Jeffries’ donors: Anduril and Palantir executives, Wall Street investors, crypto lobbyists, and donors funneling contributions through AIPAC.
We followed the money behind Hakeem Jeffries. readsludge.com/2026/11/04/the…
We followed the money behind Hakeem Jeffries. readsludge.com/2026/11/04/the…
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Economic populism also means dethroning economics. It’s not the job of economists to dictate how our economies should be run but to find solutions to implement democratically determined goals.
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Hunkering down in the bunker.
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Your regular reminder that "PIT maneuver" is a cop euphemism for "ramming another vehicle at highway speeds with the specific intent to cause a crash".
Yesterday in Iowa, a wrong way police chase ended with two innocent people dead after a poorly timed and poorly executed PIT maneuver pit innocent drivers at risk. The Iowa media won't show the moment of impact, even though Iowa DOT doesn't require censorship. But I will.
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NEW: Chuck Schumer is preparing to lead the Senate with a network of former aides lobbying for private equity—including two former policy chiefs and his top health adviser. Their clients include Blackstone, Apollo, and the industry’s top trade group. readsludge.com/2026/11/06/the…
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Tisch’s “public safety” strategy: Go to most disinvested areas, ticket people for being poor. When they can’t pay fines, issue warrants. Then say, “Look we’re catching all these dangerous criminals with arrest warrants.” This is broken windows policing.
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One of the headwinds on this is unions that fought for employer based systems and don't want to gove that up. But a lot of these plans, including mine are not that great. Pay us out for that benefit and move on to M4A.
Medicare for All is what a record-breaking 66% of Americans want, per Kaiser Family Foundation.
It would save $1 trillion and 114,000 lives a year, per Yale School of Public Health.
No more tinkering around the edges. Let’s get it done.
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Today, my colleagues and I sent a letter calling on Queens DA Melinda Katz to drop charges against Jabez Chakraborty. Police shot Jabez after his family called 911 to get him emergency mental health care during a crisis. 1/
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This was Mamdani’s midterm: After he won, Republicans gloated that he would drag down the party across the country, as every Democrat would now have to answer for this crazy socialist. Some centrist Dems warned about that too.
As @krystalball notes here, instead, in one form or adopted a version of his politics
As @krystalball notes here, instead, in one form or adopted a version of his politics
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Join DSA. 🌹 share.google/14aLdNMt4JJJib…
1,000+ increase in DSA members in the last 24 hours
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