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Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures

The first step toward AI death panels? Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

Americans want lower inflation, affordable housing, good jobs, health benefits, Medicare and Social Security, and the end to wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Not the National Guard on city streets, gerrymandering, ending mail-in voting, or a president talking about a third term.

Trump is having a Soviet-style military parade in his own honor: 6,000 soldiers, 150 vehicles, and 50 helicopters from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, to the National Mall.
The cost will likely top $10million -- not counting the cost of street repairs after armored vehicles roll by.

WSJ headline: Stocks Set for Best 2 Years Since '90s

Just downloading photos. This was December 31 under Sleepy Joe. #whitesupremacy & #misogynoir got us here...

#POTUS is proclaiming his love of #$TRUMP crypto, in effect urging people to buy. It is trading at $11, down from $74.

Wall St Jnl, Fox, etc. blame recipients for overbilling #Medicaid -- but isn't billing done by insurance companies, not recipients?

Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed.

He needs to resign in disgrace immediately.

Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...

"Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online"
www.spiegel.de/internationa...

The only one in the whole #signal mess to do anything to protect national defense was #TheAtlantic editor.

Auction Support - Jonathan Harper Automotive Photography Get the most out of your auction listing with professional automotive photography

when it comes to selling cars, presentation is paramount:

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love the sound the shutter on this Pentax 645n makes

000 Commission 911 Turbo S

some bts on medium format from my shoot for Type7

Pentax 645n / 75mm
Cinestill 400d

@pentax.bsky.social
@cinestillfilm.bsky.social

Seagull Nebula - 1 hour from my deck in Los Angeles

#seestarS50

hey friends

here’s an Italdesign Aztec I shot a few years back in New Jersey

88 Targa on medium format film

She says she "gives" questions -- as if it's not a responsibility, a duty to the public.

February 6, 2025 The U.S.

If you're having trouble keeping track of it all under the Musk administration, here's a good summary of the last few days. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

From Semafor today:
Brian Eno used the term “scenius” to describe “the collective genius” that emerges from a geographically small, tight-knit community of talents, hanging out in bars, theaters, music clubs, thriving on “physical, serendipitous interactions.” But that happens much less now...

A Horror Novel Inspired by Fanatic Fox News Devotees Clay McLeod Chapman kept hearing friends say, of their Fox News-watching parents, “It’s like they were possessed.” That’s what inspired him to write “Wake Up and Open Your Eyes.”

If you think you don't like horror but you do like great storytelling, try reading this guy. You won't be sorry.

NC Tarheels v Drake from the days when NCAA FinalFour still had 3rd place game file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/3f/15/AC2BD6D6-185B-462D-87CC-FBF44DEA6619/Screenshot%202024-12-12%20at%2012.07.18%E2%80%AFPM.png

Jerry Seinfeld's 2014 Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition Turbo S Coupe Bid for the chance to own a Jerry Seinfeld’s 2014 Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition Turbo S Coupe at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #173,887...

Photographer Jonathan Harper's latest work for one of his favorite clients

Historically, the night before Thanksgiving was reputed to be the busiest bar night of the year -- every year. Bars will be full of kids home from college -- or just home.

AAA says average #gasprice in USA is $3.07 today. What will it be next Thanksgiving?

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Federal appeals court affirms ruling that Caldwell County must hold public bail hearings The Texas Tribune, the Caldwell/Hays Examiner and Mano Amiga challenged the county’s policy of barring the press and public from bail hearings, saying it violated the First Amendment.

Read more about the news in @texastribune.bsky.social: www.texastribune.org/2024/11/16/c...

Inside Modi’s crackdown on the foreign press in India The Indian government didn’t renew work permits for correspondents from France and Australia. Colleagues see this decision as part of an alarming trend.

🇮🇳 How are foreign journalists that work in India also feeling the impact of a government hostile to the press? A new piece on our website explores how their work has been made difficult, with several being forced to leave the country.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/inside-...

10 RFK Jr. conspiracy theories and false claims, in his own words Here are the debunked health claims that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made over the years that concern medical experts.

Now this is fact-checking that matters. Gift link:
10 RFK Jr. conspiracy theories and false claims, in his own words
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I keep remind myself of a #DorothyParker bon mot (paraphrasing): Ridicule is a better shield than weapon.

Some are saying #Gaetz has multiple DUIs, but it appears only one arrest and he avoided conviction.

Kind of delicious...https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare