Yes, it’s terrifying trying to pick a healthcare provider in the US, because of our awful for-profit health insurance system. I’m keeping my current plan because their app made it easy to find a new primary care physician. But I still had to talk to two customer service reps to set it up, and have to call my old doctor’s office to inform them of my new doctor and request a records transfer ‘This is not freedom,’ Swedish man tells newspaper as he learns costs of American medical care He’s not wrong, that Swedish guy. I’ll meet my new doctor…
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It’s all about dominance in space And government contracts potentially worth trillions. Link: What Bezos and Musk really want from Trump
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SO NOT GOOD, MAYNARD. Vote, because our lives, freedom, and democracy itself depend on defeating these basstids. Link: Leaked memo reveals plan for Trump to skip ‘traditional background checks’ if elected: NYT – Raw Story
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It’s about frickin’ time, NY Times, but until you stop sanewashing Der Drumpfuhrer in your headlines, sabotaging your reporters’ stories, I’m not subscribing. For all the shit we’ve given the NYTimes in this election season, they have really pulled out all the stops to make up for it the last couple of days. This was yesterday’s front page. Here are a couple of the inside pages in the same issue. There are more. A huge section was devoted to this subject. I have… Link: The NY Times Comes Through – Digby’s Hullabaloo
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Why are we not surprised? And ye gads, that photo in the article. I’m not reposting the image here because the photo credit is under Getty Images. PALO ALTO, Calif. — Long before he became one of Donald Trump’s biggest donors and campaign surrogates, South African-born Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States as he launched his entrepreneurial career after ditching a graduate studies program in California, according to former business associates, court records and company documents obtained by The Washington Post. Link: Exclusive from the Washington Post, via archive.is because fuck that guy Jeff Bezos, but kudos to…
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Ann Telnaes’ stark visual commentary on the Washington Post’s failure to endorse Kamala Harris from 25OCT24. I will not be cancelling my subscription to the Post, because I support their journalists and editors. The decision came from publisher Jeff Bezos.
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Earlier today, the Washington Post declined to endorse a candidate in the US Presidential Election. Reportedly, an opinion endorsing VP Kamala Harris had been written but was killed by either the current CEO, or owner-oligarch Jeff Bezos. Many people have canceled their WaPo subscriptions; I just can’t in an election year. So instead, here’s an endorsement from UK liberal bastion paper, The Guardian. Which I read for free, but I may subscribe. God knows I read them constantly. Editorial: The decision of American voters will be profoundly consequential for everyone. A Harris victory would offer some hope… Link: The…
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“This memorial honors the brave men and women who broke into the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 to loot, urinate and defecate throughout those hallowed halls in order to overturn an election”
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Mariel Garza, editorials editor at The Los Angeles Times, has resigned. The announcement comes after the paper’s billionaire owner killed an endorsement of Kamala Harris for president. Link: LA Times opinion editor quits after billionaire owner kills endorsement
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It's always/never a good idea to update an old, unsupported Wordpress theme by randomly downloading and installing stuff. Discuss.