Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment. (Published April 2025)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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BREAKING: Retired Republican County Judge Glen Whitley endorses James Talarico for US Senate: “I’m ashamed that Ken Paxton is even on the ballot. He’s the most corrupt politician Texas has ever seen.”

New Jersey sues Amazon on behalf of delivery drivers. "State Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said Amazon... [subjected] drivers in its delivery network to artificially low pay and punishing working conditions, thanks to its overwhelming power in the labor market." www.nj.com/business/202...

Amazon accused of ‘grueling working conditions’ and wage suppression in groundbreaking N.J. lawsuit

Complaint charged delivery drivers were forced to urinate in bottles as the company suppressed union activity and paid workers less than competitors.

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🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social claps back at J.D. Vance: “Is that Peter Thiel's boy? With that Ohio charisma? The last thing that he said that made any sense was Hillbilly Elegy… after he said Trump had no business being president of anything, then decided to suck up to power.”

Well done to those in Winona. ✊️ Abolish DHS and abolish ICE 🔥 Join the ICC and send Miller &Homan to the Hague. ICE OUT NOW. @purgepalantir.bsky.social

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h ago

Police in Winona Minnesota are stunned after EVERY SINGLE ONE of their Flock cameras were suddenly removed in a single night. The people don't consent to a surveillance state

AIPAC ALERT: United Democracy Project drops $1,202,966 supporting Melissa Hernandez and opposing Aisha Wahab in #CA14.

Abolish DHS and abolish ICE 🔥 Join the ICC and send Miller & Homan to the Hague. ICE OUT NOW! ✊️

AltFDA@altfda.altgov.info · 12h ago

Off topic but on brand… 🧵🧵🧵 FUCK ICE! You Nazi fascist can come gargle my balls! It has been reported again that Fucking ICE is scouring online for haters. Source: WSJ share.google/8mXo5aHPx5d2...

Congratulations to our endorsed primary candidates Abdul El-Sayed, Will Lawrence, Fred Wellman, Sean McCann, Abbas Alawieh, and Alabas Farhat for a monumental night in Michigan for the progressive movement. Now the work continues onto the general.

Prepare for an insane explosion of Islamophobia between now and November, from the same people on the right (and center!) who pretend to be exercised by the rise in anti-Jewish bigotry. The hate will be off the charts and make the anti-Zohran campaign look tame. Mark my words.

NEW: In a loss for the GOP, Kansas voters rejected a constitutional amendment aimed at reshaping the state’s Supreme Court. This measure was part of a broader scheme to undo abortion rights in Kansas, where the state Supreme Court has repeatedly preserved abortion access.

Abdul El-Sayed, #democratic nominee for Michigan’s Senate race, is not wasting any time getting ready for midterms. Is already telling Michiganders what life will look like in #Michigan if Mike Rogers, his Republican opponent in the #midterms, wins in November. Credit @atrupar

* It's unreal how terrible Trump's nominees are * DURBIN: You wrote, 'Feminists advanced a theory that rape is meant to perpetuate male domination.' Do you still oppose Violence Against Women Act? CANDEUB: I haven't really thought it D: In 2023 you did an interview & decried harassment laws ...

Thank you for your support, DJ. I am grateful to represent students like you, and I will continue the fight to protect the most vulnerable in our communities—for everyone in Massachusetts.

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Mehdi DEBUNKS NYT Columnist’s Viral Argument Denying Israel’s Genocide of Gaza

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The California Democratic Party has officially endorsed a one-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires that will be on the ballot this November. They're right to support it — and Gavin Newsom is wrong to oppose it. Here's why.

Why I Support The California Billionaire Tax

Billionaires are crying foul about California's proposed wealth tax.Don't fall for their fearmongering.A one-time, 5% ta

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UNEARTHED AUDIO: Todd Blanche, Trump's nominee for Attorney General, is working to ban abortion in "every single state." Republicans in the Senate just voted to advance Blanche's nomination out of committee.

DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

On August 11, Minnesotans have the opportunity to say no to the status quo in Washington that’s working for billionaires and corporations. www.startribune.com/us-senate-ra...

There are 7 days until polls close on August 11. This election is too important to sit back or sit out. Make your plan to vote, then send this post to three friends & make sure they have a plan to vote on or by August 11! MNVotes.org

Abolish ICE and abolish DHS 🔥 Join the ICC and send Miller & Homan to the Hague. ICE OUT NOW ✊️

The Trump administration has no commitment to oversight, and they are abusing every authority to enact their fascist agenda. 1/3

Trump's DOJ turns to a never-used court for its next deportation fight

Its first case could expand Trump's deportation toolkit.

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DHS has used, with varying degrees of success, administrative subpoenas and grand jury subpoenas to unmask social media posters, according to the new report.

REVEALED: The Scope of ICE’s Surveillance of Its Online Critics

ICE’s Round-the-Clock Digital Dragnet About a month ago, it emerged from upstate...

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RESISTANCE HISTORY IN ACTION | Sarah George, States Attorney in Chittenden County, Vermont

YouTube video by Resistance History with Tad Stoermer

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Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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Abolish DHS and abolish ICE 🔥 Join the ICC and send Miller & Homan to the Hague. ICE OUT NOW ✊️

Brant Reeves@bireeves95.bsky.social · 2d ago

This has been a problem from the beginning. Dismantle ICE… Native Americans are U.S. citizens. Reports of ICE questioning and detaining Native Americans, including challenges to tribal IDs, should concern every American. Don’t tell me this is only about immigration status anymore.

BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.

Playing in teams gives people life skills and enhances their health. Girls who play sport are more likely to end up in positions of leadership. Getting girls to quit sport voluntarily (to avoid an exam) is a good way to ensure this doesn’t happen.