Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

🚨NEW REPORT: Health insurers raked in $371 BILLION in profits since passage of the ACA, while raising family premiums to $26K a year.

More than 40% of the profit went to UnitedHealth, whose profits rose 400% as the company denies nearly 1 in 3 claims. https://buff.ly/3ZtqD4d

The GOP is scrambling to obscure the astronomical costs of Trump's tax cuts and economic plans, which experts estimate will balloon the national debt by over $4 trillion. By manipulating statistics and pushing flawed economic narratives, Trump and his allies aim to shield voters from the real consequences of their policies.
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-economy-2670414338/

TRUMP CRIME FAMILY

Trump's DOJ secretly obtained phone and text message logs of 43 congressional staffers and 2 members of Congress

The Justice Department's investigations into leaks of classified information were far broader than previously known, according to the department's internal watchdog.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trumps-doj-secretly-obtained-phone-text-message-logs-43-congressional-rcna183610

NY attorney general rejects a request by President-elect Trump to dismiss his civil fraud judgment, stating the presidency doesn't shield him from civil litigation over non-official conduct. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/trump-ny-ag-business-fraud-case.html

Our grandparents had to conquer things like Nazis, polio, and measles. Thank goodness all those problems are solved and we don't have to worr...

Echoes of Torture as #Ukraine Fights to Free Doctors

russia is holding Ukrainian combat medics, using them as bargaining chips and subjecting them to mistreatment and torture in breach of the Geneva conventions.

By Elina Beketova

https://cepa.org/article/behind-the-lines-echoes-of-torture-as-ukraine-fights-to-free-doctors/

What does a #military #hero look like?

Lt. Gen. #KwakJongkeun

"I was ordered... to pull people inside the National Assembly building outside... I did not fulfill that task even though I knew it would be insubordination because based on my judgment, dragging lawmakers out was clearly an illegal act"

When asked what orders he gave to his unit, the commander said he prohibited giving live ammunition to individual soldiers

🫡🎖️

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20241206005700315

#SouthKorea #Coup #Democracy

DOGE - Department of Graft and Entitlement.

Last night, for the final time, Jill and I were honored to recognize and respect the power of the arts to literally redeem the soul of our nation.

Congratulations to our 2024 Kennedy Center Honorees.

Syria’s rebel command has said it would not tell women how to dress.

“It is strictly forbidden to interfere with women’s dress or impose any request related to their clothing or appearance, including requests for modesty,” the command said in a statement on social media.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/09/syria-bashar-al-assad-asylum-russia-live-updates-blog?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@RememberUsAlways @palestine @israel @lebanon @syria @iran @yemen I don't know that you need to be that philosophical about it. You lay down with terrorists, you're a terrorist. Just because you run a state doesn't mean you're not a terrorist when you sleep with terrorists. If the collapse of the terrorist organization "hiding" in your state collapses your state, then you were either fucking or getting fucked by the terrorists all along.

If you don't want a lower class person to murder you with a gun in public, then consider passing some strict gun laws.

Or maybe just don't be subhuman shit, playing with the lives of millions for laughs and profit. Dunno, I'm just spitballing here.

Texas’ maternal mortality committee faces backlash for not reviewing deaths from first two years post-Dobbs

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/texas-maternal-mortality-committee-deaths/

Schiff: "This is not just about retribution against those of us on the January 6 Committee. This is about sending a message that nobody better hold him to account in his second term ... he is intent on trying to break down these checks and balances in our system."

New: Texas’ governor has served 404 Media with a subpoena for info about an internal Google database we were leaked. This is a serious threat to press freedom and we are fighting it legally. We object.

https://www.404media.co/404-media-objects-to-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-subpoena-to-access-our-reporting/

wow, big shock

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/middleeast/hamas-unrwa-schools.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Judaism, Israel, and Antisemitism @judaism-israel-and-antisemitism-DanHakimi