🚨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
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
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
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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.
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/
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.
We're getting close to my favorite time of year. That's right, the #DoctorWho Christmas special. So far I have managed to avoid the trailer.
wow, big shock
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