Alan Granger

Alan Granger

@algae46.bsky.social

Retired petroleum geologist that now travels the United States with his wife. I take a lot of pictures. I kinda specialize in waterfalls. Politically I was a libertarian until the rise of trump. That converted me to a flaming liberal.

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Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each. Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture. (Published May 2025)

propublica.orgThe Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

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You may have seen the scary headlines about migrants from Morocco “crossing into Spain.” There’s some important context missing: they reached a Spanish territory in North Africa, not mainland Europe. That distinction matters. But FoxNews and the adminstration doesn't want you to know this

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Louisiana’s AG has pushed back against almost all compensation claims brought by the wrongfully convicted, even in cases where men were exonerated by DNA evidence. “She knows people are innocent but she doesn’t care,” one man said.

propublica.orgHe’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore...

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I would not want to be a Texas GOP official right now looking at this polling data from Fox News. Mr. Talarico is in good shape: +3 among all voters +18 among moderates +18 among Hispanic voters only -4 among men only -4 among 65+

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Your good news Sunday: Amid all the fear and division, here's a story that restored a little faith in people. A town of just 200 people chose compassion over politics when one of their own needed them most. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

open.substack.comWhen a Republican Town Fought for the Immigrant Next DoorA small Montana community never thought the crackdown would come for one of their own. But for them, politics never mattered as much as a neighbor they loved.

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NEW: Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste underground each year — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

propublica.orgTo Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at RiskOklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...

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Mt. Hood at sunrise. April 19. Cloudy day here today. 🩷🧡⛰️ #PNW #Mountains #Photography #Sunrise

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The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet — and watching to see who refuses to wear them. It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now — never be the first to stop clapping.