Big Naps

Big Naps

@bignaps.bsky.social

TANGO IS NO SIGN OF INSANITY

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Ed Zitron
@edzitron.com

this is the shit that gets me about conservatives - how does it get more conspiracy-adjacent than "the president's three billionaire pals are personally invited to watch him become president'

Amanda Terkel@aterkel.bsky.social

SCOOP - Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos will attend Trump's inauguration, sitting on the platform with Cabinet picks and elected officials www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... by Jake Traylor and @davidingram.bsky.social

nbcnews.comElon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump’s inaugurationThe three will be seated together on the inauguration platform with other prominent guests.

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Ryan Grim
@ryangrim.bsky.social

Correct. He was encouraged (and even expected) to do it right away, instead he sparked a crisis of biblical proportions in Cuba and then he does it

Big Naps
@bignaps.bsky.social

I literally cannot remember one time hearing a democratic legislator discussing the "mechanics" or "details" of any legislation passed in the last 4 years.

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social

Chuck Schumer blames Democratic losses on "average working families who didn't realize how much we had done and how much we care for them."

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ProPublica
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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods. Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.

propub.liThe American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the PublicOil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.

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Duaa Eldeib
@deldeib.bsky.social

Yesteday we brought you the story of how insurers have relied on doctors, some of whom “shut their eyes” to medical opinions that opposed their conclusions. Today, @mayatmiller.bsky.social and I tell you the story of how insurers cite progress as a reason to deny www.propublica.org/article/ment...

propublica.orgHer Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

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ProPublica
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One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012. United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade. propub.li/3BQjJ1e

propub.liInsurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by CourtsIn dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposing their conclusions.

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ProPublica
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No U.S. states mandate that law enforcement officers take active shooter training annually. In comparison, at least 37 states require active shooter-related drills in schools, typically on a yearly basis. w/ @texastribune.org and FRONTLINE (Published Feb. 2024)

propub.liCheck Your State: Here Are the Active Shooter Training Requirements for Schools and Law EnforcementNo states mandate annual active shooter training for police officers, according to an analysis by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE. In comparison, at least 37 states require such training…

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ProPublica
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Insurers’ denial rates are a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care. But they remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that. (Published June 2023)

propub.liHow Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
Big Naps
@bignaps.bsky.social

Crossing my fingers until I get cast as Bitch #1 or Bitch #2

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

if you’re wondering why a bunch of rando cops were hovering around Luigi like this, I can help: they’re cementing their place in the numerous film and TV adaptations to come

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Ken Klippenstein
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social

Dallas Express reports that sitting 81-year-old congresswoman Kay Granger is secretly residing in a memory care and assisted living facility. Granger hasn't cast any votes since July, isn't answering phone calls and vacated her physical office sometime before Thanksgiving.

dallasexpress.comEXCLUSIVE: Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger?Amid the ongoing drama in D.C. with Congress debating on an interim spending bill a key question has arisen, "Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger?"

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Jon Bois
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I was skeptical of the drone reports at first. I mocked people who reported them. I laughed at them. And then I saw one for myself and captured photographic evidence. They’re real.

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