Jan

Jan

@lovesspringers.bsky.social

Supports women’s equality & progressive ideas, Loves trees, butterflies 🦋 & bees 🐝

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Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her. She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.” (Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

propublica.orgA Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...

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Helmet Vanga It is mainly blue-black, with rufous wings and a huge arched blue bill. It is restricted to lowland and lower montane rainforests of northeastern Madagascar. Its diet is composed of invertebrates, predominantly insects. The species is threatened by habitat loss. 📸: @jainymariak

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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: American Molecular Biologist Bonnie Bassler Wins Prestigious Copley Medal for Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Bacterial Communication Her work could pave the way for a new generation of antibacterial treatments by disrupting how bacteria communicate.

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Pay attention! À 2000 foot chunk of glacier snapped off and dropped 4000 feet in Nepal. That’s global warming 💯

Ryan Singh@singhisking.bsky.social

A 2,000 foot chunk of glacier snapped off and dropped 4,000 feet in Nepal. The flash flood killed 98 people. 391 tourists are missing. 47 Americans unaccounted for. 19 bridges gone. This isn't a natural disaster. This is climate breakdown.

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A record-setting tornado season is in full force across the Midwest. And thanks to Trump, recovering from it will be harder than ever before.

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Nearly every artist booked for the Trump-backed Freedom 250 “Great American State Fair” on the National Mall has backed out. Morris Day & The Time, Young MC, The Commodores, Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and Milli Vanilli have all withdrawn.

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In February, Trump purchased over $1 million in Dell stock. Just weeks ago, Trump told everyone to “go out and buy a Dell.” Its stock price is up over 60% since then. Now, Dell has been awarded a $9.7 BILLION Pentagon contract. See the problem here?

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has signed a decree establishing Universal Healthcare for all Mexican citizens. The United States could’ve had this, but people chose economic collapse, cruelty and death instead. I’ll never regret voting for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.

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Two heartbreaking shootings took place this weekend. One country said “never again!” The other said “welp, just another day in a great country”. There are solutions, the US government just values money over human life. We don’t need guns, people just want guns.

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Instead of working to reopen the government and lower health care costs, House Republicans are taking their FOURTH week of vacation. @repmcgovern.bsky.social and I are going to keep showing up—even when Republicans don't—to make sure every family has access to affordable health care.

youtube.comInstead of working to reopen the government, House Republicans are taking their 4th week of vacationYouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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For the fourth time in eight days, Pope Leo has taken direct aim at Donald Trump's abuse of migrants in the United States. In a new letter sent to Catholic Charities USA, he calls immigrants to the United States “witnesses of hope” and encourages Catholics to do all we can to welcome them.

open.substack.comFourth Rebuke in Eight Days: Pope Leo Intensifies Clash with Trump Over MigrantsIn his latest rebuke of Trumpism, Pope Leo praises immigrants as “agents of hope” and tells Catholics their faith is tested by how they welcome the stranger.

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Today, I'm signing legislation to safeguard our elections and the voice of every voter. It's now illegal to use contests or payments to get people to register to vote. And in the 2026 election, voters have the chance to repeal our state's ban on the public financing of elections.

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❗ ABJECT CRUELTY & DEPRAVITY. In Chicago's South Shore, federal agents went after Black Americans--US citizens--& Venezuelan families. They dragged a 67 y/o American man outside, leaving him ziptied for hours. They dragged out Venezuelan families, some unclothed, separating parents & kids. @wbez.org

wbez.orgMassive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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A man very recently called for “involuntary lethal injection” for the mentally ill and the unhoused. Literally talking about murdering other humans—and he still kept his job. Brian Killmeade, Fox & Friends.