Here's what you need to know about the No Surprises Act—and why there's a lawsuit to stop it
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One of the more uniquely American nightmares is not only surviving a life-threatening illness, disease, or accident, but surviving only to wake up to an enormous medical bill. Sometimes these bills aren’t even the result of an unlikely freak accident, eithe
'Fraud Alert': Republicans tout major investments from American Rescue Plan no Republican voted for
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Republicans will never stop singing the praises of the legislative accomplishments of President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats with one caveat: They'll also never mention Democrats while taking credit for those accomplishments.
Not even right-wi
The shenanigans around Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star scheme continue
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Three retired judges who have been overseeing the cases of a number of migrants arrested under extremist Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star scheme were dismissed last week, The Texas Tribune reports. What did all three state-appointed judges h
This series documents stories from the Herman Cain Awards subreddit tracking the COVID-19 mis- and disinformation on Facebook that is leading to so many deaths. Today I’ll be taking snippets from here and there.
Trump official broke the law with attempt to silence government scientists during pandemic
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A Trump administration political appointee broke the law with a gag order banning Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) staff from talking to the media, the Office of Special Counsel concluded. That gag order came from Michael Caputo, HHS assista
Time magazine names Elon Musk ‘Person Of The Year,’ the internet says nope
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On Monday, TIME magazine offered up a preview of its upcoming “Person of the Year” issue. Since the Meredith Corporation took control of the magazine, the cover has been graced by capital-J Journalists—including the assassinated Jamal Kha
Herschel Walker’s rabid right-winger kid mocked over gas rant video while wearing $1,295 shirt
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If you’ve been fortunate enough to have missed the desperate and noxious Twitter and Instagram rants from Christian Walker, son of retired NFL player and Georgia Senate contender Herschel Walker, consider yourself very lucky.
Saturday, Walker sh
800,000 Americans have now died of COVID-19, and the 1 million mark is all but assured
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The count of Americans who have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic's beginning continues to be more muddled than one might expect, but NBC News reports that by their count, the nation has just topped 800,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths. The New York
Video shows Herschel Walker's son complain about gas prices under Biden wearing a $1,295 sweatshirt
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If you’ve been fortunate enough to have missed the desperate and noxious Twitter and Instagram rants from Christian Walker, son of retired NFL player and Georgia Senate contender Herschel Walker, consider yourself very lucky.
Saturday, Walker sh
South Dakota teachers scramble for dollar bills during halftime at hockey game
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How much more dystopian can modern life get here in the United States? This question feels more than a little dangerous, given that Republicans continue to show us that they seem to have no boundaries—they’re willing to attack vulnerable trans youth, argu
Sen. Manchin's 'blind trust' isn't blinding him to a most lucrative asset: His family coal company
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Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia apparently doesn't like being reminded that he killed a $150 billion climate change provision in President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill that could have directly impacted his personal fortune.
The Washington Post r
Extremist governor Ron DeSantis targets asylum-seeking children in so-called 'emergency' order
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Florida’s extremist governor continues to endanger the safety of children in his state, last week issuing a so-called “emergency” rule blocking the license renewals of federally funded facilities where asylum-seeking children in Health and Hum
Republican hypocrisy on disaster relief is a guide for how we should hear anything they say
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The tornado that tore through Kentucky, leaving 64 dead and more than 100 missing, is a disaster that will require significant emergency aid. Federal emergency assistance is already on the way, but the needs of a state that saw whole areas virtually flat
Teachers scramble to shove dollar bills into clothing during hockey game in order to fund classrooms
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How much more dystopian can modern life get here in the United States? This question feels more than a little dangerous, given that Republicans continue to show us that they seem to have no boundaries—they’re willing to attack vulnerable trans youth, argu
Rand Paul and Thomas Massie are reliable votes against disaster aid. Except when Kentucky's in need
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The tornado that tore through Kentucky, leaving 64 dead and more than 100 missing, is a disaster that will require significant emergency aid. Federal emergency assistance is already on the way, but the needs of a state that saw whole areas virtually flat
'Using children as pawns': Ron DeSantis issues 'emergency rule' targeting asylum-seeking kids
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Florida’s extremist governor continues to endanger the safety of children in his state, last week issuing a so-called “emergency” rule blocking the license renewals of federally funded facilities where asylum-seeking children in Health and Hum
Good news! Biden’s new executive order to streamline Social Security, passports, more
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President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order Monday that will make several government agencies more efficient and easier for Americans to navigate. The new order fast-forwards the nation into the digital age by cutting the time and vexation of federa
Live: Trial continues for cop who claims she grabbed gun instead of Taser to shoot Daunte Wright
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The trial of a white former police officer accused of manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright began last week and pressed on Monday with testimony from the local medical examiner. Lorren Jackson, of Hennepin County, testified to what
Biden to sign order making Social Security, passports, Medicare, and disaster aid easier to navigate
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President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order Monday that will make several government agencies more efficient and easier for Americans to navigate. The new order fast-forwards the nation into the digital age by cutting the time and vexation of federa
National Guard's Jan. 6 role was to 'protect pro Trump people,' Mark Meadows said
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The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will vote on holding former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt on Monday, with a full House vote likely on Tuesday. The committee has receipts, which it described Sunday night in a 51-page
Jan. 6 select committee plans vote to hold former Trump chief of staff in contempt of Congress
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The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will vote on holding former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt on Monday, with a full House vote likely on Tuesday. The committee has receipts, which it described Sunday night in a 51-page
Morning Digest: Why did Maryland Democrats go soft on redistricting? Here's who's to blame
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Uncertainty about the pandemic is not blocking confidence in mitigation
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BBC on UK prospects:
Omicron study suggests major wave in January
The number of deaths from the variant by the end of April could range from 25,000 to 75,000 depending on how well vaccines perform, they said.
But the experts behind the study said th
News Roundup: California to challenge Supreme Court absurdity; press yawns at new coup evidence
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In the news today: Responding to the transparent absurdity of the Supreme Court's stance on the Texas «bounty hunter»-premised state ban on abortions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he's calling the court's bluff, pushing for a similar bou
Joan McCarter on the Michelangelo Signorile Show: We cannot be complacent about American democracy
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Daily Kos senior political writer Joan McCarter joined Michelangelo Signorile on his show earlier this week, where they discussed why democracy in America is increasingly at risk—especially as we head toward 2024—and what’s happ
Kerry Eleveld on the Michelangelo Signorile Show: Repeal of Roe would be «like a bomb dropping»
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This week, Daily Kos senior political writer Kerry Eleveld joined Michelangelo Signorile on his show to talk about the fate of Roe v. Wade, the future of Georgia, and what Democrats can do after they pass President Biden’s Build Bac
Tucker Carlson declares war on the homeless over a tree
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Arson is bad. Arson is something no one wants in their community. I don’t wish it on anyone, and it should be handled accordingly. I also believe that homelessness is bad. Our refusal to really address the mental health issues faced by the unhoused matters.
Doctors and activists call for advance provision of the abortion pill
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The fate of Roe v. Wade hangs in the balance after last week’s Supreme Court hearing and the Supreme Court’s latest decision to allow Texas’ repressive Senate Bill 8 to remain in effect despite allowing abortion providers to sue state official
Nuts & Bolts: What if... we could we redistrict in our favor?
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Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. Following the 2010 census, Republican statehouses worked hard to redistrict in ways that significantly favor their candidates in Republican states. Democratic states di
Little has changed for immigrants and advocates protesting detention and immigration policies
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by Maurizio Guerrero
This story was originally published at Prism.
Despite President Joe Biden’s stated commitment to opening a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and promises to stop retaliation against immigrants and their advocate
Father-son duo suspected of starting Caldor fire face charges over makeshift machine gun
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Labor Day weekend 2021 up in Lake Tahoe, California, was spent evacuating residents and tourists while the Golden State threw everything it had to fight the Caldor fire. The wildfire, exacerbated by California’s long-standing drought burned over 221,000 acr
It's not in your head—your blood pressure really might be rising during the pandemic
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At this point in the novel coronavirus pandemic, we’re still learning about the long-term effects of the virus, and how those risks might vary based on age, socioeconomic class, region, and so on. Whether you’ve lived with COVID-19 or not, though, it’s
by Ashton Lattimore
This article was originally published at Prism
Pregnancy is right up there with aging on the list of human experiences that will permanently change a person’s body. Scars and complications from C-section surgery, lasting pai
Florida man arrested and charged with graphic threats directed at two congresswomen
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On Thursday, Paul Vernon Hoeffer, who you know is accused of something heinous since we’re using all three names, was charged with “three counts of interstate transmission of threats to kidnap or injure.” According to the U.S. Attorney’
Sotomayor sees possible trickle-down effects of abortion ban, and she's not alone. Newsom has a plan
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When the Supreme Court ruled on Friday to allow a Texas ban on abortions after six weeks, many considered it early evidence of the high court's inclination to overturn the groundbreaking Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights. California Gov. Gavin N
Oh, cool, no major newspaper put the Mark Meadows PowerPoint coup presentation on their front page
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On Thursday, it was revealed that former White House Chief Mark Meadows—who’s been riding high on the absurdity of his latest book—turned over an email to the Jan. 6 Committee featuring a PowerPoint presentation presenting a host of options to prev
Torrance cop scandal over racist texts mere tip of bigotry iceberg within nation’s law enforcement
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The revelation that over a dozen police officers on the force in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance exchanged a slew of racist, homophobic, and antisemitic texts over the course of years has spurred a torrent of outrage in California—particularly as it beco
With abortion rights hanging in the balance, pregnant young people are among the most vulnerable
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by Ray Levy Uyeda
This article was originally published at Prism
On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which will determine the legality of a Mississippi ban on abort
Trump tore up nuclear deal, and now Iran's closer than ever to getting nukes. Can Biden fix this?
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“This is a good day,” President Barack Obama began his remarks on Jan. 17, 2016, “because once again we are seeing what’s possible with strong American diplomacy.” On that day he celebrated the success of the so-called Iran Nuclear Deal—aka the Jo
