Open Thread

JOE BIDEN VS. Carney/DeMatteis/Geisenberger.  The topic?:  Medicare Advantage: The multimillion dollar ad buy is part of an aggressive campaign by the health insurance industry and its allies to stop the…

Rethugs Sabotaged Jimmy Carter's Reelection Bid--Cut Deal With Iran To Hold Prisoners Until After Reagan's Election.  We'd always suspected it, but now we have close-to-incontrovertible proof: It has been more…

Conventional Wisdom: DeSantis Is Flaming Out Already: But the DeSantis salad days appear to be over. Perhaps Republican voters have already forgotten that Trump almost singlehandedly doomed their Senate takeover…

"What do ye call a wee Irish person who's always complainin' of their aches and pains?" "A leprechaundriac." Santos Plans Reelection Bid!  The exclamation point is meant to be ironic.…

How AI Algorithms Routinely Reject Medicare Advantage Claims:  Just something else that the intellectually-incurious John Carney will never read: The STAT investigation found artificial intelligence is increasingly driving denials by…

'I Got Your Oil Slick Right Here'.  Biden to Alaska: The Biden administration has decided to authorize a mammoth ConocoPhillips oil project in northwest Alaska, despite arguments by opponents that…

Flooding Ravages Merle Haggard's California. Much of the rest of Cali as well.  Haggard was born and raised in Oilville, which is in Tulare County.  Both Tulare and Kern Counties…

Rep. Connolly Exposes The Jim Jordan Klown Show.  Just skip down and watch the video of Connolly's destruction of two so-called 'independent journalists'.  You're welcome. More Fun With Matt Taibbi:…

Cali To Walgreen's: "Drop Dead".  I'm with Cali.  Walgreen's corporate has bowed to threats from Red State assholes and has unilaterally decided not to distribute abortion pills in 20 states:…

Florida vs. Education: Florida legislators have proposed a spate of new laws that would reshape K-12 and higher education in the state, from requiring teachers to use pronouns matching children’s…

Biden Chooses Reelection Over DC Self-Rule.  Once a politician...: President Joe Biden changed course on Thursday, informing Democrats that he will not veto a Republican-sponsored resolution overturning a new Washington,…

Medicaid Expansion Comes To--North Carolina!  Heretofore only one of 11 states to not embrace the Affordable Care Act.  A rare bipartisan political deal that's worth embracing: The agreement from Senate…