Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialRosalie907💙🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦🌈🦋 @rosalie907.bsky.social · 14hLike I’ve previously written, RepubliCONS are now agreeing with Democrats on programs, denying Donald Trump only to try to get elected. They’ll switch back on November 3rd if the do get elected. 133
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialHedley Lamar's fugly sister @endora-laduce.bsky.social · 13h• UnitedHealth Group led the sector with $12.05 billion in full-year net income. • Cigna followed as the next most profitable payer at nearly $6 billion. • Overall health insurance industry net earnings tightened to roughly $6 billion with a narrow 0.4% net profit margin 001
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialHedley Lamar's fugly sister @endora-laduce.bsky.social · 13h• Top systems like Kaiser Permanente reported annual revenues near $127.7 billion, and HCA Healthcare brought in $75.6 billion. • Hospital operating margins rebounded to a median of 5.2%, driven by outpatient volume growth. 001
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialHedley Lamar's fugly sister @endora-laduce.bsky.social · 13h• Historically, pharmaceutical net income margins average around 13.8%, outperforming the broader S&P 500 average. • Large publicly traded healthcare firms allocated 95% of net income ($2.6 trillion total from 2001 to 2022) directly to shareholder dividends and stock buybacks. 001
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialPez dorado @p3zd0r4d0.bsky.social · 9hIn 1947, a British Member of Parliament said “Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community.” The US could learn a lot from its older cousin. 041
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 7hTrump's cuts to science have risked countless lives. NIH cuts canceled two clinical trials for children's brain cancer, and delayed many more that could have saved those in need. Trump's policies kill people. 0125
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialMincepies @mincepies8888.bsky.social · 7hUS Vote deadlines are close Registration ends: Oct 4th - Alaska, Rhode Island, S. Carolina. Oct 5th - Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Texas Help Desk: www.votefromabroad.org Citizens abroad request ballot by e mail. Please repost everywhere to remind other Americansvotefromabroad.orgRequest Absentee Ballots for US Citizens | VoteFromAbroad.orgHelping US Citizens Request Their Absentee Ballot to Vote from Outside the US | VoteFromAbroad.org 001
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialOntja Huscarlnäherin @ontja.bsky.social · 6hIt's high time! The US is the only high-income, industrialized nation without a system of universal healthcare. A landmark study in the American Journal of Public Health estimated that between 35,327 and 44,789 working-age Americans die annually specifically due to a lack of health insurance... 011
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialMaryO @maryemslieolsson.bsky.social · 4hRepublican lawmakers, enjoying an extra income from health insurance companies, and having excellent coverage themselves, have knowingly denied people in all social classes and income brackets, including millions of working people, without any kind of health coverage, at all. And they don't care. 011
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialJeff-NH @jeff-nh.bsky.social · 4hSo Mike Rogers is cool with a family monthly premium of $2000 and $15000 deductible, effectively causing so many uninsured or underinsured families? But I guess he has good insurance! 011
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16hI'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.metrotimes.comMike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro TimesMike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families. 13180572651
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 6hItalian photographer Valerio Minato spent 6 years trying to capture one perfect shot near Turin, Italy, where the Basilica of Superga, the Monviso mountain, and the Moon lined up in a single frame. Good Morning Blue Sky 1073565677
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 14hMeet the Siberian long tailed tit, a tiny adorable fluffball with double eyelids. Original post 261866234
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialTheo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 4hPlease enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star 12344181050
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialcarp68 @carp68.bsky.social · 21hThis is the stupid shit that this stupid shit worries about. What is taking the blood clots or the heart attack or the brain aneurysm so long??? 012
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h"I'll be signing a very powerful executive order." Sure ya will, Sleepy The Blackface Clown! 165622113
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialFor the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 5hHaving a cat means hearing things crash in the middle of the night and deciding it's a problem for tomorrow. 1383855298
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 6hBecause nothing screams "we're hard at work making AI safer" than a White House lunch with other tech overlords where the president insists you call it Super Intelligence.motherjones.comOpenAI cancels its advanced model launch, then heads to lunch with TrumpThe startup has apologized for several security incidents and canceled the public launch of its latest advanced model. That's not enough. 1420953
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 13hHow much I would love to have a normal night's sleep again, instead of staring at the ceiling and thinking about how russia struck a school today during the day, and an animal shelter at night, where poor dogs and cats had no chance of escaping their cages. How a private house in Kyiv is 652130482
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15hOwning the libs. 135396321518
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialMichael Tisserand @tisserand.bsky.social · 17hWatching the Senate hearings like 733644444
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 18hMorocco appoints its first woman prime minister, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansourilemonde.frMorocco appoints its first woman prime minister, Fatima Ezzahra El MansouriNearly a week after her party, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), won the parliamentary elections, the mayor of Marrakech was named Morocco's prime minister on September 29. 492272579
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 15hThis playful cat completely made the window cleaner’s day. Original post 1226316788
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialGuam Marine🇺🇦💙🐶🐱🐎🌵🫘 @guammarine.bsky.social · 5hWhat a Good Life!! Everyday he Gave & Received the Best of Love!! If it's his time to Cross, feed him some Chocolate, Every Boo deserves to taste Chocolate before Entering Eternity!! 153
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialNiall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 7hWe are trying everything to get Mr Big back on his paws. He's set off today to the big hospital where a series of tests and specialists are waiting for him. Keep him in your thoughts. We hope to have some answers tomorrow for this gentle older dog we love so much ❤️ 1753744344
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialDerek Mulready 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @dpp7541.bsky.social · 8h5 Countries in the Northern Hemisphere use the FPTP elections system. Britain. Canada. The United States of America. Russia. Belarus. While in the EU. Britain used Proportional Representation to Elect candidates to the EU28 Parliament from 1998. 🇮🇪🇪🇺 011
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialDerek Mulready 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @dpp7541.bsky.social · 8hThe Uneducated Misinformed Republican Electorate will vote for Republican candidate. So as their neighbors will not be supported by their taxes. But will accept Tax funded Billions from Democratic States. 🇮🇪🇪🇺 001
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialMED' @med84.bsky.social · 5hMeanwhile, many of us MUTE the TV when political ads come on! When you live in Texas, no amount of PAC $ is ENOUGH to make us forget WHO Paxton really is! Early voting starts 19 October! Vote for TALARICO! VOTE BLUE 💙! 032
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialBraeburn Gesoran @applesandoranges1.bsky.social · 9hDont forget blackmailed. Thats what Epstein was all about. 041
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialgoodtroublebrigade.bsky.social @goodtroublebrigade.bsky.social · 12hHe’s a frign mob boss and should be arrested under the rico act and take Down the whole organization. Because that’s what it is! They tried to overthrow a government! The ironic thing is citizens voted him back in and know he’s doing the same thing from the inside. good work! CHARACTER MATTERS! 3102
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialCyndi @savannahpeace.bsky.social · 12hI hope Jack will have his day in court. 1166
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialArlington @rweornot.bsky.social · 11hIn other words,,, Trump’s a traitor.. 021
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialHedley Lamar's fugly sister @endora-laduce.bsky.social · 11h more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) 051
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialJulia Dilliard💙🐴🇺🇦#Resist. DM's are blocked. @juliadilliard.bsky.social · 10hSmith said that many of his witnesses were actually Republicans. These same Republicans are now denying that Jan 6 happened. 032
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialklassmi.bsky.social @klassmi.bsky.social · 8hJack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers.” May the guilty #MAGAts pay ⚖️ 041
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialAstroWalker @astrowalker.bsky.social · 5hTed Cruz... now there's an obituary I would be extremely pleased to read. 061
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialBen Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 15hThey (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true. 262106013085
Reposted by @scdeb.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14hThis is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 754173695486
