CURRENT EVENTS July 31-Sept 27
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I hope a bunch of countries boycott the Olympics.
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Ummm, even if this is just one of Trump's out of left field insane daily rambles.... it's really not a good look to ask if she is related to a white man from the 1780s - 1830s. Especially since it's an ongoing feud between them and she's called him out on his racist dog whistles before.
So what's the consensus here: Innocent or not so innocent? I think he at least had an idea what he was doing. So put me down for a not so innocent.
Edited to add that Davy Crockett reportedly owned at least two slaves.
www.the-independent.com
President Donald Trump tore down the Democratic Party during an interview with CNBC on Tuesday morning and targeted his frequent political foe, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, deriding her as an example of one of their “low IQ” members.
In a long-winded, and occasionally rambling, interview with Squawk Box, the president lashed out at the opposing political party for being “lost” and “self-destructing.” In between speaking about his economic policy record and plans for tariffs, the president took some time to insult prominent members of the party with whom he often quarrels.
Using one of his commonly used phrases, Trump said members of the Democratic Party are “low IQ people” and cited the Texas congresswoman as an example.
“I mean, when you have low-IQ people, like Crockett,” Trump began before suddenly going on a tangent.
“I wonder if she’s any relationship to the late, great Davy Crockett, who was a great, great gentleman,” he said, falling back on the “late, great” appellation he generally reserves for the fictional Silence of the Lambs serial killer Hannibal Lecter to oddly decry illegal immigration at campaign rallies.
“I wonder if she’s got any relationship to Davy Crockett. The great old Davy Crockett,” Trump pondered.
So what's the consensus here: Innocent or not so innocent? I think he at least had an idea what he was doing. So put me down for a not so innocent.
Edited to add that Davy Crockett reportedly owned at least two slaves.
Trump wonders if ‘low IQ’ foe Jasmine Crockett ‘is any relationship to the late, great Davy’ as he rips ‘lost’ Democrats
Trump rips ‘lost’ Democrats and calls foe Jasmine Crockett ‘low IQ’
The president blasted his near-constant sparring partner in a wide-ranging and often rambling interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box Tuesday morning
www.the-independent.com
President Donald Trump tore down the Democratic Party during an interview with CNBC on Tuesday morning and targeted his frequent political foe, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, deriding her as an example of one of their “low IQ” members.
In a long-winded, and occasionally rambling, interview with Squawk Box, the president lashed out at the opposing political party for being “lost” and “self-destructing.” In between speaking about his economic policy record and plans for tariffs, the president took some time to insult prominent members of the party with whom he often quarrels.
Using one of his commonly used phrases, Trump said members of the Democratic Party are “low IQ people” and cited the Texas congresswoman as an example.
“I mean, when you have low-IQ people, like Crockett,” Trump began before suddenly going on a tangent.
“I wonder if she’s any relationship to the late, great Davy Crockett, who was a great, great gentleman,” he said, falling back on the “late, great” appellation he generally reserves for the fictional Silence of the Lambs serial killer Hannibal Lecter to oddly decry illegal immigration at campaign rallies.
“I wonder if she’s got any relationship to Davy Crockett. The great old Davy Crockett,” Trump pondered.
What could go wrong?
Then what would this dumbass's reasoning be?
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Because the airlines are too woke, obviously.
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no, but thank you i'll read that one too!
this one: After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs
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Here you go:
After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs
There are growing signs that President Trump’s levies are filtering through to consumer prices, as companies exhaust options for keeping them stable.
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Here you go:
After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs
There are growing signs that President Trump’s levies are filtering through to consumer prices, as companies exhaust options for keeping them stable.www.nytimes.com
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Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Companies’ Donations (Gift Article)
The president posted talking points provided by one firm that donated millions, and his administration delayed a change on coverage of pricey bandages that could have hurt the company and others like it.
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Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Companies’ Donations (Gift Article)
The president posted talking points provided by one firm that donated millions, and his administration delayed a change on coverage of pricey bandages that could have hurt the company and others like it.
For Extremity Care, the influence campaign was money well spent.
It helped secure support at the highest levels of the U.S. government to protect an important revenue stream for companies that sell skin substitutes to doctors, who use the products to heal stubborn wounds. Since April, the month when the Biden-initiated change would have otherwise gone into effect, Medicare has paid doctors and other medical providers more than $2.3 billion for skin substitutes, according to an analysis that Early Read AI, a health care data analytics company based in Lincolnshire, Ill., conducted for The New York Times.
… Over the preceding three years, as companies exploited a loophole in Medicare billing rules that allowed them to set their own prices for the products, Medicare payments for skin substitutes rose from $256 million in 2021 to $10 billion last year. That was more than the public insurance program spent on ambulances or anesthesia in 2024.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that manages the health care programs, has described the growth in spending on the skin substitutes products as unprecedented, attributing it largely to “abusive pricing practices.”
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The company has sold some of the most expensive skin substitute products on the market. One called Restorigin, for example, began listing in January 2024 with a price of $9,916 per square inch. At the time, the average price for that kind of product was around $2,500.
Three months later, Medicare data shows the listing of another product sold by Extremity Care. That patch, Complete FT, sold for $11,283 per square inch.
On those two products alone, Medicare has spent at least $1.4 billion, according to an analysis of spending data from the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations.…”
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“… In April 2024, Medicare contractors released a proposal to limit the public insurer’s coverage to the 17 products that were the subject of published research proving their effectiveness. That list did not include any Extremity Care bandages.
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The donations helped Mr. Ballard arrange audiences for Mr. Burckhardt and Mr. Madden with Mr. Trump during the campaign.
And in early June 2024 — a couple of weeks after the $1 million donation to the advertising super PAC, which was run by associates of Mr. Trump’s political operation — he made a post on his social media site that echoed Extremity Care’s concerns about the proposed new rule from the Biden administration tightening Medicare reimbursement.
“Crooked Joe Biden is saying Medicare will not cover more than 50,000 Americans living with horrible open wounds caused by diabetes,” Mr. Trump wrote, citing “testimony from doctors” and “groundbreaking medical research” ostensibly backing the products. “These people are hurting, but they should know that help is on the way this November!” he added.
As Mr. Trump was preparing to take office, some of the skin substitute companies and their executives donated to his inauguration, as well as to the campaign committee of his choice for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (Mr. Burckhardt donated more than $103,000 to Mr. Kennedy after the election, according to F.E.C. filings.)…”
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“… But the industry was caught off guard in July. The Trump administration changed course and proposed a new plan that would lower skin substitute reimbursements to a flat fee of $806 per square inch, a small fraction of what some companies currently earn. The proposal could go into effect next year if it is finalized.
The skin substitute industry immediately condemned the proposal but also saw an opening: They could lobby for a higher flat fee. In recent weeks, companies have coalesced around lobbying for a price of at least $3,800 per square inch.…”
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Good lord. If the "skin substitute industry" isn't holding every single annual conference at Mar-a-Lago, they're missing the goldenest of all opportunities.
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US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service
The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
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This is beyond disgusting and despicable. As a Veteran this sickens me and pisses me off that Airmen who have served honorably are being treated like second class citizens. FUCK the MAGA ass hats and all who voted for Taco Cheese. What's next? Are they going to force out those of us who don't drink the kook-aid?
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