Tom Bozeman
@deepsolidarity.bsky.social
ordained & fellowshipped Unitarian Universalist minister
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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“Where do you go to escape this?… Is it safe to go back home? Do I stay here? Where do I go? How do you run from a chemical plume?”
‘Everytime we come back, we all get sick’: GA residents affected by September BioLab fire are still going through hell
“Where do you go to escape this?... Is it safe to go back home? Do I stay here? Where do I go? How do you run from a chemical plume?”
therealnews.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:51 PM
“Where do you go to escape this?… Is it safe to go back home? Do I stay here? Where do I go? How do you run from a chemical plume?”
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"regulations are bad" is one of the biggest PR coups of the right, because it does the neat trick of sidestepping what the regulations are actually for
the vast majority of regulations are easy to defend on their own merits, so you pivot to attacking the entire concept instead
the vast majority of regulations are easy to defend on their own merits, so you pivot to attacking the entire concept instead
The U.S. press writes about the "deregulatory agenda" as if real people simply don't exist.
Not a fleeting HINT in this article that letting billionaires dismantle labor, consumer, and environmental standards might have some downsides
it's so bad it feels satirical
Not a fleeting HINT in this article that letting billionaires dismantle labor, consumer, and environmental standards might have some downsides
it's so bad it feels satirical
How the tech right wants to run America
www.politico.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:21 PM
"regulations are bad" is one of the biggest PR coups of the right, because it does the neat trick of sidestepping what the regulations are actually for
the vast majority of regulations are easy to defend on their own merits, so you pivot to attacking the entire concept instead
the vast majority of regulations are easy to defend on their own merits, so you pivot to attacking the entire concept instead
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We are living in a golden age of right wing billionaire funded propaganda, and it’s pretty much come to dominate most social media platforms via algorithms that thwart any democratic moves to create genuine community and connection independent of their efforts to corral, confound, and confuse us.
December 12, 2024 at 3:38 PM
We are living in a golden age of right wing billionaire funded propaganda, and it’s pretty much come to dominate most social media platforms via algorithms that thwart any democratic moves to create genuine community and connection independent of their efforts to corral, confound, and confuse us.
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"Of course, elections should not be our only — or even our primary — tool to build power. But given the fact that our power is limited and our opponents are so well-funded, we can’t afford to leave any tool on the table."
@mauricewfp.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/ball...
@mauricewfp.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/ball...
Don’t Retreat, the Ballot Box Belongs to Working People
Elections aren't the only tool that the working class can use to build power. But as the Right continues to dismantle movement gains, we must use every tool available to us.
inthesetimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:17 PM
"Of course, elections should not be our only — or even our primary — tool to build power. But given the fact that our power is limited and our opponents are so well-funded, we can’t afford to leave any tool on the table."
@mauricewfp.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/ball...
@mauricewfp.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/ball...
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The encampments are gone and with them the TV crews but some folks have spent the months since working overtime to criminalize every single thing about them and any possible association with them. The behind the scenes retribution and score settling would shock you.
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
Universities are continuing to retaliate against staff for participating in Gaza campus protests
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen...
mondoweiss.net
December 12, 2024 at 4:01 AM
The encampments are gone and with them the TV crews but some folks have spent the months since working overtime to criminalize every single thing about them and any possible association with them. The behind the scenes retribution and score settling would shock you.
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the latest attempt by the NYT to cast zuck as a complex figure continues to age like a moldy cup of coffee
December 12, 2024 at 4:09 AM
the latest attempt by the NYT to cast zuck as a complex figure continues to age like a moldy cup of coffee
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NEW: A Jan. 6 defendant recruited "fighters" to storm the Capitol, carried a knife and wore a plate carrier as he joined a mob to overrun police lines.
GOP lawmakers just invited him to attend Donald Trump's inauguration at the Capitol.
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
GOP lawmakers just invited him to attend Donald Trump's inauguration at the Capitol.
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
December 11, 2024 at 8:12 PM
NEW: A Jan. 6 defendant recruited "fighters" to storm the Capitol, carried a knife and wore a plate carrier as he joined a mob to overrun police lines.
GOP lawmakers just invited him to attend Donald Trump's inauguration at the Capitol.
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
GOP lawmakers just invited him to attend Donald Trump's inauguration at the Capitol.
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
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Weird how in medialand it's going to college or kids protesting things as the reason why Democrats "lost touch with the working class" and not things like Sinema and Manchin waltzing in to screw workers on the NLRB vote.
December 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Weird how in medialand it's going to college or kids protesting things as the reason why Democrats "lost touch with the working class" and not things like Sinema and Manchin waltzing in to screw workers on the NLRB vote.
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wrote about the media frenzy following Daniel Penny's acquittal for murdering Jordan Neely, and the disparity in the NYPD's reaction to finding Luigi Mangione, vs the stabbing of 17-year-old Yeremi Colino—about a country making some lives more valuable than others. @teenvogue.bsky.social
Why Does the UnitedHealthcare CEO'S Death Matter More Jordan Neely's?
The difference in media treatment, and in punishment, for killing seems to depend on how much money the person was worth.
www.teenvogue.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:35 PM
wrote about the media frenzy following Daniel Penny's acquittal for murdering Jordan Neely, and the disparity in the NYPD's reaction to finding Luigi Mangione, vs the stabbing of 17-year-old Yeremi Colino—about a country making some lives more valuable than others. @teenvogue.bsky.social
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"We need a shared recognition that we are all suffering in wholly preventable, manufactured ways–and that corporations and billionaires are our collective enemies."
My latest is a reflection on how people have responded to the killing of a health insurance CEO. "Rather than centering Thompson’s humanity, as scolding voices have demanded, they centered their own, and the humanity and suffering of others who were harmed by the insurance industry."
Insurance Denials, Chronic Pain, and a Nation’s Rage
One might call this development “a morbid symptom” of a late-stage sickness.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 11, 2024 at 6:47 PM
"We need a shared recognition that we are all suffering in wholly preventable, manufactured ways–and that corporations and billionaires are our collective enemies."
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My latest is a reflection on how people have responded to the killing of a health insurance CEO. "Rather than centering Thompson’s humanity, as scolding voices have demanded, they centered their own, and the humanity and suffering of others who were harmed by the insurance industry."
Insurance Denials, Chronic Pain, and a Nation’s Rage
One might call this development “a morbid symptom” of a late-stage sickness.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 10, 2024 at 10:17 PM
My latest is a reflection on how people have responded to the killing of a health insurance CEO. "Rather than centering Thompson’s humanity, as scolding voices have demanded, they centered their own, and the humanity and suffering of others who were harmed by the insurance industry."
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Another day another series of Israeli war crimes: "At least 7 Palestinians killed by Israeli attack on Gaza’s Nuseirat camp. Attack comes hours after 20 people from the same displaced family were killed in northern Gaza." www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...
At least 7 Palestinians killed by Israeli attack on Gaza’s Nuseirat camp
Palestinian Civil Defence says a woman and three children were among those killed.
www.aljazeera.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Another day another series of Israeli war crimes: "At least 7 Palestinians killed by Israeli attack on Gaza’s Nuseirat camp. Attack comes hours after 20 people from the same displaced family were killed in northern Gaza." www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...
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URGENT call to action from pro-democracy journalists from around the world TO American journalists.
Please share this powerful collection w/all journalists/eds.
Please advocate for the #PRESSact -to protect journalists/sources
h/t @amlwhere.bsky.social
@niemanreports.org
bsky.app/profile/amlw...
Please share this powerful collection w/all journalists/eds.
Please advocate for the #PRESSact -to protect journalists/sources
h/t @amlwhere.bsky.social
@niemanreports.org
bsky.app/profile/amlw...
“American colleagues, prepare for the worse,” wrote Glenda Gloria, @rappler.bsky.social editor in the Philippines. “If it doesn’t happen, you’ll be happy to be proven wrong. If it happens, it would happen fast.” She’s pictured w/ @mariaressa.bsky.social, with whom she endured repeated govt attacks.
November 28, 2024 at 3:11 AM
URGENT call to action from pro-democracy journalists from around the world TO American journalists.
Please share this powerful collection w/all journalists/eds.
Please advocate for the #PRESSact -to protect journalists/sources
h/t @amlwhere.bsky.social
@niemanreports.org
bsky.app/profile/amlw...
Please share this powerful collection w/all journalists/eds.
Please advocate for the #PRESSact -to protect journalists/sources
h/t @amlwhere.bsky.social
@niemanreports.org
bsky.app/profile/amlw...
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You know what the White House reminds me of right now?
The Titanic.
"So far the only lifeboat that's been launched is a pardon for the president’s son. What about everyone else? Erasing student debt is one way for the admin to put ordinary people into lifeboats.
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
The Titanic.
"So far the only lifeboat that's been launched is a pardon for the president’s son. What about everyone else? Erasing student debt is one way for the admin to put ordinary people into lifeboats.
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
Biden’s Got One Last Chance to Cancel Student Debt
We won’t be talking student loan relief once Trump takes office. We’ll be talking about the abolition of the Department of Education.
newrepublic.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:16 PM
You know what the White House reminds me of right now?
The Titanic.
"So far the only lifeboat that's been launched is a pardon for the president’s son. What about everyone else? Erasing student debt is one way for the admin to put ordinary people into lifeboats.
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
The Titanic.
"So far the only lifeboat that's been launched is a pardon for the president’s son. What about everyone else? Erasing student debt is one way for the admin to put ordinary people into lifeboats.
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
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An Israeli air strike on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza has killed and injured several Palestinians, including children.
December 10, 2024 at 2:10 PM
An Israeli air strike on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza has killed and injured several Palestinians, including children.
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The Misunderestimating Trap: Many progressives think that people who vote conservative are just stupid, especially those who vote against their economic self-interest.
Some believe that if we tell them the real economic facts, they will change how they vote. 🧵
www.theframelab.org/twelve-commu...
Some believe that if we tell them the real economic facts, they will change how they vote. 🧵
www.theframelab.org/twelve-commu...
Twelve Communication Traps Democrats and Progressives Must Avoid
Dr. George Lakoff outlines the major pitfalls of political framing
www.theframelab.org
December 9, 2024 at 10:42 PM
The Misunderestimating Trap: Many progressives think that people who vote conservative are just stupid, especially those who vote against their economic self-interest.
Some believe that if we tell them the real economic facts, they will change how they vote. 🧵
www.theframelab.org/twelve-commu...
Some believe that if we tell them the real economic facts, they will change how they vote. 🧵
www.theframelab.org/twelve-commu...
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A lot of things make sense once you realize that originalism is a philosophy for people who want to BE bigots, but don’t want to be called out on it.
December 10, 2024 at 4:01 AM
A lot of things make sense once you realize that originalism is a philosophy for people who want to BE bigots, but don’t want to be called out on it.
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Nobel economist Angus Deaton argued that the healthcare system in the U.S. gives opportunities for rent-seeking or taking profits without creating value. Austrian political economist Joseph Schumpeter noted that health insurance companies are the biggest rent seekers in the industry.
Private Health Insurance as a Rent-Seeking Middleman - Profolus
Critics have argued that private health insurance is a rent-seeking middleman because of its failure to promote and protect health equity.
www.profolus.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Nobel economist Angus Deaton argued that the healthcare system in the U.S. gives opportunities for rent-seeking or taking profits without creating value. Austrian political economist Joseph Schumpeter noted that health insurance companies are the biggest rent seekers in the industry.
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shameful propaganda to justify killing 10,000s of children, laundering tabloid innuendo and playing to reader ignorance. 1000’s of educators in Israel are in the IDF. The UN cannot possibly know the off-hour activities of 10,000+ employees. Vile and cynical incitment www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/w...
Records Seized by Israel Show Hamas Presence in U.N. Schools
While Israel asserts that the United Nations has tried to minimize the problem, the global organization says Israeli officials are waging an unfair campaign to discredit it.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:50 AM
shameful propaganda to justify killing 10,000s of children, laundering tabloid innuendo and playing to reader ignorance. 1000’s of educators in Israel are in the IDF. The UN cannot possibly know the off-hour activities of 10,000+ employees. Vile and cynical incitment www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/w...
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Apparently step 1 of running the government like a business is to cut off the main source of revenue for the govt/biz...
In addition to being an auctioneer who hawked the fraud-riddled Employee Retention Tax Credit, Trump's pick for IRS commissioner previously sponsored a bill to abolish the IRS
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Going Once, Going Twice…Nominated? Meet Auctioneer Billy Long, Trump’s Unlikely IRS Pick
The colorful former congressman’s bid comes after years of cultivating a friendship with the president-elect.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Apparently step 1 of running the government like a business is to cut off the main source of revenue for the govt/biz...