1. Last week, we reported on WSU certifying an anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group to teach medicine.
Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers.
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Essentially all employer plans, including via COBRA, are not ACA compliant and are regulated by ERISA and not by CMS.
It is difficult to explain that an ACA plan may be superior to their employer's COBRA
Tonight (Oct 20) in Berkeley
Kitty Stryker - book signing and presentation
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1. Yesterday, millions showed up to the No Kings Rally.
Perhaps no one Rally was as full of subtext as Boston's, however.
Senator Markey showed up wearing a trans pride flag. His challenger, anti-trans Dem Rep. Seth Moulton showed up to boos and jeers.
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You are correct, such plans are not required to provide the ten essential health benefits that are required of ACA plans.
With SCOTUS set to legalize conversion therapy, I think it's important for states to get around this decision by implementing new legislation applying private rights of action to practitioners of conversion therapy by their victims with large damages and long statutes of limitations.
The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.
This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.
Only 20 Dems opposed.
(Great to hear from you Elise)
I feel that there is no such thing as "implicit consent". CNC and other forms of blanket consent still must be explicit.
Yesterday morning, I learned that we have lost another member of the Caltech community.
Charles West Conner (B.S. 75 Math) was retired from the U.S. Park Service, at Organ Pipe National Monument, then remaining in the area.
Dedicated environmentalist, Dead archivist, Barcelona Fan.
Federal justices can deputize marshals of their own choosing, to protect the court and enforce its decisions.
In normal times, they have not had to do this but due to the takeover it may start happening.
A BIT MORE
And WHY is she 13???!
A tweet by Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank ) posted 14 hours ago features a cartoon by "BLOPER." The cartoon shows three men in a meeting room. One man is pointing at a chart with a fluctuating line that sharply drops, saying, "It was at this point, gentlemen, that the President decided it was his plan all along to reverse course." The other two men are seated at a table, listening.
Art of the Deal!
McDonalds (evil company I do not support) is food security for 10s of millions of poor Americans.
No food safety net here; while ghoulish, McDonalds provides calories and protein to people who need it.
Elites / white middle class do not care if McDonalds prices go up. It hurts the urban poor.
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Jess Lander: jess.lander@sfchronicle.com
March 15, 2025|Updated March 15, 2025 6:49 p.m.
The Sáttítla National Monument is within the Medicine Lake Highlands, about 350 miles north of San Francisco. The land consists of lakes, lava beds and underground labyrinths formed by the eruption of the largest volcano, by volume, in the Cascade Range. A spiritual center for Native Americans
The Sáttítla National Monument and Chuckwalla National Monument cover nearly 850,000 acres [..] land in California. Biden protected more [..] federal land than any other president, established the monuments at the request of California lawmakers and tribal organizations to prevent mining, drilling
A week before leaving office, former President Joe Biden established two new California national monuments, including one near Mount Shasta. On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order reversing Biden’s proclamation.
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Trump un-designates two National Monuments in California, one of which is the sacred volcanic territory of the Pit River Tribe
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It's not like anyone asked him.
A painful and unnecessary cut at the Space Agency ... they will get by but it's not cool that all of those who are on ground control and image analysis for the Webb will not be able to continue their work.
www.space.com/space-explor...
Bernie did not have the required service to the party.
Also nobody wanted two old white men on the ticket, one was enough.
(2/2) Sanders supporters then serially attacked any candidates especially those to his left (and especially women), forcing Harris and Warren out of the race, leaving Biden and Sanders and voters picked the least unfavorable of the two.
"This is the party that forced Joe Biden down our throats" is not particularly how I remember it.
Going into the 2020 primary, Joe Biden had the second most unfavorable rating among Democratic voters and Bernie Sanders the most unfavorable. (1/2)
The ruling junta's attempts to erase the Trans community are appalling. This article contains some concrete ways you can help. Trans rights are human rights.
seriously. the actual f?-9 ?
A two-hour satellite view of the USA West coast, early morning today (23 Feb 2025).
Hourly rain totals as high as 1/2", under these conditions a one-day total over 2", is expected here in Berkeley.
But it is the breadth of the storm that is impressive.