One year ago my hometown announced I graduated from college with my bachelor farts degree. Next month I start graduate school. So in other words, if you gas yourself up enough You can do anything!
Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
Jessica: The freeze on the NIH funding. I understand there might be some indirect costs that you think are too high, but going to them and saying indirect costs have to come down to 15% would completely hobble American innovation. For every dollar that the NIH grants, you get $2.46 back in. They generate $93 billion a year.
On January 7th, 2025 I shared a video, after I was asked to call UnitedHealthcare from the operating room to answer administrative questions about the patient who was having surgery to treat breast cancer. Despite my efforts, they denied her stay.
UnitedHealthcare didn’t stop at calling me during surgery. Now, they’ve sent me a legal threat—and even worse? They ended up denying my cancer patient’s hospital stay. Exactly what I was afraid would happen.
Staying overnight after major surgery isn’t optional—it’s medically necessary. But UnitedHealthcare decided they know better than the doctors caring for the patient.
When they called me while I was operating, I knew that if I didn’t step out and respond immediately, they might deny her stay—leaving her with a massive bill. So, with another surgeon in the OR, I scrubbed out and called them back. But after all of that? They denied her stay anyway.
And instead of fixing their broken system, they sent me a legal threat for speaking out.
I’m sharing their response in full, letting their words speak for themselves.
Let me be clear: I stand by everything I said. I told the truth. I was honest about what’s happening in our healthcare system. And I will not be silenced by legal threats when it comes to advocating for my patients and my ability to care for them.
Denying an overnight stay that a doctor orders is dangerous. The doctor caring for the patient should be able to make these decisions without delay, pressure, or harassment.
If I don’t speak up, I lose—my integrity, my voice, and the opportunity to make a difference. And while it’s intimidating to receive a letter like this from a company as powerful as UnitedHealthcare, I know where I stand.
I am a woman taking care of women affected by breast cancer. I do this work with all of my heart, and I will continue to speak up for my patients—because they deserve better.
I ask you to follow along, share this story, and have these conversations in your own communities. I know I’m not the only one dealing with this, and real change will take all of us telling our stories and standing up for what’s right.
I’m here for it. Are you?
Refusing to pay overtime is called wage theft and it’s a federal crime.
Wantonly breaking the Federal Labor Standards Act is pretty much as anti-worker & anti-union as you can get. Looking at you @Teamsters
"If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't.”
- Jimmy Carter
When we Christians become convinced that we are the only authority on truth, that anyone who disagrees with us is evil, and that things will only get better if we control all positions of power, that is when we know we are no longer worshiping God.
We are worshiping ourselves.
Jackson: Discloses 4 tickets to a Beyonce concert given by Beyonce herself, which go for about $1,000 each.
Thomas: Discloses over $4,000,000 for luxury travel and expenses paid for not by artisans who make luxury motorcoaches but people w business before the Court.
Fox News:
The Governor of Nebraska went on a radio program and said he refused to read an article about pollution at his farms because the author was Chinese. This kind of racism needs to be universally condemned. Absolutely outrageous and embarrassing for our state.
Zoey Mahoney's throw-in goal in @DrakeWSoccer's 2-1 win over UNI yesterday was unbelievable, but don't take our word for it...
"Craziest goal you'll ever see" - @SportsCenter
"I've never seen that" - @GMA
"This is bananas" - @notthefakeSVP#DSMHometownTeam
Worker: I can't live on $7.25/hr
GOP: So go to college
W: I can't afford $100K tuition
GOP: Take out loans
W: I can't afford to pay these at 8% interest
GOP: No one forced you to go to college
W: But you just said—
Billionaire: I NEED MORE MONEY!
GOP: Here's a $2T Tax Cut
Imagine being the only Black person in a multiple college classes and being told that you and people that look like you don’t deserve to be there and that you stole someone’s seat. That’s incredibly offensive.
Justice Alito accepted tens of thousands of dollars in lavish vacation gifts from a billionaire who lobbied to cancel the student loan forgiveness.
After the gifts, Alito voted to overturn. This SCOTUS’ corruption undercuts its own legitimacy by putting its rulings up for sale.