5/20/26: Finished “Moment of Truth, The Nature of Catastrophes and How to Prepare for them,” by Kelly McKinney.
An inside look into the mind of an emergency manger who has seen more than their fair share of disaster.
I’m just sitting here with some Emergency Management staff watching the movie Volcano when all of a sudden @Richard_Schiff shows up on screen. Just how many of my favorite movies are you in!! Sheesh! @WestWingWeekly
On https://t.co/Xv43i22WGt, thanks to discounts negotiated by the Trump Administration, the impact will be immediate for millions of Americans on common drugs that insurance companies often don't cover.
For example:
📉 The monthly prices of Ozempic and injectable Wegovy — two of the highest-spend drugs in the U.S. — falls from $1,028 and $1,349, respectively, to an average price of $350 and as low as $199, depending on dosage.
📉 The monthly price of the Wegovy pill falls from $1,349 to as low as $149, depending on dosage.
📉 The monthly price of Zepbound falls from $1,087 to an average price of $346 and as low as $299, depending on dosage.
Penalty! ESPN faces a proposed FCC fine for using an emergency alert tone in a promo ad. Using this tone is out of bounds - it's a public safety hazard to confuse or desensitize viewers to actual emergency alerts. As the refs for these important systems, we made the call.