Laura Bates

Legal Assistant, Shaklee Brand Ambassador, SF Giants Fan, Cool Mom, Cool Grandma, Love My Country 🇺🇸✝️😎

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

A dolphin swims up to meet this little girl - her reaction will melt your heart

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

Wholesome moment Mother finds out she passed her lawyer exam and celebrates with her two kids 🥹.

Congratulations on becoming a lawyer 👏❤️

[Laura Bates @laurabates1224]

So cool!!

[Dr. Oz CMS @DrOzCMS]

Buckle up for this one.

Based on our initial set of audits, more than $1B of federal taxpayer dollars were being spent on funding Medicaid for illegal immigrants. And my team is getting it back.

Some want to deny that illegal immigrants are receiving Medicaid. Others insist it’s illegal for Medicaid to cover illegal immigrants. And others accurately point out that hospitals can provide emergency services to illegal immigrants under the program.

We can all agree on this: rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse is essential to protecting this program for the most vulnerable. It’s also one of the Trump Administration’s top priorities.

Let me lay down the facts:

The truth is that federal law is supposed to prohibit federal Medicaid dollars broadly from being used to cover illegal immigrants. It does permit states to use Medicaid dollars for emergency treatment, regardless of patients’ citizenship or immigration status. States can also legally build Medicaid programs for illegal immigrants using their own state tax dollars, so long as no federal tax dollars are used.

But that didn’t stop Democrats from going even further by breaking federal law to give illegal immigrants federal Medicaid dollars meant for American citizens.

Earlier this year, the CMS team began auditing state Medicaid programs to ensure they were following the law and not spending any federal tax dollars on illegal immigrants outside of emergency Medicaid. What we found was shocking.

In a preliminary review of 6 states, we found those states improperly using federal tax dollars for their allegedly state-funded program and providing coverage to individuals, including some with criminal records of murder and assault.

Those states are:
CA - $1,310,032,549
DC - $2,114,628
IL - $29,778,645
WA - $2,367,194
CO - $1,506,743
OR - $5,404,368

We notified the states, and many have begun refunding the money. But what if we had never asked?

Whether willful or not, the states’ conduct highlights a terrifying reality: American taxpayers have been footing the bill for illegal immigrants’ Medicaid coverage, despite many Democrats and the media insisting otherwise.

Democrats are demanding the repeal of the President’s Working Families Tax Cuts legislation in order for their votes to reopen the government. This law wisely strengthened our ability to limit federal dollars from being spent on health care for illegal immigrants. Until Democrats explicitly drop that demand, they’re blatantly holding the government hostage over giving Medicaid to illegal immigrants.

[Marco Rubio @marcorubio]

Some serve a lifetime in public office and never experience a day like today.

In time history will detail the full story of how today was made possible.

But for now all Americans should at least know this, that today would not have happened without @potus doing some pretty extraordinary things.

[Laura Bates @laurabates1224]

@PuppiesIover Ruffles

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"For the last 9-months, my wife, Brooklyn has been pregnant with a very sick baby boy. Three or four months ago, we learned that the baby had severe hydrocephalus. Back in the old days, hydrocephalus was called, 'water on the brain' - too much brain fluid. Ultimately, we were referred to Cincinnati Children's Hospital, where we were told by several of the most highly regarded fetal specialists in the country that his condition was dire. The baby's condition was 'off the charts bad'. It was so extreme that the specialists stopped measuring and monitoring his fluid level because, at that point, it didn't really matter. The MRIs were sickening to look at.

We were told, point blank, that there was over a 90% chance that the baby would either die shortly after birth or have such severe cognitive impairments that any quality of life would be hard to imagine. We had a meeting with palliative care regarding the use of life-sustaining measures and had detailed, awful, and emotional discussions about the ethics of when we might need to remove or cease such measures - which would result in the baby 'passing away peacefully.

Brooklyn relocated to Cincinnati and lived in a hotel close to the hospital - in case she went into labor. I commuted back and forth. On July 8th, Brooklyn did indeed go into labor. Literally, 15 minutes before they wheeled her back to start the C-section, we had another meeting with doctors regarding the use of a breathing tube and at what point we might need to remove that tube and let the baby go to Heaven. Guess what? The baby came out crying - which was the sweetest sound I ever heard.

In a nutshell, Charlie Schnarr stayed in infant intensive care until yesterday - when we all came home. He seems to be a normal, beautiful baby doing all the things that babies do. He has mild ventricular enlargement, but we can deal with that with checkups.

How did this happen?!

The doctors said, 'We do not have and cannot come up with a medical explanation for what we've witnessed here. Somehow his brain found a way to naturally clear the blockage or re-route the fluid that was causing the oppressive backup of brain fluid. During the last week, I heard the words, 'divine intervention' and 'miracle' more times than I could count. Nurses with decades of experience and esteemed, nationally admired doctors were flabbergasted but jubilant. Because of the domino effect of friends, family, clients, colleagues, and even strangers praying and asking others to pray for us, I do not doubt that there were thousands of people praying for us.

I'm a practical person that certainly believes in science and medical technology, but I absolutely know, from the bottom of my heart, that God was involved in this. I give ALL of the credit and glory to Him. Prayer is positively powerful. God is real, and He still performs miracles."

: Nick Schnarr

[Laura Bates @laurabates1224]

@DineshDSouza So so true.

[Laura Bates @laurabates1224]

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[Laura Bates @laurabates1224]

@seanhannity Why isn’t Fox covering the shooting in Reno? Three dead and still no word about the shooter’s identity.

[Secretary Sean Duffy @SecDuffy]

I know you’re lashing out because DOGE is uncovering your family’s obscene grifting via USAID, but I won’t let you lie and distort facts. The FAA administrator announced he resigned over a month before Trump took office, and the air traffic controllers were always exempt from Trump’s civil service buyouts.

The previous administration shamelessly used USDOT as a slush fund for the Green New Scam, throwing away money and resources on wasteful environmental and social justice projects rather than updating our nation’s antiquated air traffic control systems and other critical infrastructure.

I’m returning this department to its mission of safety by using innovative technology in transportation and infrastructure. Your team had its chance and failed. We’re moving on without you because the American people want us to make America’s transportation system great again. And yes, we’re bringing the 22-year-olds with us.

[Laura Bates @laurabates1224]

Why am I not surprised.😳

[Dinesh D'Souza @DineshDSouza]

Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they're being held in Sacramento for emissions testing. You can’t make this up! What is going on?!

[Why you should have a cat @ShouldHaveCat]

Seeing the cats through pet cameras📸😹

[Laura Bates @laurabates1224]

👏👏👏

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Life is beautiful.. 😊

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.. 😊

[Larry Elder @larryelder]

Let’s get this party started!!!

[Clinton @614clinton]

It was 19 years ago today, I told my wife to call an ambulance and I locked myself in the laundry room and put a gun to my head. (Pictured Below) I was tired of being an alcoholic.

I was tired of the shame and humiliation.
Although I didn't want my daughters to grow up without a father, I was desperate to end the misery right then and there. I didn't not want to live another day as a drunk.

The last thing I remember was yelling out to Jesus to, “Help Me!”
then when I woke up, I was in the hospital.

There was a very nice black woman there taking care of me. I remember telling her, “I'm a drunk.”
She looked me straight in the eyes and said, “No you're not!” I began to sob and said, “Ma'am, would you pray for me?”

She said, “Yes.” She held my hand and raised her other hand in the air and began pleading my case before almighty God, in front of everyone, and this lady was loud, and spoke with authority.

The next thing I remembered after that was being in a room full of different people I didn't recognize.

I kept looking around for the lady who prayed for me. I wanted to thank her. Eventually, I asked someone, “Where is that black lady who was taking care of me? I want to thank her.”

They all looked at me strangely and said, “We don't know who you are talking about, we don't have anyone matching that description in this unit.”

I don't know who she was, and I never saw her again, but I can tell you I was instantly delivered because I've never had a single drop of alcohol since that night!

So, yeah, today I celebrate 19 years of sobriety. I owe all the praise and glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

If you know of anyone out there struggling with an addiction, would you please consider sharing this post, I want them to know, there is hope in Jesus!

John 8:36 (KJV) If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! ~Clinton

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

Hold your head up

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

Only tone deaf Gavin Newsom would stroll through Skid Row sipping an $8 latte and wearing $1200 shoes. Can’t wait for this feckless freeloader to join Kamala handing out San Francisco Poop Maps to tour buses.