Joe Sparks, MedicareForAllExplained Podcast Host
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Joe Sparks, MedicareForAllExplained Podcast Host
@M4AExplained
Medicare for All Explained is a podcast made in collaboration with @PNHP. The purpose is to build support for Medicare for All. Contact info is on the website.
Katılım Ocak 2019
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@jaschmd @tylerblack32 Thanks for the info.
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In the "old days" the paddles were always used with electrolytic cream, which was placed on the paddles and spread over them.
Nowadays most patients are as quickl hooked up to electrode pads with self contained electrolytic gel.
There is no current discharge between the 2 paddles until the actuator buttons are depressed.
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@tylerblack32 I always wondered about rubbing the paddles together. Rubbing two charged objects together made no sense to me. I thought it would cause a massive discharge or shock. Thanks for clarifying.
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I expected this, and it's another reason why we need Medicare for All.
nytimes.com/2026/05/01/bus…
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@holisticgrenade If you believe that, then let somebody study surgery on their phone, and then let them perform surgery on you.
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@ModernTalmud I hope you have a speedy and complete recovery.
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Personal Note: Friends, I’ve had a scary medical incident and will be in recovery for the near future. I’ll try my best to keep you entertained from my hospital bed, but I can’t make any promises. Please tell your loved ones how much you love them. Things can change in an instant.
This too is for the good.
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Significant suppression of our posts.
The fact that over a million people opted into seeing our posts are being blocked by the new algorithm is a bit disheartening.
If you see this post, drop a comment. It will boost the algorithm.
If you follow us, but haven't seen our posts in a while, also drop a comment letting us know.
Either way, set notifications so you won't miss us.
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@McCrushi I'll get BACK to you on that.
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@Her_Nonymous_D @acemannw Very relevant because a home with a gun is more than 40 times more likely to have someone injured or killed when there is a gun in the home.
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@acemannw Like how is this relevant in their field?
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@RachelBitecofer I suspect this is also happens with anti-Israel propaganda in some form.
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MUST READ & RT 🧵
🔥Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned
Elon's latest baby mama exposes the MAGA narrative machine
One of the persistent mysteries of modern politics is why the online right always seems to move in lockstep. A scandal breaks, even fake scandals like the Biden Crime Family and within minutes thousands of accounts are repeating the same attacks.
Via the GOP’s Wall of Sound, things like trans people on beer cans or fake policies like CRT become MAJOR ISSUES. A talking point appears on Twitter, and suddenly it’s everywhere—from influencers to Fox News hosts to members of Congress.
To outsiders, it looks like spontaneous grassroots consensus.
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@zriboua I like the analysis of John Spencer. He is an expert on urban warfare, a professor and researcher at West Pointe, a retired army major, and has Observed fighting in Gaza several times.
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For example here, the analysis of the blockade covers all dimensions, Econ/trade, but also relations with Russia, etc. And just explains what Trump is doing, challenges/opportunities.
Refreshing and less hysterical.
youtu.be/TaYy3ezlmS4?si…

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@HoisenHsoj @ModernTalmud I remember seeing that.
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@NC_Governor The more fundamental question is why do we give tax exemptions to profitable companies?
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If all planned data centers in North Carolina are built, developers would receive an estimated $450 million in sales tax exemptions each and every year. And with the state’s impending fiscal cliff and the federal government retreating on longstanding commitments, state revenue is especially precious.
We should spend taxpayer dollars only when it adds value to our people. And do we really want to subsidize energy consumption by data centers when they are making everyone else’s power bills go up? It doesn’t make much sense to me.
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@mcuban Yes, because I am on traditional Medicare with a Medicare supplement. That means my deductible is $283. You should ask another question. Would you like a single-payer system where you had no deductible or other out-of-pocket expenses and could go to any doctor or hospital?
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@TrackAIPAC False. Google AI overview. "AI Overview
No, the ...DOJ has not announced a Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) enforcement action or required registration against AIPAC. While critics and some watchdog groups frequently advocate for this, the DOJ has not taken such action.
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🚨 BREAKING: DOJ Announces FARA Enforcement Action Against AIPAC
In an unexpected move this evening, the Department of Justice announced the launch of a formal investigation into the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) for alleged violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
AIPAC has declined to comment, but sources inside the organization describe the mood as "panicked."
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@afalkhatib I am not sure this was an intelligence failure. Here is what John Spencer had to say. Spencer is an expert on urban warfare. x.com/SpencerGuard/s…
John Spencer@SpencerGuard
The myth of short wars. By day 4 of the war in Iran, the experts showed up: “Why is this taking so long?” or "The U.S. is failing. Their strategy is not working." 🧵
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Another Intelligence Failure? It is concerning that the United States’ sprawling and expansive Intelligence Community (IC) may have misjudged the capabilities and capacity of a significant adversary like the Islamic Republic of Iran to be resilient and continue to present a serious threat to the US and its critical allies in the Gulf. In recent years, much has been written about the IC’s failures, including overestimating the Afghan government’s and army’s ability to fight and hold out against the Taliban in 2021, and underestimating the Ukrainians ability to fight back against the Russian invasion in 2022. This, in addition to failing to anticipate Hamas’s deadly 2023 October 7th attack that got many Americans killed or kidnapped, the failure to see the incoming Arab Spring in 2011, the inability to forecast the Iraqi Army’s collapse against ISIS in 2014, or the 2003 Iraq WMD fiasco, has cumulatively cast doubt about US intelligence capabilities in leveraging vast and unmatched resources to provide decision-makers with the best information and analysis to preserve America’s edge in a complicated world.
Now, it appears that the IC underestimated Iran’s ability to stay in the fight and failed to appreciate Tehran’s capabilities and battle plans, which have caused severe damage to US bases, Gulf allies’ infrastructures and economies, the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, and the ability of the regime to maintain a firm grip on power throughout the country. President Trump himself, whether or not he’s accurate, said that we didn’t know Iran would lash out and hit back this way. While the regime has indeed been badly weakened by multiple military measures, the Islamic Republic of Iran still has a vast stockpile that can cause serious damage. It appears capable of administering a state and a military effort, however asymmetric, a month into a ferocious war that eliminated much of the country’s leadership and conventional power. More importantly, the IC has assessed that in the early 2000s, the Islamic Republic stopped the pursuit of nuclear weapons and has not had a weapons program since. In light of the repeated failures over the past two decades, can these assessments be trusted? Or is the US intelligence community once again rolling the dice on one of the most dangerous regimes possessing one of the world’s most destructive weapons?

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@BGatesIsaPyscho False, the ambulances served anyone.
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