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@prem_thakker We will face with the consequences of a mosquito-less world with grace, with courage and with firm resolve, but we will — we must! — face it

Oh nice I’m sure this won’t have any unintended consequences

@JoshKraushaar It’s true, and now all of the political points he was hoping to extract from his arrest in the West Bank have been erased

You can never outbid the crazy. Those trying to play with fire by pandering to extremist anti-Israel voices will get burnt, in the end.

@JHWeissmann I think that’s exactly right. I also think people expected her to editorialize more and got mad when she, a reporter, didn’t and instead just reported the facts of her story

I think the reactions to this tweet are a reminder that most of America and the commentariat have entirely lost the ability to read subtext.

@MikeIsaac A++++++

Why would anyone go on this show?!?!

It’s amazing that Drop Site brings Israel’s strongest critics onto their program and makes them look like apologists for genocide for all their supporters to see

@shadihamid @mattyglesias I ain’t reading all that

With all due respect to @mattyglesias, the last few weeks have suggested to me that the center-left cares more about beating down the left than they do about beating Trump. We've seen the re-introduction of "woke" tropes by the Democratic establishment, weaponized against Abdul El-Sayed to suggest he's some kind of mysogonist, without any actual evidence. To accuse a Muslim man of misogyny is a classic trope, of course. If I was someone who cared about the future of the Democratic Party and it's ability to compete with the GOP, I'd be more enthusiastic about people like Abdul and Zohran, who model a positive "clean-living" masculinity. I'd be be enthusiastic about their ability to turn out young voters who are otherwise disaffected by a party that doesn't seem to want to listen to them. They're also practicing Muslims who respect the role of religion in public life, something we need more of in an overly secularized Democratic Party. This doesn't mean that everyone has to like Abdul or want him to win. Even if you want him to lose, you should see that he has something genuinely positive to offer to the Democratic Party. When the left wants to beat establishment candidates, it's called "factionalism." When the establishment wants to beat the left, it's not called that. It's just normal and unaccounted for. Take @neeratanden for example. Her feed is mostly about her disdain for the left. I don't see how this is constructive. And those of us who are not part of the Democratic establishment shouldn't concede too much ground on these points. I worry, though, that we have.

Money In Your Pocket: 41% A Little Bit of Stick It To Em: 48%

@mehdirhasan why wouldn’t she??

Why would you write this story down and hit publish? Why would you proudly share it?

It’s remarkable the way Justice Kagan delivers these remarks without any notes, with no uhs or ums — she speaks in paragraphs, not sentences. We’re very lucky to have her on the Court.

@capitalweather ok but I've noticed that there seem to have been more extreme heat breaks this summer than last. Is there something to that? Last summer didn't hit 100F as much, but felt like it was above 95F for longer stretches?

Just how hot has this summer been? DC is already tied for the eighth-most 100-degree days on record—and this week's forecast could push 2026 into the top five. Take a look at the numbers: capitalweather.com/upcoming-heat-…

@TylerDinucci I wonder about this a lot: do you think Obama still would’ve tried to block him from challenging Hillary if Beau hadn’t been dying in the lead up to a spring 2015 announcement?

@ryangrim @neeratanden What do you mean by “you got Platner”??

The last few months saw wins by Randy Villegas, Mai Vang, Angela Gonzales-Torres, Chris Rabb, Adam Hamawy, Analilia Mejia, Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander, Melat Kiros and yes, in a blowout, Graham Platner. You got Platner, but otherwise you’re getting wrecked this summer, despite burning through tens of millions of dollars.

According to @ryangrim, after multiple scandals Platner was the safe, obvious pick for the general. Maybe people should be a little suspect of your push for candidates who have never won any primary or ever faced a Republican in their lives.

@PatrickVelliky @chertz @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes Maybe! But my guess is they’ll use a better source for in network rates than a survey that was paid for by the same funder of this report. And they’ll probably apply the same filtering of ghost rates to the QPAs as they did to their own in network rate calculation. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@musingmymind @chertz @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes I’ll hold you to that. You might be surprised.

I think if yon have covered the salacious rumors and innuendo from the insurer smear campaign against doc, you should be updating your stories today

@PatrickVelliky @chertz @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes Trying to keep a straight face here. Thank you for sharing this. And we’re happy to let CBO take the wheel :) My best to Katie!

@musingmymind @chertz @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes The report answers your question. It found that in-network rates were, on average, 290% greater than under calculated QPAs. If we’re handwaving industry funded research, I’ve got some bad news for you and your industry’s advocacy strategy.

@PatrickVelliky @chertz @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes I’m happy to read over the report your industry paid for, but you didn’t answer my question.

@musingmymind @chertz @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes Not arguing about the baseline and indexing. Arguing that payers like to pretend their QPAs reflect the baseline and indexing despite evidence to the contrary: washingtonpost.com/documents/873a…

@PatrickVelliky @chertz @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes Is it perhaps because recent court filings have brought to light that certain IDREs are taking up to 25% of award amounts as their fee???

@PatrickVelliky @chertz @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes If you wanna argue about the 2019 baseline and the CPI-U inflation index, let’s get a beer. But what I’d like to know is, why are the top disputed services from 2025 paying median award amounts to the tune of four-, five-, six-hundred-percent above the QPA instead of 15-20%…….?

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@chertz @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes Financing the most expensive health care system in the world is hard enough without the racket y’all are running.

@musingmymind @statnews @modrnhealthcr @FierceHealth @sangerkatz @sarahkliff @nytimes what private equity are you talking about? Can you people stop lying? Seriously, Don’t you have treatment to deny? And doctors to withhold payment from?