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But Rick, MAGA Republicans are a threat to democracy. You seem to see Biden as divisive - not sure why - and I see him as trying to unite us back together while the MAGA R's spit in his face. He's just calling out the destructive behavior of the MAGA crowd.

The SAD fact is,there is NO truth...it has been denigrated beyond recognition......

Definition of denigrate
transitive verb. 1 : to attack the reputation of : defame denigrate one's opponents. 2 : to deny the importance or validity of : belittle denigrate their achievements.

koobookie wrote: Alex Jones had the right to say Sandy Hook was a hoax. It was a lie, which he knew at the time and has admitted under oath. That lie caused pain & humiliation to the families, and ultimately the threat of violence from Jones' supporters.

He had the first amendment right to tell the lie, but it was defamation and has been held liable. He should never have told the lie, since he surely knew that it would rile up his base.

It's the same thing that Trump & his son are doing. Rather than help to quiet down the rage his supporters are feeling, they are stoking the fire so that more violence will happen. That's not leadership.

www.cbsnews.com/news/oath-keepers-trial-pelosi-trump/


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In FBI recording from Jan. 10, 2021, Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes talked about hanging Pelosi "from the lamppost"

By John Woolley

November 2, 2022 / 2:25 PM / CBS News

Federal prosecutors played a recording of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes meeting with members of his far-right militia on Jan. 10, 2021, days after he and other Oath Keepers allegedly participated in an attack on the U.S. Capitol building.

"My only regret is they should have brought rifles," Rhodes says in the recording, which was obtained by the FBI. "We should have brought rifles. We could have fixed it right then and there. I'd hang [f******] Pelosi from the lamppost."

The trial revelation came five days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband was assaulted in their San Francisco home in an unrelated attack. The assailant allegedly told police he had intended to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and threatened to break her kneecaps.

FREE SPEECH????? I'm sorry, in NO way do I understand this to be ok......just like an individual calling a black a nigger to his face or worse yet monkey.....

Right now Democrats say that Republicans will take away Social Security. Lies! The GOP knows ending SS would end the Republican Party. Senior citizens would never let them win another election, but Democrats from President Obama on down are spouting this.

OH BUT, no one thought the R's would be promoting/backing reversal of R V W.......and yet it has come to pass....a definitive decision, a RIGHT was abolished. Soc. Sec WILL BE on the chopping block,they have ALREADY REDUCED PAYMENTS TO PHYSICIANS, I think 4.3 percent, the doctors r being forced into DECLINING MEDICARE....watch what happens...as we move forward.


www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/...ampaign=MorningBreak




The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued the final rule for the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule; it includes a 4.5% fee-for-service reimbursement cut. Stay tuned to MedPage Today for additional coverage.


AND OH, BY THE WAY....they r trying to push MEDICARE SENIOR ADVANTAGE...which is a VERY bad
plan and what they will not tell u is...The licensed agent gets a much higher commission when he enrolls u in that plan...an incentive for not only the agent, BUT the medicare program (in general) then does not have to pay out huge sums of money, BECAUSE PRE AUTHORIZATION IS EXTENSIVE in the advantage plan.... and refusal is common.

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has called for making the funding for Social Security and Medicare discretionary, meaning it would have to be voted on annually, rather than leaving it as mandatory, covered by statute.

Rick Scott wants to make all laws sunset at five years, which means SS & Medicare would have to be voted on in order to continue.

Yeah, they're coming for those programs. If you don't believe it, then just look at Roe v Wade. We thought that, and were told under oath, that RvW was "settled law," but now it's gone.

It’s amazing how far off track these threads go… what’s the topic again?

DEMOCRATS control the House, Senate, and the White House so they are the ones permitting this to happen. Remember, the GOP lost in 2020.

homeagain wrote: OH BUT, no one thought the R's would be promoting/backing reversal of R V W.......and yet it has come to pass....a definitive decision, a RIGHT was abolished. Soc. Sec WILL BE on the chopping block,they have ALREADY REDUCED PAYMENTS TO PHYSICIANS, I think 4.3 percent, the doctors r being forced into DECLINING MEDICARE....watch what happens...as we move forward.


www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/...ampaign=MorningBreak




The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued the final rule for the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule; it includes a 4.5% fee-for-service reimbursement cut. Stay tuned to MedPage Today for additional coverage.


AND OH, BY THE WAY....they r trying to push MEDICARE SENIOR ADVANTAGE...which is a VERY bad
plan and what they will not tell u is...The licensed agent gets a much higher commission when he enrolls u in that plan...an incentive for not only the agent, BUT the medicare program (in general) then does not have to pay out huge sums of money, BECAUSE PRE AUTHORIZATION IS EXTENSIVE in the advantage plan.... and refusal is common.

FredHayek wrote: Right now Democrats say that Republicans will take away Social Security. Lies! The GOP knows ending SS would end the Republican Party. Senior citizens would never let them win another election, but Democrats from President Obama on down are spouting this.

HERE is were it ran off the rails....because Fred thinks Soc. Sec. is "safe" and the rest is a lie....(for Rick,an answer)

www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/wa...y_News_Update_active



WASHINGTON -- Physician groups expressed concerns over what one group called a "substantial" decrease in Medicare fee-for-service physician payments under a final rule for 2023 issued Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes a 4.5% decrease in the conversion factor -- the multiplier that Medicare applies to relative value units (RVUs) to calculate reimbursement for a particular service or procedure under Medicare's fee-for-service system. After budget neutrality adjustments required by law, CMS explained that the final conversion factor for the 2023 fee schedule is $33.06, which is a drop of $1.55 from the 2022 fee schedule conversion factor of $34.61. The $33.06 figure is slightly lower than the $33.08 conversion factor suggested in the proposed rule.

In a press release, Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs for the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) called the 4.5% drop "expected" but "substantial."

"Ninety percent of medical practices reported that the projected reduction to 2023 Medicare payment would reduce access to care," Gilberg said, adding that the changes cannot wait until the next Congress. "MGMA looks forward to working with both Congress and the administration to mitigate these cuts and develop sustainable payment policies to allow physician practices to focus on treating patients instead of scrambling to keep their doors open."

The DNC can be blamed for screwing up abortion for all. They had 50 years after Roe V. Wade to make abortion legal in all 50 states. Instead they took it for granted that the Supreme Court would never change their mind.

koobookie wrote: Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has called for making the funding for Social Security and Medicare discretionary, meaning it would have to be voted on annually, rather than leaving it as mandatory, covered by statute.

Rick Scott wants to make all laws sunset at five years, which means SS & Medicare would have to be voted on in order to continue.

Yeah, they're coming for those programs. If you don't believe it, then just look at Roe v Wade. We thought that, and were told under oath, that RvW was "settled law," but now it's gone.