CHARLOTTE " Federal investigators accuse Charlotte community activist Cedric Dean of exploiting homeless people to defraud Medicaid out of millions of dollars. Dean used the money to buy homes, cars and fund his lifestyle, feds said, and now they're moving to seize those assets. read more
The real problem is that the Affordable Care Act was never actually affordable. President Barack Obama's signature achievement allowed people to buy insurance on marketplaces with subsidies based on their income. The architects of the program assumed that risk pools would be bigger than they turned out to be. As a result, policies cost more than expected. read more
In summer 2025, so-called "Chat Control" became a huge topic of public attention. This is because in a major vote planned for 13 or 14 October, EU governments will decide whether to endorse or reject a mass surveillance, encryption-breaking and anonymity-ending law read more
This month, the Department of Education released its latest edition of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the standardized tests better known as the Nation's Report Card. The results have left me blazing with rage. In my home state of California, for instance, only 30% of public school fourth graders can read proficiently. Fully 41% cannot even read at a basic level " which is to say, they cannot really understand and interpret written text at all. Eighth graders, as you might expect, look almost as bad. read more
A federal lawsuit by two former city officials against the city of Hamtramck, Michigan, over the city's ban on Pride flag displays on public property has been dismissed, according to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The dispute over the flag dates back to July 2023, when Russ Gordon and Cathy Stackpoole placed a flag on a city flagpole at Joseph Campau Avenue. Gordan and Stackpoole, who resided in Hamtramck, were commissioners on the Hamtramck Human Relations Commission at the time. read more
China wastes 108 million tons of food annually, more than 4x the amount of the US
#48 | POSTED BY SENTINEL
This might be incorrect.
35 million tonnes of food in China is wasted each year, with over half of it attributing to the dumping of excess food upon consumption. The Chinese government has been working hard to combat this growing environmental problem, and so far, they have come up with quite some creative policies. So, what is the current state of food waste in China and how effective are its anti-food waste policies and law?
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Fist, er, first hiring requirement in his WH; for men, it's who turns him on with the best praise.
#10 | POSTED BY CORKY
So women can't be F-able and smart? You jealous? Who is the real misogynist.