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March 6, 2024

Marjorie Taylor green is asked about Jewish space lasers. She responds "why don't you F**ck off"

Looks like mtg is at a party


Marjorie Taylor green is asked about Jewish space lasers. She responds ”why don’t you F**ck off”

https://twitter.com/nogg_the/status/1765310880164593775?s=20

March 6, 2024

"Irresponsible to broadcast." MSNBC cuts off Trump's live speech because he "knowingly" lies on the air about things he'

I was not watching TV last night but I am glad to see msnbc cut off trump victory speech.
Somehow--to me it seems better to cut him--as a good optic--rather than not broadcast him at all.



“Irresponsible to broadcast.” MSNBC cuts off Trump’s live speech because he “knowingly” lies on the air about things he’s “lied about before”. (Video: MSNBC)

https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1765322576367362339?s=20

March 5, 2024

Report: Less than 1% of hospital admissions, emergency room visits made by undocumented migrants

Source: Florida Politics



Christine Jordan Sexton March 5, 20246min


The first official report after Florida’s sweeping immigration measures were put in place a year ago shows that less than 1% of all Florida hospital admissions and emergency room visits were from patients who self-reported as not legally residing in the United States.

But that report also points out that many people would not answer the question.
............................

The report estimates that hospitals provided more than $573 million in health care services to patients who were not in the country legally. But AHCA was unable to determine how much of that care provided to migrants was uncompensated or find “any obvious correlation between the level of uncompensated care and the level of illegal aliens presenting at the hospital.”

And the report stated that “high levels of uncompensated care are more associated with rural county status than illegal immigration percentages. There also did not appear to be a correlation between total profitability and illegal immigration percentages. All the counties that had negative profit margins had below average illegal immigration ratios.”

The report was required under a law designed to clamp down on illegal immigration in Florida. The 2023 law, passed as Gov Ron DeSantis prepared to announce his bid for President, hiked penalties on those aiding migrants to enter the state or employing migrants. Immigration groups, such as The Florida Immigration Coalition, say the law has had a chilling impact on people seeking emergency care, especially pregnant women........................................

Read more: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/663473-report-less-than-1-of-hospital-admissions-emergency-room-visits-made-by-undocumented-migrants/



My guess in that if illegal, they would not show up at a hospital unless SEVERELY injured. IMHO


The state of Florida tried to put together a report showing that uncompensated healthcare costs
are attributed to undocumented people (by mandating healthcare providers ask immigration status of patients)
and their own report showed exactly the opposite.
https://twitter.com/tomaskenn/status/1765132976579301426?s=20https://x.com/sparkplugthefox/status/1765134976670978470?s=20




https://twitter.com/sparkplugthefox/status/1765134976670978470?s=20


March 5, 2024

When this meteorological winter, -is "the warmest ever in Wisconsin",

Yep. only a few weeks of ice fishing and a little cross country skying which are two of my favorite
things to do in winter in WI.


When this meteorological winter, which runs from December through February, comes to an end on Thursday, it will go down as the warmest ever in Wisconsin, according to the National Weather Service.
https://twitter.com/WI_ClimateSCO/status/1762590932829102217?s=20

March 5, 2024

Jeff Bezos tops over Elon Musk as world's richest man

If each of these billionaires gave a billion the US treasury, maybe Congress will get the budget bills passed


Jeff Bezos is world’s richest man. But what’s rank of Mukesh Ambani?
Jeff Bezos tops over Elon Musk as world's richest man
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1164749-jeff-bezos-is-world-s-richest-man-but-what-s-rank-of-mukesh-ambani


By Web Desk
March 05, 2024



Mukesh Ambani and Jeff Bezos gesture during separate gatherings. — VCG/File


Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has surpassed Tesla founder Elon Musk in wealth, however, Mukesh Ambani is another influential wealthy man whose rank is not talked about much

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has become the richest person in the world after increasing his wealth by $23 billion this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth of $200 billion.

On the other hand, Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX and social media platform X, lost $31 billion in 2024 but is now the second richest person in the world with a net worth of $198 billion.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Louis Vuitton CEO Bernard Arnault ranks third with a fortune of $197 billion, followed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with a fortune of $179 billion. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is in fifth place with a wealth of $150 billion.....................................

March 5, 2024

Trump Directly Contradicts His Lawyer's NY Filings---- He now says he has plenty of bond money.

Trump lies directly to the Fox hosts---or the NY fraud case Court!!
Time will tell but it is running out for Trumpy on this case.






Trump Directly Contradicts His Lawyer's NY Filings
He now says he has plenty of bond money.


https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-directly-contradicts-his-lawyers-ny-filings

Ron Filipkowski 14 minutes ago

Just last week, Donald Trump's lawyers filed an emergency petition to either stay the requirement that he post bond to prevent the judgment from being executed in the NY fraud case, or reduce the amount he is required to post.

In those court filings, Trump's lawyers said he was only able to come up with $100 million in cash towards the roughly $400 million he would need to post. They went on to say that if he was forced to come up with the rest he would have to sell off some of his properties, which would cause him "irreparable harm."
ny filing

But Trump doesn't want the Fox viewers to know that he doesn't have the cash, so he tells a completely different story on TV. This morning,
he went on Fox and Friends and said that he has plenty of money to cover the bond but he just doesn't want to put it up because the whole case is unfair. Of course, they never asked him about the contradiction in his court filing stating he doesn't have the money, which has been reported by every media outlet in the country.


.................

Kilmeade: You have to come up with $400 million, how close are you to securing the bond?

Trump: I have a lot of money. I can do what I want to do.

Kilmeade: So you’re not worried about the money?

Trump: I don’t worry about money.
@Acyn

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1765013739965714868?s=20

March 5, 2024

Barb McQuade: Home at last in Ann Arbor and ready to get back to class. Thanks to everyone who came out for a book talk

I am going to try to get her book from the library.
I always love it when she is on msnbc for commentary.


Home at last in Ann Arbor and ready to get back to class. Thanks to everyone who came out for a book talk during last week’s spring break tour. And thanks to everyone who has bought the book. Topped out at number five last week! @7StoriesPress
https://barbaramcquade.com

https://twitter.com/BarbMcQuade/status/1765009982766891318?s=20


https://twitter.com/Mollyploofkins/status/1765040532110107007?s=20




March 5, 2024

Instant karma is so good though

oh--I'll just kick this old soda can into the lake.



https://twitter.com/56blackcat/status/1764725869870801204?s=20

March 5, 2024

Trump gets asked what he'll do to bring down prices at the grocery store and has absolutely nothing to say,

I listened and trump just ignored the question about groceries.



Trump gets asked what he'll do to bring down prices at the grocery store and has absolutely nothing to say,
perhaps because his policy agenda of putting a 10% tax on foreign goods and
deporting a big chunk of the agricultural workforce will raise prices.


https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1765010758834749725?s=20

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