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Very compelling @propublica story that provides a cautionary tale about the intersection of money, media, and policy... 1/ statnews.com/2019/11/19/how…
@propublica Sad thing is, I know of analysts who have had even more explicit financial interactions associated with their writing. Pay-to-play op-eds and such are far too common around #TheSwamp... 2/
@propublica Easy rule of thumb for those who want to stay on the straight and narrow: If a reasonable layperson might consider a financial relationship a potential conflict, then DISCLOSE IT and let the readers decide. That's what I try my best to do! 3/
@propublica Better yet, if you think you won't get a piece published if you disclose the potential conflicts to editors, then maybe don't engage in that kind of conduct to begin with...? 4/
@propublica As the old saying goes, Character is what you do when you think no one is looking. If you always deal in an above-board manner, even if you think you can get away with it, then you will live life with your most important thing intact: Your reputation and integrity. END

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Feb 8, 2023
THREAD: @JoeBiden attacked @GOP in #SOTU for wanting to 1) sunset Medicare/SS, 2) “cut” those programs, and hold the debt ceiling hostage to pass those “cuts.”

As we’ll see, those are all things BIDEN PROPOSED HIMSELF.

Follow/RT for additional details… 1/
Let’s start with sunsetting Medicare/SS. This is a topic @JoeBiden should be very familiar with—because he proposed it himself. In 1975, he sponsored a bill (S. 2067, 94th Congress) to sunset all federal programs every four years. 2/
Here’s the language of the bill, which revokes authorizations for all federal programs—including SS and Medicare—after four (not five) fiscal years. 3/ Image
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Sep 29, 2020
BREAKING: @JoeBiden AGAIN dodged thousands of dollars in #Obamacare and #Medicare taxes in his 2019 tax returns. RT/follow along for more details, as I update my @WSJopinion piece in real time...
wsj.com/articles/how-t…
@JoeBiden and @DrBiden released their 2019 tax returns a little bit ago -- you can view them here. They show the Bidens again used a loophole that I profiled in my @WSJopinion piece... 2/ joebiden.com/wp-content/upl…
The issue involves two corporations, CelticCapri Corp. and Giacoppa Corp., through which @JoeBiden @DrBiden funneled their book/speech income. Funneling the income through these S-corps allowed them to avoid #Medicare and #Obamacare payroll taxes... 3/
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Sep 24, 2020
THREAD: Ahead of @realDonaldTrump speech on #healthcare, it's worth looking at how @JoeBiden's plan likely will undermine the existing system of employer health coverage.

Details in my report available here -- or follow/RT this thread... 1/ juniperresearchgroup.com/post/5608/how-…
Regarding employer coverage, @JoeBiden's health plan contains two key features. First, it would allow individuals who have an offer of employer coverage to go to the Exchanges and receive subsidies -- right now, they can't do that in most cases... 2/ joebiden.com/healthcare/#
Second, @JoeBiden wants to increase #Exchange subsidies. He would allow individuals with incomes over 400% of poverty (about $100K for a family of four) to qualify for them (they can't now). But he also wants to expand the existing subsidies for those under 400% of poverty... 3/
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Aug 23, 2020
Absolutely AWFUL decision by @IndyCar to end #Indy500 under caution. Anticlimactic, and deprived the fans of the shootout we deserved. Big 👎👎👎 to @IMS @PenskeMedia @jdouglas4 for a bad call!!!
This action is also totally inconsistent with 2014 #Indy500, where @IndyCar threw a red flag with nine laps to go to guarantee a green flag finish.

The drivers, teams, and fans all deserve CONSISTENT calls by @IndyCar. They didn’t get it today. usatoday.com/story/sports/m…
The cynic in me says @IndyCar might not have thrown the red flag late in #Indy500 because @NBCSports wanted to end the broadcast by 6:00 Eastern. If so, that would make a bad decision even worse...
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Jul 21, 2020
I mentioned this episode back in December, and @Jeopardy just reaired the proof for all the people who thought January 1st started a new decade. It didn’t! Image
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And the INCORRECT response given by all three contestants... Image
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Jul 14, 2020
THREAD: @standorn @FamiliesUSA released a study about the uninsured and #COVID19 that includes both material inaccuracies and material omissions, inflating the estimated number of uninsured as a result.

RT/follow along for details... 1/
The report takes estimates of job losses from February to May, and multiplies them using an @urbaninstitute formula of coverage changes from 2014-2018, to estimate coverage losses during the current recession. But the report has two flaws... 2/ familiesusa.org/wp-content/upl…
First, on at least a couple of occasions, it makes definitive -- and unwarranted -- statements. It claims "more than one in seven adults (16%) IS NOW UNINSURED."

In other words, it takes ESTIMATES and conflates them into FACT -- without a little thing called EVIDENCE. 3/
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