Health: The ACA and pre-existing conditions
Many incorrectly believe there were no pre-existing condition exclusioin protections before the ACA passed in 2010. This is not true, however.
Immigration: Sanctuary policies, and how other countries deal with this issue
The US - and sanctuary cities and states - have historically taken a relaxed approach to illegal immigration. Other countries do not treat US citizens so nicely.
Real-time “crowd size estimates” tend to overestimate – by a lot
Be skeptical of crowd size estimates, especially those with a political context.
Updated: Nutrition science is about climate, animal rights, and labor abuses
This was originally posted in April 2025. This has been updated to note Stanford’s Christopher Gardner’s role and his conflicts of interest in promoting a “plant-based” diet via the USDA…
EVs: EV sales expected to cut in half, says Ford
The ClimateCrisis is over. Done, Kaput.
Policy: All future movies to be made primarily with AI actors
Trump adds 100% tariff on all foreign made films, guaranteeing most films of the future will be made with AI actors.
Climate: Oregon says the ClimateCrisis is over
Oregon declares ClimateCrisis over, to charge EV's a by-the-mile fee, increase registration fees (already 2x that of gas vehicles), and make EV driving much more expensive.
Media: If Republicans don’t fix the health insurance markets that Democrats broke …
This story blames Republicans for high ACA health insurance premiums - even though the ACA was designed, written, and implemented by Democrats.
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If you do not have facts behind your argument, just invent a flawed model
The H-1B program was created after a flawed NSF model (since discredited) projected a shortage of STEM workers.
Tech: The H-1B temporary worker visa will die off
The H-1B visa is likely over with. It's been in effect since 1990, and was used to import temporary tech workers for 3 years, eventually made renewable to 6.