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Got the below notice by email. Other KP members, and kosaks interested in quality vs ? healthcare systems, may be interested. At least one “related entity” the notice cites likely is Epic Systems [wik article; note the CONTROVERSIES...
by mettle fatigue
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Sept 3, 2025 Reuters California, Oregon and Washington form health alliance amid federal vaccine tensions U.S. states of California, Oregon and Washington said on Wednesday they have launched a new health alliance to provide unified vaccine...
by mettle fatigue
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on Fri Sep 05, 2025 at 07:33 AM PDT
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Hawaii has around 26,000 residents enrolled in ACA exchange plans, 83% of whom are currently subsidized. I estimate they also have perhaps another ~1,700 unsubsidized off-exchange enrollees. Combined, that's 1.8% of their total population. Assuming the...
by Brainwrap
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on Sat Aug 16, 2025 at 01:03 PM PDT
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Hypocrisy is no vice when you're a fascist but even so it seems a bit much that J.D. Vance has taken about seventy-two vacations since he started his Vice Presidency less than eight months ago and that all of them have been within Democratic cities,...
by crywalt
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on Wed Aug 13, 2025 at 05:32 PM PDT
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Welcome to the New Day Cafe! This is an open thread.
This is pretty cool: For the first time in a decade, 400 year old Hawaiian petroglyphs are visible off O’ahu.
by samanthab
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on Mon Aug 11, 2025 at 07:30 AM PDT
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A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings in Alaska and Hawaii and alerts for other areas of the West Coast. The earthquake occurred about 85 miles off the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka...
by cbastian
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on Tue Jul 29, 2025 at 07:23 PM PDT
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--------------------— Update 8:35 PM PDT WARNING -----------------------— A portion of the West Coast has been upgraded to a tsunami warning. The area includes Cape Mendocino, Calif., in Northern California to state line between California and Oregon....
by Dan K
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on Tue Jul 29, 2025 at 06:44 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Jul 29, 2025 at 08:59 PM PDT
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Last week we took a poll about the possibility of moving this weekly feature to Wednesdays. It was a nearly even split, with a slight preference for keeping Saturdays, so it looks like we’re ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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on Sat Jul 12, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Not sure why I didn’t hear about this latest outrage from ICE earlier, seeing as how this particular victim was a fellow resident of Hawaii, or why it apparently hasn’t been mentioned here yet, but Sae Joon Park’s story has now spread around the world...
by Irontortoise
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on Fri Jun 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM PDT
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I went to two protests on the Big Island, one in the morning in Waimea, one in the afternoon in Kona. Turnout was huge, given these are fairly small towns. Noticeably bigger than for Hands Off, which had bigger crowds than expected. The news from...
by randym77
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on Sun Jun 15, 2025 at 06:54 PM PDT
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On this day in 1811 crewmembers who had survived the previous day's attack on their vessel by Tla-o-qui-aht detonated a powdeer magazine, blowing up the ship and killing about 100 of the attacking ...
by enhydra lutris
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on Mon Jun 16, 2025 at 06:06 AM PDT
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Publishers’ Weekly: “A federal judge has ruled in favor of 21 states’ attorneys general and ordered a halt to the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, [the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), and...
by mettle fatigue
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on Wed May 14, 2025 at 03:46 PM PDT
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I managed to stay in the good graces of my sister for another year, so I was invited back to her little�paradise retreat near Keaau, on the east side of Hawaii’s Big Island. This year I stayed a ...
by giddy thing
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on Sun Apr 27, 2025 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Guest: Dr. Eric Kingson of Social Security Works Also: Newsmax 'defamed' Dominion Gabbard reportedly committed voter fraud... Donald Trump's chaos coaster continues on today's BradCast. Our top on today's ride: Social Security. [Audio link to full show...
by TheBradBlog
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on Thu Apr 10, 2025 at 07:23 PM PDT
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This is actually a re-post of a diary I did in April 2019, almost exactly 6 years ago. �I had the good fortune to be back in Hawaii the past 2 weeks and it made me think of this diary. �In keeping ...
by Janesaunt
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on Tue Apr 08, 2025 at 06:00 AM PDT
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There was a decent turnout in this small town (less than 10,000 people) on the Big Island of Hawai`i. People brought their kids... And dogs. And a whole lotta signs. Gonna need extra small handcuffs. Troof: I heard rumors that Trump supporting counter...
by randym77
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on Sun Apr 06, 2025 at 02:23 AM PDT
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Like many, I was first introduced to Mazie Hirono when Republicans attempted in 2017 to end the Affordable Care Act (ACA). During that debate, Ms. Hirono gave a personal, passionate defense of the ACA. She made this speech weeks after a diagnosis of...
by Dfh1
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on Thu Mar 20, 2025 at 03:51 PM PDT
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Once upon a time there was a beautiful island, filled with tropical plants and sunshine. Beautiful beaches ringed the island and birdsong echoed through the forest. Then, one day, all went silent. Decades ago, I heard a radio story about how Guam’s...
by oscarsmom
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on Tue Mar 11, 2025 at 09:56 AM PDT
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Introduction The Democratic Party faces a critical juncture. The elected representatives are failing to uphold their oaths to "protect and defend the Constitution from enemies, foreign and domestic." Their response to the current threats to democracy...
by 40ford
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