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Ken Paxton has had a date with prison for decades now....

Paxton launches investigation into Beto O’Rourke’s political group for funding Democrats who left state
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/06/ken-paxton-beto-orourke-investigation-democrats-texas/

#KenPaxton #Texas #GOPTraitor #USPol

Paxton launches investigation into Beto O’Rourke’s political group for funding Democrats who left state

The attorney general accused the organization of running a financial influence scheme that convinced Texas Democrats to leave the state.

The Texas Tribune

NEW JERSEY: Grant opportunity for community orgs to help NJ residents enroll in health coverage:

https://acasignups.net/25/08/05/new-jersey-grant-opportunity-community-organizations-help-nj-residents-enroll-health

New Jersey: Grant opportunity for community organizations to help NJ residents enroll in health coverage

via the NJ Dept. of Banking & Insurance: Open Enrollment Period through Get Covered New Jersey Begins November 1, 2025 TRENTON — New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Justin Zimmerman today announced a total of $5 million in available grant funds for community organizations to apply to serve as state-certified Navigators for the Get Covered New Jersey Open Enrollment Period and throughout 2026. Navigators offer free, unbiased, community-based education and assistance to consumers seeking to enroll in health insurance through Get Covered New Jersey, the State’s Official Health Insurance Marketplace. ā€œThe Murphy Administration continues to invest in local outreach as part of its commitment to increase residents’ access to quality, affordable health insurance that meets their needs,ā€ said Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Zimmerman. ā€œEnrollment assistance is key to helping consumers access coverage, especially for the upcoming plan year.

ACA Signups

For much of this nation's history, health care for incarcerated people was provided directly by state prison or health authorities. But today, roughly two dozen states use for-profit health care contractors.

https://boltsmag.org/illinois-prison-health-care-wexford/

In Illinois, a Private Prison Company's Long Trail of Deaths and High-Dollar Contracts - Bolts

This year, Illinois again picked Wexford Health Services for prison health care despite longstanding claims of neglect. A judge has since extended court monitoring of prisons.

Bolts

As election season approaches, confusion about Mississippi’s voting laws is easy to find—especially online. Social media posts, group chats and well-meaning conversations often include misinformation about who can vote, how to register and what’s allowed at the polls.

Here’s what you need to know.

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/busting-myths-and-misinformation-about-voting-in-mississippi/

OPINION: "This heat doesn’t just challenge cars; it strains young bodies, especially when athletes train in full gear under the blazing sun," Dr. Selika Sweet writes.

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/opinion-amid-rising-temps-protect-mississippis-young-athletes/

Trump has fired the USA's commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn't like the job numbers, so this will be the last accurate data out of the USA.
With all that’s going wrong in this country, this is the regime’s priority?
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
https://thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt-advises-women-to-ask-for-lower-salaries-finds-new-study
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds

A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

TNW | Deep-Tech
@gwensnyder.bsky.social I was curious, so I looked. At least the NYT front page has it third. The WaPo has one small mention further down, same with USA Today. The WSJ kinda buries their own scoop.
Legacy media is really doing everything in its power to ice the Trump/Epstein story. It's so obvious and wild for anyone who lived through the wall-to-wall daily coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal