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Few people have had a closer look at the inner workings of our government than Andy Slavitt. In 2013, Slavitt oversaw the turnaround of healthcare.gov after its disastrous rollout. He then worked as Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under President Barack Obama, which meant he was overseeing the Children's Health Insurance Program and the Health Insurance Marketplace, as well. In January of 2021, he was brought into the Biden administration as a Senior Pandemic Advisor to the Covid-19 pandemic response team — a role he stepped down from in June of 2021. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School, Slavitt is now the founder and Board Chair Emeritus of United States Care, a national nonprofit health advocacy organization, and the founding partner of Town Hall Ventures, a health care firm focused on underrepresented communities. Perhaps most notably, Slavitt was one of the central figures of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, which will be 15 years old next year. I wanted to talk to Slavitt about that anniversary, the state of health care in the U.S., his experience during the pandemic, and whether we are prepared for the next one. You can watch our latest YouTube video, The Zionist Case for a Ceasefire, here. On Sunday, we released Episode 1 of our first ever limited podcast series: The Undecideds. We're following five voters — all Tangle readers — who are undecided about who they are going to vote for in the 2024 election. In Episode 1, we introduce you to those voters. You can subscribe to Tangle by clicking here or drop something in our tip jar by clicking here. Last week, we released more tickets to our New York City event on April 17th, and they got gobbled up quickly. Our general admission tickets are now sold out; but we still have some VIP seats left for purchase. Get them here. Tangle is looking for a part-time intern to work as an assistant to our YouTube and podcast producer. This is a part-time, paid position that would be ideal for a college student or recent college graduate looking to get real-world deadline experience in the industry. Applicants should have: Proficiency in Adobe Premiere — After Effects a plus. Minimum of one year of video editing (Adobe Premiere) Minimum of one year of audio editing and mixing (Any DAW) Good organizational and communication skills Understanding of composition and aesthetic choices Self-sufficiency in solving technical problems Proficiency in color grading and vertical video formatting (preferred, not required) To apply, email your resume and a few paragraphs about why you are applying to jon@readtangle.com and isaac@readtangle.com with the subject line "Editor opening" The job listing is posted here. Preference will be given to candidates in the greater Philadelphia area. Our podcast is written by Isaac Saul and edited and engineered by Jon Lall. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75. Our newsletter is edited by Managing Editor Ari Weitzman, Will Kaback, Bailey Saul, Sean Brady, and produced in conjunction with Tangle's social media manager Magdalena Bokowa, who also created our logo. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message
This week on the Exit: Wayne Slavitt has spent half of his career being an entrepreneur, starting and running companies, and the other half working as an advisor for companies. At 23, he started working as a corporate controller for five different companies on behalf of a holding company. Over five years in the role he helped merge three of the five companies into one, took over the VP of finance role, and prepared the entity for sale. After that, his career boomed and he worked on a myriad of projects identifying opportunities and business risks, and preparing businesses for a successful sale. This episode holds invaluable exit tips and tricks for business owners in all industries, as well as crucial business advice from an experienced entrepreneur. Wayne Slavitt is an expert in maximizing business value and in mergers and acquisitions. Over the past 40-plus years, Wayne Slavitt has held the ranks of CEO, CFO, and corporate controller, and has been in advisory roles as an investment banker, specialized business consultant, and business founder. Wayne was also named a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses scholar and has earned his designation as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor by the Exit Planning Institute. As a current business value maximizer at The PrimeMark Group and exit planning expert, Wayne teaches business owners to stop leaving money on the table and helps prepare them for a successful exit in the future. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayneslavitt/ https://primemarkgroup.com/ - https://primemarkgroup.com/the-book For a Free Flippa Business Valuation: flippa.com/freevaluation -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You'll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/
Many investors and founders shy away from building Medicaid-focused companies. Andy Slavitt – policymaker, investor and ‘In the Bubble' host – joins us to discuss why this is a huge mistake. Medicaid now covers 85 million Americans and is where the opportunities to build meaningful and high impact companies are the greatest. We talk about Andy's work at Town Hall Ventures and his takeaways from leading CMS in the Obama administration and COVID strategy in the early days of the Biden administration.We dive into: Why Medicaid-focused founders should think of states as 50 potential customers, not as governmentsA few of his portfolio companies: Eleanor Health, Cityblock Health, Plume and Spark PediatricsHow states can get better results from Medicaid managed careThe wide range of impacts from Medicaid expansion: lower medical debt and bankruptcy, increase in home ownership, and improvements in maternal, child health, cancer and cardiac outcomesAndy talks about the deep impact on people's lives from having Medicaid coverage:“In every single study, all of those outcomes – every single one of them that are quality of life and health related – are better under Medicaid expansion. And it makes sense. If you put a little bit more money in people's pockets, put a little more security underneath them, they're going to live their lives, they are going to take that risk and take a better job, they are going to not worry as much … the kids are going to be healthier and more stable.”Relevant LinksTown Hall Ventures websiteHealth Affairs post showing far higher investments in Medicare- than Medicaid-focused companies Medicaid facts and figuresASPE study estimating that 15 million people will lose Medicaid coverage with the end of continuous enrollment RWJF study showing that almost two thirds of Medicaid enrollees don't know about upcoming redeterminationsAbout Our GuestAndy Slavitt has led many of the nation's most important health care initiatives, serving as President Biden's White House Senior Advisor for the COVID response, President Obama's head of Medicare and Medicaid and overseeing the turnaround, implementation and defense of the Affordable Care Act. Slavitt is the “outsider's insider,” serving in leading private and non-profit roles in addition to his government services. He is founder and Board Chair Emeritus of United States of Care, a national non-profit health advocacy organization as well as a founding partner of Town Hall Ventures, a healthcare firm that invests in underrepresented communities. He co-chaired a national initiative on the future of health care at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He chronicles what goes on inside the government and across the nation at town halls, in USA Today, on his award-winning podcast In the Bubble, and on twitter. He is the author of Preventable, a best-selling account of the U.S.'s coronavirus response, released in 2021. A...
THE THESIS: This is a great moment for freedom and truth, praise God! The lawyers should question Fauci on everything related to disinformation, since it appears Fauci was demanding social media censor American but also that they promote purposeful lies in favor of medically useless masks, deadly lockdowns and the useless, harmful and often deadly mRNA injections. This should also cross over into the DHS, which is on record lying about their censorship of Americans. Ultimately, we may end up with enough to sue the bosses of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others for some very serious money and hopefully--may God make it so--personally sue Fauci and his team of psychos personally. THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES: Tony Fauci might want to read the Bible. Proverbs 6:16-1916 There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,19 a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community. . . man, I really worry about me and the last line, “a person who stirs up conflict in the community.” May God guide me away from doing that. THE NEWS & COMMENT:The Fauci liars will be deposed under oath! Three is simply no possible way for Fauci to tell the truth about Covid and not reveal that he has been lying for three years. So, his lawyers will try to limit questions to social media only. The AG's suing him should broaden this into all things “misinformation.” Social Media Censorship Lawsuit Update: Fauci Will be Deposed; In our Missouri v. Biden case, the federal judge just ordered that several federal officials must testify under oath, including Anthony Fauci, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Psaki, Slavitt, and others.It's been way too long that Fauci has been allowed to hide. I wrote this back in December of 2021How To Cross Examine Tony Fauci; 10 questions for a human rights criminalGod is revealing all sorts of Covid truths. The CEO of Moderna just admitted that the Covid Flu is like a common cold: [AUDIO] - Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel compares COVID-19 to the seasonal flu and believes young, healthy people should decide for themselves if they want an annual booster. Bancel maintains, that older people 50+, and those in vulnerable categories should definitely consider a booster shot.But, the mobbed-up virus enhancers who make viruses more dangerous are getting even more of our money! "EcoHealth Alliance and Boston University Awarded $1 Million to Predict and Prevent Future Pandemics"I hope this reminds us all of J6. Why? Because there is a clear alignment: the Mockingbird Media's role. They told lies on behalf of the government, not “just” about Covid, but about doctors and scientists. The Mockingbirds slandered people on behalf of the government and they should pay. How is this like J6? Watch what this MSNBC reporter thinks happened during January 6 and remember all the lies MSNBC told about Covid. [AUDIO] - This Rules. Trump Voters Dunking On Fake News BS About January 6thEven here, God is at work, revealing the liars.Gallup: “independents' confidence” in mass media “is at the lowest point” ever; And: “Notably, this is the first time that the percentage of Americans with no trust at all in the media is higher than the percentage with a great deal or a fair amount combined.”And, there is more hope, this time from Canada of all places!“We are not QR codes” New Alberta Premier Danielle Smith apologizes for vaccine passports; Calls for an amnesty and the purging of tracking data.
Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Covid 10/20/22: Wait, We Did WHAT?, published by Zvi on October 20, 2022 on LessWrong. The what, in this case, was the type of thing that could cause another pandemic: This has not made enough people very angry, and is insufficiently widely regarded as a bad move. It happened, and we are paying for similar things to happen again. There's a section on that below (you can Ctrl-F for Gain of Function). It was a surprisingly news-filled week for Covid in other ways as well. None of the other developments should scare you. Executive Summary We did Gain of Function research. Such research must stop. New variants are coming, unclear how big a wave might follow. CDC adds Covid-19 to childhood vaccination schedule. Let's run the numbers. The Numbers Predictions Prediction from last week: 234k cases (+0%) and 2,500 deaths (+2%). Result: 223k cases (-5%) and 2,319 deaths (-6%). Prediction for next week: 218k cases (-3%) and 2,160 deaths (-7%). Now that the decline sustained itself past the holiday and its aftermath, we can be confident that existing strains continue to be on their way down. The question now shifts to the new variants, and when, whether and to what extent they will cause trouble. See the variant section for further discussion of this. Once again, the pandemic is ‘resetting' in this fashion. Deaths Indiana didn't report deaths or cases last week and this week likely filled in the backlog, which is probably most of why the Midwest went up instead of down. Cases The south continues to decline, half of which is Mississippi and North Carolina not reporting cases. I chose not to adjust. Variants Paper says BA.2.75.2 ‘exhibits extensive escape from neutralizing antibodies,' which is not news. Which new variant will take over next? In the equilibrium model, any reproduction advantage is scary, since it will continue to compound until behaviors adjust or enough people get infected. What we have learned over the last few years is that there is a big reproduction advantage to being the new variant and starting from a small base. It takes a huge edge during growth to be the kind of game changer that Alpha, Delta and Omicron were. Here is a graph for America. It is clear that BA.5 has peaked and is in decline, with BQ.1.1 looking most likely to be next and looking like it has a higher reproductive advantage than Moritz is suggesting. That is enough relative growth to be somewhat worrying. It looks like more than the ‘10% advantage' I see quoted in places like this Andy Slavitt thread. If I was convinced the advantage was only ~10%, I would be at least as confident as the 80% Slavitt reports from scientists that the winter will be highly manageable. As an alternative perspective, looking at variant groups as levels rather than looking at individual variants. As we saw last week, this is very concentrated in Germany and Austria, and to a lesser extent France. Graphs like this are effectively somewhat misleading in isolation. He gives a variety of other charts, including many variants of the one above. The variations for other nations all look broadly similar. An underappreciated fact is that case counts effectively fully reset from scratch every time a new variant takes over. If Western Europe (or at least Germany) is experiencing a surge of Level 5 cases now, and the big winter wave is going to be Level 6, then the current case counts don't matter for the future local path of the pandemic. At all. Thus, we can make statements like this, which are relatively clear. Cornelius Roemer says on October 13 that variants like BA.4.6 are not yet impacting case counts much. This means that current case counts are still mostly irrelevant to future case counts. (Global cases count in terms of the mutation rate, and past cases matter for spread.) Think about the history of the pandemic in...
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Covid 10/20/22: Wait, We Did WHAT?, published by Zvi on October 20, 2022 on LessWrong. The what, in this case, was the type of thing that could cause another pandemic: This has not made enough people very angry, and is insufficiently widely regarded as a bad move. It happened, and we are paying for similar things to happen again. There's a section on that below (you can Ctrl-F for Gain of Function). It was a surprisingly news-filled week for Covid in other ways as well. None of the other developments should scare you. Executive Summary We did Gain of Function research. Such research must stop. New variants are coming, unclear how big a wave might follow. CDC adds Covid-19 to childhood vaccination schedule. Let's run the numbers. The Numbers Predictions Prediction from last week: 234k cases (+0%) and 2,500 deaths (+2%). Result: 223k cases (-5%) and 2,319 deaths (-6%). Prediction for next week: 218k cases (-3%) and 2,160 deaths (-7%). Now that the decline sustained itself past the holiday and its aftermath, we can be confident that existing strains continue to be on their way down. The question now shifts to the new variants, and when, whether and to what extent they will cause trouble. See the variant section for further discussion of this. Once again, the pandemic is ‘resetting' in this fashion. Deaths Indiana didn't report deaths or cases last week and this week likely filled in the backlog, which is probably most of why the Midwest went up instead of down. Cases The south continues to decline, half of which is Mississippi and North Carolina not reporting cases. I chose not to adjust. Variants Paper says BA.2.75.2 ‘exhibits extensive escape from neutralizing antibodies,' which is not news. Which new variant will take over next? In the equilibrium model, any reproduction advantage is scary, since it will continue to compound until behaviors adjust or enough people get infected. What we have learned over the last few years is that there is a big reproduction advantage to being the new variant and starting from a small base. It takes a huge edge during growth to be the kind of game changer that Alpha, Delta and Omicron were. Here is a graph for America. It is clear that BA.5 has peaked and is in decline, with BQ.1.1 looking most likely to be next and looking like it has a higher reproductive advantage than Moritz is suggesting. That is enough relative growth to be somewhat worrying. It looks like more than the ‘10% advantage' I see quoted in places like this Andy Slavitt thread. If I was convinced the advantage was only ~10%, I would be at least as confident as the 80% Slavitt reports from scientists that the winter will be highly manageable. As an alternative perspective, looking at variant groups as levels rather than looking at individual variants. As we saw last week, this is very concentrated in Germany and Austria, and to a lesser extent France. Graphs like this are effectively somewhat misleading in isolation. He gives a variety of other charts, including many variants of the one above. The variations for other nations all look broadly similar. An underappreciated fact is that case counts effectively fully reset from scratch every time a new variant takes over. If Western Europe (or at least Germany) is experiencing a surge of Level 5 cases now, and the big winter wave is going to be Level 6, then the current case counts don't matter for the future local path of the pandemic. At all. Thus, we can make statements like this, which are relatively clear. Cornelius Roemer says on October 13 that variants like BA.4.6 are not yet impacting case counts much. This means that current case counts are still mostly irrelevant to future case counts. (Global cases count in terms of the mutation rate, and past cases matter for spread.) Think about the history of the pandemic in...
This week on the Maximize Business Value Podcast, host Tom Bronson welcomes author and CEO of PrimeMark Group, Wayne Slavitt! Tune in to hear some great advice from a fellow CEPA, and find out more about Wayne's book, 'Run It LikeYou'll Sell It'! FIND WAYNE'S BOOK HERE: https://amzn.to/3LLQZaw Tom Bronson is the founder and President of Mastery Partners, a company that helps business owners maximize business value, design exit strategy, and transition their business on their terms. Mastery utilizes proven techniques and strategies that dramatically improve business value that was developed during Tom's career 100 business transactions as either a business buyer or seller. As a business owner himself, he has been in your situation a hundred times, and he knows what it takes to craft the right strategy. Bronson is passionate about helping business owners and has the experience to do it. Want to chat more or think Tom can help you? Reach out at tom@masterypartners.com or check out his book, Maximize Business Value, Begin with The Exit in Mind (2020).Wayne Slavitt is CEO and Founder of CareMark Group. Over the past 40 years, Wayne has been involved in a variety of entrepreneurial projects in both principal and advisor capacities. Wayne's broad involvement on both sides of the aisle ranges from executive positions as an investment banker, specialized business consultant, and business founder. Wayne has a proven track record of maximizing business value and in delivering “out of the park” results.Mastery Partners, where our mission is to equip business owners to Maximize Business Value so they can transition their business on their terms. Our mission was born from the lessons we've learned from over 100 business transactions, which fuels our desire to share our experiences and wisdom so you can succeed.
Former CMS Director Andy Slavitt has achieved major wins for health in the private and public sectors. Slavitt talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about lessons learned from the ACA and COVID-19 responses, whether or not our government is up to the major health challenges of today, and why public health “gets recognized in years and decades, not days and weeks.” Also - we want to hear from you!
Biden Administration colluding with social media, Gov. Abbot of Texas bussing illegal immigrants to Chicago, Oregon tells California to hold its beer on electric cars… … and more on today’s CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. My name is Toby Sumpter and today is Friday, September 2, 2022. Blue Ridge Reformed Church, a potential CREC church plant in the Roanoke Valley, will begin worship services on Sunday September 4th at 6:00 p.m. They are located at 6032 Cloverdale Rd, Roanoke, VA 24019. For more information folks can check out our website blueridgereformed.org https://www.theepochtimes.com/over-50-biden-administration-employees-12-us-agencies-involved-in-social-media-censorship-push-documents_4704349.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Over 50 Biden Administration Employees, 12 US Agencies Involved in Social Media Censorship Push: Documents Over 50 officials in President Joe Biden’s administration across a dozen agencies have been involved with efforts to pressure Big Techcompanies to crack down on alleged misinformation, according to documents released on Aug. 31. Senior officials in the U.S. government, including White House lawyer Dana Remus, deputy assistant to the president Rob Flaherty, and onetime White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt, have been in touch with one or more major social media companies to try to get the companies to tighten rules on allegedly false and misleading information on COVID-19, and take action against users who violate the rules, the documents show. In July 2021, for instance, after Biden said that Facebook was “killing people” by not combating misinformation effectively, an executive at Meta reached out to Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, a Biden appointee, to say that government and Meta teams met after the remarks “to better understand the scope of what the White House expects from us on misinformation going forward.” The same executive later wrote to Murthy saying, “I wanted to make sure you saw the steps we took just this past week to adjust policies on what we are removing with respect to misinformation, as well as steps taken to further address the ‘disinfo dozen,'” including removing pages linked to the group. The White House publicly pressured social media companies to take action against a group officials dubbed the “disinformation dozen,” which a nonprofit claimed were producing the bulk of “anti-vaccine misinformation” on the platforms. Also in July 2021, Murthy said Facebook had not done enough to combat misinformation. Rob Flaherty, director of digital strategy for the White House, told Slavitt and others in April 2021 that White House staff would be briefed by Twitter “on vaccine misinfo,” with the meeting including “ways the White House (and our COVID experts) can partner in product work,” according to one of the messages. In another exchange that year, a Department of Treasury official working on “mis, dis, and mal-information” told Meta workers that the deputy treasury secretary wanted to talk about “potential influence operations.” In a text in February 2021, meanwhile, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly, wrote to another agency official that she was “trying to get us in a place where Fed can work with platforms to better understand the mis/dis trends so relevant agencies can try to prebunk/debunk as useful.” The documents were part of a preliminary production in a lawsuitlevied against the government by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, later joined by experts maligned by federal officials. “If there was ever any doubt the federal government was behind censorship of Americans who dared to dissent from official Covid messaging, that doubt has been erased,” Jenin Younes, a lawyer with the New Civil Liberties Alliance who is representing some of the plaintiffs in the case, said in a statement. “The shocking extent of the government’s involvement in silencing Americans, through coercing social-media companies, has now been revealed.” Club Membership Plug: Let’s stop and take a moment to talk about Fight Laugh Feast Club membership. By joining the Fight Laugh Feast Army, not only will you be aiding in our fight to take down secular & legacy media; but you’ll also get access to content placed in our Club Portal, such as past shows, all of our conference talks, and EXCLUSIVE content for club members that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Lastly, you’ll also get discounts for our conferences… so if you’ve got $10 bucks a month to kick over our way, you can sign up now at flfnetwork.com https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-gov-greg-abbott-begins-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago_4703681.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Begins Busing Illegal Immigrants to Chicago Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday said that illegal aliens apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border are now being bused to Chicago in addition to New York City and Washington. Abbott said his strategy to bus illegal immigrants from Texas to the Democrat-led sanctuary cities makes a strategic point about the impact of President Joe Biden’s “open border policies” on American communities. “President Biden’s inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans—and Americans—at risk and is overwhelming our communities,” the Republican governor said in a statement. “To continue providing much-needed relief to our small, overrun border towns, Chicago will join fellow sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York City as an additional drop-off location.” Acknowledging Chicago’s sanctuary city policies, Abbott said Mayor Lori Lightfoot “loves to tout” that her city welcomes illegal immigrants as a matter of “responsibility.” “I look forward to seeing this responsibility in action as these migrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them,” Abbott said. Chicago Calls Busing Program ‘Racist’ The Chicago mayor’s office confirmed that around 60 illegal aliens arrived at Union Square from Texas on Wednesday night and were being provided with essential services while they “navigate the next steps of their journey.” “As a city we are doing everything we can to ensure these immigrants and their families receive shelter, food, and most importantly protection,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “This is not new; Chicago welcomes hundreds of migrants every year to our city and provides much-needed assistance.” The spokesperson also accused Abbott of having no “shame or humanity” and described the busing program as “racist practices.” The mayors of Washington and New York City, Muriel Bowser and Eric Adams, have also criticized the busing program, calling it a political stunt. But Abbott has said the illegal immigrants voluntarily chose to go to their cities where there is more capacity to serve them. The Texas governor first directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management in April to charter buses to transport illegal immigrants who claimed asylum when apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border to Washington. New York City was added as a second drop-off location in August. Since then, more than 8,900 illegal aliens have been bused out of Texas to those cities, providing “much-needed relief to Texas’ overwhelmed border communities,” according to Abbott’s office. Overwhelmed with the influx of illegal aliens arriving from Texas, Bowser has twice asked the Biden administration to deploy National Guard personnel to help her city cope. Both requests were denied. Lightfoot signed Chicago’s “Welcoming City Ordinance” measure in February 2021 to strengthen the city’s sanctuary policies, which prevented local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. “Chicago has been a welcoming city and a city of immigrants since its very founding, and proudly so,” Lightfoot said at the time. Abbott’s office noted that under this policy Chicago doesn’t deny city services to individuals based on their immigration status. “With its ‘Welcoming City Ordinance’ making it a sanctuary city, Chicago will not deny city services to individuals based on their immigration status. The city also does not require local police to cooperate with federal immigration authorities,” Abbott’s office said. Abbott promised to keep busing illegal aliens to so-called sanctuary cities until the Biden administration “does its job” to secure the border. Redballoon Not so long ago, the American dream was alive and well. 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If you are an employee who is being censored at work or is being forced to comply with the current zeitgeist, post your resume on RedBalloon and look for a new job. redballoon.work, the job site where free speech is still alive! www.redballoon.work https://www.theepochtimes.com/oregon-to-join-california-in-move-to-ban-gas-powered-vehicle-sales_4704534.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Oregon to Join California in Move to Ban Gas-Powered Vehicle Sales Oregon has joined a list of more than a dozen states vowing to follow California’s lead in banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. The move comes as California urges residents to not charge their electric vehicles during a heatwave to avoid straining the electrical grid. An Oregon Department of Environmental Quality advisory committee is now in the process of creating what it calls “Advanced Clean Cars II Rules,” which will guide the state toward that new goal. California announced on Aug. 24 that it would begin to phase out gas-powered vehicles beginning in 2026, when 35 percent of all passenger vehicles and light duty trucks sold in the state must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). With an anticipated increase of nearly 8 percent annually, the state has vowed that 100 percent of all vehicles sold in California will be ZEVs by 2035. Oregon aims to follow suit. “The transportation sector accounts for more than 40 percent of Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions,” the Oregon Department of Energy said in a statement. “Moving to cleaner, alternative fuel transportation options, like zero-emission vehicles, can reduce those harmful Green House Gases (GHGs) and help Oregon reach its climate goals.” Oregon had already been working toward a goal set by its legislature in 2019 to have 250,000 registered ZEVs in the state by 2025. As of April, there were approximately 50,000 ZEVs on Oregon roads, falling well short of the pace to meet that goal in the first three years. “We’re committed to getting more electric vehicles [EVs] on Oregon’s roads and 50,000 registered EVs is a major milestone,” said Amanda Pietz, administrator of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Climate Office. “EVs make up about 8 percent of new cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in Oregon, and we’ll support that growing market through partnerships to build out EV charging stations along major roads and in Oregon’s communities.” The state will also “support” that market by banning gas-powered vehicles and using taxpayer-funded subsidies to prime the pump. Oregon offers as much as $7,500 in taxpayer-funded rebates on top of the federal tax credit of $7,500 toward the purchase of a ZEV. Utilities in the state are offering additional rebates of up to $1,500 for a vehicle purchase and up to $1,000 to install a residential home charger or workplace-commercial charging station. The Go Electric Oregon website encourages buyers to “stack” government incentives to obtain more than $16,500 to use for the purchase of a ZEV. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, taxpayers have already subsidized the purchase of electric vehicles (at an average cost of $66,000) to the tune of $55 million. One 2018 estimate puts the average income of an electric vehicle driver at $150,000 compared to the U.S. average of $63,000. In May, the Oregon Department of Transportation committed to spending $100 million in federal and state funds over the next five years to expand Oregon’s EV charging infrastructure. The transition to ZEVs seems to overlook increasing concern over their environmental impact and national security implications. Making ZEV batteries requires the use of fossil fuels to process ore and extract minerals, including lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and graphite. They also require steel, aluminum, plastic, and other materials. The extraction and processing of these minerals are dominated by China and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to Bloomberg, China controls 80 percent of the market for EV batteries. The push to convert to ZEVs will also create challenges to the electrical grid. In a 2018 analysis, energy economists at the University of Texas found that if California drivers were to go fully electric overnight, the state would need about 47 percent more electricity than it currently consumes. All the states that follow California’s emission standards will face similar challenges. But California’s electrical grid is already strained and Oregon’s faces uncertainty. With a heatwave looming, California’s grid operator issued an alert on Aug. 31, urging residents to avoid using large appliances and charging electric vehicles between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. over the Labor Day weekend. “Lowering electricity use during that time will ease strain on the system, and prevent more drastic measures, including rotating power outages,” the alert reads. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has supported removing or breaching the Lower Snake River Dams to protect fish populations. Carbon-free hydropower from dams makes up 45 percent of the electricity used in Oregon. https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2022/08/31/report-20-mlb-teams-promote-fund-groups-perform-child-sex-change-operations/ Report: 20 MLB Teams ‘Promote or Fund’ Groups that Perform Child Sex Change Operations The magazine reviewed the causes and organizations to which these teams are handing out millions of dollars in donations and found that many support sex-change surgery, hormone treatments, and other dangerous procedures for “transitioning” teens and pre-teens. National Review found that almost every team in the league “promote or fund groups that encourage or provide sex-change procedures and gender-transition hormone treatment for minors as young as 12. Other organizations promote ‘social transitions’ — i.e., nonmedical changes in ‘gender expression,’ including the adoption of new names, pronouns, and clothing — for children as young as three.” Much of the support these teams are lending is organized under the rubric of the widespread LGBTQ “Pride Nights” that the league pushes. Along with the yearly events in the stadiums, the teams also donate money to a number of advocacy groups — usually local groups, but often national groups, as well. The Detroit Tigers, for instance, support the Ruth Ellis Center and Corktown Health in Detroit, the magazine noted. At the checkout page for tickets to the Pride Night game, the Tigers website offered ‘a chance to support a local Pride organization of your choice,’ with a drop-down menu that included LGBT-focused clinics such as the Ruth Ellis Center and Corktown Health, both of which perform medical gender transitions on minors. On top of masculinizing and feminizing drugs, at least one — the Ruth Ellis Center — included irreversible ‘gender affirming surgery’ in its suite of ‘transition care for transgender youth’ options. Another charity promoted by the Tigers, the Trans Sistas of Color Project, was actively funding groups such as ‘Trans Minors Rights,’ which ‘advocates for empowering transgender youth to make their own decisions regarding puberty blockers’ — i.e., ‘without requiring the consent of a parent.’ (The group’s tagline: ‘Unblock blockers.’) The magazine noted that the Tigers are only one example and that the MLB “Pride Resource Guide” promotes a long list of “social justice” groups that also push transgenderism on kids. The report found that five teams promoted groups that push dangerous surgeries on trans kids, including the Detroit Tigers, the Boston Red Sox, the Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, and the Cleveland Guardians. Four teams partner with organizations that provide counseling and referrals to youths for such medical procedures. That list includes the L.A. Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, and the Oakland As. And another five teams promote groups that offer guides and promotion of the transgender lifestyle, including the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Colorado Rockies. Finally, six teams support groups that have lobbyists for the trans cause and otherwise advocate for the transgender lifestyle. Those teams include the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, the L.A. Angels, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Washington Nationals. “It’s a classic case of institutional capture by the Left,” the magazine concluded. It is up to the fans to speak out and urge the league to reverse course on this outrageous advocacy. Christ Church Events Coordinator Looking to move to Moscow? Christ Church is hiring a full-time events coordinator to plan and manage all events for our various ministries. Coordinators have to understand what it takes to make sure the logistics work out for our growing ministries, keep everything within the allocated budget and ensure that the event itself is carried out smoothly. For more information, Please contact Carson Sensing at csensing@christkirk.com if you are interested in applying Psalm of the Day: Fight Laugh Feast Theme Song: To the Word sea shanty To the Testimony and Law, To the Word, to Word we go; If they don’t speak this word, they have no light at all; Bend, break, burn, and blow. 0:00-1:07 Amen! This is Toby Sumpter with CrossPolitic News. Remember you can always find the links to our news stories and these psalms at crosspolitic dot com – just click on the daily news brief and follow the links. Or find them on our App: just search “Fight Laugh Feast” in your favorite app store and never miss a show. We are now doing a daily show, with daily backstage content for Fight Laugh Feast Club Member. Join today and get access as well as a $100 discount at the Fight Laugh Feast conference in Knoxville, TN Oct. 6-8, and have a great day.
Biden Administration colluding with social media, Gov. Abbot of Texas bussing illegal immigrants to Chicago, Oregon tells California to hold its beer on electric cars… … and more on today’s CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. My name is Toby Sumpter and today is Friday, September 2, 2022. Blue Ridge Reformed Church, a potential CREC church plant in the Roanoke Valley, will begin worship services on Sunday September 4th at 6:00 p.m. They are located at 6032 Cloverdale Rd, Roanoke, VA 24019. For more information folks can check out our website blueridgereformed.org https://www.theepochtimes.com/over-50-biden-administration-employees-12-us-agencies-involved-in-social-media-censorship-push-documents_4704349.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Over 50 Biden Administration Employees, 12 US Agencies Involved in Social Media Censorship Push: Documents Over 50 officials in President Joe Biden’s administration across a dozen agencies have been involved with efforts to pressure Big Techcompanies to crack down on alleged misinformation, according to documents released on Aug. 31. Senior officials in the U.S. government, including White House lawyer Dana Remus, deputy assistant to the president Rob Flaherty, and onetime White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt, have been in touch with one or more major social media companies to try to get the companies to tighten rules on allegedly false and misleading information on COVID-19, and take action against users who violate the rules, the documents show. In July 2021, for instance, after Biden said that Facebook was “killing people” by not combating misinformation effectively, an executive at Meta reached out to Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, a Biden appointee, to say that government and Meta teams met after the remarks “to better understand the scope of what the White House expects from us on misinformation going forward.” The same executive later wrote to Murthy saying, “I wanted to make sure you saw the steps we took just this past week to adjust policies on what we are removing with respect to misinformation, as well as steps taken to further address the ‘disinfo dozen,'” including removing pages linked to the group. The White House publicly pressured social media companies to take action against a group officials dubbed the “disinformation dozen,” which a nonprofit claimed were producing the bulk of “anti-vaccine misinformation” on the platforms. Also in July 2021, Murthy said Facebook had not done enough to combat misinformation. Rob Flaherty, director of digital strategy for the White House, told Slavitt and others in April 2021 that White House staff would be briefed by Twitter “on vaccine misinfo,” with the meeting including “ways the White House (and our COVID experts) can partner in product work,” according to one of the messages. In another exchange that year, a Department of Treasury official working on “mis, dis, and mal-information” told Meta workers that the deputy treasury secretary wanted to talk about “potential influence operations.” In a text in February 2021, meanwhile, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly, wrote to another agency official that she was “trying to get us in a place where Fed can work with platforms to better understand the mis/dis trends so relevant agencies can try to prebunk/debunk as useful.” The documents were part of a preliminary production in a lawsuitlevied against the government by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, later joined by experts maligned by federal officials. “If there was ever any doubt the federal government was behind censorship of Americans who dared to dissent from official Covid messaging, that doubt has been erased,” Jenin Younes, a lawyer with the New Civil Liberties Alliance who is representing some of the plaintiffs in the case, said in a statement. “The shocking extent of the government’s involvement in silencing Americans, through coercing social-media companies, has now been revealed.” Club Membership Plug: Let’s stop and take a moment to talk about Fight Laugh Feast Club membership. By joining the Fight Laugh Feast Army, not only will you be aiding in our fight to take down secular & legacy media; but you’ll also get access to content placed in our Club Portal, such as past shows, all of our conference talks, and EXCLUSIVE content for club members that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Lastly, you’ll also get discounts for our conferences… so if you’ve got $10 bucks a month to kick over our way, you can sign up now at flfnetwork.com https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-gov-greg-abbott-begins-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago_4703681.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Begins Busing Illegal Immigrants to Chicago Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday said that illegal aliens apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border are now being bused to Chicago in addition to New York City and Washington. Abbott said his strategy to bus illegal immigrants from Texas to the Democrat-led sanctuary cities makes a strategic point about the impact of President Joe Biden’s “open border policies” on American communities. “President Biden’s inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans—and Americans—at risk and is overwhelming our communities,” the Republican governor said in a statement. “To continue providing much-needed relief to our small, overrun border towns, Chicago will join fellow sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York City as an additional drop-off location.” Acknowledging Chicago’s sanctuary city policies, Abbott said Mayor Lori Lightfoot “loves to tout” that her city welcomes illegal immigrants as a matter of “responsibility.” “I look forward to seeing this responsibility in action as these migrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them,” Abbott said. Chicago Calls Busing Program ‘Racist’ The Chicago mayor’s office confirmed that around 60 illegal aliens arrived at Union Square from Texas on Wednesday night and were being provided with essential services while they “navigate the next steps of their journey.” “As a city we are doing everything we can to ensure these immigrants and their families receive shelter, food, and most importantly protection,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “This is not new; Chicago welcomes hundreds of migrants every year to our city and provides much-needed assistance.” The spokesperson also accused Abbott of having no “shame or humanity” and described the busing program as “racist practices.” The mayors of Washington and New York City, Muriel Bowser and Eric Adams, have also criticized the busing program, calling it a political stunt. But Abbott has said the illegal immigrants voluntarily chose to go to their cities where there is more capacity to serve them. The Texas governor first directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management in April to charter buses to transport illegal immigrants who claimed asylum when apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border to Washington. New York City was added as a second drop-off location in August. Since then, more than 8,900 illegal aliens have been bused out of Texas to those cities, providing “much-needed relief to Texas’ overwhelmed border communities,” according to Abbott’s office. Overwhelmed with the influx of illegal aliens arriving from Texas, Bowser has twice asked the Biden administration to deploy National Guard personnel to help her city cope. Both requests were denied. Lightfoot signed Chicago’s “Welcoming City Ordinance” measure in February 2021 to strengthen the city’s sanctuary policies, which prevented local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. “Chicago has been a welcoming city and a city of immigrants since its very founding, and proudly so,” Lightfoot said at the time. Abbott’s office noted that under this policy Chicago doesn’t deny city services to individuals based on their immigration status. “With its ‘Welcoming City Ordinance’ making it a sanctuary city, Chicago will not deny city services to individuals based on their immigration status. The city also does not require local police to cooperate with federal immigration authorities,” Abbott’s office said. Abbott promised to keep busing illegal aliens to so-called sanctuary cities until the Biden administration “does its job” to secure the border. Redballoon Not so long ago, the American dream was alive and well. Employees who worked hard were rewarded, and employers looked for people who could do the job, not for people who had the right political views. RedBalloon.work is a job site designed to get us back to what made American businesses successful: free speech, hard work, and having fun. If you are a free speech employer who wants to hire employees who focus on their work and not identity politics, then post a job on RedBalloon. If you are an employee who is being censored at work or is being forced to comply with the current zeitgeist, post your resume on RedBalloon and look for a new job. redballoon.work, the job site where free speech is still alive! www.redballoon.work https://www.theepochtimes.com/oregon-to-join-california-in-move-to-ban-gas-powered-vehicle-sales_4704534.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Oregon to Join California in Move to Ban Gas-Powered Vehicle Sales Oregon has joined a list of more than a dozen states vowing to follow California’s lead in banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. The move comes as California urges residents to not charge their electric vehicles during a heatwave to avoid straining the electrical grid. An Oregon Department of Environmental Quality advisory committee is now in the process of creating what it calls “Advanced Clean Cars II Rules,” which will guide the state toward that new goal. California announced on Aug. 24 that it would begin to phase out gas-powered vehicles beginning in 2026, when 35 percent of all passenger vehicles and light duty trucks sold in the state must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). With an anticipated increase of nearly 8 percent annually, the state has vowed that 100 percent of all vehicles sold in California will be ZEVs by 2035. Oregon aims to follow suit. “The transportation sector accounts for more than 40 percent of Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions,” the Oregon Department of Energy said in a statement. “Moving to cleaner, alternative fuel transportation options, like zero-emission vehicles, can reduce those harmful Green House Gases (GHGs) and help Oregon reach its climate goals.” Oregon had already been working toward a goal set by its legislature in 2019 to have 250,000 registered ZEVs in the state by 2025. As of April, there were approximately 50,000 ZEVs on Oregon roads, falling well short of the pace to meet that goal in the first three years. “We’re committed to getting more electric vehicles [EVs] on Oregon’s roads and 50,000 registered EVs is a major milestone,” said Amanda Pietz, administrator of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Climate Office. “EVs make up about 8 percent of new cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in Oregon, and we’ll support that growing market through partnerships to build out EV charging stations along major roads and in Oregon’s communities.” The state will also “support” that market by banning gas-powered vehicles and using taxpayer-funded subsidies to prime the pump. Oregon offers as much as $7,500 in taxpayer-funded rebates on top of the federal tax credit of $7,500 toward the purchase of a ZEV. Utilities in the state are offering additional rebates of up to $1,500 for a vehicle purchase and up to $1,000 to install a residential home charger or workplace-commercial charging station. The Go Electric Oregon website encourages buyers to “stack” government incentives to obtain more than $16,500 to use for the purchase of a ZEV. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, taxpayers have already subsidized the purchase of electric vehicles (at an average cost of $66,000) to the tune of $55 million. One 2018 estimate puts the average income of an electric vehicle driver at $150,000 compared to the U.S. average of $63,000. In May, the Oregon Department of Transportation committed to spending $100 million in federal and state funds over the next five years to expand Oregon’s EV charging infrastructure. The transition to ZEVs seems to overlook increasing concern over their environmental impact and national security implications. Making ZEV batteries requires the use of fossil fuels to process ore and extract minerals, including lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and graphite. They also require steel, aluminum, plastic, and other materials. The extraction and processing of these minerals are dominated by China and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to Bloomberg, China controls 80 percent of the market for EV batteries. The push to convert to ZEVs will also create challenges to the electrical grid. In a 2018 analysis, energy economists at the University of Texas found that if California drivers were to go fully electric overnight, the state would need about 47 percent more electricity than it currently consumes. All the states that follow California’s emission standards will face similar challenges. But California’s electrical grid is already strained and Oregon’s faces uncertainty. With a heatwave looming, California’s grid operator issued an alert on Aug. 31, urging residents to avoid using large appliances and charging electric vehicles between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. over the Labor Day weekend. “Lowering electricity use during that time will ease strain on the system, and prevent more drastic measures, including rotating power outages,” the alert reads. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has supported removing or breaching the Lower Snake River Dams to protect fish populations. Carbon-free hydropower from dams makes up 45 percent of the electricity used in Oregon. https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2022/08/31/report-20-mlb-teams-promote-fund-groups-perform-child-sex-change-operations/ Report: 20 MLB Teams ‘Promote or Fund’ Groups that Perform Child Sex Change Operations The magazine reviewed the causes and organizations to which these teams are handing out millions of dollars in donations and found that many support sex-change surgery, hormone treatments, and other dangerous procedures for “transitioning” teens and pre-teens. National Review found that almost every team in the league “promote or fund groups that encourage or provide sex-change procedures and gender-transition hormone treatment for minors as young as 12. Other organizations promote ‘social transitions’ — i.e., nonmedical changes in ‘gender expression,’ including the adoption of new names, pronouns, and clothing — for children as young as three.” Much of the support these teams are lending is organized under the rubric of the widespread LGBTQ “Pride Nights” that the league pushes. Along with the yearly events in the stadiums, the teams also donate money to a number of advocacy groups — usually local groups, but often national groups, as well. The Detroit Tigers, for instance, support the Ruth Ellis Center and Corktown Health in Detroit, the magazine noted. At the checkout page for tickets to the Pride Night game, the Tigers website offered ‘a chance to support a local Pride organization of your choice,’ with a drop-down menu that included LGBT-focused clinics such as the Ruth Ellis Center and Corktown Health, both of which perform medical gender transitions on minors. On top of masculinizing and feminizing drugs, at least one — the Ruth Ellis Center — included irreversible ‘gender affirming surgery’ in its suite of ‘transition care for transgender youth’ options. Another charity promoted by the Tigers, the Trans Sistas of Color Project, was actively funding groups such as ‘Trans Minors Rights,’ which ‘advocates for empowering transgender youth to make their own decisions regarding puberty blockers’ — i.e., ‘without requiring the consent of a parent.’ (The group’s tagline: ‘Unblock blockers.’) The magazine noted that the Tigers are only one example and that the MLB “Pride Resource Guide” promotes a long list of “social justice” groups that also push transgenderism on kids. The report found that five teams promoted groups that push dangerous surgeries on trans kids, including the Detroit Tigers, the Boston Red Sox, the Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, and the Cleveland Guardians. Four teams partner with organizations that provide counseling and referrals to youths for such medical procedures. That list includes the L.A. Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, and the Oakland As. And another five teams promote groups that offer guides and promotion of the transgender lifestyle, including the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Colorado Rockies. Finally, six teams support groups that have lobbyists for the trans cause and otherwise advocate for the transgender lifestyle. Those teams include the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, the L.A. Angels, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Washington Nationals. “It’s a classic case of institutional capture by the Left,” the magazine concluded. It is up to the fans to speak out and urge the league to reverse course on this outrageous advocacy. Christ Church Events Coordinator Looking to move to Moscow? Christ Church is hiring a full-time events coordinator to plan and manage all events for our various ministries. Coordinators have to understand what it takes to make sure the logistics work out for our growing ministries, keep everything within the allocated budget and ensure that the event itself is carried out smoothly. For more information, Please contact Carson Sensing at csensing@christkirk.com if you are interested in applying Psalm of the Day: Fight Laugh Feast Theme Song: To the Word sea shanty To the Testimony and Law, To the Word, to Word we go; If they don’t speak this word, they have no light at all; Bend, break, burn, and blow. 0:00-1:07 Amen! This is Toby Sumpter with CrossPolitic News. Remember you can always find the links to our news stories and these psalms at crosspolitic dot com – just click on the daily news brief and follow the links. Or find them on our App: just search “Fight Laugh Feast” in your favorite app store and never miss a show. We are now doing a daily show, with daily backstage content for Fight Laugh Feast Club Member. Join today and get access as well as a $100 discount at the Fight Laugh Feast conference in Knoxville, TN Oct. 6-8, and have a great day.
Biden Administration colluding with social media, Gov. Abbot of Texas bussing illegal immigrants to Chicago, Oregon tells California to hold its beer on electric cars… … and more on today’s CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. My name is Toby Sumpter and today is Friday, September 2, 2022. Blue Ridge Reformed Church, a potential CREC church plant in the Roanoke Valley, will begin worship services on Sunday September 4th at 6:00 p.m. They are located at 6032 Cloverdale Rd, Roanoke, VA 24019. For more information folks can check out our website blueridgereformed.org https://www.theepochtimes.com/over-50-biden-administration-employees-12-us-agencies-involved-in-social-media-censorship-push-documents_4704349.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Over 50 Biden Administration Employees, 12 US Agencies Involved in Social Media Censorship Push: Documents Over 50 officials in President Joe Biden’s administration across a dozen agencies have been involved with efforts to pressure Big Techcompanies to crack down on alleged misinformation, according to documents released on Aug. 31. Senior officials in the U.S. government, including White House lawyer Dana Remus, deputy assistant to the president Rob Flaherty, and onetime White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt, have been in touch with one or more major social media companies to try to get the companies to tighten rules on allegedly false and misleading information on COVID-19, and take action against users who violate the rules, the documents show. In July 2021, for instance, after Biden said that Facebook was “killing people” by not combating misinformation effectively, an executive at Meta reached out to Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, a Biden appointee, to say that government and Meta teams met after the remarks “to better understand the scope of what the White House expects from us on misinformation going forward.” The same executive later wrote to Murthy saying, “I wanted to make sure you saw the steps we took just this past week to adjust policies on what we are removing with respect to misinformation, as well as steps taken to further address the ‘disinfo dozen,'” including removing pages linked to the group. The White House publicly pressured social media companies to take action against a group officials dubbed the “disinformation dozen,” which a nonprofit claimed were producing the bulk of “anti-vaccine misinformation” on the platforms. Also in July 2021, Murthy said Facebook had not done enough to combat misinformation. Rob Flaherty, director of digital strategy for the White House, told Slavitt and others in April 2021 that White House staff would be briefed by Twitter “on vaccine misinfo,” with the meeting including “ways the White House (and our COVID experts) can partner in product work,” according to one of the messages. In another exchange that year, a Department of Treasury official working on “mis, dis, and mal-information” told Meta workers that the deputy treasury secretary wanted to talk about “potential influence operations.” In a text in February 2021, meanwhile, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly, wrote to another agency official that she was “trying to get us in a place where Fed can work with platforms to better understand the mis/dis trends so relevant agencies can try to prebunk/debunk as useful.” The documents were part of a preliminary production in a lawsuitlevied against the government by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, later joined by experts maligned by federal officials. “If there was ever any doubt the federal government was behind censorship of Americans who dared to dissent from official Covid messaging, that doubt has been erased,” Jenin Younes, a lawyer with the New Civil Liberties Alliance who is representing some of the plaintiffs in the case, said in a statement. “The shocking extent of the government’s involvement in silencing Americans, through coercing social-media companies, has now been revealed.” Club Membership Plug: Let’s stop and take a moment to talk about Fight Laugh Feast Club membership. By joining the Fight Laugh Feast Army, not only will you be aiding in our fight to take down secular & legacy media; but you’ll also get access to content placed in our Club Portal, such as past shows, all of our conference talks, and EXCLUSIVE content for club members that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Lastly, you’ll also get discounts for our conferences… so if you’ve got $10 bucks a month to kick over our way, you can sign up now at flfnetwork.com https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-gov-greg-abbott-begins-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago_4703681.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Begins Busing Illegal Immigrants to Chicago Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday said that illegal aliens apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border are now being bused to Chicago in addition to New York City and Washington. Abbott said his strategy to bus illegal immigrants from Texas to the Democrat-led sanctuary cities makes a strategic point about the impact of President Joe Biden’s “open border policies” on American communities. “President Biden’s inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans—and Americans—at risk and is overwhelming our communities,” the Republican governor said in a statement. “To continue providing much-needed relief to our small, overrun border towns, Chicago will join fellow sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York City as an additional drop-off location.” Acknowledging Chicago’s sanctuary city policies, Abbott said Mayor Lori Lightfoot “loves to tout” that her city welcomes illegal immigrants as a matter of “responsibility.” “I look forward to seeing this responsibility in action as these migrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them,” Abbott said. Chicago Calls Busing Program ‘Racist’ The Chicago mayor’s office confirmed that around 60 illegal aliens arrived at Union Square from Texas on Wednesday night and were being provided with essential services while they “navigate the next steps of their journey.” “As a city we are doing everything we can to ensure these immigrants and their families receive shelter, food, and most importantly protection,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “This is not new; Chicago welcomes hundreds of migrants every year to our city and provides much-needed assistance.” The spokesperson also accused Abbott of having no “shame or humanity” and described the busing program as “racist practices.” The mayors of Washington and New York City, Muriel Bowser and Eric Adams, have also criticized the busing program, calling it a political stunt. But Abbott has said the illegal immigrants voluntarily chose to go to their cities where there is more capacity to serve them. The Texas governor first directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management in April to charter buses to transport illegal immigrants who claimed asylum when apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border to Washington. New York City was added as a second drop-off location in August. Since then, more than 8,900 illegal aliens have been bused out of Texas to those cities, providing “much-needed relief to Texas’ overwhelmed border communities,” according to Abbott’s office. Overwhelmed with the influx of illegal aliens arriving from Texas, Bowser has twice asked the Biden administration to deploy National Guard personnel to help her city cope. Both requests were denied. Lightfoot signed Chicago’s “Welcoming City Ordinance” measure in February 2021 to strengthen the city’s sanctuary policies, which prevented local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. “Chicago has been a welcoming city and a city of immigrants since its very founding, and proudly so,” Lightfoot said at the time. Abbott’s office noted that under this policy Chicago doesn’t deny city services to individuals based on their immigration status. “With its ‘Welcoming City Ordinance’ making it a sanctuary city, Chicago will not deny city services to individuals based on their immigration status. The city also does not require local police to cooperate with federal immigration authorities,” Abbott’s office said. Abbott promised to keep busing illegal aliens to so-called sanctuary cities until the Biden administration “does its job” to secure the border. Redballoon Not so long ago, the American dream was alive and well. Employees who worked hard were rewarded, and employers looked for people who could do the job, not for people who had the right political views. RedBalloon.work is a job site designed to get us back to what made American businesses successful: free speech, hard work, and having fun. If you are a free speech employer who wants to hire employees who focus on their work and not identity politics, then post a job on RedBalloon. If you are an employee who is being censored at work or is being forced to comply with the current zeitgeist, post your resume on RedBalloon and look for a new job. redballoon.work, the job site where free speech is still alive! www.redballoon.work https://www.theepochtimes.com/oregon-to-join-california-in-move-to-ban-gas-powered-vehicle-sales_4704534.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Oregon to Join California in Move to Ban Gas-Powered Vehicle Sales Oregon has joined a list of more than a dozen states vowing to follow California’s lead in banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. The move comes as California urges residents to not charge their electric vehicles during a heatwave to avoid straining the electrical grid. An Oregon Department of Environmental Quality advisory committee is now in the process of creating what it calls “Advanced Clean Cars II Rules,” which will guide the state toward that new goal. California announced on Aug. 24 that it would begin to phase out gas-powered vehicles beginning in 2026, when 35 percent of all passenger vehicles and light duty trucks sold in the state must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). With an anticipated increase of nearly 8 percent annually, the state has vowed that 100 percent of all vehicles sold in California will be ZEVs by 2035. Oregon aims to follow suit. “The transportation sector accounts for more than 40 percent of Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions,” the Oregon Department of Energy said in a statement. “Moving to cleaner, alternative fuel transportation options, like zero-emission vehicles, can reduce those harmful Green House Gases (GHGs) and help Oregon reach its climate goals.” Oregon had already been working toward a goal set by its legislature in 2019 to have 250,000 registered ZEVs in the state by 2025. As of April, there were approximately 50,000 ZEVs on Oregon roads, falling well short of the pace to meet that goal in the first three years. “We’re committed to getting more electric vehicles [EVs] on Oregon’s roads and 50,000 registered EVs is a major milestone,” said Amanda Pietz, administrator of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Climate Office. “EVs make up about 8 percent of new cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in Oregon, and we’ll support that growing market through partnerships to build out EV charging stations along major roads and in Oregon’s communities.” The state will also “support” that market by banning gas-powered vehicles and using taxpayer-funded subsidies to prime the pump. Oregon offers as much as $7,500 in taxpayer-funded rebates on top of the federal tax credit of $7,500 toward the purchase of a ZEV. Utilities in the state are offering additional rebates of up to $1,500 for a vehicle purchase and up to $1,000 to install a residential home charger or workplace-commercial charging station. The Go Electric Oregon website encourages buyers to “stack” government incentives to obtain more than $16,500 to use for the purchase of a ZEV. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, taxpayers have already subsidized the purchase of electric vehicles (at an average cost of $66,000) to the tune of $55 million. One 2018 estimate puts the average income of an electric vehicle driver at $150,000 compared to the U.S. average of $63,000. In May, the Oregon Department of Transportation committed to spending $100 million in federal and state funds over the next five years to expand Oregon’s EV charging infrastructure. The transition to ZEVs seems to overlook increasing concern over their environmental impact and national security implications. Making ZEV batteries requires the use of fossil fuels to process ore and extract minerals, including lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and graphite. They also require steel, aluminum, plastic, and other materials. The extraction and processing of these minerals are dominated by China and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to Bloomberg, China controls 80 percent of the market for EV batteries. The push to convert to ZEVs will also create challenges to the electrical grid. In a 2018 analysis, energy economists at the University of Texas found that if California drivers were to go fully electric overnight, the state would need about 47 percent more electricity than it currently consumes. All the states that follow California’s emission standards will face similar challenges. But California’s electrical grid is already strained and Oregon’s faces uncertainty. With a heatwave looming, California’s grid operator issued an alert on Aug. 31, urging residents to avoid using large appliances and charging electric vehicles between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. over the Labor Day weekend. “Lowering electricity use during that time will ease strain on the system, and prevent more drastic measures, including rotating power outages,” the alert reads. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has supported removing or breaching the Lower Snake River Dams to protect fish populations. Carbon-free hydropower from dams makes up 45 percent of the electricity used in Oregon. https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2022/08/31/report-20-mlb-teams-promote-fund-groups-perform-child-sex-change-operations/ Report: 20 MLB Teams ‘Promote or Fund’ Groups that Perform Child Sex Change Operations The magazine reviewed the causes and organizations to which these teams are handing out millions of dollars in donations and found that many support sex-change surgery, hormone treatments, and other dangerous procedures for “transitioning” teens and pre-teens. National Review found that almost every team in the league “promote or fund groups that encourage or provide sex-change procedures and gender-transition hormone treatment for minors as young as 12. Other organizations promote ‘social transitions’ — i.e., nonmedical changes in ‘gender expression,’ including the adoption of new names, pronouns, and clothing — for children as young as three.” Much of the support these teams are lending is organized under the rubric of the widespread LGBTQ “Pride Nights” that the league pushes. Along with the yearly events in the stadiums, the teams also donate money to a number of advocacy groups — usually local groups, but often national groups, as well. The Detroit Tigers, for instance, support the Ruth Ellis Center and Corktown Health in Detroit, the magazine noted. At the checkout page for tickets to the Pride Night game, the Tigers website offered ‘a chance to support a local Pride organization of your choice,’ with a drop-down menu that included LGBT-focused clinics such as the Ruth Ellis Center and Corktown Health, both of which perform medical gender transitions on minors. On top of masculinizing and feminizing drugs, at least one — the Ruth Ellis Center — included irreversible ‘gender affirming surgery’ in its suite of ‘transition care for transgender youth’ options. Another charity promoted by the Tigers, the Trans Sistas of Color Project, was actively funding groups such as ‘Trans Minors Rights,’ which ‘advocates for empowering transgender youth to make their own decisions regarding puberty blockers’ — i.e., ‘without requiring the consent of a parent.’ (The group’s tagline: ‘Unblock blockers.’) The magazine noted that the Tigers are only one example and that the MLB “Pride Resource Guide” promotes a long list of “social justice” groups that also push transgenderism on kids. The report found that five teams promoted groups that push dangerous surgeries on trans kids, including the Detroit Tigers, the Boston Red Sox, the Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, and the Cleveland Guardians. Four teams partner with organizations that provide counseling and referrals to youths for such medical procedures. That list includes the L.A. Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, and the Oakland As. And another five teams promote groups that offer guides and promotion of the transgender lifestyle, including the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Colorado Rockies. Finally, six teams support groups that have lobbyists for the trans cause and otherwise advocate for the transgender lifestyle. Those teams include the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, the L.A. Angels, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Washington Nationals. “It’s a classic case of institutional capture by the Left,” the magazine concluded. It is up to the fans to speak out and urge the league to reverse course on this outrageous advocacy. Christ Church Events Coordinator Looking to move to Moscow? 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When do you think it's time for a company to start planning for the eventual sale of their company??? 90 days, 1 - 2 years? Think again! In this episode of Luminary Leaders LIVE, I have a conversation with Wayne Slavitt - Author, Business Value Maximizer, and CEO of The PrimeMark Group as he covers - in-depth, actual steps on how his company helps business owners plan ahead to enable the Maximum value for an eventual sale! His accredited NEW Book, "Run It Like You'll Sell It: Adopting the Seller's Mindset to Maximize the Value of Your Business" is available now - Get your copy, visit https://lnkd.in/gY5kiRjn To have Wayne speak for your organization, company, or business event - Contact Luminary Leaders 909-519-3712. #Vistage #ProVisors #CEOs #RunItLikeYoullSellIt #MaxValue #KeynoteSpeaker Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4m8f1qXIwKo Visit Luminary Leaders www.luminaryspeakers.com
Over the last two years, one topic has dominated headlines and conversation across the world: the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, new variants of the coronavirus have emerged, but so too have vaccines, antiviral treatments, mask mandates and more. In this episode, co-host and Partner https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/felicia-ellsworth (Felicia Ellsworth) is joined by fellow Partner https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/thomas-strickland (Thomas Strickland) to discuss the current landscape of COVID-19 with one of the nation's leading authorities on the pandemic, https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-slavitt-a09b7a164/ (Andy Slavitt). Slavitt is a former senior advisor to the White House's pandemic response team under President Biden and a former consultant to WilmerHale. Prior to serving on Biden's COVID-19 response team, Slavitt served as the acting administrator of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Obama. He is the author of “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response,” and host of his own podcast, “In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt.” Strickland served as Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks for the United States Department of the Interior during the Obama Administration. He also served as United States Attorney for the District of Colorado and Chief Legal Officer at UnitedHealth Group. Ellsworth and Strickland speak with Slavitt about the trajectory of COVID-19 over the next few months and the politicization of the pandemic response. They also delve into the complex patchwork of local and state government policies to combat COVID-19 infection rates. The episode wraps up with an eye toward the future, attempting to answer one salient question: are we ready for the next pandemic? Related Resources: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165/preventable (Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response) https://lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble/ (In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt) https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-ent-coronavirus-slavitt-obama-health-expert-20200420-75i7kxm5kfeb3mz7lptiry6zvm-story.html (Obama's health care guru has been right so far about coronavirus. His message: This will be over, but it'll hurt.) (Chicago Tribune) https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/andy-slavitt-biden-covid-team/index.html (Ex-Obama official who helped fix botched healthcare.gov rollout to join Biden's Covid-19 team) (CNN) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/11/health-202-andy-slavitt-describes-life-white-house-coronavirus-task-force/ (The Health 202: Andy Slavitt describes life on the White House coronavirus task force) (The Washington Post) https://www.npr.org/2022/05/05/1096738289/covid-omicron-cases-endemic (What COVID might look like in the U.S. once we reach the endemic phase) (NPR)
In which John Heilemann talks with Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to the Biden administration's COVID response team, the man who led the turnaround of the botched rollout of the Obamacare website, and author of Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response, a withering indictment of the Trump administration's handling of the greatest public-health crisis of our lifetime. On the two-year anniversary of the first Covid-19 case detected in America, Heilemann and Slavitt discuss the past, present, and future of the pandemic; the Biden administration's successes (in particular its aggressive distribution of vaccines) and missteps (on testing, messaging, dealing with vaccine resistance, and preparedness for new variants such as Omicron); and whether we are on the cusp of a new era, in which Covid morphs from pandemic to endemic, and a new normal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In the wake of two major vaccine-mandate decisions at the high court this week, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to Biden's White House pandemic response team. Slavitt was also the acting administrator of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2015 to 2017. He hosts the In the Bubble podcast, and is the author of Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response. In our Slate Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Mark Joseph Stern for more analysis of the vaccine cases, plus a look at state efforts to bar participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection from office, several vitally important state Supreme ourt decisions and what they suggest, and the refusal of Neil Gorsuch to mask up at the high court. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the wake of two major vaccine-mandate decisions at the high court this week, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to Biden's White House pandemic response team. Slavitt was also the acting administrator of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2015 to 2017. He hosts the In the Bubble podcast, and is the author of Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response. In our Slate Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Mark Joseph Stern for more analysis of the vaccine cases, plus a look at state efforts to bar participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection from office, several vitally important state Supreme ourt decisions and what they suggest, and the refusal of Neil Gorsuch to mask up at the high court. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cal talks with the author of Preventable: The Inside Story Of How Leadership Failures, Politics, And Selfishness Doomed The U.S. Coronavirus Response. Slavitt was the guy who came to the rescue of the Affordable Care Act when it got off to a rocky start in the Obama administration. Cal asks him to look ahead to show us how we can prevent the wrong things from happening over the next few years as 110,000 doctors retire and America turns into a nation in need of a lot more care as it becomes more older than younger for the first time in its history. This conversation affects everyone.
We're enduring our current crush of COVID-19 cases in large part thanks to Republican governors like Texas' Greg Abbott and Florida's Ron DeSantis, who has instituted statewide bans on vaccine and mask mandates as the state's healthcare system is being crushed under a new surge of cases, according to Andy Slavitt, the former head of coronavirus response in Joe Biden's White House.Slavitt said of DeSantis, “He's saying, ‘Hey, I'm going to throw you in the water. I'm going to tell you, Hey, feel free to swim. You have the freedom to swim, but I'm going to bind your hands or put a gag in your mouth. I'm going to cover your eyes. I'm going to tie your ankles, but go ahead and swim.'”If you haven't heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. where Sometimes we interview Senators like Cory Booker or the folks who explain our world in media like Jim Acosta or Soledad O'Brien. Sometimes we just have fun and talk to our favorite comedians and actors like Busy Phillips or Billy Eichner and sometimes its just discussing the fuckery. You can get all of our episodes in your favorite podcast app of choice by becoming a Beast Inside member where you'll support The Beast's fearless journalism. Plus! You'll also get full access to podcasts and articles. To become a member head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We're enduring our current crush of COVID-19 cases in large part thanks to Republican governors like Texas' Greg Abbott and Florida's Ron DeSantis, who has instituted statewide bans on vaccine and mask mandates as the state's healthcare system is being crushed under a new surge of cases, according to Andy Slavitt, the former head of coronavirus response in Joe Biden's White House.Slavitt said of DeSantis, “He's saying, ‘Hey, I'm going to throw you in the water. I'm going to tell you, Hey, feel free to swim. You have the freedom to swim, but I'm going to bind your hands or put a gag in your mouth. I'm going to cover your eyes. I'm going to tie your ankles, but go ahead and swim.'” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
America's response to the COVID-19 pandemic was driven as much by politics as it was by science as policymakers tried to balance public health with economic health. Andy Slavitt, who headed up the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services during the Obama administration says 15 months on, many of the choices made by our leaders don't look so great in hindsight.“It was a huge public health challenge, and that meant tough decisions and trade-offs. But a lot of what happened came back to politics, which caused us to take a very different approach. And it was to our detriment,” Slavitt said. Slavitt is the author of the new book Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response. He's also the host of the “In the Bubble” podcast which examines the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this year, Utah lawmakers passed the so-called “pandemic endgame” bill, which ended Utah's mask mandate on April 10 of this year. They also moved to rein in the power of public health officials.Despite those maneuvers, the number of cases in Utah is rising again as the delta variant of the virus takes hold. “I wish nothing more than a virus would respond to legislation. That would be really nice. We can fool ourselves for some amount of time, but that's not real political leadership,” Slavitt said. Slavitt also details why the Trump administration made the cynical decision to leave the response to the pandemic up to the states, and the real story behind “Operation Warp Speed.”You can listen and subscribe to the podcast for free. Leave a rating and review for the show on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.
Health-care expert Andy Slavitt has spent his career advocating for the American people through affordable and accessible health care. In 2015, he was nominated by President Barack Obama to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In early 2020, when COVID-19 infections began to appear across the United States, Slavitt was one of the first critics of President Donald Trump's lack of response to the oncoming pandemic. His new book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response, provides a definitive inside account of the United States' failed response to the pandemic. Slavitt describes the fateful decisions that were made in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the failures of political leaders to keep Americans healthy. The story he tells is one of a country where bad leadership, political and cultural fractures, and an unwillingness to sustain sacrifice created a complex problem that proved near-impossible to resolve. Join us as leading health-care advisor Andy Slavitt describes what went wrong in America's response to the coronavirus pandemic and puts forth the solutions that will prevent us from repeating the situation. SPEAKERS Andy Slavitt Former White House Senior Advisor for COVID Response; Host, “In the Bubble” Podcast; Author, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response; Twitter @ASlavitt In Conversation with Dr. Atul Gawande Endocrine Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Professor, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Twitter @Atul_Gawande In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on June 22nd, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Health-care expert Andy Slavitt has spent his career advocating for the American people through affordable and accessible health care. In 2015, he was nominated by President Barack Obama to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In early 2020, when COVID-19 infections began to appear across the United States, Slavitt was one of the first critics of President Donald Trump's lack of response to the oncoming pandemic. His new book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response, provides a definitive inside account of the United States' failed response to the pandemic. Slavitt describes the fateful decisions that were made in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the failures of political leaders to keep Americans healthy. The story he tells is one of a country where bad leadership, political and cultural fractures, and an unwillingness to sustain sacrifice created a complex problem that proved near-impossible to resolve. Join us as leading health-care advisor Andy Slavitt describes what went wrong in America's response to the coronavirus pandemic and puts forth the solutions that will prevent us from repeating the situation. SPEAKERS Andy Slavitt Former White House Senior Advisor for COVID Response; Host, “In the Bubble” Podcast; Author, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response; Twitter @ASlavitt In Conversation with Dr. Atul Gawande Endocrine Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Professor, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Twitter @Atul_Gawande In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on June 22nd, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Young Heretics is the classical education you've been denied. But what is a classical education, anyway? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan walks through the history of the three- and four-fold way (the "trivium" and the "quadrivium") to explain how we can shape our souls to love the good in a degraded age. Get your copy of Allan Bloom's translation of Plato's “Republic” here: https://www.amazon.com/Republic-Plato-Allan-Bloom/dp/0465094082?tag=youngheretics-20 Get your copy of David R. Slavitt's translation of "Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy” here: https://www.amazon.com/Consolation-Philosophy-Boethius/dp/0674048350?tag=youngheretics-20 -- Learn a language and have fun doing it. Meet the Ancient Language Institute and receive 15% off with the code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/youngheretics. -- If you believe that your data is your business, secure yourself with the number-one-rated VPN on the market. Get 3 months free: https://expressvpn.com/heretics. -- How did we get to the point that political correctness dominates our culture and society? Order your copy of “Speechless” by Michael Knowles to find out: http://speechlessbook.com. -- Lifting is infrastructure. This exclusive Young Heretics muscle shirt is NOW AVAILABLE, but hurry, because there's only a limited number. Get yours today at https://youngheretics.com/shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We all lived the chaos of what was and somewhat still is our country's collective response to the pandemic. And when looking at American leadership throughout this crisis, one can't help but ask how they chose the best path forward along the way.Former Senior Advisor to Biden's COVID team Andy Slavitt joins Chris to offer perspective on the U.S. response to COVID, the misguided attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci, the concept of vaccine passports, and Slavitt's book Preventable.Andy Slavitt on Dr. Fauci: "It is a little bit unforgivable and typical for people to try and fire the guy who actually is the one that is most responsible of anybody we know for getting us out of this mess."
Former Obama Administration official Andy Slavitt was one of the few outside health experts regularly talking to the Trump White House during the pandemic's first year, bearing witness to what he calls "missed opportunities, willful neglect, and indifference and denial from our president." During that time, as Covid-19 deaths skyrocketed, Slavitt began publicly documenting what he saw, and those observations form the basis of his new book "Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response." We'll talk to Slavitt about what could and should have been done to prevent such massive loss of life, and what governments still need to do to effectively contain the coronavirus.
In today's second hour, Giordano leads off by asking whether or not we've sacrificed enough for the virus, after former Medicare czar Andy Slavitt joined CBS This Morning and told host Tony Dokoupil that Americans may face future issues in dealing with pandemics saying we need to ‘look at one another and ask ourselves what we need to do better next time…being able to sacrifice a little bit for one another to get through this and save lives.' Slavitt explains that because of Trump and the lack of American's caring for one another, the country is in a worse place than it should be. Also, Giordano discusses a story out of Randolph, NJ, in which school administrators removed all holidays from the calendar after facing pushback for removing the Columbus Day holiday. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve reacts to White House coronavirus adviser Andy Slavitt's recent comments on how pandemic America was too selfish; he's right, just not how he thinks. Then, Bob Vander Plaats from the Family Leader joins the program to discuss his organization's announcement that former Vice President Mike Pence will headline its annual summer event. In Hour Two, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock joins the program to discuss Christianity vs. "Wokeism." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bloomberg politics contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino joins Hosts Jack Fitzpatrick and Emily Wilkins to deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Guest: Andy Slavitt, senior advisor to the President, on the changing guidance on the Mask Mandates, how the policy will change the country, and what this will mean for the President's plans concerning reopening.
Bloomberg politics contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino joins Hosts Jack Fitzpatrick and Emily Wilkins to deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Guest: Andy Slavitt, senior advisor to the President, on the changing guidance on the Mask Mandates, how the policy will change the country, and what this will mean for the President's plans concerning reopening.
For In the Bubble's one-year anniversary episode, Dr. Bob catches up with the person who came up with the idea for the show: Zach Slavitt. Then, it’s a conversation about how COVID-19 disrupted the education of doctors and medical students. Bob is joined by three people in different stages of their medical careers at UCSF: medical student (and Bob's daughter) Zoë Lyon, resident Jack Penner, and Vice Dean for Education Catherine Lucey. They discuss what changed when COVID hit San Francisco, how it affected patients, and how the experience steered Jack in a new professional direction. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter @Bob_Wachter and check out In the Bubble’s new Twitter account @inthebubblepod. Find Zoë Lyon @ZoeMarkLyon, Jack Penner @jackpenner, and Catherine Lucey @CatherineRLucey on Twitter. Keep up with Andy in D.C. on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt. In the Bubble is supported in part by listeners like you. Become a member, get exclusive bonus content, ask Andy questions, and get discounted merch at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/inthebubble/ Support the show by checking out our sponsors! Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NEJFhcReE4ejw2Kw7ba8DVJ1xQLogPwA/view Check out these resources from today’s episode: Listen to the first-ever episode of In the Bubble with guest Mark Cuban: https://omny.fm/shows/in-the-bubble-with-andy-slavitt/find-the-helpers-with-mark-cuban Learn more about how UCSF medical students like Zoë helped patients connect with loved ones during COVID-19: https://sfghf.org/covid19/virtual-connection-during-covid-19/ Read Catherine Lucey’s article on how COVID-19 transformed medical education: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2770075 Check out this article about what COVID-19 taught us about telemedicine: https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-covid-19-taught-us-about-telemedicine-11616932803 Learn more about Dr. Bob Wachter and the UCSF Department of Medicine here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/ To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to www.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-the-bubble shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On March 16, 2020, the leaders of the Bay Area announced a regional stay-at-home order that transformed life for millions in the Bay Area. At the time, it was one of the largest and most visible public actions taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Other regions soon followed. Exactly one year later, the Bay Area, California and United States are finally emerging from a public health crisis that has led to over 500,00 deaths and transformed life throughout the country. With vaccine supply increasing, the end of the pandemic is finally in sight. Andy Slavitt, the new White House senior advisor on COVID-19, has been at the center of the fight against the pandemic since early 2020. Last year, he informally advised leading Republicans as well as Democrats across the country on effective strategies against COVOD-19. Early on, Slavitt teamed with former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb to propose a $46.5 billion plan for COVID-19 contact tracing and isolation and was lead author of an early open letter entitled “Stay Home, Save Lives” signed by 16 top Republican and Democratic figures. His impact and influence was felt by millions of people across the county. Today, Slavitt is helping lead the new Biden administration's COVID-19 response efforts. As new variants of the virus continue to spread across the United States and some states reopen as the drop in cases plateaus, the Biden administration is working to increase the production and delivery of vaccines, create new places for people to get vaccinated, and address vaccine hesitancy in diverse communities. Slavitt is at the center of all these discussions. Please join us for a discussion with one of the country's savviest health professionals as we reflect on what we have learned over the past year and what it will take to finally return life to normal in the Bay Area, California and the United States as a whole. SPEAKERS Andy Slavitt Senior Advisor, White House COVID-19 Response Team Mark Zitter Chair, The Zetema Project; Member, The Commonwealth Club of California Board of Governors—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on February 16th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On March 16, 2020, the leaders of the Bay Area announced a regional stay-at-home order that transformed life for millions in the Bay Area. At the time, it was one of the largest and most visible public actions taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Other regions soon followed. Exactly one year later, the Bay Area, California and United States are finally emerging from a public health crisis that has led to over 500,00 deaths and transformed life throughout the country. With vaccine supply increasing, the end of the pandemic is finally in sight. Andy Slavitt, the new White House senior advisor on COVID-19, has been at the center of the fight against the pandemic since early 2020. Last year, he informally advised leading Republicans as well as Democrats across the country on effective strategies against COVOD-19. Early on, Slavitt teamed with former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb to propose a $46.5 billion plan for COVID-19 contact tracing and isolation and was lead author of an early open letter entitled “Stay Home, Save Lives” signed by 16 top Republican and Democratic figures. His impact and influence was felt by millions of people across the county. Today, Slavitt is helping lead the new Biden administration's COVID-19 response efforts. As new variants of the virus continue to spread across the United States and some states reopen as the drop in cases plateaus, the Biden administration is working to increase the production and delivery of vaccines, create new places for people to get vaccinated, and address vaccine hesitancy in diverse communities. Slavitt is at the center of all these discussions. Please join us for a discussion with one of the country’s savviest health professionals as we reflect on what we have learned over the past year and what it will take to finally return life to normal in the Bay Area, California and the United States as a whole. SPEAKERS Andy Slavitt Senior Advisor, White House COVID-19 Response Team Mark Zitter Chair, The Zetema Project; Member, The Commonwealth Club of California Board of Governors—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on February 16th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Interview taped on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “COVID Counselor,” Preet answers listener questions about New York Governor Cuomo’s alleged misreporting of COVID deaths in nursing homes, Congressman Bennie Thompson suit against Trump for his role in inciting the January 6th riot, and Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland’s Senate confirmation hearing. Then, Preet is joined by Andy Slavitt, the Biden Administration’s Senior Advisor to the COVID-19 Response Coordinator. In the Stay Tuned bonus, Slavitt discusses the United State’s role in international COVID vaccine aid, and why the Trump administration didn’t buy enough vaccines for every American. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/covid-counselor-with-andy-slavitt/ Listen to the first five episodes of Doing Justice, Preet’s new free six-part podcast based on his bestselling book of the same name. You can hear Preet’s incredible stories from his time as U.S. Attorney on Apple Podcasts (apple.co/doingjustice), Spotify (spoti.fi/3p9Xwja) or wherever you get your podcasts. To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider at: CAFE.com/Insider Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis by Elie Honig, and features by CAFE staff: CAFE.com/brief As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is produced by CAFE Studios. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: David Kurlander, Noa Azulai, Sam Ozer-Staton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andy Slavitt was shocked when he joined the Biden administration. “I was under the impression coming in—as many, many Americans were—that there were big stockpiles of vaccines waiting to go out the door that were produced over the course of the last year. It's been much, much less the case than I think we'd been led to believe,” the White House senior adviser for COVID response tells Molly Jong-Fast and Jesse Cannon on the latest episode of The New Abnormal. It was one of a host of shortcomings the Biden team found, Slavitt says: “Not enough vaccines, not enough vaccinators, not enough places for people to get vaccines.”“So when we got here January 20th, one of the things we learned as an only 46% of the vaccines delivered to states had actually made its way into people's arms. Now you'd never expect that to be 100%. But 46%? It was low,” Slavitt adds.There’s now a plan in place to purchase as many as 600 million doses, hopefully enough for every American. States are now using 75% of their doses, a big step up from a few weeks ago. And there may be another vaccine around the corner, from Johnson and Johnson. “I would love to tell you, we weren't going to be starting with a huge stockpile of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The truth is we're starting with a small number and we've got to build it as quickly as possible.”Meanwhile, the virus is evolving. More contagious, deadlier variants are spreading, fast. But even here, Slavitt sees some signs for hope. “All of the vaccines work very well against the English B117 variant. So that's good. The South African variant—and there's another one that looks like the South African, that's the Brazilian variant—that one it's interesting. There is a degradation of performance of the vaccines against the South African variant. However, that degradation is thankfully still above the scientific threshold for effectiveness,” Slavitt says. “It still generates antibodies. It doesn't generate as many. But it’s good.”The vaccines may even be a bit better than advertised, Slavitt says. “You know, we may have done a little bit of a disservice to ourselves when with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, we talked about the end point as including [serve] and mild [COVID-19 cases], because we really don't care as much about the mild. And so we get very fixated on the fact that they're 95% percent effective against both, right. And we probably should have stepped back and said, ‘you know what, let’s just measure it against more severe symptoms.’ In which case, the Johnson and Johnson does very close to comparable.” And all of the vaccines seem to stop severe cases—from all the variants. There are even some indications that “viral load”—the amount of virus a person carries—“is decreased for people who are vaccinated,” indicating “that these vaccines not only reduce disease and save lives, but these vaccines also will reduce the ability of people to affect one another, which if it holds up, will be terrific news.”But only if the vaccine gets into the arms of the people who need it the most, Slavitt cautions. “It's not just how many vaccines are being administered, but also how equitable equitably they're being distributed. Because look, we all know there are half the population or more would crawl over broken glass to get the vaccine, right. But the problem is they’re crawling over other people,” he adds. “You know, they're getting online and going into communities, maybe neighborhoods they've never visited or visited in a long time, but [where] we put vaccines that are really hard hit by the virus. People are coming in, refreshing their browser, and going in and getting these appointments. It's really important that we not just focus on how many people we vaccinated, but that we do it as equitably as possible. And that's a big, big push for us.”If you haven't heard, every single week The New... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On today’s show:A quick look at another new hotel proposed for PantopsAlbemarle seeking to install five historic markers this yearCoverage of the January 27, 2021 briefing by Governor Ralph NorthamIn today’s Patreon fueled shout-out: The Local Energy Alliance Program, your local energy nonprofit, wants to help you lower your energy bills, make your home more comfortable, and save energy. Schedule your Home Energy Check-Up to get started - now only $45 for City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents. You’ll receive energy-saving products and expert advice customized to your needs. Sign up today!Faced with mounting criticism over Virginia’s rate of vaccination, Governor Ralph Northam took to the podium this afternoon to address what his administration plans to do to speed up delivery of doses. “First of all I want all of you to know that I understand your frustration,” Northam said. “I know you’re out of patience and I am as well.”The first doses of the Pfizer vaccine became available in the United States in mid-December, followed soon after by the Moderna vaccine. “We told you then that the first shots would go to the people who are most vulnerable,” Northam said. “Health care workers and people living in long-term care. We estimated that would be about 500,000 people. Today about a month later, more than 520,000 shots have been given in our Commonwealth.Northam said that means more people have been vaccinated than diagnosed with COVID in the past year. Today that number hit 488,553 according to data from the Virginia Department of Health. Source: Virginia Department of HealthThe federal government is the entity that contracted with pharmaceutical companies to manufacture the vaccines. Northam said the national government has been distributing doses to states. The presidential transition has been a factor leading to public confusion. “Fifteen days ago, the outgoing federal Secretary of Health told states to open up eligibility to everyone 65 and over,” Northam said. “[They said] ‘we’ll send more doses. If you don’t expand eligibility, we’ll reduce your supply.’ Then two days later, states learned that there were no more doses. That made a confusing situation even more confusing across the entire country.” Northam said he has been in touch with the Biden administration including a call yesterday with all of the nation’s governors. “I also heard something that I have not heard since the pandemic began and that is a commitment at the national level to work together, find solutions, and get this moving so we can all get back to our lives,” Northam said. Earlier in the day, the White House COVID Response team held a briefing on their efforts. Andy Slavitt is Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “We’ve been hitting our target of an average of 1 million vaccinations per day, necessary to meet the president’s early commitment to administer 100 million shots in 100 days,” Slavitt said. But back to Virginia. Watch the whole video on Virginia Public Media. Northam said all states will immediately receive a 16 percent increase in supply. He also reported on a briefing from General Gustave Perna, the person in charge of Operation Warp Speed. “We asked how can we be confident that we will receive these additional doses in the weeks ahead,” Northam said. “He told us that after more than a month of working, the drug manufacturers have hit a stable, regular sustainable cadence of production and that is good news.”The national goal is now to have vaccinations available to everyone who wants one by the end of the summer. Today, the VDH reported the seven-day average for vaccinations is 26,010. That’s halfway to the goal of 50,000 a day. Northam invited representatives of CVS and Walgreens, the two companies that are working with the federal government to vaccinate people who live and work in long term care facilities. James Satterfield is a regional healthcare director at Walgreens. “We’ve completed 92 skilled nursing facilities and are in the process of pulling forward and completing our assisted living facilities as well,” Satterfield said. “Currently we’ve given over 18,500 shots to the most vulnerable in those long term care facilities and look forward to completing those doses. Dick Dakessian is a vice president at CVS Health. “As far as where we’re at today for CVS, our first round of COVID vaccination doses, we’ve gone to 195 skilled nursing facilities that we were dedicated to vaccinating and have completed those,” Dakessian said. “Right now we’re about halfway through those as well and plan to complete those, the second doses, by February 8. Today we have had 43,000 doses administered within skilled nursing facilities.”Northam said he is ordering hospitals to not hold on to any additional vaccine and to get doses in arms as soon as possible. “We’re also working with hospitals and local health districts to make sure they are not holding on to too much supply of second doses, especially if they won’t need it for several weeks,” Northam said. “By shifting inventory around, we’re going to be able to increase the number of shots this week by about 20 percent. That’s about 40,000 more shots by this Sunday on top of the 175,000 that were already planned.”Dr. Mike McDermott is the CEO of Mary Washington Health Care in the Fredericksburg area, as well as the past president of the Virginia Hospital and Health Care Association. “Overall, Virginia hospitals have administered more than 318,000 vaccine doses since mid-December,” McDermott said. “To give you an example of how fast vaccination capacity is scaling within our hospitals, Virginia hospitals have increased vaccinations by 35 percent in the last week.”McDermott said Operation Warp Speed was able to get vaccines manufactured, but he said there was not enough logistical work to get what he said was the “last twelve inches” of getting shots in arms. He also said the previous federal administration was not transparent in their operations. Vaccine supplies are still expected to be limited for some time. Northam said the Virginia Department of Health would issue more guidance about who is eligible. “Here is how to allocate your supply,” Northam said. “Half of available doses should go for people age 65 and older,” Northam said. “The other half should be used for frontline essential workers and people who are at increased risk for severe illness as the CDC identifies.”Northam also unveiled an updated VDH dashboard for vaccines that has more details on where doses are going. This dashboard also has more demographic information to ensure that doses are being distributed equitably. Many initial shots were recorded without identifying the race of the recipient. “On Monday, Health Commissioner Dr. Norm Oliver wrote to every clinician in Virginian and told them to collect this information, it matters for transparency,” Northam said. He added he will endorse legislation in the General Assembly to require this information. Right now, signing up for vaccines is handled by individual health districts. Northam said that system has been fragmented, so he has directed the Virginia Department of Health to create a statewide system. “That is not ready today but I expect it to be ready soon,” Northam said. “I know this has been a source of great frustration for a lot of Virginians. I hear you and we’re getting this fixed.” Northam has also amended Executive Order 72 continuing COVID-19 restrictions until at least February 28. Before we move on to the rest of the show, let’s hear more from Andy Slavitt. “Now as you heard from the president this week, he is pushing us to view 1 million a day as the floor, not the ceiling,” Slavitt said. “To that end, we are releasing more supply, activating [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] and deploying many more personnel. In fact, just this week, FEMA announced they had obligated $1 billion to support state vaccination sites.” Slavett said there are two limiting factors to distributing hundreds of millions of vaccines. First is getting the supply, and the second is to distribute them quickly and efficiently. “We are taking action to increase supply and increase capacity but even so it will be months before everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one,” Slavett said. Until then, perhaps its best to follow the advice of our long-running Patreon supporter who wants to say:"We keep each other safe. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance."Last week, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors was presented with the annual report of the county’s Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI). One of the activities reported is a partnership with the Albemarle Historic Preservation Committee to install more highway markers. Liz Russell is a member of the committee. “The challenge and sort of task presented by the Board of Supervisors and administered under OEI under the Community Remembrance project is to have five markers installed and we’d like to have them by the end of this year, five markers to better reflect the stories of women and people of color in the county,” Russell said. Two markers are close to being installed. One is for the Albemarle Training School and one is for Virginia L. Murray, the first Black woman to be supervise education in the county. The Albemarle Training School was the precursor to Jackson P. Burley High School. The committee needs to select three more topics for markers. Later that evening, the Pantops Community Advisory Committee learned more about a proposal to build a four-story hotel next to the Rivanna Ridge Shopping Center. Andy Reitelbach is the lead reviewer for the 125-room Pantops Overlook Hotel, which requires an amendment to the existing zoning. “Sometimes the zoning that designates what can be developed by-right and the future land uses identified in the master plan do not always line up,” Reitelbach said. “That is way a rezoning may have to come in.” In this case, the zoning states this land should be for office use and that a tree conservation area should be on the property. The Pantops Master Plan calls for most of the land to be community mixed-use and a small portion part of it be parks and recreation. Access would be right-in, right-out onto U.S. 250. One CAC member asked what the business viability would be for another hotel. “In this immediate area we have going up very soon if not already finished and operating, a Holiday Inn Express, a Hilton Garden Inn, a Comfort Inn and on the plans a Hampton Inn,” said Sara Robinson. “What justification did the owners that we needed another hotel?”Doug Ellis is with WS4 LLC, the company that owns the property. “We see Albemarle County as a great market for a well-developed and designed hotel that meets a different need than those what you listed off but we’re very aware that they are in the general area as well and hope to develop a product that is very different from those,” Ellis said. The new hotel would be all suites and would offer extended stays. The same company owns an adjacent parcel under the company Happy Boxes Pantops LLC. Ellis said there are no plans to develop that land. There is no date yet for public hearings at the Planning Commission or the Board of Supervisors. 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Trevor and Steve sit down with Andy Slavitt and a future host of A Healthy Dose.
What would the Trump administration or a possible Biden administration do to depoliticize the Centers for Disease Control and other federal health agencies in the midst of a new wave of the coronavirus? Andy Slavitt, former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and host of the podcast In the Bubble from Lemonada Media joins Brian to talk about the presidential candidates' pandemic preparedness in the context of the CDC, the FDA, and other federal health offices. Slavitt is also Board Chair of United States of Care, co-founder of Town Hall Ventures, and author of the forthcoming book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response (MacMillan).
As the Great Women in Compliance hosts publish their first book and Goldman Sachs settles its massive FCPA enforcement action over 1MDB, Tom and Jay are back to look at top compliance articles and stories which caught their eye this week. 1. Goldman Sachs settles FCPA enforcement action involving 1MDB. See, DOJ Press Release and Remarks of Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt. 2. What have we learned? Team #GWIC (Mary Shirely and Lisa Fine) publish their first book, Sending the Elevator Back Down. Annoucement on CCI. 3. What are the lessons of J&F Investments? Tom takes a deep dive in a 5-Part series on the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Part 1-Introduction, Part 2-the Bribery Scheme, Part 3-the SEC Order, Part 4-the Plea Agreement, Part 5-Final Thoughts. Mike Volkov does as well in a 4-Part series on Corruption Crime and Compliance. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Tom and Matt Kelly go into the weeds on Compliance into the Weeds. 4. World Bank to put more resources into evaluating compliance programs. Joshua Ray in the FCPA Blog. 5. Do DPAs and NPAs encourage recidivism? Dylan Phillips continues the debate in the FCPA Blog. 6. Is there more corruption now in college sports? Pat Forde in SI.com. 7. What is the future of financial fraud? Jonathan Karpoff in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Goverance. 8. Will FinTech be the great enabler of the next Industrial Revolution? Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes on xpertsleague.com. 9. The Everything Compliance gang is back. In this episode, they consider what enforcement might look like under a Trump or Biden Administration. Listen here. 10. On the Compliance Podcast Network, on 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program, we continue our exploration of compliance for Business Ventures. Monday-Tying it all together for JVs; Tuesday-Know Your Customer; Wednesday- the Corporate Controller and Business Ventures; Thursday- Financial review of your business venture partner; Friday-Distributors as Business Venture Partners. Note 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program now has its own iTunes channel. If you want to binge out and listen to only these episodes, click here. 11. Join Tom and Sam Silverstein for an Executive Forum on Ethics and Accountability on October 28, 2020 12-1 PM CT. Check at the agenda and register here. 12. Join Tom, Holly Sais Phillippi, Head of Americas Risk Sales, Refinitiv and Kelly M. Slavitt in a Refinitiv sponsored webinar, The Future of Due Diligence: Third-Party Risk in the Era of COVID-19, Tuesday, October 27, 1-2 PM CT. Check at the agenda and register here. 13. Check out the replay of the Navex Next 9th Annual Risk & Compliance Virtual Conference event Beyond the Moment. For more information, go here. Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Andy Slavitt, MBA, discusses recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic and the US response. Slavitt is former Acting CMS Administrator in the Obama administration, board director at the United States of Care in Washington, DC, and a Distinguished Health Policy Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Recorded October 16, 2020. Related Article: The COVID-19 Pandemic Underscores the Need to Address Structural Challenges of the US Health Care System
Andy Slavitt, MBA, discusses recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic and the US response. Slavitt is former Acting CMS Administrator in the Obama administration, board director at the United States of Care in Washington, DC, and a Distinguished Health Policy Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Recorded October 16, 2020. Related Article: The COVID-19 Pandemic Underscores the Need to Address Structural Challenges of the US Health Care System
As the (non-cheating) Houston Astros to attempt to return to the World Series, Tom and Jay are back to look at top compliance articles and stories which caught their eye this week. J&F Investments settles FCPA criminal case. Harry Cassin (as usual) breaks the story in FCPA Blog. Why third-party due diligence is an ongoing exercise. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance. Jim Nortz takes a deep dive into 3rd party risk management in Part 1 of a six-part series on CCI. Citigroup spanked for $400MM by OCC and the Fed. Matt Kelly with a double dive on Radical Compliance (Part 1 & Part 2). Matt and Tom take a deep dive on Compliance into the Weeds. Ephemeral messaging frowned upon by SEC. Jonathan Marks in Board and Fraud. The WEF’s ESG reporting now includes anti-corruption metrics. Worth MacMurray and Elaine Dezenski in the FCPA Blog. Supply Chains under more scrutiny. Vera Cherepanova in Navex Global’s Risk and Compliance Matters. Some open-door tales. Richard Leisner with a guest post on the D&O Diary. Do the FinCen Papers show we need an AM whistleblower protection program? Hamsa Mahendranathan in NYU Compliance and Enforcement Blog. On the Compliance Podcast Network, on 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program, we continue our exploration of compliance for Business Ventures. Monday-Safe Harbor in M&A; Tuesday-Pre-acquisition DD, the business perspective (with special guest Vin DiCianni); Wednesday- Pre-acquisition risk assessment; Thursday- Pre-acquisition due diligence; Friday-Integrating post acquisition (with special guest Eric Feldman). Note 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program now has its own iTunes channel. If you want to binge out and listen to only these episodes, click here. Join Tom and Sam Silverstein for an Executive Forum on Ethics and Accountability on October 28, 2020 12-1 PM CT. Check at the agenda and register here. Join Tom, Holly Sais Phillippi, Head of Americas Risk Sales, Refinitiv and Kelly M. Slavitt in a Refinitiv sponsored webinar, The Future of Due Diligence: Third-Party Risk in the Era of COVID-19, Tuesday, October 27, 1-2 PM CT. Check at the agenda and register here. Check out the Navex Next 9th Annual Risk & Compliance Virtual Conference event Beyond the Moment October 22 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Check at the agenda and register here. Tom Fox is the Compliance Evangelist and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Garrett and Slavitt examine the erosion of trust in our public health institutions - The Federal Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, and the Department of Health and Human Services under Donald Trump. And the tragic consequences now and in the future.
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused a spotlight on our healthcare system and our government’s ability to respond to a national health crisis. Join APG President and CEO Don Crane for a candid discussion with Andy Slavitt, Chair of the United States of Care, and former Acting Administrator for CMS. Slavitt, host of the popular podcast “In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt,” shares his views on our nations’ response to dealing with COVID-19 and its impact on the value-based care movement. You’ll also hear Slavitt’s thoughts on the future of healthcare in the U.S. and why talking to patients is key to transforming it.
Listen in as Andy and former Presidential candidate Andrew Yang have a candid conversation about how to support Americans in the short term with the pandemic and, in the long term, through the fall-out. With more societal changes than we’ve seen in our lifetime piling up every day, Andrew’s signature policy of a universal basic income has never been more relevant, nor has Andy’s signature commitment to universal health care. This is one of those conversations where you get to eavesdrop on how policies, movements, and political efforts are formulated. The Jordan Harbinger Show is a place where you can learn the stories, secrets, and skills of the world’s most brilliant and interesting people. Check it out at https://www.jordanharbinger.com/podcasts/ Talkspace online therapy works with thousands of licensed therapists. Use the promo code BUBBLE to get $100 off your first month and help support the show at talkspace.com Get $75 off your order of Burrow furniture -- with fast and free shipping -- at www.burrow.com/bubble In the Bubble is supported in part by listeners like you. You can become a member, get exclusive bonus content, ask Andy questions, and get discounted merch at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/inthebubble Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/inthebubblepodcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome Andy Slavitt, former Acting Administrator of CMS under President Obama. He is founder of United States of Care and Town Hall Ventures, two entities committed to advancing health coverage and health reform in the US through bipartisan coalitions. Mr. Slavitt analyzes the failed national response to COVID-19 here in the US, the need for a more unified and robust strategy to protect the public, and his recommendations for fixing America’s flawed health care system. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play HealthcareNOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/
This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Andy Slavitt, former Acting Administrator of CMS under President Obama. He is founder of United States of Care and Town Hall Ventures, two entities committed to advancing health coverage and health reform in the US through bipartisan coalitions. Mr. Slavitt analyzes the failed national response to COVID-19 here in the US, the need for a more unified and robust strategy to protect the public, and his recommendations for fixing America’s... Read More Read More The post COVID-19’s Deadly Grip: Former CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt on America’s Next Right Steps appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.
Today, it’s a moms episode! Andy and Zach are joined by Lana, who leads a chat with activist Shannon Watts about how the pandemic is colliding with guns. They talk about gun violence and what can be done to address gun safety under these circumstances. They also talk about the movement of women running for political office. The Slavitt family touches on Andy’s new initiative #opensafely and go over the low, medium and high-risk levels of our favorite summer activities. Andy ends the show with a call to his sister Lesley about her work coordinating the emergency response to COVID 19 in Flint, Michigan. Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt, and find Shannon @shannonrwatts on Twitter and Instagram. In the Bubble is supported in part by listeners like you. You can become a member, get exclusive bonus content, ask Andy questions, and get discounted merch athttps://www.lemonadamedia.com/inthebubble/ Check out In Recovery with Dr. Nzinga Harrison, a new advice show from Lemonada Media about all things addiction: http://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-recovery/ Check out our fantastic show sponsors this week! ● Teladoc provides access to certified doctors from the comfort and safety of home. Register now atwww.teladoc.com/ ● Explore resources from the JED Foundation including journaling workshops, meditation guides, virtual concerts, and more at www.loveislouder.org/bubble ● Curious about how to transition back into a more socially connected life? Subscribe to the podcastCan We All Come Out Now? And check out their website:https://bit.ly/2TJ9xOF Resources from today’s show: ● Read guidelines about how to #opensafely from Andy and 21 other health leaders at www.Open-Safely.US and check out their recent op-ed in USA Today here:https://bit.ly/2TIdZgG ● NPR’s guide on your favorite summer activities here: https://n.pr/2WY7MPK ● Pick up a copy of Shannon’s book, Fight Like a Mother: https://amzn.to/36y1qcO ● Find Moms Demand Action at https://momsdemandaction.org/ ● Find Everytown for Gun Safety at https://everytown.org/ ● Learn about gun safety and take action to prevent child gun deaths at https://besmartforkids.org/ ● Want to run for office? Want to support other women fighting for change? Visit Emerge America athttps://emergeamerica.org/ Discussion Prompt: On Bearing Witness to Lives Lost Andy wonders aloud to Shannon Watts from @momsdemand on today’s episode “I worry that we sit here today and we don't know how to bear witness to all these lives lost and I’m wondering what lessons you have for us as we think about this ongoing set of tragedies and how we really make it sink in.” For children under 5: Not appropriate for this age group, in our opinion! For children 5-12: For children at the very top of this age range, you could adapt the 12-18 question below, as you deem appropriate For youth 12-18: As we think about the tragedies we are enduring because of covid-19, other recent instances of immense loss of life may come to mind. On today’s episode, loss of life from gun violence is discussed, for example. What similarities and differences do you see between the way we as a society are responding to loss of life from covid-19 and the way we respond to loss of life from gun violence? For the 18+ crowd: As this episode is published, 100,000 people in the U.S. have now lost their lives to covid-19, and yet there has been almost a complete lack of national mourning. Are we desensitized or otherwise numb to the massive loss of life that we are experiencing? What similarities and differences do you see in our national response to this massive loss of life as compared to our national response to lives lost to gun violence? To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go towww.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-the-bubble shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andy Slavitt was brought in by the Obama administration to fix Healthcare.gov after a disastrous rollout and then asked to stay on to head Medicare and Medicaid. Since leaving government, he's been one of the fiercest critics of the current administration's efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and combat COVID-19. Yet his approach to changing health care and fighting the pandemic has been deliberately bipartisan, and he informally advises leading Republicans as well as Democrats. Slavitt teamed with former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb to propose a $46.5 billion plan for COVID-19 contact tracing and isolation and was lead author of an open letter entitled “Stay Home, Save Lives” signed by 16 top Republican and Democratic figures. Listen to one of our country's savviest health professionals discuss what's next for fighting the pandemic in a bipartisan fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, I brought on my great friend and aspiring writer Jacob Slavitt to catch up on what we've been up to since the Season 3 interview of the Kings of Comedy. We started to discuss Jacob's creative process when it comes to writing scripts and producing personal projects. Also, we discussed both our full insights of the Blade Runner Franchise, HBO's hit Original Series 'Barry', and lastly 'The Last Dance', a documentary about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls winning their sixth championship in '98. We both share out love for film and television through our favorite shows and movies. It is such an amazing episode to listen to and there's no one I would start this podcast with him as my guest. Like myself, we're both Communication majors and we love create/collaborate ideas. I hope everybody enjoys this episode. Be sure to check out my twitter/instagram (@cobbinaappiah), the podcast insta (@keepingthingsreelpod), and YouTube (SPINMASTER C). For business inquiries, email (keepingthingsreelpod@gmail.com). Also, check out my friend's social media on twitter (@JacobSlavitt) and instagram (@j_slavitt). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Andy Slavitt - In the Bubble Podcast Interview The Not Old Better Show Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #444. As part of our podcaster interview series, today's show is an another great one. Our guest today on the Not Old Better Show is Andy Slavitt, host of the popular new podcast ‘In The Bubble.” A little background on Andy Slavitt; Andy Slavitt served as the Acting Administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Services during the last two years of the Obama administration. Andy Slavitt is a healthcare industry veteran, and helped to salvage the maligned Healthcare.gov website and worked to improve federal health care data analytics. Since leaving the government, Andy Slavitt has remained a critical voice in the battle for healthcare coverage, founding the non-profit United States of Care and the investment firm Town Hall Ventures in 2018. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Slavitt has been on the front lines—working to acquire healthcare supplies for medical workers, helping to popularize #StayHome, and appearing on TV shows and podcasts to explain how we can flatten the curve. On In the Bubble, Andy's new podcast from Lemonada Media, Andy talks with leading scientists, cultural icons, and political leaders to help us process, understand, and adjust to the changing world around us. My thanks to Andy Slavitt, host of the wonderful new podcast, In the Bubble. I think you'll enjoy In The Bubble, and I know you'll enjoy Andy Slavitt, who, over his career, has led many significant and successful initiatives in health care impacting millions of Americans and the shape of the health care system. You can find In the Bubble on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you're listening now. Please check out Andy Slavitt's new podcast, In The Bubble: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-bubble-with-andy-slavitt/id1504128553 For more information about The Not Old Better Show, please click HERE> https://notold-better.com
With Trump set to make a declaration on “opening the country,” Andy decided to call someone he’s never met but who knows how the president operates: Anthony Scaramucci. Intended as a short conversation, all the rules went out the window once it got going. Andy also asked Mooch to tell listeners how to interpret the financial situation, Congressional actions, and the federal budget. Also, free financial advice! www.lemonadamedia.com/inthebubble(Patreon) https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death (Short story: The Masque of the Red Death, Poe) https://tinyurl.com/y7o4autl (Book: Firefighting: Financial Crisis and its Lessons) https://tinyurl.com/ydfft2pq(Book: The Richest Man in Babylon) https://tinyurl.com/y8f773ot(Book: The Great Influenza) https://tinyurl.com/y6wxrwk8(Book: These Truths, Lepore) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
President Trump has so far resisted imposing national rules to fight the coronavirus pandemic, but health policy expert Andy Slavitt says it's past time for the federal government to act. Slavitt, who was acting chief of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Obama, says the Trump Administration should take bold steps, such as issue a national stay-at-home order, bar creditors from foreclosing on businesses and convert stadiums to intensive care units. We'll talk to him about his recommendations and what we all can do to stop the spread of coronavirus.
On this week’s special episode of Stay Tuned, Preet is joined by Andy Slavitt, whoserved as the Acting Administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Services during the last two years of the Obama administration. A healthcare industry veteran, Slavitt helped to salvage the maligned Healthcare.gov and worked to improve federal health care data analytics. Since leaving government, Slavitt has remained a critical voice in the battle for healthcare coverage, founding the non-profit United States of Care and the investment firm Town Hall Ventures in 2018. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Slavitt has been on the front lines—working to acquire healthcare supplies for medical workers, helping to popularize #StayHome, and appearing on TV shows and podcasts to explain how we can flatten the curve. To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet. And if you haven’t already, listen to this week’s full episode of the CAFE Insider podcast for free. Juliette Kayyem, President Obama’s Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, joins Preet and Anne to discuss the many pertinent issues raised by the coronavirus. Sign up to receive a link to the episode at cafe.com/preet. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE INTERVIEW “Andy Slavitt Can’t Stop: How a Health Care Wonk Became a Rabble-Rouser,Stat News, 5/25/2017 “One-on-One with Andy Slavitt, Board Chair & Founder, United States of Care,”Digital Health Today, 10/17/2018 “The Issue,”United States of Care, 2020 “What We Do,”Town Hall Ventures, 2020 TESTING: Andy Slavitt, “Why We Don’t Have Enough Coronavirus Tests,”Medium, 3/24/2020 Andy Slavitt, “The Severity of the Next Several Weeks Depends on Our Actions Now,”Medium, 3/22/2020 “What Is R0?: Gauging Contagious Infections,”Healthline HOSPITAL SUPPLIES: “Our Mission,”Project N95, 2020 “Summary of Comprehensive Congressional Proposal for COVID-19,”United States of Care, 3/23/2020 Andy Slavitt, “The Outcry From Nurses and Doctors Over the Lack of Protective Gear Will be the Major Story Next Week,” Medium, 3/17/2020 ECONOMY: Andy Slavitt, “Coronavirus isn't about Trump's stock market and 2020 odds. Or at least it shouldn't be,”USA Today, 3/2/2020 “Trump pushes a ‘return to work’ as Kudlow predicts coronavirus stimulus will fuel economic rebound,”CNBC, 3/24/2020 OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: Sara Rosenbaum, “Medicaid's Role in Caring for Flint: An Update,”Commonwealth Fund, 3/10/16 “CMS Announces $66.1 Million to Support Zika Prevention & Treatment Services,”CMS.gov, 11/9/2016 “Slavitt Says Goodbye to CMS Staff as Obama Administration Gives Way to Trump,”Healthcare Innovation, 1/20/2017 “The Man Who Saved Healthcare.gov Wants a Bipartisan Solution to Healthcare,”Washington Post, 3/16/2017 Trump Appears to Throw Shade at Obamacare Site While Announcing National Emergency,”Daily Beast, 3/13/2020 “Ex-Obama official fires back: Trump was left with 'global health infrastructure,'”The Hill, 3/15/2020 EXTRAS: Andy Slavitt on theAl Franken Podcast, 3/22/2020 Donald Trump on Mitt Romney’s Coronavirus Test,Twitter, 3/25/2020 “Sex and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19),”NYC.gov, 3/21/2020 Bill Gates, “The Next Outbreak? We’re Not Ready,”TED, 3/2015
One of the earliest and most outspoken critics of Trump's mishandling of the pandemic, Slavitt reviews its tragic consequences and where we go from here.
Transcript“I think as we get testing capability out, and we get the ability to treat the population, we can't forget that there's many people that don't have the choice to self-isolate. They have to go to work every day because they get paid by the hour, and we have to do our best to keep them healthy.” - Andy SlavittIn today’s episode, co-hosts Dr. Celine Gounder and Ron Klain speak with Dan Diamond, a health journalist for Politico in Washington. They discuss what the coronavirus relief bill currently passing through Congress includes. They also discuss how conflict within the White House administration may be complicating the pandemic response in the United States. The co-hosts are also joined on this episode by Andy Slavitt, head of Medicare and Medicaid during the Obama administration. Andy speaks about how COVID-19 testing will be paid for in the United States, as well as how those without insurance or those who are undocumented will be cared for during the pandemic. He also discusses the impact that COVID-19 will have on Medicare and Medicaid, and how we can act now to build more resilience into our systems for future pandemics. Listener Q&A: What are the risks of contracting the virus via mail or via deliveries of groceries or prepared food from restaurants? Should parents limit their children's exposure to all other children, or are playdates and neighborhood interactions alright? How important will it be to expand testing in order to track the mutation rates of the COVID-19 virus?This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you.#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus
Back in 2013, when HME providers were making tentative steps into retail sales, Wayne Slavitt decided to go all-in with his retail-only mobility and home medical equipment store Mobül: The Mobility Store in Long Beach, Calif. Since then, as founder and CEO, Slavitt has continued to sharpen his retail sales game. In this episode, Wayne sits down with HMEB to discuss various retail insights he’s learned, including having compelling combination of service-oriented sales; creating a product mix that appeals to all walks of consumers; and a store that emphasizes interaction and compassion.
Evan Slavitt, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of AVX Corporation, shares his thoughts on managing litigation as corporate counsel. You can also find Evan's book on Amazon here https://www.amazon.com/Death-Prosecutor-Evan-Slavitt-ebook/dp/B007URPNXU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550004069&sr=8-1&keywords=evan+slavitt.
Robert Mittendorff, MD, partner at Norwest Venture Partners, and Bill Geary, co-founder and partner at Flare Capital Partners, review the highlights of the successful Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit held on October 11 in Boston.In this interview they discuss:The most important takeaway from the State of Healthcare by Sam Baker of Axios.An important address by Andy Slavitt of Town Hall Ventures (and speculation as to where the new firm will invest).The advances in Digital Therapeutics and Telehealth.The one technology leader traveling under the Digital Health radar.Two conversations led by CNBC’s Chrissy Farr.Start-ups working to manage patient financial responsibility.The meeting was broadcast live on Twitter. Go to the pinned tweet @dhisummit.More content on the way.
October 31st on This Week in Accountable Care at 5PM PT/8PM ET our very special guest is Andy Slavitt. Andy Slavitt is the former Acting Administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Obama administration who currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). More about Andy: Andy Slavitt is a senior advisor to BPC and is a member of its Future of Health Care Initiative. Slavitt has decades of private and public sector leadership in health care, business and technology. Over his career, Slavitt has led many significant and successful initiatives in health care impacting millions of Americans and the shape of the health care system. From 2015-2017, Slavitt served as the Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Today, Slavitt remains dedicated to building a sustainable, high quality health care system that is available to all Americans and derives value from the private sector, health care providers, government and innovators. Throughout his career, Slavitt has demonstrated the power of bipartisan collaboration, particularly as he has overseen bipartisan efforts in payment reform, health information technology, competition and innovation. Join co-hosts Andre Berger, MD and Alex Foxman, MD for an informative exchange!
October 31st on This Week in Accountable Care at 5PM PT/8PM ET our very special guest is Andy Slavitt. Andy Slavitt is the former Acting Administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Obama administration who currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). More about Andy: Andy Slavitt is a senior advisor to BPC and is a member of its Future of Health Care Initiative. Slavitt has decades of private and public sector leadership in health care, business and technology. Over his career, Slavitt has led many significant and successful initiatives in health care impacting millions of Americans and the shape of the health care system. From 2015-2017, Slavitt served as the Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Today, Slavitt remains dedicated to building a sustainable, high quality health care system that is available to all Americans and derives value from the private sector, health care providers, government and innovators. Throughout his career, Slavitt has demonstrated the power of bipartisan collaboration, particularly as he has overseen bipartisan efforts in payment reform, health information technology, competition and innovation. Join co-hosts Andre Berger, MD and Alex Foxman, MD for an informative exchange!
The Jewish month of Elul began last week, a month of repentance before the High Holidays. This seems a fitting time to read an excerpt of the 11th century Jewish-Spanish poet Solomon Ibn Gavirol’s magnificent poem, “A Crown for the King,” translated by David R. Slavitt. The theme of this poem is human frailty and proclivity to sin, and it focuses on humanity’s place in the world, the operation of free will, and repentance. Here is an excerpt: You live, but not in time, for you are time itself. You live, but not by breathing in and breathing out, for you are breath itself. You live, but not with a soul, for you are the source of souls. You live, but not with the life of man that is like vanity and ends in the ravening of worms and moths. You live, and he who finds you out as you gather him into your eternal bliss “will eat and live forever.” Music: Sezufat Semes/Lesoni Bonanta – Shlomo ibn Gabirol “Avicebrón” Text: Psalm 27 “Solomon Ibn Gabirol, A Crown for the King.” Translated by David R. Slavitt. Oxford University Press, 1998.
The HealthChangers Podcast, presented by Cambia Health Solutions, is where we share real stories of health care transformation from those experiencing it and those helping to make health care more personalized. In this episode, we feature a recording of a live fireside chat at the Cambia Grove, a place that is a bridge between health care entrepreneurs and innovators and the larger health care institutions that want change for this industry. Health care and public policy are tied at the hip and you can't have a productive conversation about health care innovation without talking about policy. The focus of this conversation is on the future of health care and it features physician and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Andy Slavitt, who was the administrator for CMS responsible for implementing the Affordable Care Act during the Obama Administration. For more information on all episodes of HealthChangers please visit CambiaHealth.com. Also follow us on Twitter @Cambia and let us know what you'd like to hear on future episodes.
B & B & guest Hannah Slavitt take on episode 206: The Cheating Curve. Carrie ponders what exactly constitutes cheating and Charlotte hangs out with a new crowd. Plus: diaphragms and even more porn! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Until last week, Andy Slavitt’s job was to run Obamacare. Now he’s trying to save it. On this episode of Indivisible, Brian Lehrer talks to Slavitt, the health care executive who headed the Affordable Care Act under President Obama, about what it will take to preserve portions of Obamacare (Hint: Compromise). Brian will also talk to Martha Kuhl, who works as a nurse at a Children's hospital in Oakland, CA and is Secretary-Treasurer at National Nurses United, about why we can’t compromise when it comes to seeking Medicare for all. Then Brian talks to Geoffrey R. Stone, the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, constitutional scholar and author of 'Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the Twenty-First Century,' about the nation’s shifting attitudes toward sex and sexuality and the impact of those attitudes on politics and law, and takes calls from conservatives about how they square government involvement in issues relating to sex. Also, where do your elected officials stand on the health care bill? Check out our tracker here. Here are some tweets from this episode: Indivisible Week 10: Can Obamacare Be Saved?
Andy Slavitt, the former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, says politicians must make progress on the health-care bill, without pride of authorship. Prior to that, Neil Dutta, Renaissance Macro's head of U.S. economics, says animal spirits are returning to America, but not in Europe. Bob Haber, Proficio Capital Partners' founder, says he's sitting on the sidelines for private equity. Finally, Michael Froman, a former U.S. Trade representative, says several TPP countries want to move ahead on the deal without the U.S. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Andy Slavitt, the former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, says politicians must make progress on the health-care bill, without pride of authorship. Prior to that, Neil Dutta, Renaissance Macro's head of U.S. economics, says animal spirits are returning to America, but not in Europe. Bob Haber, Proficio Capital Partners' founder, says he's sitting on the sidelines for private equity. Finally, Michael Froman, a former U.S. Trade representative, says several TPP countries want to move ahead on the deal without the U.S.
As Andy Slavitt, MBA, acting administrator of CMS, comes to the end of his tenure, he spoke with Mandi Bishop, MA, CEO of Aloha Health, about the task of making health policy translatable and the legacy of payment reform he leaves behind. During his tenure, Slavitt, who has held the position since March 2015, oversaw the rollout of a number of new payment models to move healthcare to a value-based care system, including the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. In addition, he has made a point to work on providing Americans with tools to help them find the best hospitals. In the interview with Bishop, he offered insights for the incoming administration in the continued move toward value-based care.
Andy Slavitt is one of the most influential people in health care. He's also one of the busiest: The head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has a long to-do list — and just 93 days left to do it. Back on PULSE CHECK by popular demand, Slavitt talks about Medicare's landmark physician payment law, which was finalized on Friday (starts at the 5:00 mark), Obamacare open enrollment (20:50), the concern over rising ACA rates in his home state of Minnesota and elsewhere (26:15), President Obama and other Democrats' push for the public option (29:45), the fight over Medicare's innovation center and the Part B demo (31:45), and how he feels watching the election, given that Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be choosing his successor (42:00). Plus: Don't miss the lightning round quiz at 47:15. We’d appreciate your help: Please share PULSE CHECK and rate us on your favorite podcast app! Have questions, suggestions or feedback? Email ddiamond@politico.com.
'What would Lubitsch have done?' Every director should have this sign hanging prominently in their office, a reminder of a unique individual and his enormous talent for showing things differently. Episode 7 is devoted to Lubitsch and his wonderful films, full of warmth, humour, style, wit and above all fearless in their depiction of sex, marriage and even war. The women in Lubitsch's films are not captains of industry but are smart, knowing and they understand exactly what to do and why. The films we discuss: The Marriage Circle (1924), One Hour With You (1932), Trouble in Paradise (1932), Design for Living (1933), Angel (1937), Ninotchka (1939), To Be Or Not To Be (1942), and Cluny Brown (1946). Our He's a Keeper segment this month honours the inimitable George Sanders. Sources: All About Eve (1950) Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz (DVD) Twentieth Century Fox. Angel (1937) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch (DVD) Paramount Pictures. Cluny Brown (1946) Dir. Ernst Lubisch (DVD) Twentieth Century Fox. Design for Living (1933) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch (YouTube) Paramount Pictures. Eyman, S. (2000). Ernst Lubitsch: laughter in paradise. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Journey to Italy (1954) Dir. Roberto Rossellini (DVD) Titanus Distribuzione. Ninotchka (1939) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch (DVD) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Noble, R. (1934) ‘The Very Thought of You’ [Recorded by George Sanders] on The George Sanders Touch … Songs for the Lovely Lady (1958). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7izmInLhM8 Novak, I., Dolar M. and Krecic, J. (2014) Lubitsch Can't Wait: a collection of ten philosophical discussions on Ernst Lubitsch's film comedy. New York: Columbia UP. One Hour with You (1932) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch (DVD) Paramount Pictures. Rebecca (1940) Dir. Alfred Hitchcock (DVD) United Artists. Sanders, G. (1960) Memoirs of a professional cad. (2015) London: Dean Street Press. Slavitt, D.R. (2009) George Sanders, Zsa Zsa and me. Evanston: Northwestern University Press. Stagg, S. (2001) All about All About Eve St. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin. ‘Super Special Picture of the Year’ (1934) [Recorded by Yacht Club Boys and Ernst Lubitsch] Available at: http://www.lubitsch.com/audio.html The Marriage Circle (1924) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch (YouTube) Warner Bros./ UFA. The Moon and Sixpence (’42) Dir. Albert Lewin (YouTube) United Artists. Thompson, K. (2005) Herr Lubitsch goes to Hollywood: German and American film after World War I. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Trouble in Paradise (1932) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch (DVD) Paramount Pictures.
In our conversation with Khan Academy’s charismatic VP of Learner Strategy & Operations, Elizabeth Slavitt, we got a behind-the-scenes look at Khan Academy’s creative process and ask Elizabeth what inspired her to join the team and how she stays innovative.
We are pleased to welcome Joshua R. Slavitt of Pepper Hamilton LLP to this week's Intellectual Property podcast to discuss the Centillion case. Learn more about our IP Concentration at http://bit.ly/hxp8wt.
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