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Kino1) Speaking of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lowering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lowering</a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costs</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Switzerland</a>. My insurance has just sent me a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reminder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reminder</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#payment</a>. The invoice was dated 2nd September 2024. I paid on 27th September 2024, as usual after getting the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/salary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#salary</a>. Their check, dated 9th October, seems to find out that I did not pay (I have an automatic payment setup). Long story short: is this a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#practice</a>? Hadn't I checked, I would have made an extra payment. They sent me an invoice on their website AND a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paper</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/letter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#letter</a>

Chuck DarwinRepublicans break with Trump, back Fed ahead of rate cutThe Republican candidate said <a href="https://c.im/tags/lowering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lowering</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/borrowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#borrowing</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costs</a> is “something that they know they shouldn’t be doing” before November’s elections. -- GOP lawmakers disagree<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/11/republicans-defy-trump-fed-rate-cut-00178758" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/11/republicans-defy-trump-fed-rate-cut-00178758</a>

Chuck DarwinRepublican calls to "reform" <a href="https://c.im/tags/Social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Social</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> got fresh attention when the House Republican Study Committee (RSC), which includes more than 170 GOP lawmakers, released a <a href="https://c.im/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#budget</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/plan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plan</a> this week calling for “modest adjustments to the retirement age for future retirees to account for increases in life expectancy.”Advocates of <a href="https://c.im/tags/raising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#raising</a> the Social Security <a href="https://c.im/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retirement</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/age" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#age</a> in the past have proposed raising it from 67 to 69, though the RSC budget did not cite specific numbers.The RSC budget also called for <a href="https://c.im/tags/lowering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lowering</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#benefits</a> for the highest-earning beneficiaries, an idea proponents call “means testing.”<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4548486-gop-faces-internal-battle-over-raising-age-for-social-security/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4548486-gop-faces-internal-battle-over-raising-age-for-social-security/</a>

Chuck DarwinTennessee is seriously lax on guns -- And Why is That?Nearly 1,400 people <a href="https://c.im/tags/die" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#die</a> each year in Tennessee by <a href="https://c.im/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guns</a>, making it the 10th highest rate in the nation. There are few requirements for gun purchases, including **no** <a href="https://c.im/tags/background" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#background</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/checks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#checks</a> or <a href="https://c.im/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#training</a> for handgun buyers. The state **allows** <a href="https://c.im/tags/permitless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#permitless</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/carry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carry</a>, even for <a href="https://c.im/tags/concealed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#concealed</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weapons</a>, for anyone over 21, and there are **no** <a href="https://c.im/tags/red" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#red</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/flag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flag</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laws</a> to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals.Last year, Republicans moved in the **opposite direction** from gun safety, with proposed bills <a href="https://c.im/tags/lowering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lowering</a> the handgun purchase and carry age to 18 and <a href="https://c.im/tags/allowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#allowing</a> the most dangerous guns, including <a href="https://c.im/tags/AR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AR</a>-15s, to be carried in public.This was the environment in which the <a href="https://c.im/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mass</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#school</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/shooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shooting</a> occurred, and which has driven Tennessee students to take to the streets and to <a href="https://c.im/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protest</a> at the Capitol.**Gerrymandered** to the hiltThe Tennessee state House has 99 seats, with the state broken up by maps drawn by the Republican legislative supermajority. The maps are designed to dilute Democratic representation, both in the state and in its Congressional delegation, something that the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voting</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rights</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Act" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Act</a> and the U.S. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> **used to protect against**, before the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Supreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Supreme</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Court</a> began <a href="https://c.im/tags/gutting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gutting</a> voting rights, beginning with its <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shelby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shelby</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/County" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#County</a> decision knocking out federal preauthorization for new maps.The House district maps in Tennessee are a blatant and unapologetic <a href="https://c.im/tags/gerrymander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gerrymander</a>. <a href="https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/showdown-in-nashville" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/showdown-in-nashville</a>

Andy Paciorek 💀☕Apparently this is the song I listened to most in 2022 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkJazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkJazz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lowering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lowering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nighthawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nighthawks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdwardHopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdwardHopper</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Noirvember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Noirvember</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/TeeWONwj-HA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/TeeWONwj-HA</a>

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