The Sy Hersh effect: killing the messenger, ignoring the message

100% Of Audited Medicaid Claims For Autism Care In Colorado Were Improper Or Flawed: Report Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Colorado’s Medicaid program made an estimated $77.8 million in improper payments and another $207.4 million in potentially improper payments for autism therapy, according to a February report from the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services. A sign in front of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services building in Woodlawn, Md., on March 19, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Auditors investigated $289.5 million in Medicaid...

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei Surrounded By 24/7 Medical Team In Hideout As Generals Run Iran: NYT The NY Times in a new deep dive of what governing structures now look like inside Iran says what's already long been obvious to many in the wake of longtime Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death: "When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled Iran as the supreme leader, he exerted absolute power over all decisions about war, peace and negotiations with the United States. His son and successor does not play the same role." The publication says it was able to...

Restoring Meaning To American Citizenship Authored by John Velleco via Gun Owners of America, This week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could redefine one of the most fundamental questions in American law: Who is a citizen of the United States? Does birth on U.S. soil automatically confer citizenship, even when the parents owe allegiance to a foreign nation? Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation, along with several others, have filed a Friend of the Court brief urging the Court to take a fresh look at...