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Russian Fraud

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According to a June 2025 DOJ press release, a $10.6 billion Medicaid/Medicare fraud, the largest ever, was carried out by transnationals operating out of Russia. Not Somalis. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/11-defendants-indicted-multi-billion-health-care-fraud-scheme-largest-case-loss-amount  (Archived at https://archive.is/N65Sc )

PhoneStopICE

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StopIce.net lets you report what you see about #ICE activity.  Since the app was pulled by #Google use  https://www.wikihow.com/Add-a-Web-Page-as-a-Home-Screen-Shortcut-on-Android-if-the-Option-Isn%27t-Available to put a quick link on your #Android phone home page instead.  For #iPhone use https://www.howtogeek.com/667910/how-to-add-a-website-to-your-iphone-or-ipad-home-screen/    #ICE #StopICE #Apple #smartphone #PDX #PortlandOR #PortlandOregon #PhoneStopICE ShortLink: tinyurl.com/PhoneStopICE

T-shuttle

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These services are free and open to the public, available Monday-Friday except for most holidays, and connect residents to grocery stores, community hubs, and transportation stations. You can call 503-226-0700  at least one working day in advance to schedule an off-route pick-up or drop-off, within a half mile of the route. Information about closures available at rideconnection.org , call  503-226-0700 | TTY: 711 (M to F/ 7:30am to 5:00pm) or email  info@rideconnection.org https://bit.ly/tshuttle Derived from https://rideconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RC-tualatin-redandblue-09122024.pdf 

Eleven

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  Folks, Micro$oft wants your money, & your personal data Now, businesses are like that. We understand.  But they're not exactly, err, accurate , in what they say about Windows and your PC. Their Windows 11 has certain requirements , they say, which are not entirely required . But freedom of the press belongs to those who own one; or, to those who own an army of flacks who grind out press releases, who throw conferences for trade journalists &  influencers to junket to, and to, well, influence you.  They say you need TPM 2.0, version 2 of a Trusted Program Module , which is software on a chip , or firmware , to run Windows 11, &  ** perhaps more memory, a bigger drive, maybe a faster CPU computing chip. And, wouldn't you know, Microsoft has arbitrarily ended security updates to the perfectly functional & well-appreciated predecessor, Windows 10, this month (October 2025), just like they did in years past with all Windows versions which went bef...

RIBBIT

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                               The importance of biblical literacy:                   Portland burning? See for yourself. Portland w ebcam   PNW Webcam medly > 40,000 march in Portland   https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2025/10/14/portland-ice-protest-inflatable-costumes https://www.tiktok.com/@nicoleortiz351/video/7562009808266611999  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H2eSVJ2R6uA   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/rightwing-influencers-trump-antifa   https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2025/10/20/mayor-wilson-in-newsweek-op-ed-ice-facility-is-a-workplace-crisis-waiting-to-happen/   https://san.com/cc/exclusive-fake-cellphone-tower-likely-surveilled-protesters-at-portland-ice-facility/