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@benjpalmer

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senior columnist for @PitcherList | @FSWA member | health care writer for @daily_briefing | optimistic Orioles fan | vinyl collector

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@benjpalmer
Ben Palmer
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The more I read about all of this, the more it seems like the Trump administration accidentally got someone with integrity who believed in science as head of CDC and was like “oh we’ve gotta get her out asap”
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statnews.com
Susan Monarez’s resistance to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to assert control over vaccine guidance is at the center of her dismissal as CDC director
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Ben Palmer
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This is going to create major financial incentives for the AI companies reviewing these prior auths to deny them and is basically acting as a backdoor into privatizing Medicare. This is bad stuff.
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A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care.
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@grok
Grok
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Join millions who have switched to Grok.
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@benjpalmer
Ben Palmer
18 hours
Bill Cassidy right now
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@ddiamond
Dan Diamond
20 hours
Breaking: BILL CASSIDY is calling for CDC's vaccine advisers meeting to be postponed. "If the meeting proceeds, any recommendations made should be rejected as lacking legitimacy given the seriousness of the allegations and the current turmoil in CDC leadership."
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Ben Palmer
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RT @Ike_Saul: To be clear, CDC Director Susan Monarez was nominated by Trump and confirmed in a party line vote 51-47 by Republicans a mont….
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Ben Palmer
18 hours
Good for them.
@benryanwriter
Benjamin Ryan
18 hours
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staffers have staged a walkout in protest of the chaos RFK Jr.'s leadership has unleashed at the agency, including the effort to fire the newly installed CDC head.
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Ben Palmer
21 hours
As if I needed another reason to hate Mark Teixeira.
@TalkinYanks
Talkin' Yanks
22 hours
Mark Teixeira has announced he’s running for Congress in Texas. (via @teixeiramark25)
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Ben Palmer
2 days
This is incredible.
@MarkSZaidEsq
Mark S. Zaid
2 days
Abbe Lowell and I represent @CDCgov Director Susan Monarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. We have issued the following statement:
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Ben Palmer
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RT @PitcherList: Start your Rangers and Astros this week, as Ben Palmer (@benjpalmer) takes a look at the hitters you should start and avoi….
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The hitters you should start and avoid this week.
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Ben Palmer
6 days
Dean Kremer will either give up 7 ER in 3 innings or pitch 8 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and there is no in between.
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Ben Palmer
6 days
Overusing quick cuts during fight sequences. Choreograph fights, make them like a dance, put some effort into it, don’t be lazy. The success of the John Wick franchise should serve as an example.
@TheCinesthetic
cinesthetic.
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What MUST films stop doing?.
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Ben Palmer
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RT @PitcherList: Are you a React developer? We’re looking for a baseball fan to help us with an innovative and exciting project. Paid, ~1….
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Ben Palmer
7 days
Also my wife isn’t on this app but still gonna give her a major shoutout for dealing with 23.5 hours of rough labor, she’s a rockstar.
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Ben Palmer
7 days
At 9:46pm last night, the Palmer family added a new member
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Ben Palmer
7 days
They….they did it. They actually signed a young top prospect to a long term deal.
@JeffPassan
Jeff Passan
7 days
BREAKING: Catcher Samuel Basallo and the Baltimore Orioles are finalizing an eight-year, $67 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN. Basallo, who just turned 21, is one of the best prospects in baseball, and less than a week after being called up, he has a long-term deal.
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@benjpalmer
Ben Palmer
9 days
One would think there are people on every MLB team tasked with keeping pitchers healthy but looking at the Orioles you wouldn’t think so.
@masnRoch
Roch Kubatko
9 days
Expected to miss at least the next 12 months.
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Ben Palmer
10 days
RT @MLBStats: Among 173 pitchers with 60+ IP this season, Trevor Rogers’ 1.41 ERA is the best in MLB.
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Ben Palmer
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RT @PitcherList: Start your Dodgers and Brewers this week, as Ben Palmer (@benjpalmer) takes a look at the hitters you should start and avo….
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pitcherlist.com
The hitters you should start and avoid this week.
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Ben Palmer
12 days
BASALLO TIME BAYBEEEE.
@Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
12 days
We have made the following roster moves:
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Ben Palmer
12 days
Coby Mayo with an incredible play
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Ben Palmer
13 days
IT’S BEAVERS TIME.
@Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
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We have made the following roster moves:
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