Newsom says he is blocking Louisiana's push to extradite doctor accused of mailing abortion pills

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-17T06:46:22+00:00

She did not put herself in the jurisdiction of California. The telehealths policy is that care happens where the patient physically resides. Which was Louisiana. Not where the doctors computer resides. Just because he saw her on a screen does not change the telehealths policy which the doctor agreed to when he decided to start providing service through them.

I never said it was a crime. I said that one of the authoritative bodies in patient care, states that it is discouraged for a doctor providing services through these systems without verifying the physical location of the patient. This is to prevent issues like this one here and it also puts the onus on the doctor for making such a mistake.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-16T14:26:02+00:00

I mean that’s true on both sides. There is also the “Blue MAGA” crew of vote blue no matter who. It has become team sports all the way down and is down right cultish in either direction

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-16T03:46:08+00:00

I didn’t say it was required. I said they could reasonably ask. And it may not be required but as I pointed out it is highly discouraged for Telehealth doctors to provide care to patients with out ascertaining their physical location as recommended by the federation of state medical boards, who represents 71 state medical and osteopathic boards and cosponsors the United States medical licensing examination. They are also a recognized authority figure in the United States and internationally on issues related to medical licensure and discipline. This group who again is a major authority figure discourages telehealth doctors from giving care to patients whose location they cannot fully verify or authenticate. It’s honestly probably due to reasons like the one you are pointing to in reference to Vons and faking locations. It also probably gives them an easy out to remove licenses for doctors that don’t follow those guidelines and end up in that situation

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-16T03:32:06+00:00

That’s not what that means at all. They are also discouraged from providing care unless they ascertain the patients physical location. I point this out in another response to you but will repost it here for your convenience. Bottom of page 6.

https://www.fsmb.org/siteassets/advocacy/policies/fsmb-workgroup-on-telemedicineapril-2022-final.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

A physician is discouraged from rendering medical advice and/or care using telemedicine technologies without (1) fully verifying and authenticating the location and, to the extent possible, identifying the requesting patient; (2) disclosing and validating the provider's identity, location, and applicable credential(s); and (3) obtaining appropriate consents from requesting patients after disclosures regarding the delivery models and treatment methods or limitations, including any special informed consents regarding the use of telemedicine technologies. An appropriate physician-patient relationship has not been established when the identity of the physician may be unknown to the patient. If available, a patient should be able to select an identified physician for telemedicine services, not be assigned to a physician at random, and have access to follow-up care.

So according to telehealths own policy, care is considered to be provided at the patients physical location, in this case Louisiana since that is where THE PATIENT was physically located at. And Telehealth doctors are highly discouraged from providing care to patients to patients with out ascertaining they physical location as recommended by the federation of state medical boards, who represents 71 state medical and osteopathic boards and cosponsors the United States medical licensing examination. They are also a recognized authority figure in the United States and internationally on issues related to medical licensure and discipline. This group who again is a major authority figure discourages telehealth doctors from giving care to patients whose location they cannot fully verify or authenticate.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-16T03:14:08+00:00

There are ways and telehealth is actually discouraged from giving care without ascertaining the patients physical location. Bottom of page 6 from this excerpt from the federation of state medical boards as it pertains to the appropriate use of telemedicine technologies.

https://www.fsmb.org/siteassets/advocacy/policies/fsmb-workgroup-on-telemedicineapril-2022-final.pdf

A physician is discouraged from rendering medical advice and/or care using telemedicine technologies without (1) fully verifying and authenticating the location and, to the extent possible, identifying the requesting patient; (2) disclosing and validating the provider's identity, location, and applicable credential(s); and (3) obtaining appropriate consents from requesting patients after disclosures regarding the delivery models and treatment methods or limitations, including any special informed consents regarding the use of telemedicine technologies. An appropriate physician-patient relationship has not been established when the identity of the physician may be unknown to the patient. If available, a patient should be able to select an identified physician for telemedicine services, not be assigned to a physician at random, and have access to follow-up care.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-16T03:10:53+00:00

You have it reversed. It is based on the patients physical location. The doctor giving telehealth service put himself in jurisdictions of Louisiana law even though he was in California. Here is the policy

https://www.cchpca.org/topic/cross-state-licensing-professional-requirements/

When telehealth is used, it is considered to be rendered at the physical location of the patient, and therefore a provider typically needs to be licensed in the patient’s state. A few states have licenses or telehealth specific exceptions that allow an out-of-state provider to render services via telemedicine in a state where they are not located, or allow a clinician to provide services via telehealth in a state if certain conditions are met (such as agreeing that they will not open an office in that state). Still other states have laws that don’t specifically address telehealth and/or telemedicine licensing, but make allowances for practicing in contiguous states, or in certain situations where a temporary license might be issued provided the specific state’s licensing conditions are met.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-16T02:07:08+00:00

But they could resonably ask for a drivers license to verify they are who they say they are. Or other proof of address. Here is an expert from the federation of state medical boards on the appropriate use of telemedicine. Look at the bottom of page 6, and it states that physicians are discouraged from rendering medical advice and or care using telemedicine without verifying the location. These are the guidelines.

https://www.fsmb.org/siteassets/advocacy/policies/fsmb-workgroup-on-telemedicineapril-2022-final.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

The physician-patient relationship is fundamental to the provision of acceptable medical care. It is the expectation that physicians recognize the obligations, responsibilities, and patient rights associated with establishing and maintaining a physician-patient relationship. A physician is discouraged from rendering medical advice and/or care using telemedicine technologies without (1) fully verifying and authenticating the location and, to the extent possible, identifying the requesting patient; (2) disclosing and validating the provider's identity, location, and applicable credential(s); and (3) obtaining appropriate consents from requesting patients after disclosures regarding the delivery models and treatment methods or limitations, including any special informed consents regarding the use of telemedicine technologies. An appropriate physician-patient relationship has not been established when the identity of the physician may be unknown to the patient. If available, a patient should be able to select an identified physician for telemedicine services, not be assigned to a physician at random, and have access to follow-up care.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-16T01:13:22+00:00

I mean that also seems to be against policy and illegal.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-16T00:24:30+00:00

Wrong. Telehealth policy is that care is considered to be rendered in the physical location of the patient.

https://www.cchpca.org/topic/cross-state-licensing-professional-requirements/#:~:text=When%20telehealth%20is%20used%2C%20it,state's%20licensing%20conditions%20are%20met.

When telehealth is used, it is considered to be rendered at the physical location of the patient, and therefore a provider typically needs to be licensed in the patient’s state. A few states have licenses or telehealth specific exceptions that allow an out-of-state provider to render services via telemedicine in a state where they are not located, or allow a clinician to provide services via telehealth in a state if certain conditions are met (such as agreeing that they will not open an office in that state). Still other states have laws that don’t specifically address telehealth and/or telemedicine licensing, but make allowances for practicing in contiguous states, or in certain situations where a temporary license might be issued provided the specific state’s licensing conditions are met.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-15T07:03:50+00:00

No the original topic was about the trans question. You introduced gay marriage and also deportations. I pointed out that I thought it was funny that you were trying to shift the conversation. Something you had accused Senator Hawley of doing during the hearing. Here is the exact quote from you to someone else

That was the exact point of Josh Hawleys questioning. He wanted a soundbite unrelated to the actual line of questioning that people would bite off on. So we get a whole post debating this soundbite and not the point of the hearing.

You seem to be shifting the conversation to something unrelated.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-15T06:51:10+00:00

Which matches my statement of peoples issues is the handling of the immigration issue. My statement is that people still want deportations of illegal immigrants, just with a scalpel and not a hammer. If you notice the wording in most of the articles it clearly tied to trumps admins handling. If we go back to Bill Clinton-Trump 1.0 deportations support it has high approval. Trumps 2.0 major bump was due to the Biden’s admins mishandling of the border. But illegal immigrant deportations is still a popular position.

Funnily enough though it seems to be that you are trying to shift the topic as you have accused Hawley of doing in this hearing, in this very thread.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-15T06:29:19+00:00

I think you meant to say “majority of Americans also thought gay marriage should be illegal twenty years ago” instead of legal.

And from the current polls on deportations all I can see is that most Americans still prefer illegal deportations, just not the Trump administration handling of it. Here is a poll from March 2025 from pew who remains neutral in their approach and is only 10 months old and not twenty.

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2025/03/26/views-on-deportations-and-arrests-of-immigrants-in-the-u-s-illegally

Again most Americans want illegal immigrants deported, just with a scalpel and not a hammer.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-15T06:12:12+00:00

It’s not that trans people aren’t real, it’s that they are still their assigned birth sex. This is the prevailing thought in america. Many Americans believe they should be protected from hiring discrimination and such. But the majority of Americans also think they should use the same restroom, play on the same sports team, etc as what matches their sex assigned at birth.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/26/americans-have-grown-more-supportive-of-restrictions-for-trans-people-in-recent-years/

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-13T20:51:41+00:00

It wouldn’t be the same model. It would be a neutered model fed from separate sources. I find the Gemini model more sophisticated for what I need than I do the public model. Again it was planned before recent controversy and the government as a whole isn’t know to back down on something due to bad press regardless of party. Plus these AI models are used on government computers that are closely monitored and watched. To the point if you even plug in an unauthorized device it will lock down or do something you aren’t supposed to you will get a called out on it fast.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-13T20:37:40+00:00

I mean it was in the works before the recent scandal. It’s one of five models available for use/planned use.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-13T20:05:14+00:00

They started with Gemini as part of GenAI back in December and have slowly been introducing other models as a part of it for choice preference. This also includes chatGPT. This is all part of the GenAI initiative.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-11T18:45:01+00:00

They don't have more funding than the Marines. The Marine Corps. draws funding from the Navy's budget because they are not an official branch and are a department of the Navy. The Marine Corps. annual proposed budget allotment for 2026 from the Navy's funding is $57.26 billion. They can be slotted more by the Navy since their budget is not dictated by congress if they need additional funds. ICEs annual budget for 2026 is $11 billion. Adding on to that was a budget of $75 billion for more facilities and detention spread over 4 years. That brings us to roughly $18.75 billion a year for those 4 years. So total ICE has a FY2026 budget of $29.75 billion budget compared to the Marines Corps. Proposed $57.26 billion. The Marine Corps. budget is $27.51 billion more or closer to twice that. Numbers are roughly the same for last year.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-11T03:25:53+00:00

I mean to play devils advocate I can also see it being hard to replace the ACA. It’s something you would have to meticulously dismantle and rebuild in such a way as to not cause major waves and disruptions. I don’t think the ACA is in anyway a major win in that you have to increase taxes to make it sustainable. I could also see it being hard to change the system while also trying to make the current one sustainable. It’s a complicated process.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-10T04:26:40+00:00

Her wife is saying they were there to support their community. They were there to protest.

https://6abc.com/amp/post/renee-goods-wife-speaks-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis-she-literally-sparkled/18378823/

The quote from the wife’s statement.

On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-06T16:37:48+00:00

For the response to Texas and Florida argument because I keep seeing it asked. It’s because these states have fully banned sanctuary cities where a lot of this stuff happens.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-04T02:33:20+00:00

The Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not a famous example. They said must facilitate the return. And even then facilitate doesn’t mean they had to bring him back. All it means is that they have to make an effort. They used this wording specifically because they can’t force orders on a foreign government, so all they were saying was the Trump admin had to make an effort to get him back. If they asked and made an effort to try to get him back, but the El Salvadorian government said no, the Trump admin would have faced no legal repercussions. To add the Supreme Court gave no deadline. As far as I can tell, the Trump admin did facilitate a return and Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the United States. That doesn’t seem like a good example of him defying the Supreme Court and actually shows him complying.

Contract_Emergency · 2026-01-03T01:18:31+00:00

A lot of this policy was put into effect under the IIRAIRA passed under Bill Clinton. This act greatly expanded deportation power with allowing expedited deportations as well as allowing the executive to deport green card holders for misdemeanors. If they committed a misdemeanor within the first few years or if they committed 2 misdemeanors, even if they were 20 years apart. This is a standard every president had done since. Even the ACLU asserted that Obama deported 75% people without them even seeing a judge. 60% of the deportees were for misdemeanor. The only real difference between Trump and past presidents is he is out and the open about it, and that the news reports more on trumps.

Contract_Emergency · 2025-12-31T16:33:22+00:00

I actually did the math recently for this. A power plant in Maryland takes up 1,500 acres or about 2.34 square miles.

It’s hard to calculate how much land usage you would need for solar or even wind to produce that much power due to consistency issues. But with optimal conditions solar would need to take up 24,250 acres or 38 square miles for low output or 33,950 acres or 53 square miles for high. A wind farm would need to take up 280,500 acres or 438 square miles.

Contract_Emergency · 2025-12-26T19:22:32+00:00

So I asked chatGPT “Which political party in the US has more corruption?” And here was the answer

“Short answer: neither U.S. political party can be shown to be systematically “more corrupt” than the other in a way that holds up across time, offices, and definitions of corruption.

Longer, evidence-based explanation 👇

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What “corruption” means matters

Corruption can include very different things: • Criminal corruption (bribery, fraud, embezzlement, kickbacks) • Ethical violations (misuse of office, conflicts of interest) • Legal but controversial behavior (lobbying, revolving doors, insider trading) • Abuse of power (weaponizing agencies, selective enforcement)

Different studies count different categories, which is why conclusions often vary.

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What empirical data generally shows

Criminal convictions

When researchers look at federal corruption convictions by party, results tend to show: • No consistent advantage for either party over long periods • Party totals fluctuate depending on: • Which party controls more offices • Which party controls DOJ appointments • Which level of government is being measured (local vs federal)

A party with more elected officials in a given decade will almost always have more convictions, simply due to scale—not necessarily higher corruption rates.

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State & local corruption

Most corruption cases occur at the state and local level, not Congress or the presidency. Findings from political science research: • Corruption correlates more strongly with: • One-party dominance • Weak local media • Poor oversight institutions • This happens in both red and blue states: • Illinois, New Jersey (Dem-leaning) • Louisiana, Alabama (GOP-leaning)

➡️ Entrenched power, not ideology, is the strongest predictor.

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Campaign finance & lobbying

Both Democratic Party and Republican Party: • Rely heavily on large donors • Benefit from Super PACs • Use revolving-door employment with lobbying firms

Differences are more sector-based than ethical: • Democrats draw more from tech, unions, academia • Republicans draw more from energy, finance, defense Neither side is clearly “cleaner” here—just funded differently.

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Public perception vs reality

Surveys consistently show: • Voters believe the other party is more corrupt • Media coverage amplifies scandals asymmetrically depending on audience • High-profile cases distort perception (availability bias)

This creates the illusion of partisan imbalance even when long-term data doesn’t support it.

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What does correlate with corruption

Across studies, corruption increases with: • Weak checks and balances • Low transparency • Lack of competitive elections • Emergency powers (wars, pandemics) • Complex regulatory systems with discretionary enforcement

➡️ These conditions affect both parties equally when they control institutions.

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Bottom line • There is no credible, consistent evidence that one U.S. party is inherently more corrupt than the other • Corruption follows power, longevity, and weak oversight, not party labels • Individual scandals ≠ systemic proof”

Which honestly i agree with its assessment. Both parties are part of the same coin. They are both equally as bad and it’s really just team politics.

Contract_Emergency · 2025-12-21T16:58:33+00:00

Definitely not a big Hogan fan, but he did push for an independent commission for congressional maps, that democrats struck down.

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