The campaign of Dan J. Sullivan is cultural and normal for Alaska.

After the judicial ruling erasing any ideology from overshadowing the Alaskan election I hope Mr. Sullivan returns to his home with peace of mind. This is just horrible. Trump is abusing his power. Alaska is proof.

Mr. Sullivan has a really nice home. He even has a greenhouse to grow vegetables year round. I hope he returns home soon and I apologize for his victimization. Trump is out of control and Congress has allowed it.

I hope Mr. Sullivan gets votes. For all anyone knows he might just beat everyone else.

November 2, 2026

..."It just seems like such a waste of our taxpayer money," said Sharon Hunter, a Petersburg resident who, with her husband, donated $1,000 to Dan J. Sullivan, a former elementary school teacher. FBI agents knocked on her door Saturday during a round of interviews with the campaign's dozen contributors.

"I'm a bit incredulous about their whole angle," Hunter said, "because they're targeting a person who's been a real contributor in this community."

Recruiting candidates to draw votes away from an opponent has been a part of Alaska's quirky politics for years. This time around, the state's open primary and ranked choice voting systems add another wrinkle, making it easier for lesser-known candidates to play spoilers when no contender secures a majority.

The tactic has drawn fresh scrutiny as the incumbent Sullivan fights off a serious challenge from Democrat Mary Peltola, a former U.S. representative, in a race that could determine control of the Senate....

3 November 2026
By Shrai Popat

11pm ET – polls close in California and other west coast states (click here)

At 11pm ET, we’ll see polls close in California, where former health secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, is facing Republican Steve Hilton, a former adviser to British prime minister David Cameron, in the race for governor.

Most polls will also close in Oregon, along with all polls in Washington state.

In Washington, two-term Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who has frequently broken with her party on key issues, is hoping to hold on to her seat in a district that Trump carried in each of the last three presidential elections.

Midnight ET – final polls close in Alaska and Hawaii

Closing out the night will be Alaska and Hawaii, where most polling places will wrap up voting by midnight ET.

Alaska is also one of Democrats’ key pickup opportunities. Former congresswoman Mary Peltola has led Republican incumbent Dan S Sullivan in recent polls as frustration with the Trump administration has grown and voters contend with soaring energy prices in the wake of the Iran war.

The race has drawn scrutiny from the Trump administration and the president himself, who have accused Peltola and Democrats of recruiting a namesake candidate to siphon votes from Sullivan. The justice department even sought to delay certification if the Trump-backed Sullivan lost, though a federal judge recently rejected that effort. Peltola’s campaign denied recruiting Dan J Sullivan, but a recent New York Times report suggested otherwise....

This is huge. Congratulations to the people of Georgia. What a great governor they have now.

November 3, 2026

By Sarah Kallis

Keisha Lance Bottoms (click here) will be the first Black female governor elected in the country, after she won the Georgia governor's race, according to a race call by the Associated Press.

Bottoms' win marks the first time Georgia has elected a Democratic governor in more than 20 years, breaking the Republican hold on state government in Georgia. But she will likely be working with a Republican majority in at least one chamber of the legislature.

Bottoms, 56, defeated Republican Rick Jackson, a billionaire healthcare executive endorsed by President Trump. Trump won Georgia in 2024, but lost the state in 2020. Since then, Georgia has evolved from a state that consistently elects Republicans to federal and state office to a swing state with Democratic senators. But the governor's office and the legislature have remained solidly Republican....

Congratulations North Carolina and all it's great citizens that contributed to Roy Cooper's campaign.

As a Democratic Governor in North Carolina Roy Cooper was one of the greats. I am so happy for him and all those that supported his campaign. It is a magnificent win for North Carolina. They have a Senator that will bring North Carolina relief from economic strife. 

I knew when he won the governorship he would have a great future.

November 3, 2026

Democrat Roy Cooper won North Carolina’s Senate seat (click here) by a wide margin, flipping a GOP-held chamber in a state that had backed Trump in three straight elections. The victory, aided by a campaign focused on affordability under the slogan Make Stuff Cost Less, marked the first Senate flip of 2026 and followed heavy engagement from both parties even as polls showed a comfortable Cooper lead for weeks. Whatley ran as a Trump ally and supported a hard line on Iran, while national sentiment toward the president weighed on Republican prospects in the state. The outcome signals a challenging climate for Republicans in similar battlegrounds as the midterms approach, with observable divisions between polling, spending, and on-the-ground competition. The next steps will hinge on how parties adapt to shifting voter priorities and tighten strategies for remaining contests....

Stay The Course

As if anyone needs incentive to do anything different.

VOTE.

GO, AMERICA, GO!

Trump’s political victims

All the people experiencing malicious prosecution have recourse against Trump, the DOJ and AG, as well as the federal government. 

Donald John Trump’s tirades have caused a lot of trouble and the country hasn’t begun to realize how much.

My thoughts are with the IDF and Mossad officers that came forward to speak to this filmmaker.

Israel's intelligence is very sophisticated. While the identities of these brave people were concealed to some extent, Israeli intelligence can decide who spoke to the media for this documentary.

Israel uses supercomputers and AI. They will create 3-D images of the people speaking about their experience with the IDF and Mossad. These brave people and their families need to be offered asylum as they will eventually have to make testimony regarding the reality of the genocide that is known as Gaza. They are very important people.

They should not look to the USA for asylum. Trump is in bed with Netanyahu and their lives in the United States of America will be worrisome at the very least and endangered at the very most.

Haley Stevens has no sense of fair play and sportmanship.

There are those Democrats that run with the party because they can't cut it as Republicans. It appears Stevens is one of those.

It is best to adopt policies that work and introduce them as a candidate for office if not an incumbent. Ms. Stevens never did that, she went with the money including PACS that backed additional war in the Middle East. 

War is what a free country wages when threatened by others or in protection of allies that have their sovereignty at risk. Israel does not have their sovereignty at risk and no sovereign country in the Middle East is a threat to the USA or it's allies. Where Europe has problems outside of it's eastern borders their military is handedly providing protections and guidance to the region.

The Hegseth Department of War is a travesty to national security and carries out joy rides for racists as the cost of the USA Military and the USA taxpayer.

There is no more RNC. There is the PNC; the Plutocratic National Committee.

November 2, 2026
By Isaac Amsdorf

...Outside groups like Elon Musk’s America PAC (click here) have assumed much of the organizing work historically handled by the RNC....

...Multiple groups are running field operations aimed at turning out different segments of the Republican coalition, including Elon Musk’s America PAC, Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, and Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action). But operatives caution that even the best get-out-the-vote programs can only make a difference of about 1 percentage point — crucial in a tight race, but not enough to overcome an overwhelmingly hostile environment...

AND STOP CALLING ME TO BRING ME INTO COMPLIANCE. 

IT AINT' GOIN' TA HAPPEN!

The subscribers receiving the test kit may want to send in samples from their pets. The reports can be forwarded to their favorite veteranarian.

Quality of care is...

...when you were a child and you became familiar with your pediatrician and growth and development was measured and recorded to detect any lack thereof.

Any treatment ordered by a healthcare professional be it physician, surgeon, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, pharmacist, or physical therapist. 

Is when a person takes and tolerates vaccines that are lifesaving events.

Is when a prescription provides the health benefit it is supposed to provide.

It is when an entire PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM works to protect all it's citizens from severe illness  and death.

It is when health care is affordable and healthcare insurance companies don't try to replace the very physicians and surgeons that can protect human life at any stage of life.

It is when every aspect of American life strives to provide the greatest longevity of vital activity in life.

...Life expectancy (click here) at birth in the U.S. increased 0.6 years from 78.4 years in 2023 to 79.0 years in 2024, its highest-ever level. However, the average life expectancy in comparable countries was 82.7 years, about 3.7 years longer than in the U.S., reflecting a persistently wide difference in life expectancy between the U.S. and comparable countries....

Companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield need to concentrate on research to provide longevity such as cures for cancer, prevention and treatment of alcoholism, mental health for a country burdened with chronic violence, AND HAPPINESS. Every American in this country should be happy when they wake to the time they go to sleep. They should be receiving a fair and living wage and health care to provide a body that is capable of feeling happy with longevity.

STOP SENDING UNSOLICITED MAIL and concentrate on subscriber's needs.

Physicians and surgeons are great people. They know what they are doing and they are always happy to be sure their patients are getting quality of care. It is time to return to the basics and provide for our population in a way that makes people happy. 

Nurses hired by health care companies that seek to change medication regimes by calling physicians and surgeons to ask ridiculous questions is nothing more than harassment. Nurses have saved lives in this country because they are smart people. They can talk to physicians when a patient has a need that was undetected or when their stability changes, but, they can't diagnose. Nurses can take orders over the telephone from physicians and surgeons, but, those calls should never be because a health care company is soliciting a better quality of life than a physician has ordered. The company is not capable of such tasks.

Health care companies are turning nurses into salespersons.

STOP IT.

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This is not quality of care.

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This is not quality of care.

It is however a huge invasion of privacy that ONLY should be shared with physicians and surgeons.

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Quality of care.

 I want to entertain the idea of knowing what is quality of care and what isn't.

This is NOT quality of care.

This nifty little package came to my home unsolicited.

I have no idea what this mess cost, but, it better not be reflected in my insurance costs. 

Three simple steps is a SUBSTITUE for quality of care. My health care insurance company did NOT receive an order from a doctor for this handy dandy kit coming to my residence.

Amazing the almighty nerve it took to decide BCBS knew more about me OR wanted to know more about me than my own physicians.

The reason this is occurring is because the big wigs of the company want to know a complete profile of their subscribers so they can predict their expenses decades into the future so they can create their profit margin in confidence.

Hello?

There ain't no way the future is predictable, ask Donald Trump.

Is every health care insurer ready for the next COVID-19?

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Americans feel vulnerable.

There is nothing more intimidating than facing a medical diagnosis. It is a complicated process. The diagnosis is made by physicians and surgeons with many years of education and experience. How does that become simple enough for the average person to understand? 

It is one thing to be diagnosed and struggle to understand that diagnosis and the treatment that follows, but, it is complicated by healthcare insurance companies with their own ideas of what is important and what is paid for according to a damn contract.

I WAS NEVER A PART OF A DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUP. 

I mean that. 

My medical profile is not the AVERAGE person. It has genetic variables that most people don't have as is the case with a good friend of mine who was once my neighbor. The two of us have this sense of humor in that when a prescription is provided in a diagnosis for our treatment we have to read the fine print. In that fine print is a side effect that happens in only one percent of the population. That one percent is my friend and I. 

I mean it. It is no lie.

There is no healthcare extender that can provide the quality of care received by physicians and surgeons familiar with my body. I am not alone. There are many people in that one percent. My friend and I met as neighbors and not in a support group. These issues are more frequent than most people realize.

Every American is as unique as their fingerprints and the idea a contract provides for quality care is nonsense. 

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield

The magnificent coverage of the BCBS networks cannot receive enough praise. 

However.

The last three to four years have been a reach into using healthcare extenders to enhance their profit margins. The professionals that participate with these insurance companies are first rate and care for everyone they become involved with for treatment. The companies insist all these EXTRA services are voluntary, but, as the use of healthcare extenders have gone forward it is becoming less and less of a voluntary service and more and more an insistence by the company of these services. 

To be honest, the services provided by the companies by healthcare extenders are probably nifty for many that don't or can't travel regularly to a doctor's appointment, but, none the less it is still a step down in quality. This TREND cannot be ignored.

Last year BCBS hired a company that would pay the patient/subscriber a 30 DAY FEE if everyday the subscriber would take a picture of the medications they were taking and sent it to the monitor. The monitor was never a licensed individual to my knowledge. There were no credentials presented. There was only simple picture taking and sending by email to a person in contract to the company. 

The fee paid by the way was for 30 days on uninterrupted information. If a subscriber missed a day the 30 day cycle would start all over.

What harm is there in that? As a matter of fact it was supposedly a medication compliance issue. 

I don't think so.

Medication compliance issues are noted by physicians and their nursing staff when a patient presents with high blood pressure or high blood sugar or low thyroid levels. Compliance with medications is a clinical measurement, and not a picture sent to an unverified contractor that reports back to the company. That capacity of receiving pictures of daily medication is an issue of market knowledge, not compliance.

Compliance is evaluated by licensed professionals, not record keepers.

Daily pictures of medications taken by subscribers also supplies knowledge of not only the medications a subscriber is using, but, also any supplements like vitamins  or minerals. There are also herbal supplements subscribers could be using. All this marketing knowledge can be used to enhance advertisements allowed by law to encourage use of this or that. 

Subscribers do not need an invasion of privacy. Quite the opposite. Subscribers need their own understanding of their medical needs based on the information provided by physicians. Staff educates the patients, too. As do pharmacists. As does a physical therapist when an order is written for treatment of a patient after some kind of injury. But, for an insurance company to invade that relationship is highly unethical no matter how it is perceived by their subscriber. 

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Health care insurance companies

It is correct to have a great deal of respect for any healthcare professional regardless of where they fall into the treatment team.

No matter the person an American meets from the treatment team, they are sure to provide incite and education as well as fact gathering so an accurate diagnosis and treatment can be made.

Let's not forget Pharmacists (click here) are licensed healthcare professionals who dispense prescription medications, verify drug interactions, and advise patients on safe and effective medicine use. They are important to providing the last line of information and accurate order processing to improve the health of Americans.

The link provided above is to remind to Americans and their healthcare insurers that there are definitions of the CAPACITY of any healthcare professional and their licensure. The ultimate quality of care is provided by the orders of a Medical Physician or Surgeon. 

There is no other professional that has complete autonomy in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. All others still have to be sanctioned by the Medical Physician or Surgeon to deliver care.

I hope all Americans understand the hierarchy in the medical society of this country. One of the reasons there are people that appear to be the equivalent of a Doctor or Surgeon is because the country recognizes advanced education and experience. These professionals have capacity, but, ultimately do not provide the groundwork to the best patient outcomes. The best patient outcomes are provided by women and men who completed well in undergraduate work, medical school, internships, residencies, licensure, and specialized practice.

The advanced practice of others are supervised by doctors and surgeons. Surgeons are the only medical professional allowed to independently carry out surgery. The exception is probably the military, but, even there the practice of doctors and surgeons are necessary.

What I am about to state is a critique of the wrongful use of professionals by healthcare insurance companies. It is my contention the healthcare insurance companies are actively attempting to replace doctors with other professionals requiring less financial reimbursement.

All the companies are doing it at some level, but, they should not be. The ONLY people who should be discussing medications and diagnosis are doctors. 

Other professionals are able to carry out their practices, but, the way insurance carriers are using those professionals is marginally okay. It isn't exactly illegal for the professionals to be employed by the companies or subcontracted to them, but, it is weakening the safety net. It is also allowing for a redefinition of health care by companies rather than the professions.

By April 13, 2024 the USA lead the world in COVID-19 deaths with a total of 1,219,487.

(Click here)

NOTE: As of April 13, 2024, the Coronavirus Tracker is no longer being updated due to the unfeasibility of providing statistically valid global totals, as the majority of countries have now stopped reporting. However, historical data remain accessible. Worldometer delivered the most accurate and timely global statistics to users and institutions around the world at a time when this was extremely challenging. We thank everyone who participated in this extraordinary collaborative effort.

The chart to the left can be found at the website noted above. It is the daily average of the numbers of deaths worldwide. 

The world experienced the value and heroic measures carried out by healthcare professionals. The nurse became a symbol of hope and the icon of care during those years.

21 October 2021

...ICN President Annette Kennedy (click here) said: “For many months, ICN’s analysis of information from our National Nursing Association members on nurse infections and deaths was one of the only sources of data available. ICN has been pushing governments to collect this data and send it to WHO for more than a year, but many did not. Seeing the figures in print, confirmation that more than 115,000 healthcare workers have died, many of them nurses, is terrible, especially as we know that the final figure is likely to be higher still.”

Ms Kennedy added that COVID-19 is having a devastating effect on the nursing workforce and has brought the world to the brink of a global nursing crisis....

TITLE V (click here)

HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE 

Subtitle A - Purpose and Definition

health disparity, and rural populations by(1) gathering and assessing comprehensive data in order for the health care workforce to meet the health care needs of individuals, including research on the supply, demand, distribution, diversity, and skills needs of the health care workforce;

(2) increasing the supply of a qualified health care workforce to improve access to and the delivery of health care services for all individuals;

(3) enhancing health care workforce education and training to improve access to and the delivery of health care services for all individuals; and

(4) providing support to the existing health care workforce to improve access to and the delivery of health care services for all individuals.

SEC. 5002. DEFINITIONS.

(a) THIS T ITLE .—In this title:

(1) ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL .—The term ‘‘allied health professional’’ means an allied health professional as defined in section 799B(5) of the Public Heath Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p(5)) who—12

(A) has graduated and received an allied health professions degree or certificate from an institution of higher education; and

(B) is employed with a Federal, State, local or tribal public health agency, or in a setting where patients might require health care services, including acute care facilities, ambulatory care facilities, personal residences, and other settings located in health professional shortage areas, medically underserved areas, or medically under served populations, as recognized by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

(2) HEALTH CARE CAREER PATHWAY .—The term ‘‘healthcare career pathway’’ means a rigorous, engaging, and high quality set of courses and services

The Affordable Care Act provided a clear understanding of the need for qualified healthcare professionals all along the continuum of care. Within that understanding is a hierarchy of responsibility for the quality of that care. Every health care worker is vital and important, but, the ultimate quality of care is set by medical doctors and surgeons. Other highly qualified people, such as Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Clinician and educators as well as Registered Nurses, Practical Nurses and Nursing Assistants are all part of that team. There is also the practice of Medical Assistant that is a relatively new field of practice when measuring it against the other professionals.

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What a day.

Sorry to hear about Senator Chris Murphy. I am relieved he is doing well. What a surprise when an unexpected medical emergency occurs, especially for his family. And of all places at his son's soccer game. I hope his son is okay and doesn't take his father's medical condition to heart to believe he was somehow responsible. The young man is not at all responsible. 

If anything is responsible it is the current job he holds and the bizarre administration in the White House. Before attending his son's soccer game Senator Murphy was talking about the fact that after the Midterms, Hegseth and Trump were planning an attack on Iran. That was weighing heavily on his mind as the mid-term elections conclude in just a couple of days. 

I wish Senator Murphy a good recovery and we look forward to him in the Senate soon. I wish his family solace in difficult medical emergency. 

The upside is that Trump cannot interrupt Alaskan elections. The idea he could is simply outside the realm of the Rule of Law. There are four different laws governing elections in this country and the USA Constitution is at the top of the list. 

Jeeze, give it a break Donald.

Capitalists and government programs

There is a distinction between Republican leadership and Democratic leadership and it begins and ends with the citizen.

When I look at this predicament those with rental subsidies have I reflect on the real quality of life issues. The elderly receive a cost of living raise annually. It is to help with far more than just housing and is supposed to allow for a quality of life, not just subsistence living. The elderly and handicapped with accept their circumstances and adjust to any adversity because they have no alternative.

Considering the draconian manner the rental increases are being doled out, one has to realize the cost of living raises are absolutely coveted by those in business. They will seek more money, not for the benefit of those assisted by the government, but, for the pure idea of greed, profit, and some kind of damn entitlement. 

So, please realize when I put these issues on this blog it is in concern for those that can't or won't speak up for themselves. 

What is occurring is not moral. The quality of life of these people are not being addressed by well meaning taxpayers. The only aspect of their lives we, as taxpayers, are protecting is the roof over their heads and not the joy of living. The joy of living is being robbed from them and that is not what was ever intended. 

i might point out when there are increases in Pell Grants, the profiteers are scoffing up those monies. Increases in Pell Grants are supposed to benefit the student and not the institutions they are attending. Tuition is what needs to be concentrated on and costs, especially fees, brought under control. Don't get me wrong, I love the higher education in this country, but, builds erected at the cost of higher tuition is feeding the construction industry for political favoritism.

When state and federal governments support citizens into better quality of lives, it has to be enforced both by any justice department that can end exploitation, but, also by legislators that limit the amount of draconian acts taking place by organizations, institutions, and business. At some point in the legislation, quality of life and disposable income has to be addressed to ensure the benefit intended is being received and felt by those intended for it's benefit. 

I will address the concern about health care this evening.