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from The Daily Beast
LEFT BIAS, MOSTLY FACTUAL, Media/News Company in New York City
The just-passed federal government spending bill and coronavirus relief package was a vehicle for seemingly every policy priority under the Capitol dome. It included landmark legislation on climate change, a long-desired deal to end surprise medical billing, and billions of dollars for everything from Amtrak to vaccine distribution and coronavirus-related funeral expense relief. But despite coming in at 6,000 pages and $2.3 trillion in taxpayer dollars—$900 billion of which was for COVID relief—a conspicuous item was left on the cutting room floor. At the last minute, legislation that would have set aside a mere $3 million in funding for a program to address the dramatically worsening rates of burnout and mental illness among frontline health-care workers—who are under unprecedented strain because of the pandemic—was dropped from the text. And now each side is blaming the other.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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This week Christians celebrate the birth of a child born to die too soon. The Christmas story has resonated in new ways for Nathan and Torri Mielke after the death of their son last year. The first diagnosis came in December 2018, a cyst on his neck, and they hoped it would resolve quickly. Torri later wrote, “It was the first time in my life I had ever prayed so hard for anything.” The cyst disappeared before the next appointment, but follow-up testing revealed multiple problems. Cleft palate. Six fingers on each hand. Dilated kidney and an enlarged bladder. The doctor suspected there would be additional abnormalities in internal organs, but it was too soon to tell at 12 weeks into pregnancy. Just before Christmas 2018 the news came back confirming the doctor’s suspicion, a diagnosis of trisomy 13.
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