A Philadelphia woman was wrongly declared dead by the Social Security Administration. Renee Williams, 66, was shocked during a recent medical checkup when employees at the medical center told her they could not obtain her insurance information because she was declared dead. Williams shared, “They couldn’t get my insurance information. She said she tried several places, and they said it was inactive. They said that I was deceased.” The reason behind Williams’ bizarre circumstance is due to her identity being accidentally placed in the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File. Philadelphia woman wrongly declared dead | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/l7VuDc7zLS — WGAL (@WGAL) November 20, 2024 Here’s what WGAL reported: A Pennsylvania woman just discovered she had been mistakenly declared dead. Renee Williams, 66, of Philadelphia, got the unwelcome news during a recent medical appointment. “They couldn’t get my insurance information. She said she tried several places, and they said it was inactive. They said that I was deceased,” she said. Her name seems to have ended up on the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File. She suspects the error happened after her husband died in August. The blunder has not only stopped her Social Security benefits but has caused her to lose access to her bank accounts and health insurance. Williams is not the first person to be incorrectly declared dead by the government. According to the most recent available data, as many as 7,000 Americans wrongly end up on the Death Master File every year. An Office of Inspector General memorandum says that’s an improvement. Erroneous death reports have decreased by 45% since 2011 as all states have moved to electronic reporting. If a person suspects they have been incorrectly listed as deceased on their record, they should contact their local Social Security office as soon as possible. A woman lost access to her bank accounts and benefits after a Social Security error declared her dead. MORE: https://t.co/NcvU4wyO1S — Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) November 20, 2024 Per CBS: A clerical error has turned Renee Williams into the living dead. The 66-year-old West Philadelphia woman lost access to her bank accounts, health insurance and retirement benefits after being mistakenly placed on the Social Security Administration’s “Death Master File.” Williams turned to CBS News Philadelphia for help. “I want people to know that Social Security is,” Williams said as she paused and laughed, considering how to finish her sentence, “a pain in the behind.” The grandmother of 10 made the discovery during a recent medical appointment. “I went to the emergency ward on Friday, and they couldn’t get my insurance information,” Williams said. “She said she tried several places and they said it was inactive. They said that I was deceased.”

Senator Lindsey Graham has surprisingly come out in defense of Matt Gaetz.  And maybe just as surprisingly, he fact checked CNN live on air in the process! A gaggle of reporters caught up with the Republican Senator from South Carolina today in the Capitol building. CNN specifically asked Graham about the allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump’s Attorney General appointment, Mike Gaetz — to which Graham shockingly responded with facts, common sense, and none of the limp-wristed lack of backbone he is known for.  Watch the clip! BIG: Lindsey Graham defends Matt Gaetz and fact-checks CNN live. pic.twitter.com/w0cGlY5bV1 — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 19, 2024 Lindsey Graham has often been the posterchild for the RINOs in Congress, rarely choosing to stand and fight for solid conservative principles whenever straddling the fence was an option. He has so often sided with so-called moderates and the left-leaning democrats that I’m not sure the reporters knew how to handle his sudden stiff pushback against their attempt to use the “but, there are allegations!” smear tactic. Graham specifically said that he feared that Gaetz’ nomination process “is turning into an angry mob”, and mere allegations are being treated as facts, according to a report on Fox News: “My record is clear. I tend to defer to presidential cabinet choices unless the evidence suggests disqualification,” said the South Carolina senator. “I fear the process surrounding the Gaetz nomination is turning into an angry mob, and unverified allegations are being treated as if they are true. I have seen this movie before.” Graham appears to be alluding to the 2018 confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, which was rocked by unproven allegations of sexual assault made by Christine Blasey Ford. Kavanaugh emphatically denied Ford’s claims, and she was never able to identify the time and place of the alleged assault or provide corroborating witnesses to support her account. Kavanaugh was narrowly confirmed, mostly along party lines, after Ford provided emotional testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which Graham served as chairman. Senator Graham, to his credit, first showed signs of a backbone a week ago concerning President Trump’s decision to put Matt Gaetz forward as his AG pick. Last Wednesday he said very clearly on Fox News that he is “predisposed” to allowing a President the opportunity to pick their own cabinet without pre-disqualifying candidates based on something as insubstantial as mere allegations. Graham: He won the election, he deserves a chance to pick his cabinet. I am predisposed to allow him to do that. I think Matt Gaetz is very bright. I think he’s qualified. pic.twitter.com/cglMCbOBP0 — Acyn (@Acyn) November 14, 2024 It should be noted that Senator Graham met with JD Vance and Mike Gaetz prior to the CNN interaction this morning. I’m not sure of all the details discussed during their meeting, but Graham shared this on his personal X account following his closed-door discussion with JD Vance and Gaetz: I had a very good meeting with President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz, and Vice President-elect JD Vance. I am committed to allowing the process to go forward in a manner consistent with past practices and fundamental fairness. This process will not be a rubber stamp nor will it be driven by a lynch mob. My record is clear. I tend to defer to presidential cabinet choices unless the evidence suggests disqualification. I fear the process surrounding the Gaetz nomination is turning into an angry mob, and unverified allegations are being treated as if they are true. I have seen this movie before. I would urge all of my Senate colleagues, particularly Republicans, not to join the lynch mob and give the process a chance to move forward. After years of being investigated by the Department of Justice, no charges were brought against Matt Gaetz. This is something we should all remember. I would also urge my colleagues to go back to a time-tested process, receive relevant information, and give the nominee a chance to make their case as to why they should be confirmed. This standard – which I have long adhered to – has served the Senate and country well. I had a very good meeting with President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz, and Vice President-elect JD Vance. I am committed to allowing the process to go forward in a manner consistent with past practices and fundamental fairness. This process will not be a… — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) November 20, 2024 Regarding the allegations against Gaetz, a spokesman for President Trump’s transition team, Alex Pfeiffer, said that Matt Gaetz “will be” the next AG. Pfeiffer pinned blame for the allegations squarely on former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, according to a report by CBS News: Accompanied by Vice President-elect JD Vance, a senator from Ohio, Gaetz is sitting down with Republican senators, whose votes will be crucial in confirming him to the position of the nation’s top law enforcement officer next year. The GOP is set to take control of the Senate in the next Congress and hold 53 seats, but Gaetz will need backing from a majority of the chamber to win confirmation. The Republican has denied wrongdoing and called the Ethics probe a “smear.” He has blamed the investigation on former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, whom Gaetz helped oust last year. Alex Pfeiffer, a spokesman for Trump’s transition, said in a statement Monday that “Matt Gaetz will be the next Attorney General. He’s the right man for the job and will end the weaponization of our justice system. These are baseless allegations intended to derail the second Trump administration.” Trump told reporters Tuesday that he is not reconsidering his selection for attorney general. Considering Gaetz’ history of loyalty to President Trump during the smear campaigns against him over the last few years, it should go without saying that most Congressional democrats are terrified — shaking in their boots — imagining Mike Gaetz at the head of the U.S. Department of Justice. Eric Swalwell (Rep. CA) is not handling the possibility very well at all.  In fact, he is in flat out denial that such a thing could even happen. Hahaha Eric Swalwell isn’t coping well with the fact that Gaetz is going to be his daddy soon. This is what complete denial looks like. He even fantasizes that President Trump is playing a joke on them to “own the libs” “I don’t want people to get too spun up about this. I… pic.twitter.com/L9FhF1FmmM — TheStormHasArrived (@TheStormRedux) November 13, 2024 The memory of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings may be weighing heavy on those Republicans who would have a vested interested (namely their own re-elections) in avoiding anything resembling a repeat of that witch hunt taking place on their watch, as pointed out by a report in The Hill: Graham appeared to be alluding to sexual assault allegations that were made against conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh when Trump nominated him to serve on the Supreme Court in 2018. Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation became bitterly contentious after Christine Blasey Ford accused him of sexually assaulting her decades earlier at a high school party in Bethesda, Md. Kavanaugh was ultimately confirmed on a mostly party-line vote. Some Republicans, including Graham, are starting to deploy the same arguments from that time — that the allegations of sexual misconduct against Gaetz remain unproven. “After years of being investigated by the Department of Justice, no charges were brought against Matt Gaetz. This is something we should all remember,” Graham said in his statement. Graham said he had “a very good meeting” with Gaetz and Vance and pledged the confirmation process to go forward “in a manner consistent with past practices and fundamental fairness.” But as Senator Graham himself stated, that meeting with Graetz and Vance was “a very good meeting”. While I’m not ready to remove the RINO label, it seems as though the Senator from South Carolina, known for straddling the fence, is having a hard time getting away with that tactic at the moment. It appears that President Trump’s sweeping victory, and the unprecedented mandate he is wielding with his bold cabinet picks and nominations, may simply be too much heat for the historical Republican fence-sitters to handle.

As the 80s dawned, Simple Minds were in crisis. But, believing that life was without limits, they recorded the album New Gold Dream and the dream became reality

Shortly after the presidential election, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders released a scathing statement blaming the Jewish state for Trump’s victory. No wonder radical Democrat Congressmuslims Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar and other members of the ‘Jihad Squad’ are among  Sanders’ biggest supporters. AlgemeinerAlongside a slew of criticisms of Democratic policies on healthcare and labor, Sanders […]

Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has reportedly had it with the United States and has already moved into a home in rural England with her wife Portia De Rossi following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Sources with knowledge told The Wrap that the 66-year-old comedian/actress and Rossi purchased the home in South West England — two hours outside of London — before voters in America went to the polls and voted to send Trump back to the White House. An insider reportedly told TMZ that the main reason for the move was because of Trump’s victory against Vice President Kamala Harris. The two were reportedly “very disillusioned” with Trump winning, and immediately decided “to get the hell out,” a source told the outlet. Multiple reports also claimed that DeGeneres planned to put up their sprawling estate in Montecito, California, that she bought in 2019, the outlet noted. During the election, the actress put her support behind Harris and reportedly donated $3,300 to her campaign, Page Six reported. “There’s nothing more powerful than a woman whose time has come!” DeGeneres wrote on Instagram. “I can’t wait for @KamalaHarris to be our next president.” HUGE LOSS: Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have moved to the U.K. and intend to stay there permanently following Donald Trump’s election as president. pic.twitter.com/N1xVG4gyuy — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 20, 2024 Earlier this year, the former host of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” announced that she was walking away from show business with her final stand-up comedy special for Netflix, “Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ During the special, DeGeneres laughed off the idea that she was ever mean after being canceled due to “toxic” workplace claims on her talk show after 19 seasons. A Buzzfeed report published in 2020 about “The Ellen Show” claimed it was a “toxic” workplace — full of intimidation and even alleged sexual abuse. “Alright, let me catch you up on what’s been going on with me since you last saw me,” DeGeneres said in the special. “I got chickens. … Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business for being mean.” At one point, she talked about how this was her second ousting from show business, the first being in 1997 when she came out as a lesbian. “Kicked me out before because I told them I was gay. No gay people in show business. They kick you out. Can’t be gay and be in show business,” Ellen joked. “Eventually they’re going to kick me out a third time for being old — mean, old, and gay, the triple crown.” Near the end of the hour-plus special, DeGeneres looped back around again to being labeled mean and said that she’d “spent an entire lifetime trying to make people happy. And I’ve cared far too much what other people think of me.” “So after a lifetime of caring, I just can’t anymore. So, I don’t,” DeGeneres said. “I have a choice of people remembering me as someone who is mean or someone who is beloved … beloved, I chose that.” DeGeneres closed the show by saying, “I’m so glad I got to say goodbye on my terms.”

In anticipation of the screen adaptation of the 2003 Broadway hit Wicked, it seems everyone is getting witchy. Wicked is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz and tells the origin story of Elphaba and Glinda. Of course, we’ve always known them as adults and the role they played in Dorothy Gale’s adventure in The Wizard of Oz. While they were off to see the wizard, the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Lion traveled along the yellow brick road singing cheerful tunes. They accompanied Dorothy to the Emerald City singing happy songs. Kelly Clarkson performed her version of If I Only Had a Brain from The Wizard of Oz during a recent Kellyoke segment, and it took on a whole new vibe. The dark lighting, deep vocal tone, and slowed-down tempo made for a chilling rendition. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Kelly Clarkson Show (@kellyclarksonshow) Fans Loved Kelly Clarkson’s Take On “The Wizard Of Oz” Classic. There’s no question Kelly has an incredible talent, and we love it when she takes the mic to show off her vocal chops. Kelly Clarkson’s musical stylings never let the crowd down, whether it’s her music or a hot take on a classic. The Kelly Clarkson Show shared a video of her Wizard of Oz reboot, and fans thought she absolutely slayed. Several people thought it sounded like a James Bond song. Like this person, “Made a ‘wizard of oz’ song to a Bond song that’s impressive,” “Kelly on Broadway WHEN. Kelly on James Bond soundtrack WHEN. Kelly on EVERYTHING WHEN,” a fan agreed. This person felt Idol vibes. “Just won ‘American Idol’ again.” Maybe this means something new is on the horizon. This fan hopes so, “This was SO GOOD . We’re gonna need Kelly to just go ahead and do another dark and moody album soon…kthanx.” We never knew the Wizard of Oz could be so moody, but put Kelly Clarkson in charge, and suddenly, we want to take a walk down the yellow brick road. This story’s featured image can be found here. The post Kelly Clarkson Sings Bone-Chilling “Wizard Of Oz” Cover That Gives Instant Goosebumps appeared first on InspireMore.

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Woody Johnson is a flat out moron