Tying Trump’s corruption to the affordability crisis is BRILLIANT. And True!
Ossoff: "The president, surrounded by enablers in the West Wing, is playing golf, trading stock, & decorating his ballroom. It is a disgrace. All while American families in Georgia and across the country pay more for just about everything as a direct result of his failed economic and foreign policy"
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Norm taught us the word Kakistocracy back in 2017. Vote Republicans out in the midterms. Find a way back to learning new words playing games like Wordle instead
Norm Ornstein@normornstein.bsky.social · 3d agoWhat we have in store next year, my latest newrepublic.com/article/2142...
For those of you who voted for Trump because you thought government was the problem, congratulations! It is now.
My only comment about Woke 1 vs Woke 2 is that neither of these things is real &, for the thousandth time, we don’t have to frame <every topic in American politics> on the terms of the far right authoritarian party & right-wing pundits. Other, more serious choices are readily available:
Vote in midterms as if your life depends on it. It does.
Norm Ornstein@normornstein.bsky.social · last wk.As you know well, the public and private components of our health care system are deeply intertwined. When the huge and destructive cuts in Medicaid take effect next year, along with the reverbs from loss of ACA subsidies, there will be huge tremors throughout the system. 1
oh is it caravan season again it always comes around so fast
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump: "If we're not in office our country will be invaded at levels that make Spain look small time. That's gonna be a talking point for the midterms."
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.
It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.
As Trump returns to tariffs, it's worth checking out what we've gotten from the trade war so far.
“He was a warmonger but he was fun at dinner parties.” Just stop.
“But I want to tell you what he was like to hang out with in private when there were no stakes” is a very common response to the death of a person who had immense power in situations with high stakes.
Andy Beshear should just steal mcconnell's senate seat the way mcconnell stole Obama's Supreme Court seat.
👇 I used to guide in what today is now known as Bears Ears National Monument. It is one of the most spectacular natural and cultural landscapes on the planet. Places like Grand Gulch and Moon House ruin are the physical manifestation of our heritage as a nation.
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
This is so powerful. Inspired by the March of a Thousand Robes in Poland, retired and sitting judges in the United States walked down the streets of Columbus, Ohio to stand up for the Rule of Law. #JusticeinMotion
This rises to the occasion. Thank you Brandi & SistaStrings youtu.be/5LZOhEGG-_o?...
Brandi Carlile performs 'America the Beautiful' at the Statue of Liberty
YouTube video by ABC News
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Codifying the obvious: Presbyterian Church (USA) declares White Christian Nationalism is incompatible with the teachings of Jesus. Let's see other Christian denominations follow suit. pres-outlook.org/2026/07/pcus...
PC(USA) labels White Christian nationalism "Theological Error"
Calling White Christian nationalism incompatible with the teachings of Jesus, commissioners approved a proposed constitutional amendment and a new policy statement opposing the ideology.
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I cannot celebrate America's 250th Birthday. But I will cheer the restoration of our democracy, when it happens, with everything in my heart.
“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com
The 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence Trump is "unfit to be the ruler of a free people" anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-250th-...
Nothing quite captures the spirit of America 250 like promising a century of single party rule if only one party can change election laws.
Jim Lokay@jimlokay.com · 2mo agoJust now at Mt. Rushmore: Trump renews calls to pass election overhaul, saying “if we do…we will not lose an election for 100 years.”