Republicans take aim at black people with Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Michigan isn’t the only state where Republicans are pushing a Medicaid work requirement that’s blatantly racist. Ohio and Kentucky are running the same play, passing a work requirement for Medicaid but exempting mostly white, rural counties. The claim is that the […]
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Baby Boomers Today
Baby Boomers Yesterday and Today Lately, most Americans, regardless of their political leanings, have been asking themselves very strong and pointed question: How did our country we love so dearly come to this? How did the world’s greatest democracy and economy become a land of crumbling roads, galloping income inequality, low performing educational institutions, bitter […]
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Elizabeth Our Fighter
Elizabeth Warren Vs. Trump’s Consumer Watchdog, Mick Mulvaney “Mick Mulvaney was appointed by President Trump as acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As a congressman, Mulvaney sponsored legislation that would have abolished the agency” On one side was the Trump administration’s acting director, Mick Mulvaney, who believes the bureau’s powers are excessive and […]
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Facebook Took Money To Fool You
Facebook ads by Russians to fool U.S. voters released by Congress Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released thousands of Russian Facebook ads on Thursday, offering the public its first in-depth look at the troubling messages used to heighten tensions among Americans during and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The release of the ads, […]
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Food Stamp New Rules
The Farm Bill SNAP Work Requirements in Rural Areas “The Republican Majority’s last gasp in completely starving our children and poor families into oblivion” The quinquennial reapproval of the Farm Bill is back before Congress, only this time with a bit more drama than the past. The draft under consideration in the House will implement […]
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T-Mobile/Sprint Bet
T-Mobile to Buy Sprint for $26.5 Billion in Bet on Networks “ This merger is sure dynomite, anyone betting on this success has got to have their heads examined. Read below the profit results of Sprint since being purchased by SoftBank of Japan. It has been a disaster for Sprint and their bottom line proves […]
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Progressive War Cont.
Pelosi recently eulogized billionaire Peter G. Peterson, a leading voice for austerity economics and Social Security cuts, and for the deficit-fixated policies that have hamstrung progressives for decades. The desire to remember a friend is, of course, understandable. But Pelosi went further, saying of Peterson: His prophetic voice on the importance of fiscal sustainability brought […]
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Progressive War
The Democratic Establishment’s War on Progressives “I’ve always said that Democrats depend excessively on donations to win elections, but a well organized ground game beats money every time” By supporting corporate-friendly candidates and policies, Congressional Democratic leaders are be moving closer and closer toward open warfare with their party’s base. There is a real need […]
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H.U.D. Housing Scam
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scam Americans Out of Housing “By overcharging for their rental portion to the tune of 300%” Ben “I’ve Never Had to Worry about Affording Housing” Carson, wants to triple the rent that low-income American families pay for federally subsidized housing. Yep, this is the same guy who spent $31,000 […]
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Amazon Drug Plan On Hold
Amazon has shelved a plan to sell drugs to hospitals “insiders say there are two reasons why” Amazon Business, which sells bulk items to business customers, has shelved its plan to sell and distribute pharmaceutical products after considering it last year, according to people familiar with the matter. Instead, the company is focused on selling […]