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While President Spreads 'Blatant Lies,' Experts Side with Jimmy Kimmel on Trumpcare
Covering All People With Single Payer, Says GOP Senator, Is Not Money 'Properly Spent'
Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) announced his intention Tuesday to introduce four amendments to the Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one of which would forbid states from using the law's block grants to provide residents with a state-run single payer healthcare system—provoking some to question his commitment to the perennial...
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US Says No Money for Social Programs, But '$700 Billion to Kill People? That We Have'
Jake Johnson, staff writer
As The Intercept's Alex Emmons observes, the annual increase in military spending alone—$80 billion—would be more than enough to "make public colleges and universities in America tuition-free. In fact, Sanders' proposal was only estimated to cost the federal government $47 billion per year."
"We're constantly told the US 'can't afford' single-payer health care, while 89...
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'Red Alert' Sounded: Trumpcare Is Back, More Brutal and Deadly Than Ever
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to a meeting in the U.S. Capitol July 25, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Sen. Bernie Sanders called the new Obamacare repeal plan "yet another...
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Conservative author and pundit Ann Coulter delivers remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Marriott Wardman Park February 10, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Xenophobia Shines as Trump Base Has Collective Meltdown Over DACA Deal
A new report found that watching Fox News for only three minute per week made an average Democratic voter more likely to vote Republican in the 2008 election.
Your Worst Fears About Fox News Are Confirmed By New Study
"A total of 28 states, including three this year, have passed right-to-work legislation," writes Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project.
In NAFTA Talks, Canada Demands US Drop Anti-Union 'Right to Work' Laws
#PayUpCorps Campaign Highlights All Nation Could Do If Corporations Paid Their Fair Share
"Make no mistake, what Trump and Republican leaders in Congress are proposing is not tax reform," Frank Clemente, executive director of Americans for Tax Fairness (AFT), said in a statement on Tuesday.
As Trump Begins Tax Reform Push, Critics Rip Plan as Fact-Free, Trickle-Down 'Scam'
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks to reporters after attending a healthcare bill meeting with fellow Republican senators at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 19, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
'Two-Faced' Texas GOP Seeking Hurricane Relief After Rejecting Sandy Aid
The group Tax March is behind a new campaign urging voters to demand an end to tax cuts for the wealthy.
'Not One Penny' More Ads Target GOP Over Tax Cuts for Rich
"In the case of North Carolina, the court found that the legislature targeted African-American voters with 'almost surgical precision.' This is despicable," Schumer writes.
Schumer: GOP Disavowal of Racism Empty If 'Despicable' Assault on Voting Rights Continues
GOP Rebuked for Casting Democrat as "Race Traitor" Over Statue Stance
In protests around the world, the anti-Trump resistance has asserted this week that the white supremacists who gathered in Charlottesville last week were to blame for the violence that ensued.
Despite Harsh Rebuke for Charlottesville Stance, Trump's Base Remains Loyal
"Senator, you suck!" yelled some in the audience at a Colorado town hall held by Sen. Cory Gardner.
GOP Senator Drowned Out By Cheers for 'Single Payer' at Town Hall
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, corporate profits are "near all-time highs." Wages for most workers, meanwhile, have been stagnant for decades.
Corporations Complain Their Taxes So High, But New Study Busts That Myth

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On Walls and Guns and Gay Rights: Believing Something Super Hard Doesn't Make It Less Wrong
The proposed GOP platform confirms we truly are two countries, one of them insane and 300 years late. The GOP is against weed, porn, abortion, grey wolves, prairie chickens, magnetic pulse attacks, gay marriage/children/parents and bathrooms of your choice. They are for guns, walls, conversion therapy and institutional racism, which hey their candidate says is just like what he goes through. A stalwart George Saunders and Redneck Liberal try to make sense of the madness.
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