“The measure is estimated to add $1.5 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years, and contains about $4 trillion in domestic spending cuts.” Medicare and Medicaid on the chopping block. More …
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GOP Deficit Hawkery Dies in the Dark of Night
“House GOP ends its tough talk about spending and deficits in a rush to cut taxes.” More …
Fifty-One GOP Senators Just Voted to Cut $1.5 Trillion From Medicare and Medicaid
“51 GOP senators voted to slash Medicaid by $1Trillion, Medicare by $500Billion, and other working family priorities just so the 1% can get their big tax cuts.” More …
Engulfed in Opioid Deaths, Ohio Turns to Science
“State attempts to accelerate high-tech solutions after treatment and law enforcement fail to stem overdose fatalities.” More …
John Kelly and the Language of the Military Coup
“Consider this nightmare scenario: a military coup. You don’t have to strain your imagination—all you have to do is watch Thursday’s White House Press Briefing, in which the chief of staff, John Kelly, defended President Trump’s phone call to a military widow, Myeshia Johnson. The press briefing could serve as a preview of what a military coup in this country would look like, for it was in the logic of such a coup that Kelly advanced his four arguments.” More …
Russia Is Using Marxist Strategies, and So Is Trump
“Moscow’s meddling in the U.S. election was aimed at stoking social tensions. Sound familiar?” More …
Trump Picks Coal Lobbyist to Help Lead EPA
“EPA deputy nominee Andrew Wheeler waged behind-the-scenes war against climate bills.” More …
Our Federal Science Agencies Are in Mortal Danger
“Whether by strategy or ineptitude or both, the Trump administration is starving them of the expertise they need to fulfill their essential functions.” More …
Georgia Lawmaker, Wife of Tom Price, Suggests People with HIV Could Be Quarantined
“Republican state Rep. Betty Price, a former anesthesiologist who represents people living in the northern Atlanta area, asked in a hearing this week ‘what are we legally able to do’ to limit the spread of HIV throughout the state. ‘I don’t want to say the quarantine word — but I guess I just said it,’ Price said to Dr. Pascale Wortley, director of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s HIV epidemiology section. ‘Is there an ability, since I would guess that public dollars are expended heavily in prophylaxis and treatment of this condition, so we have a public interest in curtailing the spread. … Are there any methods legally that we could do that would curtail the spread?'” More …
The Danger of President Pence
“Trump’s critics yearn for his exit. But Mike Pence, the corporate right’s inside man, poses his own risks.” More …