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Puerto Rico Devastation Could Lead to National Public Health Crisis
“Some critical prescription drugs are only made on the island, and Hurricane Maria halted production at dozens of pharmaceutical factories.” More …
Republican Tax Plan Literally Benefits Only Millionaires
“The bottom line—tiny benefits for ordinary people, huge benefits for the rich—is pretty normal for Republican tax plans. What’s astonishing, I guess, is how far up the income scale you have to go before you leave the “ordinary person” category. If you make less than $300,000, you get a tiny pittance—less than a thousand dollars. Even folks who make $700,000 don’t get much: less than a 2 percentage point change, which works out to about $7,000.” More …
Medicare to Pay for Tax Cuts: Senate Republicans’ Budget Proposes Cutting $450 Billion from Medicare
“Senate Republicans are proposing something that President Donald Trump promised never to do: cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare, the federal health program that covers elderly Americans.” More …
The Effects of a Single Terrorist Nuclear Bomb
“The escalating threats between North Korea and the United States make it easy to forget the “nuclear nightmare,” as former U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry put it, that could result even from the use of just a single terrorist nuclear bomb in the heart of a major city.” More …
“Can’t guarantee tax cut for entire middle class”; Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
“U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said one of the top goals of the Trump administration’s tax plan is to help the middle class, but he could not guarantee that every middle-class family would receive a tax cut.” More …
After first tour of Puerto Rico, top general calls damage ‘the worst he’s ever seen’
“’Sometimes we don’t know what’s going to happen until the storm actually hits, and this is the worst I’ve ever seen,’ Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, the Department of Defense’s primary military liaison with FEMA, said.” More …
As Worries of ‘Trumpocalypse’ Grow, Bomb-Shelter Builder Tries to Keep Up
“Inside his football field-size warehouse an hour’s drive southeast of Dallas, Gary Lynch is busy trying to keep up with orders for his solid-steel bomb shelters.” More …
Doomsday Prepper Making Millions Selling Bomb Shelters to People Afraid of Trump
“Clyde Scott didn’t expect to be so busy or so popular. He started building underground bunkers during the Obama administration for clients who feared the government would take away their property and their guns. But the election of Donald Trump has only increased business by bringing him a new clientele — Californians and New Yorkers afraid of nuclear war.” More …
Puerto Rico Is All Our Worst Fears About Trump Coming Real
“A real crisis comes and Trump can’t handle it.” More …