I know a lot has happened over the past two years, since Donald Trump took office. The sheer amount of what we’ve been forced to process as informed citizens has been absolutely overwhelming. There have been multiple shootings by white supremacists, assassination attempts against our most effective opposition leaders, and false accusations intended to kill […]
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Health Care, Caravans, and the Fight for Truth and the Future of America
Posted in Health, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2017, ACA, Affordable Care Act, America Health Care Act, anti-immigrant, asylum, caravans, chaos, Donald Trump, fear mongering, get out the vote, health care reform, lies, Luis Bracamontes, Medicaid, Medicare, midterm elections, Obama, political violence, post-truth, preexisting conditions, racism, Republican lies, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, threats to Democracy, white supremacy 35 Comments
Speaking truth to power, and booing Paul Ryan
Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan made headlines a week or so ago with his budget proposal. People in the press, as I recall, seemed impressed. They used words like, “bold” and “serious,” and praised him for making difficult decisions in order to address the nation’s spiraling budget deficit. Once people really started digging into it, though, […]