10/13/2017 archive

Yet We Will Be In Afghanistan Forever

(h/t Lambert Strether @ Naked Capitalism) Trump to Puerto Rico- Drop Dead! Trump Warns Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico That Aid Won’t Last ‘Forever’ By PETER BAKER and CAITLIN DICKERSON, The New York Times OCT. 12, 2017 The message was as stark as it was startling. Three weeks after a killer hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico, President Trump …

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A Double Hit To Health Care

Yesterday Donald Trump signed an executive order that would permit people to buy junk health insurance undermining the Affordable Car Act. The EO essential creates a parallel insurance system for healthy people: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order that could rattle the Affordable Care Act’s private insurance markets by allowing a proliferation of cheaper, …

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Pondering the Pundits

“Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …

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The Breakfast Club (Unrehearsed)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) to …

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