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Big Pharma Gets $28 Billion Tax Break in GOP Health Plan
Drug companies avoid paying their fair share of taxes, even as they pump up their profits by price-gouging public health systems and individual patients. Do they deserve the $28 billion tax cut they will get under the AHCA? Hardly.
Veto the Cold-Hearted Health Bill
Even if the GOP thinks it was fun to rebuff Democrats’ pleas for a public process, they really should pay attention to the president who called the House health insurance bill “a son of a bitch.” After all, the president has veto power.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate to Unveil Health Bill After weeks of secrecy, US Senate to unveil health-care bill. CNBC: "U.S. Senate Republicans plan to unveil the text of their draft health-care bill on Thursday as senators struggle over issues such as the future of the Medicaid program...
Arizona and Ohio Speak Up to Defend Health Care
Senators Flake and McCain of Arizona, and Portman of Ohio have the power with their three votes to protect health care for more than half a million in their states, and millions more across the country. Will they listen to their voters?
GE's Immelt Steps Down: 'Meanness and Greed' Win Again
Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric's retiring CEO, once decried the ways corporate America outrageously rewards "meanness and greed." As he steps down with a $211 million bonus, he's his own worst nightmare.
Progressive Breakfast
Special Elections Georgia special House vote seen as referendum on Trump. Politico: "It’s Election Day in Georgia, where a House special election has put President Donald Trump’s popularity back on the ballot, turned suburban Atlanta into a battleground for the first...
How to Destroy the Economy With 50 Votes
Every member of the Senate Republican caucus agrees on cutting taxes; that’s the fuel that keeps their health repeal bill moving forward. Not all agree about cutting Medicaid. Some will vote against what their own voters and states want.
Health Care Repeal: Playing Political Chicken With Our Lives
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is playing political chicken with our lives. Since he and other Republicans are drafting their health care repeal in secret, it’s up to us to share the stories of those who will bear the consequences.
Progressive Breakfast
Hatred Flares 17-year-old Muslim girl assaulted and killed after leaving Virginia mosque. WaPo: "According to accounts from police and a mosque official, a group of four or five teens were walking back from breakfast at IHOP early Sunday when they were confronted by a...
Did Trump Revive Failed Cold War Cuba Policy to Buy Rubio’s Loyalty?
Did Trump make a deal with Senator Marco Rubio to go easy in the Russia investigation in exchange for reimposing failed Cold War sanctions on Cuba, which also help the president's business interests on the island?
