Take it from me, tweaks won’t fix health care. Democrats should focus on Medicare for All.


“I spent 20 years as a health insurance executive before leaving my job as a vice president at Cigna. I can tell you firsthand that by focusing on a half-baked measure like a Medicare buy-in, Democrats would hand a huge gift to the private insurance industry while doing less than the bare minimum to help struggling businesses, workers, families and patients.”

An ex VP from one of our country’s largest private insurers comes out for Medicare for all! Any honest person with knowledge of our healthcare system will admit that insurance companies are making a log of money by denying or offering subpar healthcare.

Take it from me, tweaks won’t fix health care. Democrats should focus on Medicare for All.

Go for dramatic reforms. Health insurance companies are interested in profits, not playing fair. I should know. I used to be a vice president at Cigna.


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In rebuke to Trump, Senate votes to halt US support for Saudi-led war in Yemen, names crown prince as responsible for Khashoggi death


Good start. Now let’s end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, cut the defense budget, and take the power to declare war unilaterally away from the presidency and place it back in Congress where it belongs.

“Proponents of the Yemen resolution said America’s involvement in the war was unauthorized, unconstitutional and immoral. They argued that Congress has abdicated its responsibility for decades, fearing the responsibility that comes with sending American troops into harm’s way.”

In rebuke to Trump, Senate votes to halt US support for Saudi-led war in Yemen, names crown prince as responsible for Khashoggi death

Thursday’s vote marks the first time the Senate invoked Congress’ war powers to challenge U.S. military involvement abroad. Trump opposed withdrawal.


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Since we started sharing the Next Deal Platform about five years ago, many of th…


Since we started sharing the Next Deal Platform about five years ago, many of these ideas have become “mainstream” in our political discourse. The electoral reforms and anti monopoly planks, two of the more important and also more complex ideas, have been lagging. Keep educating and keep fighting! Together we win #TheNextDeal




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J&J knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder


“J&J didn’t tell the FDA that at least three tests by three different labs from 1972 to 1975 had found asbestos in its talc – in one case at levels reported as “rather high.”

Another corporate crime that led to an untold number of deaths and misery. Will anyone from Johnson and Johnson involved in decades of cover up be held accountable?

J&J knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder

Johnson & Johnson says its Baby Powder is safe. But Reuters found its talc was sometimes tainted with asbestos, a fact it kept from regulators and the public.


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I feel I owe an apology to many of the people here. When I started this page,…


I feel I owe an apology to many of the people here.

When I started this page, it was to educate, inform, and have discussions related to issues in a non partisan manner. Both parties have been corrupted by big money and partisan hacks, and it’s next to impossible to find a source of information that admits that.

Many of the people who have followed for a long time know I am active in party politics in real life now. As I have gotten more engaged with that, I have routinely used this to vent about politics and the parties in general.

Once you join a party it’s very hard to openly critique them without being completely ostracized and marginalized. Due to this I have used this platform more and more to vent my frustrations and attack people who disagree. It has been damaging to the page and to our discussions.

I just wanted to apologize for this and say I will try to do better. We will return to what we started for, to educate and inform.


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Sen. James Inhofe Bought Defense Stock Days After Pushing for Record Pentagon Spending—Then Dumped It When Asked About It


“Just days after signaling his support for unprecedented levels of U.S. defense spending, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee purchased between $50,000 and $100,000 in stock in defense contractor Raytheon.”

How much more corrupt can they get?

Sen. James Inhofe Bought Defense Stock Days After Pushing for Record Pentagon Spending—Then Dumped It When Asked About It

Ethics experts say the purchase underscores the moral hazard of lawmakers owning assets in areas of industry affected by legislation they are in positions to author.


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