01) Hypocritical Republican Wants to Ban Single-Payer at State Level
“Republican Senator John Kennedy is attempting to stifle momentum towards single-payer by restricting states’ ability to implement it. He may soon offer a redundant amendment to Graham-Cassidy’s latest Obamacare ‘repeal and replace’ bill even though it already includes a provision that bans single-payer at the state level. So the party of “states’ rights” only cares about states’ rights when it’s convenient. And in order to prevent a “big government takeover” of healthcare, they’re hypocritically going to be restricting states’ autonomy. https://theintercept.com/2017/09/19/so-much-for-states-rights-gop-senator-wants-to-ban-state-single-payer-in-new-health-care-bill/“
“During an intense fap session, Texas Senator Ted Cruz likely forgot to sign out of his throwaway Twitter account he uses for porn and accidentally ‘liked’ a tweet he presumably wanted to save for the ‘ol ‘spank bank’ on his public Twitter account. He decided to blame a staffer for this. Sure, Ted. Whatever you say, Ted. đ
I did not know it was Ted’s personal account…Why would he have staff running that account?…That would kind of defeat the whole purpose of having a personal account…would it not?
I also want to point out, that retweeting is a two step process…making it highly improbable to accidentally do…And wasn’t this a case of retweeting?…Didn’t the tweet show up in his own timeline?…Only liking a tweet, doesn’t make that happen.
…Of course…nobody seems to be asking these questions.
I also find unsatisfactory, his response to the sex toy sale ban incident…
…He says it was a stupid law…but he still saw nothing wrong, in fighting to enforce it?
Convenient thing to say, now that it’s no longer relevant to his career advancement…but, in fact, is more of a liability…
That mindset, right there, gets to the heart of what I hate most about politicians…
…To many of them will roll with the way things are…even when they know it is stupid…counterproductive…corrupt…wrong…
…”Nothing personal”…”It’s just their job”…
Who are they working for?…Because it certainly isn’t me…nor a vast span of the population.
01) Hillary Clinton Attacks Progressives, Critiques Bernie’s ‘Medicare for All’ Bill
“Hillary Clinton has been making the rounds on cable news shows in an attempt to both (a) promote her new book, and (b) continue f*cking over America even more. Not only is she tripling-down on her attacks against progressivesâcalling them divisive, and implying that they’re sexistâbut she’s also trying to undermine Bernie Sanders by criticizing his ‘Medicare for All’ bill and condescendingly implying he doesn’t understand his own bill and can’t determine how much it will cost. She’s also trying to persuade the Democratic Party to not give Bernie any influence. Thanks, Hillary!”
If we never had to hear the name Hillary Clinton again…that would be so, so, so wonderful…
01) John McCain Reveals His Graham-Cassidy Healthcare Vote
“”Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican who delivered the final blow to the previous attempt to overhaul the US healthcare system, may have done the same when he came out against the GOP’s latest healthcare legislation on Friday afternoon.
In a statement, McCain said the lack of “regular order” in crafting the legislation was what pushed him away.
“I would consider supporting legislation similar to that offered by my friends Senators Graham and Cassidy were it the product of extensive hearings, debate, and amendment,” McCain said. “But that has not been the case. Instead, the specter of September 30 budget reconciliation deadline has hung over this entire process.”
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01) Waking Up with Sam Harris #98 – Into the Dark Land (with Siddhartha Mukherjee)
“In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Siddhartha Mukherjee about his Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.
Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician and researcher. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff cancer physician at the CU/NYU Presbyterian Hospital. A former Rhodes scholar, he graduated from Stanford University, University of Oxford (where he received a PhD studying cancer-causing viruses) and from Harvard Medical School. His laboratory focuses on discovering new cancer drugs using innovative biological methods. He has published articles and commentary in such journals as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, Neuron and the Journal of Clinical Investigation and in publications such as the New York Times, The New Yorker, and the New Republic. His work was nominated for Best American Science Writing, 2000. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. His most recent book is The Gene: An Intimate History.”
01) Hillary Clinton and Her Minions Seek Vengeance on America – Episode 110
“In this episodeâthe longest in the history of our showâweâll cover President Trumpâs cruel decision to end DACA along with his plans to resell âtrickle-downâ economics to the American people. Weâll also focus on the return of Hillary Clinton and challenge the arguments made in her new book, âWhat Happened.â But Hillary Clintonâs return was accompanied by her most prominent minions including Peter Daou (with a new pro-Hillary propaganda website to attack progressives called âVerritâ) and Joy Ann Reid (who claims the Democratic Party should focus on identity politics and ignore economic issues). After covering these knuckleheads, weâll shift focus to Medicare for All in the second half of the show. Finally, weâll end the episode on a lighter note with a Patreon Q&A, and an interview with 2018 congressional candidate Sarah Smith and comedian Ron Placone, respectively. Itâs the last episode for two weeks, as Mike will take a break to get hitched. Oh yeahâwe also passed 25 million total views! Woohoo! So if youâre able to sit through 3+ hours of Mike ranting about politics then buckle up, because weâve got a great show for you!”
01) Why Draft Bernie for a NEW Party? Why Not the Green Party? (w/ Nick Brana)
“With the increasing popularity of the ‘Draft Bernie’ idea, there’s an obvious question that has to be asked: why start a brand new party when we already have the Green Party? For this important question, we’ll go to #DraftBernie founder, Nick Brana, who gives us an in-depth explanation as to why a new party is preferable.”
01) Hypocritical Republican Wants to Ban Single-Payer at State Level