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Are we still doing this?
The polls also show that M4A supporters believe that under the policy: A) They can keep their current health plan, and B) the entire U.S. health system would be financed by billionaires.
They aren't endorsing actual M4A, they are endorsing a fantasy.
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Last week we found out there really isn’t a king ruling in America. Now we find out that billionaires are actually beneficial to society. What’s next? Are we about to find out there’s no climate crisis or tooth fairy? A lot of voters must be feeling duped.
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The Medicare system already faces a 30-year cash shortfall of $109 trillion(!)
How about paying for the current Medicare system before burying it in trillions more debt? Just gallingly irresponsible.
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We shift power back-and-forth in our country all of the time; sometimes it's a ripple, other times it's dramatic.
What is so reassuring about power shifts is we are still standing the next morning, and what many will miss is that nothing in American politics is ever permanent.
To me the most fascinating is the state legislative shifts; in 2014 Republicans crushed Democrats down ballot by hundreds and hundreds of seats, swinging legislative bodies majorities far away from their policies.
That reversal happened on Tuesday for Republicans.
People will misunderstand this and thinks this is an ideological shift; missing that it was a change election moving away from the party they believed stopped listening to them.
If Democrats are smart, they will understand they were elected not because people suddenly loved them again, but because of economic instability, and people want answers to that.
If they are unwise (or cocky) they will make it ideological and push through policies that these voters will reject in the next two cycles. washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
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Republicans erred gravely nominating Trump in 2024 after he attempted to upend our constitutional order in 2021. Now the POLITICAL consequences are being felt. Character matters. Philosophy matters. Intellectual depth matters. Experience matters. Donald Trump lacks all of the above.
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You know who really won in Minnesota last night? The Fraudsters! The people voted for more of the same and doubled down on it! Carry on fraudsters. #mnleg
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If the Democrats take Congress - as polls suggest - I hope they actually strive to be more responsible on safeguarding norms and governing responsibly. Rather than spend years saying "Trump broke things, so we can too"
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Silver lining: we should get at least a 2-year break from lefty thinkpieces about how the Senate is anti-democratic and must be abolished.
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The good thing about a movement to roll back Executive power is that its not Dems vs Repubs vs Indies. It’s essentially a uniting,non-partisan move as it limits the power of anyone in the White House regardless of party.
It’s long-overdue constitutional repair and maintenance.
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.@SenAlexPadilla, I recognize that traveling to Illinois isn't always safe, but my door is open. You're welcome to visit Katie's room anytime and pay your respects to an innocent young woman whose life was taken by an intoxicated illegal immigrant with a horrific background, enabled by the failures of Illinois and the Biden-Harris administration.
And the reflexive assertion that everyone is simply "our neighbor" is a dangerous and nonsensical political slogan. Not everyone comes with good intentions, and pretending otherwise ignores the very real risks government has a responsibility to confront.
Let's do better than political compassion. Let's extend that same compassion to innocent victims and families whose lives have been destroyed by extreme, guardrail-less border policies.
Compassion that flows in only one political direction isn't compassion. It's ideology at the expense of innocent lives. We can and must do better.
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Unfortunately, this is the level of discourse for many people when they talk about "universal healthcare."
This is completely disconnected with reality.
Everyone has access to "free, fair, impartial, and unconditional access to all of the healthcare goods and services employed by the state..."
How, exactly, does that work in practice? If there is only one neurosurgeon in a town, how does everyone get "free, fair, impartial, and unconditional access" to that neurosurgeon? If that neurosurgeon is booked out for two months, what happens to the patient who shows up with a new brain tumor?
How do you distribute things like primary care vitis, MRIs, psychiatry appointments, physical therapy? All of those resources are limited, so somebody must ration them. All those things require money, so none of them can be free. Many of those people probably don't want to be employed by the government, so what do you propose be done if they refuse to be "employed by the state for such purposes?"
Who decides who gets what healthcare services? Does that include illegal immigrants? Does it include gender affirming care? What if the government payment isn't enough to keep doctors seeing patients in the government program? Do you compel them somehow?
Most importantly: who do you put in charge of rationing scarce resources?
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Disgusting. And a reminder that years of “country over party” rhetoric from the left, insisting you must reject hateful radicals even if it costs your party, was nonsense and only ever intended to be a one-way street
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And everyone knows the people attacking Stevens now would be celebrating any Republican who came out in support of a Democrat because the Republican running was too extreme.
She is doing exactly what many of them insist principled Republicans should do in many other races.
Stevens tried everything she could to appease that crowd. she didn't want to do this because she knows it likely means the end of her personal prospects in Dem politics. She tried to give El-Sayed every chance to show he could change or to try to reach the voters he has alienated.
He just refused because it's who he is and she realized that staying in a coalition with people who hate you just to stay in the tent isn't worth it.
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cc every Democrat who constantly demands Republicans stand up to Trump and yet can’t muster the slightest criticism of El-Sayed.
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Multiple roommates. Ramen noodles. Near public transportation. Respect to the people who do whatever it takes.
I worked as a bartender. Bar-back. $2.15 an hr plus whatever tips got shared. Worked at a retail store. Never had benefits at any job.
Had 5 roommates in a 3 br apt. Ate lousy food out of cans and ate a ton of peanuts and shit food at happy hour. Had credit cards ripped up. Etc.
But I learned a ton. Taught me what was right and wrong about running a business by watching my bosses and their bosses
Yeah I know. It was much easier then, when inflation was 15 pct and national unemployment was 10 %. I know I was fortunate when I finally got fired from the store, and had to start my own business with zero cash. Bill collectors everywhere.
Even luckier when I found my first customer so I could pay my bills
But I recognize it’s so much harder today.
Which is why I respect the people who are willing to do what it takes to get started
Would love @mcuban to explain how someone at McDonalds can afford rent (and other living expenses)
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All - all -single payer systems hold down costs by limiting your medical care (tests, surgeries, drugs, doctor appts, specialists). Always. That's fact.
So... if that's what you want for you & your kids, then vote for it!
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It’s an example. A metaphor. Sometimes you take a job, not because you like it , or it pays enough. You take the fucking shitty job because it pays more than not having a job.
You learn everything you can while working that job, in hope of maybe being promoted or preparing for your next job.
Or you sit on your ass. Collect unemployment as long as you can and do whatever.
We all make choices.
Some people are willing to grind. Some are not.
Just the way it is.
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Some Democrats are reacting to our Alaska Senate race investigation with "whataboutism" arguments and saying, "now investigate Trump." It's striking to see because a lot of what people know about Trump's actions came from Times investigative reporting. Here are some examples.
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NYT again tries to explain to its aggrieved readers what a newspaper is and what it is supposed to do. Hint: Its job isn't to get Democrats elected, even in the Trump era nytimes.com/2026/10/31/insid…
