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Meta and other major social media companies had ignored or brushed off warnings that their platforms were being used as crucial organizing hubs for Brazil's insurrection.
Critics warn that profit-hungry private equity ownership could result in higher prices for patients and insurers, more unnecessary surgery, and less access to care for patients on Medicaid or those who are uninsured or underinsured.
A highly abused tax loophole, exploited for billions in tax avoidance, was closed by a provision the year-ending $1.7 trillion spending bill. Of course the companies that made massive easy profits from this scam are less than pleased.
The far-right members of the lower house may have been running a sort of "professional wrestling" operation by holding up McCarthy's possession of Nancy Pelosi's gavel. And people fell for it with each theatrical body slam.
In a true less-is-more gesture, Katie Porter registered her disdain for the circus of the Congressional "treason caucus" holding up the Speaker vote for days.
When California gets storms like the atmospheric rivers that hit in December 2022 and January 2023, water managers around the state probably shake their heads and ask why they can’t hold on to more of that water.
It is a bitter irony that on the second anniversary of the Insurrection, McCarthy finally made enough concessions to become Speaker to the very people who participated in that crime against our country.
We have always had some form of social media, it just wasn’t too efficient or expedient for that matter. And like today, it wasn’t all that social. Today, though that’s a whole different story. Speed is of the essence now.
Surely there are six Republicans that can grow a pair and stand up for their oath of office and put the House of Representatives back into operation.
Banks have identified medical credit cards as a lucrative opportunity to profit off of the worsening crisis of patients who are unable to afford their medical care.
Now that there appears to be a Groundhog-day like process in effect for the House Speakership, we offer up a few suggestions to keep everyone interested.
The Speaker of the House is the most visible and authoritative spokesperson for the majority party in the House. Speakers articulate an agenda and explain legislative action to other Washington officials as well as the public.
The utter extremism in the thought processes—if we can call them that—of Republican House members precludes any of the traditional concepts of negotiation and compromise that are the hallmarks of a working government.
This year healthcare providers will be required to provide predictions of costs finally giving patients more freedom to comparison-shop and possibly help slow rising medical costs.
It is entirely possible that the combination of just wind and solar will outpace nuclear power and maybe even that of coal during the next twelve months.
When I envision the people I want leading this country, it’s people who have a baseline for decency. People who are compassionate, not cruel. But right now, one party—the GOP—is objectively more cruel than the other.
