Sunday, September 20, 2026

Tag: Republicans

What Trump might do in his second presidency and what it...

While the U.S. will not likely become a full blown authoritarian regime, it is certainly no longer a fully functioning democracy.

Trump and Musk are a match leading us to Hell

The two dangerous demagogues are openly colluding with one another to seize political power so they can milk taxpayers and dismantle government regulations that protect the public.

This is not a drill. Fascism is on the ballot. But...

Rather than being for personal absolution, voting is a tool in the political toolbox—if the goal is to avert the worst and improve the chances for constructing a future worthy of humanity.

How long before this storm turns political?

What's at stake in 2024 — from (my) rural America.

What’s certain about results of the presidential election

While we don't know who the next president will be, some outcomes of the election can be foreseen.

Trump’s false claims about Hurricane Helene response draw fire from NC...

The Charlotte Observer issued a pointed editorial denouncing Trump’s false claims and warning that such disinformation is hampering recovery efforts.

Uplifting commotion across FL & TX Senate races: Mindful backlash to...

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Why can’t the two sides just talk to each other?

Is there just no one to talk to on the other side.

The weaponization of immigrants

Is the far right not just using the rhetoric of anti-immigration, but also using the actual immigrants themselves as weapons?

Sisyphus Trump maniacally replays 2015, with repeated, inflammatory media blitzes....

How many unforced errors—the Arlington cemetery mess, JD Vance, fake Ohio pet-napping and Loomer—confirm Trump as monumental scatterbrain?

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The US Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain)

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices

The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
An Allina Health hospital in Minneapolis. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0

Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals

About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
A hospital emergency room entrance in Oregon. Photo: M.O. Stevens / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid starting October 1

The federal reconciliation law also narrows Medicare and marketplace coverage, and a separate immigration rule is pushing US citizen children off Medicaid alongside their noncitizen family members.

Minnesota hospital doctors stage what union calls first private-sector physician strike in US history

Doctors at two Minneapolis-area hospitals say they're striking over artificial intelligence in patient care, not just pay.

Health cuts strip coverage from nearly half a million New Yorkers

The first major coverage losses from HR 1 are hitting low-income New Yorkers who now face higher premiums, deductibles, or no insurance at all.