It’s cruel to deny patients care due to medical debt. I’m working on a plan to cancel medical debt and clear it entirely from credit reports.

If you want to fight inflation free school lunches for all children is the way to go Then again some people might really love an $8 loaf of bread

"Inside Our Reporting on Justice Samuel Alito's Luxury Trip With a GOP Donor": Justin Elliott and Jesse Eisinger discuss their latest investigation for ProPublica. Watch the full thing here: youtu.be/7NcNfeCBfMI

Jeff Bezos Wealth 2012: $16 billion 2023: $152 billion Elon Musk Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2023: $234 billion The capitalist oligarchy in the U.S. has gone so far off the rails in the past decade that the two richest billionaires have increased their wealth by 850% and 11,000%.

This was Secretary Miguel Cardona's reaction to Diego, a HS student saying going to college would bring about financial ruin and prevent him from taking risks (presumably like traveling, starting a business, raising a family, owning a home). "Wow."

The shifting climate niche could pose what the authors call “an existential risk,” directly affecting half the projected total population, or, in this case, as many as 6.5 billion people. propublica.org/article/climat…

Social Security taxes are rigged for the rich — and the program is in danger because of it. A CEO earning $20M/yr pays Social Security taxes on ~1% of their income. Meanwhile, a normal worker pays Social Security taxes on 100% of their income. How does that make any sense?

Ask every patient with pancreatitis about encounters with Scorpions

There should be ZERO subsidies for the rich, corporations etc, none! All of the welfare should go to those at the bottom who have been screwed over by the rich generation after generation after generation! Public schools INCLUDING state colleges are for most our ONLY inheritance!

“This is life and death for people: If your insurance won’t cover the care you need, you could die,” said Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation. “It’s all knowable. It’s known to the insurers, but it is not known to us.” propublica.org/article/how-of…

In my view, if right-wing Supreme Court justices want to make public policy they should quit the Supreme Court and run for political office.

Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge. propublica.org/article/claren…

We are right now experiencing the devastating effects of climate change. If we do not transform our energy system away from fossil fuels, the quality of life that we will be leaving our kids and future generations is highly questionable.

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952, the corporate share of federal tax revenue was 32%. In 2020, it was down to 7%. Here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.

Thirteen years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

Which is the more radical statement? 1. “Everyone should have free healthcare” 2. “Patients can go bankrupt due to healthcare costs.”

Brian Schatz As do the Palestinians who they were in Gaza to help. Stop allowing this administration to send bombs and our tax dollars to fund this uncontested. Do something.

In 2022, prescription drug prices in the US were 278% more expensive than they were in similar countries. Medicare being able to negotiate certain drug prices will lead to significant cost reductions for millions. Don’t forget that every single Republican voted against this.

There was never anything radical about “don’t fund a genocide” These “far-left radicals” folks speak of have always been clear that the goal has been pro-peace and pro-humanity. That shouldn’t be viewed as radical.

Single-payer healthcare is not radical, allowing people to go into debt because they got sick so billionaires can make more money is.