Want a Public Option? Not So Fast, Say Health Insurers. Guess Who is Fighting It! Much of this is about an Op-Ed at MedPage Today authored by Wendel Potter. I have added to it as Wendel discusses the impact of insurance as a major influence on healthcare cost. It is one sided and the commentary […] The post Getting a Public Option and Who is Resisting It appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Trump’s election fraud claims can be traced back to a Texas businessman who spent years falsely asserting that electronic voting machines manipulated…
President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Parts of Trump's baseless election fraud claims started in 2018, The Washington Post reported. Some of the claims originated with Texas businessman Russell Ramsland Jr. and his associates. Trump allies like Sydney Powell met with associates of Ramsland in 2019. See more stories on Insider's business page. When former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election he claimed it was because of voter fraud, citing claims that were initially started years ago by a Texas businessman, The Washington Post reported. The Post reported that Russell Ramsland Jr. and his associates at Allied Security Operations Group began giving presentations to conservative lawmakers, activists, and donors that said audit… [Read More...]
What do we owe to the vaccine-hesitant?
In a recent post, libertarian political philosopher Jason Brennan argues that “we should ignore the welfare of people who choose not to vaccinate out of paranoia”. We owe them nothing. Brennan reaches this conclusion by analogizing vaccine hesitancy to a heckler’s veto (my bold): The idea of heckler’s veto goes as follows: Take any action, […] The post What do we owe to the vaccine-hesitant? appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
More than 50 House Democrats have signed a letter supporting $8 billion to replace USPS trucks with electric vehicles: report
Without a bailout from Congress, the USPS plans to replace many of its aging mail trucks with new gas-powered ones. USPS Support for a plan to provide $8 billion to the USPS to electrify its fleet is growing among Democrats. Without the taxpayer dollars, USPS will replace its aging fleet with new gas vehicles. According to The Washington Post, 50 House Democrats have signed a draft letter supporting the plan. See more stories on Insider's business page. More than 50 House Democrats have signed onto a draft letter in support of an $8 billion bailout for the USPS that would allow it to buy new electric delivery vehicles, according to The Washington Post."To ensure that any federal funding appropriated to the Postal Service for fleet… [Read More...]
Want a Public Option? Guess Who is Fighting It!
Want a Public Option? Not So Fast, Say Health Insurers? Guess Who is Fighting It! Much of this is from an Op-Ed at MedPage Today authored by Wendel Potter. I have added to it as Wendel discusses the impact of insurance as a major influence on healthcare cost. It is one sided and the commentary […] The post Want a Public Option? Guess Who is Fighting It! appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Fox News Talking Politics with a Sixth Grader
Unfortunately for himself, the young man was polite and did not school Brian Kilmeade (after his comment) about trump’s inaction in the beginning of the Covid Pandemic causing the delay in returning to school. During the young man’s comments to Brian Kilmeade, you can see the young woman in the lower left quadrant shaking her […] The post Fox News Talking Politics with a Sixth Grader appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Voter fraud in black and white
The battle to save democracy continues. White man commits intentional voter fraud: A Marple Township man who illegally registered his dead mother as a Republican and cast a vote on her behalf in the 2020 presidential election has been sentenced to five years of probation, ;Delaware County prosecutors said. Bruce Bartman, 70, pleaded guilty to felony […] The post Voter fraud in black and white appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
The politics of research: parental incarceration and child welfare
The American Economic Review is publishing an article by Samuel Norris, Matthew Pecenco, and Jeffrey Weaver that suggests parental incarceration has benefits for children: Every year, millions of Americans experience the incarceration of a family member. Using 30 years of administrative data from Ohio and exploiting differing incarceration propensities of randomly assigned judges, this paper […] The post The politics of research: parental incarceration and child welfare appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
So Much For May Day
So Much For May Day ;Today is May Day. An ancient point of the Gaelic calendar marking spring, it was long marked by pagan fertility celebrations and rites, dancing around May poles and the like, with many variations on this in different countries. The day became associated with the worker’s movement in 1886 when in […] The post So Much For May Day appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contact with Russia, doesn’t know the Pledge of…
In this Feb. 11, 2014, file photo, then-Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File Former national security adviser Michael Flynn appeared at a campaign event for Lin Wood on Sunday. Flynn began reciting the Pledge of Allegiance for the crowd but stopped after starting the wrong word. Flynn plead guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about contact with Russia, but was pardoned by Trump. See more stories on Insider's business page. It appears former national security adviser Michael Flynn doesn't know the words to the Pledge of Allegiance.On Sunday, Flynn appeared at a campaign event for Lin Wood, a pro-Trump attorney, held at the Honkeytonk Saloon in Ladson, South Carolina… [Read More...]
Focus on Fracking
Commenter R.J.S. Ohio anti-fracking activist joins Greta Thunberg to decry fossil fuel subsidies at Earth Day Congressional Hearing A self-described “fracking refugee” from Belmont County, Ohio on Thursday joined Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Earth Day to urge a congressional subcommittee to abandon subsidies to the fossil fuel industry when Congress passes its next […] The post Focus on Fracking appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]