“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell // we don't have 2 parties. We have one corporate ruling party.
Americans have little trust in the information they are hearing from President Trump about the novel coronavirus, and their confidence in the federal government's response to it is declining sharply, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/816680033/poll-americans-dont-trust-what-they-re-hearing-from-trump-on-coronavirus Just 46% of Americans now say the federal government is doing enough to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, down from 61% in February. Just 37% of Americans now say they had a good amount or a great deal of trust in what they're hearing from the president, while 60% say they had not very much or no trust at all in what he's saying.
U.S. health insurance premiums could increase as much as 40% next year if the coronavirus pandemic results in millions of Americans needing hospital stays, a new analysis warns https://t.co/hXGn8ri3EA //don't forget Obamacare key feature - penalty was already stuck down Millions of unemployed will join the Medicaid pool pretty soon Current Medicare forbid government negotiates prescription price middle class doomed
hey remember 27 days ago when every democratic candidate teamed up to stop that frontrunner candidate who was running on the risky unelectable message of reforming our awful healthcare system? i wonder if that was a good idea - Jack Wagner // if all DEM GOP rally to stop M4A, how stupid to believe those fake progressives would do anything about GND/climate crisis
Trump administration sent protective medical gear to China while he minimized the virus threat to US https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/03/29/opinions/coronavirus-personal-protective-equipment-obeidallah/index.html Concerns about a dwindling supply of PPE are not new. Back on February 7, the World Health Organization sounded alarm bells about "the limited stock of PPE," noting demand was 100 times higher than normal for this equipment. Yet the same day as the WHO warning, the Trump administration announced that it was transporting to China nearly 17.8 tons (more than 35,000 pounds) of "masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials." As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted in the press release announcing this shipment, "These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people."
Bernie Sanders is pushing to protect Amazon workers and make sure everyone has health care. The newspaper owned by Amazon's CEO responds by publishing @JRubinBlogger's screed calling Bernie "selfish." https://t.co/dW3EXEnk4O //DEM is also corporations' 狗腿子
Pretty incredible that we've gone from "hoax" and "totally under control" to a best case scenario of 100K to 200K dead from the #coronavirus. We lost 115K in World War I. https://twitter.com/morningmoneyben/status/1245111130437103616
