Eric Zuesse
An important study was reported on January 7th in the scientific journal Annals of Internal Medicine, published by the American College of Physicians. It’s titled “Health Care Administrative Costs in the United States and Canada, 2017”.
Chelsea Clinton made $9 million since 2011 while serving as a board member for the IAC/InterActiveCorp. However, it is unclear what exactly her role entailed. There seems to be little difference between the oligarchs in the Ukraine paying off Hunter Biden and oligarchs like Diller paying off Chelsea Clinton.
Balls by Nancy OhanianWere you excited when the reactionary Business Roundtable announced last week that their members don’t just care about shareholders-- but they also care about customers, workers and society? That was the way, long long ago, we ran Warner Bros Records.
On Sunday, Robert Reich’s column in The Guardian emphasized that we— the U.S, the world— need urgent action to defeat the would-be tyrant, but wonders of the Democrats are up to the task. He asks his readers to imagine an opposition political party in a land being taken over by an oligarchy, headed by a would-be tyrant.
In this MSNBC promo-video, Chris Hayes says something worth remembering when you decide who to vote for: "Who will they fight for? What will they fight for? Can they be trusted to do what they say? Everything else is noise." A few days ago, writing for CNN.com, Jill Filipovic asserted that the biggest 2020 mistake the Democrats could make would be to nominate Status Quo Joe.
Elizabeth Esty is a New Dem backbencher from northwestern Connecticut (CT-05)— Meriden, Waterbury, Danbury, New Farfield, Mew Milford, Salibury… Obama won the district both times (with 56.4% in 2008 and 53.5% in 2012) and Hillary beat Trump 49.9% to 45.8%. The district’s PVI is D+2, least blue in the state.
