The newest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll we were talking about earlier today, shows that Biden is outpolling Señor Trumpanzee by 7 points among registered voters. Many people can't stand either Trump or Biden but the vast, vast majority of them say they will just hold their noses and vote for Biden-- obviously-- to some-- the lesser evil.
Who is going to pay for it? Those were the last words a patient dying of COVID-19 asked Derrick Smith, a certified registered nurse anethetist in New York City. The man appeared more concerned about the potential cost he and his family might incur than the loss of his own life. Smith shared his experience in a now viral Facebook post about what he described as the worst experience of his professional career.
Late last year, Texas progressive Julie Oliver wrote a spectacular guest post for us about universal healthcare. She was in the midst of a primary battle with another worthy challenger eager to take on crooked conservative incumbent Roger Williams in the gerrymandered 25th congressional district.
The latest YouGov polling for The Economist was released yesterday. There are over 350 pages: be my guest. I'll just highlight a few findings about characteristics that motivate vote choices among registered voters-- comparisons between Bernie and Status Quo Joe.
As of today there are 912,998 confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide and 45,551 deaths. The U.S., which was very slow to react-- primarily because of shocking political cowardice among the ruling class, from Trump right on down-- has the most deaths, 4,526...
The growing popularity of an American social democratic presidential candidate who calls himself a democratic socialist has revived every anti-humanity distortion of the past, emanating from the tiny minority ruling our country through its servant class of professionals in media and politics.
