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The Irony of ACA Healthcare Demise and Public Option
It seems likely to me that the Supreme Court Inc. will break out 5 to 4 to scuttle as much of the President Obama’s health care program as possible, perhaps all of it. This is a pyrrhic victory for the opponents of Obama, but may not be all that bad a thing for those of […]
Obama prosecutes torture whistleblower
(Sure, the Repugs are worse, but that doesn’t excuse Obama from prosecuting the whistleblowers but not the torturers. If this news is accurate — and I assume it is — it is sickening indeed. I want to be able to support him, but he makes it hard.) Obama Indicts Sixth Whistleblower Under the Espionage Act […]