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Under Saudi Bombs, Yemen hit by 500,000 Cholera Cases

TeleSur | - - Each day there are more than 5,000 new cases of the waterborne disease. More than half a million people in Yemen have been infected with cholera since the…

Will reaction against Trump on Health Care lead to Medicare for All?

By Ann Jones. | (via Tomdispatch.com ) | - - You may have noticed that quite a few of the formerly united states of America have been choosing to go their own…

There’s No ‘Free Market’ Solution to Health Care

By Geoff Coventry | (Otherwords.org) | - - A fully privatized system can never adequately provision the nation. The Republicans have big plans for health care in this country: to eliminate coverage…

Unable To Kill Obamacare, Republicans Plot To Kill Medicare (TYT Video)

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "Republicans want to privatize, cut, and eventually kill Medicare. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. "If House…

Unpopular: Trump’s low Polls one reason for Healthcare Defeat

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - For now, the second GOP attempt to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare has failed, with two more senators defecting (one saying the bill does…

Top 5 things Trump is doing to us Worse than insulting Mika

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yes, Trump's gratuitous Twitter insult to newswoman Mika Brzezinski was horrible. But US cable news and even a lot of print news are…

It’s the wrong time to mock Republican voter outrage

By Ian Berman | (Informed Comment) | - - The Waking of the American Voter As voters express their anger at Republican politician town halls, Democrats are rejoicing saying I told you…

Deadly Cholera Outbreak in Yemen Under Saudi Bombing; State of Emergency Declared

TeleSur | - - Authorities warned that the cholera outbreak could lead to an "unprecedented disaster" if not managed immediately. Officials in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, controlled by the armed Houthi…

GOP Greatest Single Threat to Mothers on Mother’s Day

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I know it is sort of gauche to politicize Mother's Day. But then politicians politicize family values all the time. And besides, the…

Why the Weaponization of Health Care in the Syrian War threatens Us All

By Xavier Symons | (The Conversation) | - - Few events in Syria have attracted as much attention as the alleged chemical weapon attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun. The callous…

GOP Rep. Labrador: “Nobody dies b/c they don’t have… Health Care”

DeMarco Morgan | (CBSN) | (Video News Report) | - - "An Idaho lawmaker is facing intense scrutiny after defending the GOP health care bill. During a town hall, Rep. Raul Labrador…

Trumpcare is the best Advertisement for Nationalizing Insurance

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The sadism and greed of the American Republican Party was on full display Thursday, as the House GOP voted to destroy Obamacare and…

Dems to GOP After Trumpcare Vote: hey, hey, say Goodbye (in Next Election)

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - President Trump celebrated with House Republicans in the White House Rose Garden amid growing call to 'make them pay' As Republicans…

Kimmel Tearfully pleads for Affordable Care Act in wake of Son’s Heart Defect

Jimmy Kimmel | (ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live) | (Video Clip) | - - "Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel. At three days old, Billy had…

Obama Mic Drop: Obamacare more Popular than Trump

Wochit News | (Video Clip) | - - "Former President Barack Obama hailed the political resilience of his signature health care law at a private event Thursday, pointing out that Obamacare is…

AG Jeff Sessions implies Asian-Americans in Hawaii not Real Americans

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Attorney-General Jeff Sessions was caught on tape saying the following: "“We are confident that the President will prevail on appeal and particularly in…

It’s Class Warfare, Stupid. The GOP crusade against Health Care

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The struggle over health care in the United States is a form of class warfare, complicated by racism. The Republican proposal for the…

Grassroots Resistance forces Republicans to Postpone Health Care Vote

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | House vote moved to Friday, but with Republicans across the political spectrum unhappy with details of the AHCA, and mounting public opposition,…

What’s Cuba Really Like?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of times and learned that every third person…

Let them eat iPhones: Jason Chaffetz on Health Care & the Poor (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Clip) | - - TYT metadata: "Poor people don’t fund Jason Chaffetz’s campaigns, so they can take a long walk off a short pier. Cenk…