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The war on the poor is real.
The GOP is threatening to cut millions of people's basic needs so they can pay for their tax cuts that only enrich their millionaire and billionaire friends. Yet I see absolutely NO ONE in the media asking if Republicans are moving too far right...

Why?

"A nationwide version of work requirements proposed by the Trump administration is expected to kick hundreds of thousands of poor Americans off of SNAP"

The war on the poor is real.

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If you think Sinclair TV stations running that @AOC attack ad was bad, know that it's far from the first time they've done this. Watch this, and keep in mind that Sinclair's right-wing propaganda now reaches 72% of all households in America:
@AOC "Most Americans don’t know it exists. Primetime US news refers to it as an under-the-radar company. Virtually no one outside of business circles could name its CEO. And yet, Sinclair Media Group is the owner of the largest number of TV stations in America"
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Tuxedo Mask
@TheLoveBel0w
This is the part of Ady Barkan and Kamala Harris' convo that stood out the most to me. Ady perfectly makes the point that I've tried to make for a while: the for-profit health insurance lobby will ultimately undermine and sabotage any public healthcare policy they're a part of...
This quote from Sanjeev Sriram (physician and public health policy adviser) on how the insurance industry sabotaged the ACA should be read by everyone.
It's a myth that most Americans like their private health insurance. This article explains why.

salon.com/2019/06/22/do-…
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@TheLoveBel0w
Rahm Emanuel's current investment firm, Centerview Partners, makes millions from Big Pharma. His biggest campaign donors include the for-profit health care industry too.

Meanwhile, America remains the only G7 country where 45 000 ppl die from lack of health insurance every year.
Still.

Also still.

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