@WaywardWinifred As part of our corrupt, big-money dominated political system, the pharmaceutical industry is now spending hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying,[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders @SenSanders via @FoxNewsOpinion]
the pharmaceutical industry is now spending hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying,campaign contributions and television ads to defeat this legislation[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders @SenSanders via @FoxNewsOpinion]
because it [the pharmaceutical industry]does not want Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices.[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders @SenSanders via @FoxNewsOpinion]
In order to increase their profits[the pharmaceutical industry] they want American taxpayers to continue paying, by far, the highest prices in the world for our medicine[the pharmaceutical industry][1,500 pharmaceutical industry lobbyists] [fxn.ws/3DKcIKE]
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: IT'S TIME TO PROTECT WORKING FAMILIES THROUGH $3.5 TRILLION BUDGET ‘RECONCILIATION’ BILL[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders via Fox News]
Last year alone, while nearly one out of four Americans could not afford to fill the prescriptions their doctors wrote, six of the largest pharmaceutical companies made nearly $50 billion in profits[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders via Fox News]]
and the ten highest paid executives in the industry[the pharmaceutical industry] made more than $500 million in compensation.[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders via Fox News]
In order to preserve their[the pharmaceutical industry] corrupt and greedy pricing system,[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders via Fox News]
the drug companies hired nearly 1,500 lobbyists,[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders via Fox News]
[1,500 pharmaceutical industry lobbyists]including former leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties, to protect their interests.[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders @SenSanders via @FoxNewsOpinion]
That is 3 lobbyists for every member of Congress[of the total 1,500 pharmaceutical industry lobbyists]. Unbelievable [Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders @SenSanders via @FoxNewsOpinion]
@WaggyRichard Instead of slashing the funding of key programs in order to extend their duration over 10 years and appease conservative lawmakers' demand for a lower price tag,[Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
the CPC executive board contends that Democrats should "make robust investments over a shorter window."[Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
Speaking to reporters earlier this week, Pelosi indicated she is open to that approach.["make robust investments over a shorter window."][Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
The Clock is Ticking in our Democracy By Lorenzo Canizares @canilor - Prof. Antia[Murad Antia, a finance prof MUMA College of Bus U of S FL
is referring to a nationally representative sample that asked Americans which unnamed country they preferred
[Prof. Antia asked Americans which unnamed country they preferred] regarding wealth distribution, country A being the United States and country B being Sweden, a social-democrat country.[The Clock is Ticking in our Democracy By Lorenzo Canizares @canilor]
With Democrats in control of the national government, Republicans are retreating to the states to launch their bid to take back national power.[Read more at bit.ly/30oFnXf by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
Having cemented their control of Republican-dominated states with new election laws that suppress Democratic voting or give control of certifying elections to Republican boards,[Read more at bit.ly/30oFnXf by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
Republicans are much more concerned about challenges from the right than they are about having to moderate their stands. [Read more at bit.ly/30oFnXf by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
At the Washington Post, Max Boot takes an even stronger stand: “I’m no Democrat—but I’m voting exclusively for Democrats to save our democracy.”[Read more at bit.ly/3oUrZnK by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
Boot [Max Boot]is a Russian-American specialist in foreign affairs who identifies as a conservative but no longer supports the Republican Party.[Read more at bit.ly/3oUrZnK by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
He[Max Boot] writes: “I’m a single-issue voter. My issue is the fate of democracy in the United States.[Read more at bit.ly/3oUrZnK by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
@LottieJoiner Moses[Bob Moses] was the mastermind behind the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in which more than 700 Black and white college students traveled to Mississippi to register Black voters.[Read more at bit.ly/3AH7GwF by @LottieJoiner via @capitalandmain]
They[the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project] set up Freedom Schools and taught literacy and civic education.The goal was to put a spotlight on the way people lived and were treated in Mississippi.[Read more at bit.ly/3AH7GwF by @LottieJoiner via @capitalandmain]
Bob Moses died on July 25 at his home in Hollywood,Florida.He was 86.In a 2002 interview,Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch [@taylorbranch]described Moses as the“father of grass-roots organizing.”[bit.ly/3AH7GwF by @LottieJoiner]
@Karashgould@truthout Markey[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)] said only the reconciliation package is a “climate bill” — the bipartisan bill contains subsidies for the fossil fuel industry[Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
— and measures for confronting the climate crisis must not be dropped in negotiations with conservative Democrats that continue to frustrate progressives.[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) said] [Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
“Here’s the deal: Climate cannot and will not be cut. No climate, no deal,” Markey[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)] said to applause from activists with the Sunshine Movement and other groups.[Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]