Month: July 2019

“Medicare for All” has dominated the Democratic Party debate over health care policy for the last few months. But there is an alternative path to universal coverage that would create a new government-run insurance plan open to everybody while preserving a substantial role for private insurers. On Tuesday, the Center for American Progress, a think […]

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Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke decried President Donald Trump’s North Carolina rally as reminiscent of Nazi Germany in an interview that aired Monday.  Click Here: fjallraven kanken backpack “Yes, President Trump is a racist,” he told ABC News. “What we saw in North Carolina last week was almost an impromptu Nuremberg rally, inciting hatred and ultimately, […]

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge blocked three new abortion restrictions from taking effect Wednesday in Arkansas, including a measure that opponents say would likely force the state’s only surgical abortion clinic to close. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a 14-day temporary restraining order shortly before midnight Tuesday. The 159-page order blocks […]

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Lawmakers in the North Carolina host city of the 2020 Republican National Convention voted Monday to condemn President Donald Trump’s “racist and xenophobic” remarks.  The Charlotte City Council passed the resolution with a 9-2 vote, calling out nearly two years’ worth of bigotry, including the president’s recent attacks on several progressive Democrats of color ― […]

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Fox News’ Chris Wallace hammered top White House adviser Stephen Miller on Sunday after he claimed President Donald Trump made “clear” that he didn’t condone his supporters’ racist “send her back” chants at his rally in North Carolina last week. “The president was clear that he disagreed with that,” Miller, who has helped craft some […]

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Former first lady Michelle Obama spoke out Friday to praise the nation’s diversity after President Donald Trump’s string of racist attacks on several congresswomen of color. “What truly makes our country great is its diversity,” she tweeted. “I’ve seen that beauty in so many ways over the years. Whether we are born here or seek […]

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