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Twenty-Four Numbers That Explain America’s Private Prison Problem
February 24th, 2017 | Source: PS Magazine
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When a Study Cast Doubt on a Heart Pill, the Drug Company Turned to Tom Price
January 30th, 2017 | Source: PS Magazine
After hearing from a company whose CEO was a campaign contributor, a congressional aide to Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services nominee repeatedly pushed a federal agency to remove a critical study from its website.
Retooled VOA set to be Trump-run US state media network
January 27th, 2017 | Source: msnbc.com
Rachel Maddow reports on how a restructuring of the Voice Of American broadcast network means that Donald Trump has the unique opportunity to staff a state-run media operation broadcasting inside the United States.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/retooled-voa-set-to-be-trump-ru...
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Robert Reich explains how the GOP is playing Trump until they can dump him
January 23rd, 2017 | Source: Raw Story
Writing on Facebook, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich relayed a conversation with a former GOP member of Congress who claims current members of the House are playing along with President Donald Trump for now but will dump him at the first possible moment.
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CBO Predicts 18 Million Uninsured In First Year After Obamacare Repeal And Delay
January 17th, 2017 | Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obamacare-repe...
And that’s just the short-term effects.
The Congressional Budget Office just issued a report on the likely effects of a Republican effort to repeal Obamacare immediately but keep some elements of the coverage expansion in place for two years.
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Trump Moves Closer To Gutting Elizabeth Warren’s Consumer Watchdog
January 13th, 2017 | Source: HuffPo
So much for economic populism.
Big business and congressional Republicans salivate at the idea of gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Now, President-elect Donald Trump is moving toward what they’ve long wanted: a weak agency that sides with financial predators over consumers.
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Despair and Hope in Trump’s America
January 9th, 2017 | Source: The Atlantic
Americans are optimistic about the communities they live in—but not their nation. Why?
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Among Top Killers of Americans, Guns Are the Least Researched
January 4th, 2017 | Source: PS Magazine
Quantifying the government’s reluctance to fund science studying guns.
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KLEPTOCRACY NOW!
January 3rd, 2017 | Source: MTV.com
IS ANYONE GOING TO STOP TRUMP FROM USING THE COUNTRY AS A GIANT ATM? PROBABLY NOT.
There isn’t another face of Donald Trump waiting in the wings, a sober and diligent version of him, chastened by the weight of the responsibility he now bears. Candidate Trump is President Trump, and there’s every indication that he’s going to run his administration in the same haphazard and careless manner with which he ran his campaign.
How Many Americans Are Behind Bars for No Good Reason?
December 21st, 2016 | Source: PS Magazine
Lots, according to a new report.
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