Republicans got one thing right during their failed attempt to repeal Obamacare: Americans DO want more choice.

So why aren't they getting behind Bernie Sanders as he pushes for the one thing that can give Americans real choice -- Medicare-for-all?

In the wake of the utter failure of Trumpcare, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has announced that he will soon introduce a bill to create a single-payer, Medicare-for-all healthcare system right here in the US:

"We have got to have the guts to take on the insurance companies and the drug companies and move forward toward a 'Medicare for all,' single-payer program and I'll be introducing legislation shortly to do that."

Republicans are all about choice, so shouldn't they get behind Medicare for all?

It widely expands the choice that we all have as consumers and we don't have to deal with that choice that we have right now of "do I want the plan that I have to pay $5,000 in deductibles or the plan that I have to pay $10,000 in deductibles or the plan where they don't cover me if I get cancer because I already had it once before?"

-Thom

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Tuesday's Daily Stack 

Article: "Xylitol" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Earth losing her sea ice" by Sam Carana.

Article: "Trump Goes From Climate Denier to Climate Destroyer" by Andy Rowell.

Article: "Polar vortex" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Albedo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Methane clathrate" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Clathrate gun hypothesis" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Dred Scott v. Sandford", 1857

Article: "Three-Fifths Compromise" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pressure Mounts for House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia Probe" by Eileen Sullivan.

Article: "Kushner volunteers to testify before Senate Intel Committee" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "A major contributor to the Syrian conflict? Climate change" by Vikram Mansharamani.

Article: "I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations" by Victoria Herrmann.

Law: "Randolph-Sheppard Act", June 20, 1936 (mandates a priority to blind persons to operate vending facilities on Federal property).

Article: "Trump Budget Director Takes Aim at "Wasteful" Social Security Program That Helps Disabled Americans" (Mick Mulvaney, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)) by Zaid Jilani.

Audio: "A Drive-By Attack on the Disabled" by The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow.

Article: "Xylitol Deadly to Dogs?" by David Mikkelson.

Site: Beauregard for Congress.

Case: "Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad", 1886

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Case: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014

Article: "XYZ Affair" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Credibility Of Cyber Firm That Claimed Russia Hacked The DNC Comes Under Serious Question" (Crowdstrike) by Tyler Durden.

Article: "CrowdStrike" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Four-and-a-half false statements EPA head Scott Pruitt made in just one interview" by Joe Romm.

Hour Two: The Left Restored is Mightier Than Le Pen
- Paris-based Journalist Cole Stangler    

Article: "The Left Restored is Mightier than Le Pen" by Cole Stangler.

Article: "Bernie Sanders Favorable Rating" by HuffPost.

 

Book: "Unequal Protection: The Battle to Save Democracy" by Thom Hartmann (read online)

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann - new updated version out now!

Article: "Chuck Schumer: Democrats Will Filibuster Neil Gorsuch's Nomination" by Amanda Terkel, Jennifer Bendery.

Bill: "H.J.Res.86 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services"." by Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7].

Article: "House Republicans are about to let ISPs sell your browsing history to advertisers" by Timothy B. Lee.

Book: The Rational Animal: How Evolution Made Us Smarter Than We Think by Douglas T. Kenrick, Vladas Griskevicius.

Article: "Relationships from an Evolutionary Life History Perspective" by Douglas T. Kenrick, Steven L. Neuberg, and Andrew E. White.

Article: "Economic Subselves: Fundamental Motives and Deep Rationality" by Douglas T. Kenrick, Yexin Jessica Li, Andrew E. White, & Steven L. Neuberg.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Article: "Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Caesium" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Strontium" by Wikipedia.

Documentary: Chernobyl Heart.

Article: "Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear".

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Patrick Gavin 

Article: "Trump is making huge changes to his economic plans after the 'Trumpcare' defeat" by Bob Bryan.

Article: "Byrd Rule" by Wikipedia.

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Movie: "Borderline".

Article: "Ex-Fox News CFO offered immunity from prosecution" by Matthew Garrahan, Kara Scannell, David Bond.

Article: "Sea-Monkeys" by Wikipedia.

Article: "World's first large-scale area of acidified water found in Arctic Ocean" By Bob Weber.

Article: "Valery Gerasimov" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Gerasimov Doctrine" by Douglas Farah.

Article: "Vladimir Kara-Murza, a twice-poisoned Russian dissident, says: 'If it happens a third time, that'll be it'" by Tom Peck.

Article: "Rosie O'Donnell Tweets Out Video Accusing Trump's 10-Year-Old Son Of Being Autistic" by Alex Griswold.

Site: The Hartmann Report

Article: "Trump pushes for immediate cuts to education and medical research to pay for his wall" by Laura Clawson

Article: "Dems Push Pelosi for Single-Payer Health Care After AHCA Fails" by Joel B. Pollak.

Article: "47 CFR 20.15 - Requirements under Title II of the Communications Act".

Law: "Communications Act of 1934", of which Title II regulates Common carriers.

Tweet: "Today, I'm proposing rules to keep the Internet fair, fast and open and grounded in #TitleII authority" by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.

Article: "This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality" by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.

Article: "FCC's Ajit Pai on net neutrality: "I favour an open Internet and I oppose Title II"" by Jon Brodkin.

Article: "Trump's F.C.C. Pick Quickly Targets Net Neutrality Rules" by Cecilia Kang.

Quote: "I am taking historic steps to lift restrictions on American energy, to reverse government intrusion, and to cancel job-killing regulations" - Donald Trump.

Article: "Trump's Latest Executive Order Is Neither 'Pro-Jobs' nor 'Pro-Environment'" by Kate Wheeling.

Bill: "Top US coal boss Robert Murray: Trump 'can't bring mining jobs back'" by Dominic Rushe.

Bill: H.Res.230 - Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 34) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services". by Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26].

Bill: "H.R.1430 - HONEST Act" by Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] (Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act of 2017 or the HONEST Act).

Bill: "H.R.1431 - EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017" by Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3].

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