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Georgia gerrymandering

samedi 9 décembre 2023 à 11:35

A court ordered Georgia Republicans to create another majority-black election district, and they did, but they cheated: they made a new one by taking apart an old one.

Greece and Turkey

samedi 9 décembre 2023 à 11:35

After 100 years of hostility since the end of the war between them, Greece and Turkey have made a friendship agreement in an effort to end the hostility.

Insulin prices

samedi 9 décembre 2023 à 11:35

Biden is thinking of legally imposing a lower price on insulin. Sanders calls for going well beyond that, including reducing prices for other drugs whose development was funded by public funds.

I agree, but we need more than that, We must prevent patents from being a tool to impose unconscionable prices on drugs sold in the US or elsewhere, The thorough way would be to eliminate patents from medicine.

Rostin Behnam

samedi 9 décembre 2023 à 11:35

The Revolving Door Project reports that the head of the Commodities Future Trading Commission, Rostin Behnam, is considering resigning early to work for business.

This raises the concern that his new employer might be paying him off for subtle past corruption or paying to use of his influence for subtle future corruption.

Urgent: Oppose school voucher programs

vendredi 8 décembre 2023 à 20:49

US citizens: call on your state education board to oppose school voucher programs and protect our public education system.