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November 23, 2019

Medicaid Funding Slashed In U.S. Territories

Selena Simmons-Duffin NPR

When considered altogether, according to MACPAC's report, their Medicaid programs will be more than $1 billion short.

November 23, 2019

The Right to Vote Should Not Fall Victim to Partisan Battles

Jesse Jackson Chicago Sun-Times

If voters overcome the tricks and traps designed to make voting difficult and vote in large numbers in 2020, fundamental democratic reform is teed up to move.

November 23, 2019

Hatred of the Indian

Álvaro García Linera People's Dispatch

How did the traditional middle class incubate so much hatred towards the people, leading them to embrace racialized fascism centered on the Indian as the enemy? The answer is the rejection of equality and the fundamentals of a substantial democracy.

November 23, 2019

Boo-Hoo Billionaires: Why America's Super-Rich Are Afraid for 2020

Dominic Rushe The Guardian

Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

As Senators Warren and Sanders have made the ever-widening income inequality centerpieces of their election campaigns, a host of plutocrats have gone public with their anger at all this billionaire-bashing, and others are running for the White House.

November 23, 2019

‘They Do Not Need Louisiana’s Permission’: Pipeline Companies Seize Land with Eminent Domain

Tristan Baurick Southerly Magazine

A sign is displayed on a fence on LaKoshia Robert’s family property .

Louisiana is one of the states, mostly Southern, where energy companies use eminent domain to take property for oil and gas infrastructure. Typically the seizures are in rural and poor areas where political support for the oil industry is strong.

November 22, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | November 22, 2019

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Sondland Screws Trump. 'Crime After Crime' | Song Parody. WeWork - The $47 Billion Disaster. Motherless Brooklyn | Movie. Unearthing the Lives of Enslaved Africans.

Sondland Screws Trump

November 22, 2019

Testimony from Trump's Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, confirms Quid Pro Quo and says "everyone" was in the loop on it, while ranking House Republican Devin Nunes digs extra deep to defend the indefensible

'Crime After Crime' | Song Parody

November 22, 2019

‘He’s a thug, he’s a crook, he’s our president. Crime after crime.’ — This scathing song parody by Jen Houston lists Trump’s many transgressions.

WeWork - The $47 Billion Disaster

November 22, 2019

From $47 Billion, to the verge of bankruptcy in just a matter of weeks. The WeWork disaster is a real roller coaster and it would seem that their erratic CEO Adam Neumann is mostly to blame.

Motherless Brooklyn | Movie

November 22, 2019

Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton), a lonely private detective living with Tourette Syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Writer/Director Edward Norton, with Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin and Willem Dafoe.