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Data Suggest R’s Win Streak May Be Short

Michael A. Cohen MSNBC
Trump's margin of victory, 1.6 points, was the fifth-smallest in the last 100 years. As much as the MAGA world wants to portray this as a landslide, it wasn’t. And as the last few election cycles tell us, political power in America can be fleeting.

Dr. Oz and the Stealth Destruction of Medicare

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The TV doctor’s scams and fake cures are the least of what makes him so dangerous as Trump’s appointee to head Medicare and Medicaid. During the campaign, Trump and his surrogates went out of their way to claim that they had no plans to cut Medicare.

Tidbits – Dec. 5 – Reader Comments: Trump Cabinet; Mexican President Letter; Dems Touted Ground Game; Harris Turned Away From Economic Populism; Experts Explain Why America Voted for Plague; Model for City Officials Protecting Targeted Communities;

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Reader Comments: Trump Cabinet; Mexican President Sheinbaum’s Letter; Democrats Touted Ground Game; Harris Turned Away From Economic Populism; Experts Explain Why America Voted for Plague; Model for City Officials Protecting Targeted Communities;

“You Can’t Buy Paradise With Blood”

Interview with Sofia Orr by Patrick Lempges Convergence
Nineteen-year-old Sofia Orr was jailed for refusing to enlist in the Israeli military. In an interview with Jacobin, she explains the disturbing authoritarianism of an Israeli society that has rallied behind the massacre in Gaza.
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