Friday, August 10, 2018

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Japan, EU Sign Trade Deal: ‘We Stand Together Against Protectionism’.  The agreement, which eliminates most bilateral tariffs, comes as the U.S. has put up trade barriers

Donald Trump’s Turnberry firm paid £50,000 by US Government for weekend visit

Local, state officials laud Act 89 transportation funding at hearing in Monroeville

Creativity needed to solve Pa. problems, local lawmakers say

Within opioid abuse epidemic, infectious disease epidemic emerges

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” ― Frédéric Bastiat

Beware the coming of Jacob Rees-Mogg and his Brexit apocalypse: The omens couldn’t be clearer. Chaos and catastrophe will loom as Britain edges closer to a no-deal scenario

Economist Who Predicted Brexit & Trump Brilliantly Explains Capitalism's Collapse

American Income Inequality Perfectly Explained (Mark Blyth Interview)

Mark Blyth: Why Do People Continue To Believe Stupid Economic Ideas? - Full Talk (April 2017)

Mark Blyth Takes on The Republican Budget Proposal

GM Falls Victim to Trump’s Trade War as Metal Prices Sink Profit

What the response to the opioid epidemic says about American politics

What if You Owned a Beach but Weren’t Allowed to Get to It?

Trump Celebrates ‘Record’ Sales of Nonexistent Health Insurance Policies: The “incredible health care plans” he’s so excited about won’t even be available to buy until September.

FROM RICHES TO RAGS: Venezuelans become Latin America’s new underclass.

The Time Is Now For a Radical Transformation of Addiction Treatment

I Told My Surgeon I Didn’t Want Narcotics. I Went Home with Oxycodone, Anyway

5 things you can do right now to stop the addiction epidemic

America’s addiction crisis is killing too many of our loved ones. You can change that.  Register now to Rise Up Against Addiction.

Stories of Hope: Rocco & Family

FTC and States Combat Fraudulent Charities That Falsely Claim to Help Veterans and Servicemembers

On the Disturbing Return of Black Lung

This Common Drug Combo Raises Your Risk of Lethal Overdose Fivefold

Advocates warn of cover-up as Trump moves to scrap worker-safety rule: The administration has moved to roll back an Obama-era requirement that big employers submit info about workplace injuries to the government.

Sen. Toomey discusses trade with Andrea Mitchell 7-25-18

Reigniting the Poor People's Campaign

How China acquires ‘the crown jewels’ of U.S. technology: The U.S. fails to adequately police foreign deals for next-generation software that powers the military and American economic strength.

Pay-to-Play on Display: 19 of the 30 Companies With the Most.  Complaints in CFPB Database Contributed to Mick Mulvaney.  Mulvaney, Now Acting CFPB Director, Threatens to Hide Complaints From the Public

Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World

'Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World'

Identifying And Fixing The Individual Market’s Central Flaw

Trump administration approves Wisconsin plan to shore up Obamacare

Montana health providers say restored cuts good, but damage done

Dems court conservative firebrand in Medicare drug fight

Drug Trade Group Quietly Spends ‘Dark Money’ To Sway Policy And Voters

Health Insurance Startups Bet It’s Time for a Nineties Revival
As high health costs squeeze employers, managed care is making a comeback.

Shopping for Health Care Simply Doesn’t Work. So What Might?  It’s often too complicated. And even when it isn’t, almost no one does it.

Why are Taiwan’s friends vanishing?  China is picking off Taiwan’s allies

Open offices can lead to closed minds: Some workplace designs are more about cost-cutting than collaboration

Kavanaugh Sided With Trump Casino in 2012 to Thwart Union Drive

‘Eye-popping’ payouts for CEOs follow Trump’s tax cuts: The insider sales feed the narrative that corporate tax cuts enrich executives in the short term while yielding less clear long-term benefits for workers.

Richard Nixon, 264 - Address to the Nation Outlining a New Economic Policy: "The Challenge of Peace."
August 15, 1971

CALL TO INTERNATIONAL ACTION: FOR THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOVEREIGNTY OF OUR PEOPLES, END THE IMPUNITY OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS NOW!

Russia Has Dumped Its Entire US Bonds Portfolio — $100 Billion in Two Months: A dress rehearsal to see what would happen when/if China does the same?

Dozens of Democrats launch 'Medicare for All' Caucus

Trump just unveiled new plans to go around Congress and give the rich a $100 billion handout

Conservative Think-Tanker Accidentally Argues That Single Payer Could Save Americans $2 Trillion

Families earning $117,000 now qualify as "low income" in California's Bay Area

Fox & Friends Poll Designed to Discredit Medicare for All Explodes in Their Face: "A majority say yes to healthcare for all! The benefits: Guaranteed medical care, dental, vision and hearing, for all Americans, free at the point-of-care. The savings: $2 trillion over 10 years."

Thank You, Koch Brothers!

New York State Officials Recommend Legalizing Marijuana: Report touts health, safety, and tax benefits of creating one the world’s largest cannabis markets.

Understanding Short-Term Limited Duration Health Insurance

Uncertainty and the Undervaluation of Services for Severe Health States in Cost-Utility Analyses

Are Health Care Services Shoppable? Evidence from the Consumption of Lower-Limb MRI Scans

The Role of Medicaid in Supporting Employment

How Would Individual Market Premiums Change in 2019 in a Stable Policy Environment?

Inflation hits 6-year high, wiping out wage gains for the average American

HEALTH CARE LOBBYISTS SECRETLY SECURE DEMOCRATS’ OPPOSITION TO “MEDICARE FOR ALL,” INTERNAL DOCUMENTS SHOW

America’s middle class is slowly being ‘wiped out’: It’s 30% more expensive to be middle class than it was 20 years ago, according to a new book

Most nursing homes are not adequately staffed, new federal data says

Jobs boom favors Democratic counties, not Trump strongholds

Forbes: Wilbur Ross Accused of Stealing Over $120 Million

Why We’re Sharing 3 Million Russian Troll Tweets

Lawmakers hear about need for a skilled workforce

A Revolutionary Reform in Hospital Prices: Transparency.

Who's responsible for bringing unemployment down: Obama or Trump?

What Is Nipah Virus (NiV)? World Health Organization Ranks It Alongside the Ebola & Zika Virus.  But the medical and biotech communities are already responding.

How air pollution contributes to 8 million deaths each year

History of Air Pollution

Air Pollution Has Been a Problem Since the Days of Ancient Rome: By testing ice cores in Greenland, scientists can look back at environmental data from millennia past

Federal deficit jumps 20 percent after tax cuts, spending bill

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