The show notes for Episode 34 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/05/episode-34-death-to-trumpcare-with-special-guest-mariame-kaba-prisonculture.html
The Death of Trumpcare?
You know that Trump and Ryan are trying to main the ACA in order to justify putting it to sleep:https://t.co/rIt8wEqRej
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 27, 2017
Trump's ACA sabotage is a massive tax increase on about 6 millions middle-income familieshttps://t.co/vCW9Fazx8u https://t.co/InYdbSTlZE
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 27, 2017
The only good news is that most of the Americans who've gained coverage through the ACA are protected from those increases.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 27, 2017
In Trumpcare nearly all low-income Americans would live at the whims of insurance premium increases with tiny subsidies that don't rise.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 27, 2017
Trumpcare is written to reward the rich & the healthy in ways that punish the poor & the sick, @CitizenCohn notes. https://t.co/HGxmBjoMMt
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 27, 2017
Trumpcare really is like my skin when I was in 11th grade — the closer you look, the more nauseous you’ll become. https://t.co/ORwAIbKJoi
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 27, 2017
This is why Republican Senators are allegedly getting cold feet as Congress heads home for a crucial recess. https://t.co/5MSAMi76rh
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 27, 2017
Trump Abroad
Daniella Diaz at CNN: Watch President Trump push a prime minister aside
Trump late to G7 photo after waiting for golf cart to take him instead of walking: report https://t.co/3cijLpZhX4 pic.twitter.com/eFLeYbsr7B
— The Hill (@thehill) May 27, 2017
PRI: Trump berates NATO allies for not doing enough on terror, immigration and Russia
Samuel Osborne at the Independent: Angela Merkel says Germany can no longer rely on Donald Trump’s America: ‘We Europeans must take our destiny into our own hands’
Klaus Brinkbäumer at Der Spiegel: It’s Time to Get Rid of Donald Trump
Wow. "The Germans are bad, very bad", Trump said to EU boss Juncker. "Look at all the cars they're selling in the US.We're gonna stop that." https://t.co/Iwdg3LFy7h
— Veit Medick (@vmedick) May 25, 2017
What do Dems need to change in order to win?
Matt Stoller tweetstorm (click HERE to see the rest):
1. I'll try one more time to talk about why Pelosi is a bad leader. It's what I'll call the Democrats 'Pity Platform Problem'.
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) May 26, 2017
David Trott: Hypocrite
Chris Savage at Eclectablog: Ethically-challenged Republican Rep. Trott introduces law to compel ethics training for members of Congress
Trump is attacking veterans:
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Mariame Kaba’s personal website: MariameKaba.com
Mariame Kaba on Twitter: @PrisonCulture
Mariame Kaba at The New Inquiry: Free Us All
Info on the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) at Mariame Kaba’s site U.S. Prison Culture: What is the PIC?
Info on Abolition and the Prison Industrial Complex at CriticalResistance.org: What is the PIC? What is Abolition?
The #FreeBresha website: FreeBresha.wordpress.com
The #SurvivedAndPunished website: SurvivedAndPunished.org
Info on the 19th annual Allied Media Conference in Detroit, June 15-18 is HERE.
FLINT UPDATE
Ron Fonger at MLive: Attorneys ask Gov. Snyder to restore water credits for Flint residents
Bim Adewunmi at Buzzfeed: Flint Isn’t Ready To Trust Anyone Yet
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Intro and Outro music: Zoolookologie by Jean-Michel Jarre from the album Zoolook.
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