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The Biggest Lies that Trump Supporters Will Never Stop Believing
When covering President Trump, I usually try to remain fair to him. I have very strong opinions about him, and those thoughts aren't usually very pleasant, but I want to talk about his supporters today. The people that actively support Trump in what he does.
By Jonathan Sim8 years ago in The Swamp
Health Care Crisis Update
The disaster that is the American health care system is hard to fix. There is no simple solution. We are digging our own grave daily. Your health care is dependent on your ability to work or the ability of a parent to work. Working out a vision is all well and good but we need to do something about what we currently have to deal with. What I’m reading is that Aetna was bought by CVS for $69 billion. Single payer has to be implemented in this incredibly rich company. Cigna and Anthem were about to merge in February 2017 along with rivals Aetna and Cigna who also wanted to merge but didn’t. The Justice Department blocked these massive, vertical mergers but they might have better luck if the merger is vertical.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
It Is Time to End Free Labor at The White House
There has been one position in the United States government that has worked tirelessly to promote the needs related to early childhood development, HIV/AIDS awareness, Women’s Health & Wellness, LGBT rights, fighting obesity, supporting military families, ending homelessness among our veterans, addressing domestic and international literacy issues, securing health care for children across America, advocating women’s rights, slowly killing gender inequality, increasing adoption resources and foster care services, and ending violence against women.
By Richard Newman8 years ago in The Swamp
The Plight of My Generation
Seventeen people lost their lives last month in a tragic, heartbreaking school shooting. There are no words I can type on my smartphone to do that justice. There is no way I can relate to it, either. I’m just being honest; I have never faced such a tragedy in my own life and I won’t offend the survivors by even attempting to relate.
By Kimberly Alcorn8 years ago in The Swamp
The Health Care Crisis: Will It Ever Be Resolved?
At this point with the current administration the way it is, I can honestly say I feel health care is a lost cause. If people want to pay up all the time, then by all means, quit fighting the good fight. Give up. Don’t fight. Pre-existing conditions need not be put back into the “even-disabled-people-need-insurance” clause. To gut Medicare at a time when people need it, this is wrong, if only because health care is a human right. To deny that right, well, it means that the planet is enjoying a rise in fascism from many other countries, not just the United States.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
United Nations — Is It Doing Its Job?
United Nations, is it doing its job? The United Nations was set up with high ideals about ensuring peace throughout the world. Most younger people now only hear of the UN because of “celebrity” envoys for this or that campaign. So now is the time to question the structure, aims and capability of this colossal bureaucracy. What it costs, as for who pays? It is always the taxpayers in contributing nations. What does it do and how successful is it? Why are there charities seeking funds to do things, such as relieve child poverty, that the UN also claims to be doing? Is it time to modernise and restructure the UN administration?
By Peter Rose8 years ago in The Swamp
I Am an American
My name is Katherine. I am an American. Wearing the badge of “American” on my lapel comes with a long list of freedoms and rights that have been fought for and that many have made the ultimate sacrifice so that I may have them. I do not take lightly the freedoms I have been born into, nor do I wish for any American to be denied or stripped of these rights. I celebrate our diversity and our ever-changing culture in America. Our freedoms are detailed in our Constitution, a collection of amendments that Thurgood Marshall referred to as “a living document” in his 1987 lecture. Just as our people and cultures evolve over time so must the freedoms that protect them. Without amendments to the US Constitution, our country would still practice slavery and consider men the “head of household,” preventing women from voting in elections. I hold the right to vote and the women who fought valiantly for me to have that right very close to my heart, but I have found that my elected representatives are now being purchased by NRA money, not by my vote. Recently I have found that adults, teenagers, and children are being killed more frequently and more violently than ever before. I do not blame the gun. I do not blame the NRA. I do not blame my elected representative. Now, once I begin to see a pattern in the weaponry used, I start to question the gun. Once I begin to read statements purely in defense of the weapon used and not a word in regards to the murders a particular gun caused, I start to question the NRA. Once I begin to see that certain legislation is not being brought forward and that action is not being taken because of large donations from the NRA to campaign funds, I start to question my elected representative.
By Katherine Smith8 years ago in The Swamp
The 2016 Election From the Perspective of a Female, Disabled Special Educator
The 2016 Presidential Election was, without question, a pivotal moment in our country’s history. Never before have we seen a more controversial or contentious race, and never before have we been so divided along party lines. Even now, over a year after the election of Donald Trump, I think most of the country does not fully realize or appreciate how devastating this election was for the disabled community.
By Sarah Marks8 years ago in The Swamp
