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From The Huffington Post: Protesters Ejected From Congressional Hearing On GOP Health Care Bill

Hundreds of activists gathered on Capitol Hill Monday to fight the latest attempt to repeal Obamacare.

From Common Dreams: Desperate GOP Resorts to 'Blatant Bribery' in Bid to Save Floundering Trumpcare Bill

Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy added an abundance of sweeteners to their bill in an attempt to win over skeptical colleagues

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Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2017

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From The Huffington Post: NFL Players Protest Trump And Racism In Games Across The Country

By Samantha Tomaszewski, Daniel Marans

All eyes were on the NFL this weekend― but not just for what happened after the kickoffs.

Louisville Courier-Journal op-ed: Solving Kentucky pension crisis requires tax reform, more revenue and clear heads | Taylor

By JEFF TAYLOR

"Am I my brother's keeper?" (Gen 4:9)

This is a question we would do well to ask ourselves regarding the state’s pension crisis. We all have family, friends and neighbors who are anxious about the pension crisis. Do legislators have a responsibility to keep pensions intact? Of course they do. 

From The Huffington Post: John McCain: ‘I Cannot In Good Conscience Vote’ For The GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill

He basically just killed Republicans’ effort to gut the Affordable Care Act. Again.

By JENNIFER BENDERY

WASHINGTON ― Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Friday that he doesn’t support the latest Obamacare repeal bill, all but ensuring Republicans’ last-ditch effort to gut the Affordable Care Act is dead in the water.

From the Washington Post: This Republican health-care bill is the most monstrous yet

By EUGENE ROBINSON

Motivated by the cynical aims of fulfilling a bumper-sticker campaign promise and lavishing tax cuts on the wealthy, Republicans are threatening to pass a health-care bill they know will make millions of Americans sicker and poorer. Do they think we don’t see what they’re doing?

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