If the Senate passes this cruel bill, they will shackle the entire health system. They will tie the hands of health care workers and prevent them from delivering medical care, and they will doom patients to suffering from preventable disease.The Republican death care bill proposes to kick 22 million people off the health insurance they have now.
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State Department concocting “fake” intellectual property “Twitter feud” | Ars Technica
So how is this fake Twitter campaign supposed to be carried out?According to the e-mail, the fake campaign is expected to start next week. It entails officials using the @StateDept feed to initiate pro-IP discussions and then the participants seeding the feed with positive responses.
Source: State Department concocting “fake” intellectual property “Twitter feud” | Ars Technica
Hobby Lobby Agrees to Forfeit 5,500 Artifacts Smuggled Out of Iraq – The New York Times – classic hypocrites and holier than thou thieves!
Over the years, Hobby Lobby has undertaken numerous efforts to promote evangelical Christianity, producing films with biblical themes, operating a chain of Christian bookstores and donating to Christian charities. In 2014, the company was the defendant in a landmark Supreme Court case that found forcing family-owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act violated a federal law protecting religious freedom.Mr. Green said that Hobby Lobby’s collection of historical Bibles and artifacts like the tablets was “consistent with the company’s mission and passion for the Bible.” He added that the company had planned to display the items it bought in various museums and public institutions.
Wednesday Open Thread | More on Trumpcare
Here’s the latest scheme on the Legislative Evil known as Trumpcare:Topher SpiroVerified account @TopherSpiro1: ALERT: McConnell just sent a revised bill to CBO. They’re close to a deal. This is CODE RED.2: Vote expected in mid-July. Republican staff reportedly told lobbyists “The store is open”—meaning they think they can buy off moderates.3: If these moderates don’t feel the heat over recess, guess what? They’ll cave in no time. Remember how weak Cassidy was?4: This revised bill is probably McConnell’s last shot. He has no time for CBO to score one after this. EVERYTHING RIDES ON THIS.
Source: Inoreader – Wednesday Open Thread | More on Trumpcare
Why N.J.’s state beaches are closed to everyone — except Christie’s family | NJ.com
TRENTON — They won’t be kicking one family out of a state park because of the state government shutdown.That would be Gov. Chris Christie, his wife and kids. The governor said he and his family plan to spend the long Independence Day holiday weekend at the governor’s summer house at Island Beach State Park.The beach house is one of the perks of being the state’s chief executive. While he doesn’t live there, Christie also has use of Drumthwacket, the official gubernatorial mansion in Princeton. When a reporter asked Saturday if he thought it fair that his family would be free to enjoy a state park that would be closed to the public as a result of the shutdown, Christie stressed that the beach house is separate from the park and that his family does not ask for any state services.
Source: Why N.J.’s state beaches are closed to everyone — except Christie’s family | NJ.com
Deportation a ‘Death Sentence’ to Adoptees After a Lifetime in the U.S. – The New York Times
“As a child, I didn’t ask to be sent to the United States. I didn’t ask to learn the English language. I didn’t ask to be a culturalized American,” said Adam Crapser, who was deported to South Korea last year, at age 41, after 38 years in the United States. “And now I was forced back to Korea, and I lost my American family.”
Inoreader – Chicago gun violence task force: whose idea was it – and will it work?
Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions say sending 20 ‘feds’ to the city is ‘strong leadership’ – but the move originated under Obama and success is not certain
Source: Inoreader – Chicago gun violence task force: whose idea was it – and will it work?
Trump Tweets Video of Himself Attacking CNN | Hollywood Reporter
CNN has responded with the following statement:”It is a sad day when the President of the United States encourages violence against reporters. Clearly, Sarah Huckabee Sanders lied when she said the President had never done so. Instead of preparing for his overseas trip, his first meeting with Vladimir Putin, dealing with North Korea and working on his health care bill, he is instead involved in juvenile behavior far below the dignity of his office. We will keep doing our jobs. He should start doing his.”
Source: Trump Tweets Video of Himself Attacking CNN | Hollywood Reporter
Is Israel spying on your smartphone? |

Israel-made malware is a danger to human rights activists and journalists.
Source: Is Israel spying on your smartphone? | The Electronic Intifada
The NRA Has Declared War on America | Dame Magazine
“The only way we stop this, the only way we save our country and our freedom is to fight this violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth.”We. Our.Our country. Our freedom.Now we see what Ms. Loesch has been building to all along. A “they” that is outside the bounds of the law, of even citizenship, of any protections whatsoever, of liberty—of even life.That’s the NRA. And we, the “they,” wants us to be afraid. This is a declaration of war. A civil war.Resist.


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