They can leave patients with crippling medical bills. Why are high-deductible insurance plans becoming so popular with employers? Anyone holding a high-deductible health plan understands the dynamic: When it costs more for people to access health care, they’re going to think twice before using it. It’s a system designed to hold down costs by discouraging service. But there’s something even more insidious about such plans. For lower income California families already living paycheck to paycheck, a single medical need can sink them deeper into financial peril. This type of health care keeps poor people poor. That is precisely what worries Malissa Sanchez, […]
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New ‘Compromise’ On IP Waiver For Covid Vaccines Is Worse Than No Deal By Sarah Lazare, In These Times. March 18, 2022 New ‘Compromise’ On IP Waiver For Covid Vaccines Is Worse Than No Deal2022-03-182022-03-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220318-3.jpg200px200px Above Photo: President Biden delivers remarks on the Covid-19 response and the vaccination program at the White House on August 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Jim Watson / AFP Via Getty Images. A Tentative Agreement Between India, South Africa, The United States And The European Union Only Waives Intellectual Property For Covid Vaccines (Not Tests Or Treatments). On Tuesday, after a year and a half of negotiations over […]
After the last standoff between the Korea Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard in January, it became known that situation continues worse and Korea currently calls Japan ‘neighbor,’ not ‘partner’. South Korean media last week, reported that Korea referred to Japan as its “neighboring country” in its newly published defense white paper, instead of the term “partner,” which it used in the last policy publication in 2018. The biennial white paper released by the Ministry of National Defense on 2 February described Korea and Japan as, “Neighboring countries that need to work together not only for bilateral relations but also for […]
The Bush/Cheney Administration Was Far Worse Than Trump By Glenn Greenwald, Substack. November 9, 2020 The Bush/Cheney Administration Was Far Worse Than Trump2020-11-092020-11-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/bushcheney-e1604942392138.jpeg200px200px Above photo: President Bush and Former American Vice President Dick Cheney in the Presidential Limousine. Image courtesy George W Bush/National Archives. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. Fantasies of a Trump-led fascist coup have redounded to the benefit of many… Especially those responsible for abuses far worse than those of the current president. That the liberal belief in and fear of a Trump-led fascist dictatorship and violent coup is actually a fantasy — a longing, a desire, a craving — has long […]
VT is calling for an investigation of Melania’s application for US residency. We are told it is filled with errors, which we will not characterize as lies though some might. If there are errors, she should be removed from the country but we don’t think her child should be put in a cage. Not to […] Source link
The COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating as the number of global confirmed cases has now surpassed 38 million, with more than one million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University’s latest estimates. British comedian and producer Ricky Gervais remains downbeat about the future of the human race in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, predicting that another deadly virus may finally wipe out the world’s population. “I’m just hoping COVID will settle down. I don’t think this will end humanity – the next one will, the next thing will come”, the 59-year-old claimed during a live internet chat on Thursday. […]
Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police on a Black man after he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park, called 911 twice during the Memorial Day incident, falsely stating in a previously unreported call that he “tried to assault her,” prosecutors revealed Wednesday. Cooper, 41, was charged in July with a misdemeanor count of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said. In a 911 call captured in a viral video, she allegedly falsely reported that Christian Cooper, 57, was threatening her life. The charge is punishable by up to a […]
The UK government has warned that it may need to introduce tougher anti-Covid measures than those already announced, but critics say the current restrictions will cause more harm than good. Robert Jenrick, the UK housing secretary, told Sky News on Tuesday that the government’s decision to introduce new Covid-related restrictions was unavoidable but further action may be needed. “The message that we did deliver to those leaders in Merseyside was that we need to take these steps, we probably even need to go further but that we want to design those steps jointly between ourselves and local government,” Jenrick said. The […]
After Republican Senator John Kennedy declared “racist” one of the worst insults Americans might face during Supreme Court confirmation hearings, social media took up the challenge, deluging the Louisianan with alternatives. Kennedy uttered the offending phrase in defense of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the conservative lawmaker President Donald Trump nominated to the Supreme Court last month to fill the vacancy left by the deceased Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “I know, for someone unaccustomed to it, that it hurts to be called a racist. I think it’s one of the worst things you can call an American,” Kennedy declared in his trademark southern […]
The Indian economy nose-dived between April and June this year, with gross domestic product growth contracting 23.9 percent in the quarter that saw a strict lockdown due to the pandemic. In January – March this year, the country witnessed GDP growth of 3.1 percent. Maintaining that the South Asian economic situation is worse than ever, the World Bank on Thursday said India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to contract by 9.6% in the current financial year (April 2020 – March 2021) due to the national lockdown and pandemic shock. In its latest report – South Asia Economic Focus – released […]
Conservative ministers have vowed to oppose a proposed law that would give MI5 operatives, police, and other agencies carte blanche to commit crimes in order to stop more serious crimes, arguing it would encourage abuses of power. The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) bill expressly greenlights not merely MI5 but 10 other agencies – including HM Revenue and Customs, the Food Standards Agency, police, and the Gambling Commission – would be permitted to engage in criminal conduct, as long as they’re committing the lesser evil in service of preventing a greater one. The bill was read in Parliament for the second […]
Steve Snowden/Getty One of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’s most controversial Game of Thrones choices apparently still doesn’t sit well with George R. R. Martin. Speaking with James Hibberd for a comprehensive oral history of the show, the author said he still doesn’t like the way the duo changed Daenerys Targaryen’s wedding night with Khal Drogo. In the original A Song of Ice and Fire series, Daenerys is forced to marry the Dothraki warrior, but the two have consensual sex on their wedding night. In the show, Khal Drogo rapes Dany. Martin has discussed the scene change before; as originally shot […]
Watch FFWN with Barrie Zwicker above. Check out the links to stories we covered. -KB Trump Is Heralding Nazism by Barrie Zwicker, Truth and Shadows …the general public is being reduced to a state where people not only are unable to find out about the truth but also become unable to search for the truth because they are satisfied with deception and trickery that have determined their convictions, satisfied with a fictitious reality created by design… – Josef Pieper Those who worry that Donald Trump is a fascist are behind two curves. Oneis that there are valid grounds for calling him […]
Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Much, Much Worse’ Than Expected September 11, 2020 Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Much, Much Worse’ Than Expected2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/200318-editorial-e1599845825837.jpg200px200px Above photo: Homeless people crowd around a makeshift camp on March 3 in downtown Salem, Ore. Andrew Selsky/AP. In America’s four largest cities, at least half of people say they have experienced the loss of a job or a reduction in wages or work hours in their household since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. That’s the finding of a new poll published Wednesday by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of […]
Dan Forest stood on stage presiding in front of the crowd that had come to see Donald Trump in North Carolina Tuesday, a potential public health nightmare of not enough masks and too many people, and declared: “This looks like freedom.” But before he could even start rattling off all the things he’d do as governor to people who weren’t there to hear him speak, the state’s Republican lieutenant governor chose to indulge once again in a baseless, strange, and shocking idea about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s future. “We all know that Sleepy Joe’s not gonna make it. Not very long […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1e/1080013557_0:452:2834:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_785eb1fde9d8fd4878b5c1fa6517a07f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009031080354723-nord-stream-2-not-linked-to-navalny-but-context-growing-worse-german-politician-says/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a commercial project, which is not linked to the situation of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, but latest development create an unfavorable context, Minister President of Bavaria Markus Soeder said Thursday. “We support the chancellor’s policy —we urge [Russia] to provide clear answers, on the one hand, and we need a clear shared stance in Europe, on the other hand … As for the Nord Stream 2 this is not for the government to decide, it is a private commercial project. One thing has […]
Congress: Postal Service Delays ‘Far Worse Than Previously Acknowledged’ By J. Edward Moreno, The Hill. August 23, 2020 Congress: Postal Service Delays ‘Far Worse Than Previously Acknowledged’2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/dejoy1-e1598183992875.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (2nd R) arrives for a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on August 5, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images. House Democrats on the Oversight and Reform Committee released documents Saturday showing that Postal Service delays they say are “far worse than previously acknowledged.” […]
Scott Adams, creator of the iconic ‘Dilbert’ cartoon series, was one of the first high-profile figures in America to suggest Trump would win in 2016. He has stuck with Trump for the last four years and has been a vocal critic of the Democrats. In one of his recent podcasts, he offered some thoughts about the 2020 election and Joe Biden. He did not hold back. TRENDING: FAKE HATE: Black Democrat Faked and FILMED her Own Beating and Kidnapping… WTH? And She Did it For Votes — She Even Posted It Online! Via Real Clear Politics: Scott Adams: Brain-Dead Race Hoaxer […]
Kristin Urquiza speaks at the DNC First published Arizona Central, 17 August 2020 Kristin Urquiza, who blistered Gov. Doug Ducey in viral COVID-19 obituary, speaks at Democratic National Convention [ Note: When George H.W. Bush called for a “compassionate conservatism” during his 1988 election campaign, he seemed to be attempting to fill a vacuum in the GOP agenda that had glorified the wealth accumuation of the prior seven years, and he hinted that there could be something more to life and politics. Britain’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli said, “The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all […]
The precise cause of the US president’s criticism remains unclear, although he is known to have an adversarial relationship with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, who attacked the Trump campaign in his Sunday afternoon program over its alleged birther-style attacks against recently chosen Biden running mate Kamala Harris. President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to attack Fox News’ weekend afternoon content, calling it “worse than Fake News @CNN” and recommending that followers ‘turn their dial’ to @OANN,” a network he has repeatedly praised in the past, instead. “They do a really ‘Fair & Balanced’ job!’ Trump suggested. .@FoxNews is […]
LONDON (Sputnik) – UK scientists have warned that the second wave of coronavirus could be more than twice the size of the first if no effective testing and contact tracing system is in place before schools reopen in September. “To prevent a second COVID-19 wave, relaxation of physical distancing, including reopening of schools, in the UK must be accompanied by large-scale, population-wide testing of symptomatic individuals and effective tracing of their contacts, followed by isolation of diagnosed individuals”, a new modelling study, published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health on Monday, said. The research conducted by scientists from the London […]
The Breakdown Weekly Recap covers growing U.S.-China tensions, worsening job numbers and the next casual $1-$3 trillion in stimulus. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
Norway’s Halden Prison is a model for a different way to approach incarceration, says psychiatrist Christine Montross. “The living quarters essentially look like a new and clean youth hostel,” she says. Heiko Junge/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Heiko Junge/AFP via Getty Images Norway’s Halden Prison is a model for a different way to approach incarceration, says psychiatrist Christine Montross. “The living quarters essentially look like a new and clean youth hostel,” she says. Heiko Junge/AFP via Getty Images Psychiatrist Christine Montross has spent years treating people with serious mental illnesses — sometimes in hospitals, other times in jails […]
The bubonic plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, and can infect humans and household animals. While the disease is efficiently treated nowadays, in the Middle Ages the infection caused a pandemic known as the Black Death that killed millions of people in Eurasia and Africa. A squirrel has tested positive for bubonic plague in Morrison, Colorado, some 17 miles southwest of Denver, according to the local authorities. In a press release, the health officials wrote that this was the first case of the infectious disease being reported in Jefferson County. However, they assure the chances of plague transmission to humans is “extremely […]
That Mt. Rushmore speech will go down as one of the sickest, most debased moments in the history of the presidency. First of all, it was officially not a campaign speech, but a presidential speech, meaning that we the taxpayers paid for it. More importantly Donald Trump was delivering this address not as a political candidate but as the servant of the whole people, those who voted for him and those who did not. And what he gave us was a Goebbels-esque piece of propaganda quite literally intended to foment as much division and hatred as possible. If you think this […]
Did Donald Trump by ‘Crazytweet Proclamation’ legalize ‘brandishing?’ How can police ever respond to real threats when Trump endorses pointing guns, menacingly, at members of the public as ‘free speech?’ Guardian: Donald Trump courted controversy on Monday – and perhaps sought to deflect attention from reports about Russia placing bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan – by retweeting news footage of a white couple in St Louis, Missouri who pointed guns at protesters marching for police reform. By ‘retweeting’ the McCloskey’s ‘brandishing and menacing’ peaceful protesters, is pointing a loaded weapon, even at police, now considered a constitutional right, a form of […]
The New York Times will seemingly disregard sky-high homicide rates in America’s cities if doing so makes President Donald Trump look bad. To much of the media, the only facts that matter are those that hurt Trump. The US president is known for his bombastic declarations, hyperbole, and generous use of superlatives. In his nearly four years in office, that has provided plenty of material for journalists to churn out ‘fact checking’ articles cross-examining his wilder claims in an effort to cut the larger-than-life leader down to size. If anyone was wondering at what point ‘owning the president’ takes precedence over […]
VT has an initial diagnosis, after conferring with real medical specialists. Trump has had either a stroke, most likely, Parkinson’s Disease or has a brain tumor. Insider access has given us a real look at the Trump White House, now a carnival act with Trump the dancing bear His West Point speech had inexorable signs, the shuffle down the ramp and the incident where he uses a second hand to steady a drinking glass. From the Guardian: “Donald Trump attempted to solidify his bond with the US army on Saturday, delivering the graduation speech to cadets at the United States Military Academy […]
Under siege for his management of a deadly pandemic, a cratered U.S. economy, and mass protests across the country, top advisers to President Donald Trump are finding solace in one question: How the hell is he not even more unpopular? Though poll after poll shows the president in a historically bad position for an incumbent in an election year, inside the White House and on the campaign a feeling of relief has begun setting in that it’s not worse. As they see it, any one of the events of the past few months would have tanked a prior president’s standing. They […]
This may be one of Speaker Pelosi’s worst mental lapses yet! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stuttered and malfunctioned for 10 seconds straight during a presser on Thursday. Pelosi read from a letter she sent to President Trump complaining about military on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after violent left-wing terrorists started fires, defaced memorials and destroyed property. “I preface it by saying, as you probably saw, there are military on the steps of Lin–of Lincoln Memorial. The — uh — the, uh–what is it? I’ll read it to you,” said Pelosi. TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Is Censoring The Gateway Pundit […]
Deploying Federal Troops In A War At Home Would Make A Bad Situation Worse By Zoltan Grossman, Counterpunch. June 2, 2020 Deploying Federal Troops In A War At Home Would Make A Bad Situation Worse2020-06-022020-06-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/img_1816-scaled-e1591145450374.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Nathaniel St. Clair. As the George Floyd Uprising intensified in Minneapolis on Friday and Saturday, President Trump asked Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper for options to deploy federal troops to the city. He signaled to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, “We have our military ready, willing and able if they ever want to call our military, and we can have troops on the ground every quickly.” […]
Gaza America as Israeli trained police do it again, this time in Seattle MINNEAPOLIS—A night after Minneapolis burned, protests on Saturday were mostly calm—until cops and the National Guard moved in with force against those breaking curfew. We start with a bright moment from Seattle. Here, a security guard (with a glock) takes an M4 Carbine from a protester who found it where a Seattle cop had dropped it while running away. Thanks to the guard in the video, cops and protesters don’t need real weapons like this, our hero of the day: A scary moment from earlier on @komonews, a […]
The most serious political crisis that Boris Johnson has faced as British prime minister is getting worse. Johnson has become a lightning rod for the fury of the British public—frustrated and restless after nine weeks of lockdown restrictions—after his decision not to sack his top aide who was forced to admit that he traveled hundreds of miles during the pandemic, despite suspecting that both he and his wife had COVID-19. After days of Johnson trying to excuse the actions of Dominic Cummings, as well as an extraordinary televised press conference where Cummings emerged from the shadows in an unsuccessful attempt to […]
US 17:50 GMT 06.05.2020(updated 18:02 GMT 06.05.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005061079220099-trump-coronavirus-crisis-is-worse-than-pearl-harbor-or-911/ The US president said by next week, he’s going to announce new members of his coronavirus task force whose focus now shifts to medical treatments and to relaxing the restrictions imposed on business and social life amid the ongoing pandemic. Speaking to reporters at the White House, US President Donald Trump argued the COVID-19 global pandemic impact on the United States eclipses certain other infamous events in the country’s history, such as 9/11 and the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese military in […]