Yeah, it’s easy to snark Boehner and the #GOP slime weasels, right?
The problem is, the more we snark, the more territory they seem to seize. But he, even so, at least for now, a little snark can be fun.
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The Quiet Secret of Health Care Reform
Lost In The Noise of HCR
In the raucous, noisy, bloody lie-filled Health Care war we just won, a huge and immediate benefit that Republicans didn't want you to even know about—and the media never told you about—is the Bernie Sander's Amendment. America's only elected declared socialist, quietly inserted provisions that, in and of themselves, are a massive change we can believe in.
What is it? Merely $14 billion a year to finally operate up to 10,000 community health centers across the country.
A $10 billion investment in community health centers, expected to go to $14 billion when Congress completes work on health care reform legislation, was included in a final series of changes to the Senate bill unveiled today. The provision, which would provide primary care for 25 million more Americans, was requested by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
Please retweet this, so everyone knows of this huge win of America—and President Obama?
When You Watch The Bill Signed Today
Live stream: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live
Just think about how huge a change this is for millions of Americans. And this is why this bill is so important. It's not perfect, but it has completely changed the game. It's not public health care yet, but it certainly will be a major stepping-stone toward it. And that, of course, is why conservatives tried so hard to kill it. They failed.
So you see, this is change you can believe in. It proves that, yes, in fact, we can.
Overviews
- The Sanders Amendment — Ezra Klein
- Sanders Amendment — Press Release from Senator Sanders.
Bernie Sanders On His Bill
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TweetDear American Conservatives
Russell King has penned a brilliant rant, and it's perfectly timed.
I was just about to embark on a treasure hunt to find the best examples of this insane journey these freaks have taken us on. As I've been tweeting lately, Batshit Crazy is The New Normal. I doubt my Rants and Primers inspired it, but I'm gonna pretend it did. I'd like to see dozens more like it, all which will be included in my primers.
Please tweet this to everyone you've known since elementary school. It's important.
Now the advice. You're going to have to come up with a platform that isn't built on a foundation of cowardice: fear of people with colors, religions, cultures and sex lives that differ from your own; fear of reform in banking, health care, energy; fantasy fears of America being transformed into an Islamic nation, into social/commun/fasc-ism, into a disarmed populace put in internment camps; and more. But you have work to do even before you take on that task.
Read the Open Letter (tpmcafe)