What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days, plus recommended newsletters from across Substack
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When Profits Kill: The Deadly Costs of Treating Healthcare as a Business
The recent assassination of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare — the health insurance company with, reportedly, the highest rate of claims rejections (and thus dead, wounded, and furious customers and their relations) — gives us a perfect window to understand the stupidity and danger of the Musk/Trump/Ramaswamy strategy of “cutting government” to “make it more…
The Oligarchs are No Longer Just at the Gates — They're Moving into the White House
America is at a critical crossroads, and the time for both preparation and action is here. The Democratic Party and American patriots must engage in a serious and urgent conversation about the alarming pending state of our nation and the capture/corruption of the GOP by the morbidly rich.
A Call to Arms? Trump’s Pardon Pledge and the Rise of Militant Extremism
This past weekend, in his Meet The Press interview with Kristen Welker, Donald Trump reaffirmed his intention to pardon the people who attacked our Capitol, killing five civilians and three police officers and sending more than 140 cops to the hospital.
Pardoning Trump’s Opponents Isn’t Weakness—It’s a Stand for Democracy
President Joe Biden should not only pardon Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney, and the entire January 6th congressional panel, but hundreds more who are potentially in the crosshairs of Trump, Musk, Patel and his other malevolent henchmen.
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Saturday Report 12/14/24 - The Corporate Death Toll?
— Elon Musk’s Billion-Dollar Bargain: Buying the White House, One Regulation at a Time. Elon Musk’s purchase of the government is already starting to pay returns. The largest part of the Muskrat’s fortune comes from Tesla, which he bought from its inventors years ago and was turned into a major enterprise by Barack Obama. (You may remember the
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I really enjoy your reCaps from the week,Thom, I can see what I may have missed 😀 Thank You,Thom, and will reStack ASAP 💯👍✨🎄☃️