Story in today’s Pioneer Press highlights how most DFL candidates for Governor have already committed to raising taxes on every Minnesotan. A hike in taxes is exactly what Minnesota doesn’t need. Even members of President Obama’s Economic team on the Sunday talk shows said that raising taxes in a [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, December 11.
1. Jon Walker says that the "'Medicare buy-in' idea might not really be Medicare at all, it might in fact be fake Medicare, one which "would lack almost all the benefits of Medicare." Walker adds," [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Thurssday, December 10.
1. Marta Evry says that Rep. Bart Stupak's New York Times op-ed is not harmless, as Stupak claims, but "would effectively ban reproductive choice services coverage in the exchanges." According to Evry, "We can't'" [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, December 8.
1. Marta Evry reminds everyone that doing a "One Voice for Choice" phone bank is "easy, it's fun, and best of all, you will make a difference." What more can you ask for? :)
2. [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, December 7.
1. Marta Evry asks that you consider joining a "One Voice for Choice" phone bank or starting one of your own. As Evry says, "It's easy, it's fun, and best of all, it" [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, December 4.
1. Jane Hamsher points to a new Mason-Dixon poll indicating that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid trails two potential GOP opponents. This doesn't make Hamsher particularly sad, to put it mildly, given that she' [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Thursday, December 3.
1. Jon Walker reports that "Thomas Carper's terrible new "alternative" to a public option is not winning over progressives in the House," with Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona saying, "I think that compromise" [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, November 30.
1. To put it mildly, Jon Walker believes that the Urban Institute's new report "endorsing the idea of a super-hard trigger for a robust Medicare-style public option" is off base. Walker argues that the [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for "Black Friday" (November 27).
1. On Wednesday, Jane Hamsher asked, "Why is HCAN Defending Blanche Lincoln From A Primary Challenge?" The answer: "[HCAN] will continue to operate as part of the Democratic party infrastructure, try to kill primary" [...]
A brief world news roundup for 25 November 2009.
United States & the Americas White House – Fact Sheets: U.S. – Indian Cooperation; Attached are a series of factsheets highlighting some of the key outcomes of this visit. In total 6 Memoranda-of-understandings were signed, 2 [...]Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, November 24.
1. Jon Walker explains "the difference between really trying and pretending to try" by Majority Leader Harry Reid on the public option. Walker quotes Gerald Seib of the Wall Street Journal, who writes, "Maybe" [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, November 23.
1. Yesterday, Jon Walker took on Nate Silver, who "believes progressives should trade the public option away, but what he wants in return is far more useless and an even tougher political battle."
2. [...]
On Nov. 12, attendees of the National Council of Churches’ General Assembly in Minneapolis — like people around the world that day — read “The Compassion Charter,” a new declaration created collaboratively by leaders from the three Abrahamic religions to highlight a central tenet in world faiths: [...]
Sen. Satveer Chaudhary, DFL-Fridley, will attend a White House state dinner tomorrow honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh — Chaudhary’s parents came to America from India in the 1960s.
“I’m honored to be invited to attend this noteworthy event,” said Sen. Chaudhary.
“The event highlights the strong and growing economic and political [...]
I thought the [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, November 20.
1. Jon Walker asks, "Is Harry Reid Laying The Ground Work To Betray Progressives For Snowe's Vote?" In the end, Walker concludes, "Reid does have the power to get a public option passed, there is" [...]
Lately, there’s been a slew of articles about the CD-6 race ostensibly between incumbent Michele Bachmann and challenger Tarryl Clark. One article talks about this being a proxy war between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. Another highlights the fact that Al Franken is supporting Tarryl.
While people are writing [...]
Lately, there's been a slew of articles about the CD-6 race ostensibly between incumbent Michele Bachmann and challenger Tarryl Clark. One article talks about this being a proxy war between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. Another highlights the fact that Al Franken is supporting Tarryl.
While people are writing [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Thursday, November 19.
1. Jon Walker lays out "eight things wrong with the Senate health care bill," beginning with "Delays Start Until 2014" and including "Nationwide Plans Gutting State Regulation." Definitely a few things that need to be [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Wednesday, November 18.
1. Jane Hamsher reports that voting is now open for the Public Option Please (POP) art contest. There are six finalists, vote now!
2. Jon Walker writes that "it seems [Senator Thomas] Carper" [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, November 17.
1. Jon Walker reports that a new ABC/Washington Post poll indicates the country "nearly divided" on the overall health care reform effort, but "very high popular support [for] the public option and the employer" [...]
Some of my liberal counterparts had near apoplectic responses to John Hinderacker's article entitled, "Why does he hate us?" In it, Hinderacker highlights his compatriot Paul Mirengoff's article in The Examiner, an excerpt of which follows:
In the area of foreign and national security policy, however, Obama can [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, November 16.
1. Jon Walker reports that "HR 3962's Massive Expansion Of Coverage Would Result In Very Small Increase In Health Care Spending." Walker adds, "Despite the Republican talking point, it is not some liberal overreach-this reform" [...]
In the area of foreign and national security policy, however, Obama can [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, November 13.
1. Jane Hamsher writes about a Goldman Sachs evaluation that says the House version of the public option would cause insurance stocks to drop 36% by 2019. Jane concludes, "It's hard to look at" [...]
Here’s your Friday news summary. Have a great weekend!
MinnPost: Minnesota falls short on Medicaid for nursing homes
Our own Nina Slupphaug appears in MinnPost to highlight this troubling problem.
“Minnesota’s long-term care facilities face a substantial gap between the rates paid by Medicaid for nursing home [...]
