And so even though we slaughter scores of innocent civilians, including so many children that it is the number one cause of death for certain age groups of minors in the US (according to the New England Journal of Medicine), the gun rights groups use that Second Amendment to make it perpetually allowable.
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Living — and Dying — in the Moment
Trump, as the AFL-CIO noted, targeted Medicare and Medicaid for $1 trillion in funding cuts, eroded the Affordable Care Act (thereby increasing the number of Americans lacking health insurance coverage by 7 million), and “made workplaces more dangerous by rolling back critical federal safety regulations.” Trump’s administration not only refused to publicly disclose fatality and injury data reported to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), but slashed the number of federal workplace safety inspectors and inspections to the lowest level in that agency’s 48-year history. According to one estimate, with these depleted numbers, it would take 165 years to inspect every worksite in the United States.
America also depends on two types of vultures, the turkey, and the black, which help keep the planet clean and healthy. The government imposes a fine of up to $15,000 and imprisonment of up to six months for capturing or killing a black vulture without a permit. As the 2024 presidential election approaches, who will ensure Democracy’s survival? As the late Paul Harvey famously stated, “And now for the rest of the story.”
– Vice President Kamala Harris has the vision, the intellect and the heart to lead a conversation about how to preserve American democracy. As a country, we are still struggling to make this “A more perfect union.” We are an incredibly unique and beautifully diverse nation, blessed in so many ways. However, our history of cultural cleavage and racial unrest still plagues us. At times, the ideological divide seems to be an unbridgeable chasm. There are those who would use political power to exploit our differences and undermine the very democratic institutions that have held us together as a nation.
As the Democrats build a new electoral team in 2024 the Harris and Walz team kicks off a cross country tour in five battleground states. Minnesota Governor Walz is an unknown commodity and in the next 90 days America will get to know what the two candidates stand for, and if they can unify the country.
Winning Ain’t Easy
Now, two weeks later, the stakes for all sides are much higher. A Hezbollah rocket attack killed 12 children in a village in the Golan Heights, and Israel’s response—an air assault on Beirut that killed Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander—raised the stakes. At virtually the same time, Israel also carried out the assassination in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, a key figure in the Hamas leadership.
As the November election approaches, the nation again nears a crossroads on healthcare, with candidates diverging on a basic question of equity: who is to bear the risks and costs of care? For Donald Trump, his congressional allies, and conservative policy analysts, the answer is clear: cut government spending and shift the risks and costs back onto individuals, employers, and states. For Kamala Harris, the priorities move in a strikingly different direction: expand access to healthcare, strengthening the federal government’s role in guaranteeing health care for all Americans, no matter what their socio-economic status may be.
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