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From Gavin Newsom in California to Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan, the debate over Medicare for All continues to expose the tension between campaign promises, corporate influence, and the political power of the health insurance industry. Editor’s note: We are republishing this article following Abdul El-Sayed’s victory over establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate […]

Harkening back to colonial massacres, Trump abandons the premise of proportionality for butchery in Iran and beyond. The post When a President Promises a Massacre appeared first on The Intercept.

Voters also rejected an amendment that would have gradually eliminated the state’s income tax in what one Democratic mayor said would benefit the wealthy “while raising costs on hardworking families.” Julia Conley Common Dreams The Democratic mayor of Kansas City, Missouri was among those celebrating what he called the “TOTAL repudiation by Missouri voter of a core agenda […]

GOP-sponsored measures in both states went “down in flames,” observers of the elections noted.