Richard Carl Askins

A war on children GOP funding cuts will...

Trump’s Health Care Cuts Are a War on Children

The GOP is trying hard to spin how badly their health care policies are already harming children.
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These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills. Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...

These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.

Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay.
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America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal” When dissent becomes an “indicator,” the First Amendment stops being a right and starts being a risk…

America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”

When dissent becomes an “indicator,” the First Amendment stops being a right and starts being a risk…
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Stop the Climate-Damaging DOE Efficiency Rollback The Trump Administration’s Department of Energy just announced plans to eliminate core federal energy-efficiency programs — including the Weatherization Assistance Program and appliance standards that...

Stop the Climate-Damaging DOE Efficiency Rollback

The Trump Admin’s DoE just announced plans to eliminate core federal energy-efficiency programs — incl. the Weatherization Assistance Program & appliance standards Millions rely on them keep energy bills affordable.
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Tell Congress: No Blood For Oil in Venezuela Donald Trump is edging America toward a war nobody asked for — a war designed to hand U.S. oil companies the keys to Venezuela’s massive petroleum reserves. At least one Trump openly bragged that an...

Tell Congress: No Blood For Oil in Venezuela

Donald Trump is edging America toward a war nobody asked for — a war designed to hand U.S. oil companies the keys to Venezuela’s massive petroleum reserves.
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America’s Home Insurance Affordability Crunch: See What’s Happening Near You. A climate ‘shock’ in the insurance market has started to affect home prices in areas most exposed to wildfires and hurricanes, new research shows.

America’s Home Insurance Affordability Crunch: See What’s Happening Near You

Insurance premiums are rising fast in the parts of the United States most exposed to climate-related disasters like wildfires and hurricanes.
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Joe Biden Just Gave A Speech That Put Trump To Shame Where He Urged America To Fight Joe Biden spoke at the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute where he urged America to get up, stand up, and fight back against Trump.

Joe Biden Just Gave A Speech That Put Trump To Shame Where He Urged America To Fight

Joe Biden spoke at the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute where he urged America to get up, stand up, and fight back against Trump. Rah! Good on you, Joe!
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Chapter 4: The Party That Sold Itself Out Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"

Chapter 4: The Party That Sold Itself Out

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our
moneyed . . . corporations, which dare already to challenge
our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the
laws of our country. —Thomas Jefferson
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🤔 Will voters EVER learn?

Dollar Tree Signals Higher Prices As Family Budgets Shrink: Here's Why Dollar Tree is gearing up to raise prices on more everyday items at a time when many families are already watching every dollar.The Chesapeake, Virginia-based retailer is signaling that higher price p...

Dollar Tree Signals Higher Prices As Family Budgets Shrink: Here's Why

Dollar Tree is gearing up to raise prices on more everyday items at a time when many families are already watching every dollar.
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Boat Strike Survivors Clung to Wreckage for Some 45 Minutes Before U.S. Military Killed Them “There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”

Boat Strike Survivors Clung to Wreckage for Some 45 Minutes Before U.S. Military Killed Them

“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”
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CBS To Host Town Hall For Charlie Kirk's Widow, Newsroom Rips 'Bonkers' Decision CBS News will broadcast a primetime discussion with the widow of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, a move critics have blasted as a sign of the network's conservative pivot since the controversial Par...

CBS To Host Town Hall For Charlie Kirk's Widow, Newsroom Rips 'Bonkers' Decision
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Yes?

Billionaire pushes return of public hangings as part of 'masculine leadership' initiative Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale, a co-founder of data platform company Palantir, is calling for the return of public hangings as part of a broader push to restore what he describes as “masculine leade...

Another super-wealthy guy "off-the-rails"

Billionaire pushes return of public hangings as part of 'masculine leadership' initiative
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Rising Gift Costs Driving Americans Into Debt, New Report Says Many Americans are heading into the holidays with more questions than confidence about how much they can truly afford, and a new national survey suggests the emotional weight of gift-giving may be pus...

Rising Gift Costs Driving Americans Into Debt, New Report Says
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