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"The #UnitedStates is blessed with one of the most scientifically and technologically advanced #health care systems in the world...
But for all the money flowing in and out, #Americans have more chronic illnesses and shorter lifespans than people in other wealthy nations. When it comes to health outcomes among those countries, the United States ranks last."
- @ProPublica
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#Healthcare #Business #Corruption #Science #Tech #US #USA #America #News #Press
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.ProPublica
"We are in the midst of a full-blown effort to execute an anti-democracy project that seeks to nullify the legal, social, economic and educational apparatus designed to undergird the foundation of a multiracial democracy. …
What makes this moment particularly dangerous is that all of the stars have aligned."
#UnitedStates #Trump #democracy #authoritarianism #racism #WhiteSupremacy
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~ Sherrilyn Ifill
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Is It Too Late?
No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the BattleSherrilyn Ifill (Sherrilyn’s Newsletter)
"The group cited a 'sharp deterioration of fundamental freedoms in the country … following a year of sweeping executive actions, restrictive laws and aggressive crackdowns on free speech and dissent.'”
#UnitedStates #Trump #democracy #corruption #Civicus #FreeSpeech #UnitaryExecutive
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"A coalition of global civil society organizations has downgraded the United States’ civic health rating from 'narrowed' to 'obstructed.'
In a report released on Tuesday, Civicus, a non-profit that monitors civic freedoms in 198 countries, placed the US in its 'obstructed' category."
~ Maya Yang
#UnitedStates #Trump #democracy #corruption #Civicus #FreeSpeech #UnitaryExecutive
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US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions
Civicus, a non-profit that monitors global civic freedoms, moved the US from the ‘narrowed’ to ‘obstructed’ categoryMaya Yang (The Guardian)
"Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) announced the charges a day after Ceballos was reelected mayor of Clearwater, Kan."
heartlandsignal.com/2025/12/01…
#Schadenfreude #LeopardsFaces #GOP #Republicans #USPol #Politics #News #Press #Kansas #US #USA #UnitedStates #America
