The only way to deal with parasites is to remove them from their host. It's time to expand Medicare to all Americans so we can dislodge these healthcare parasites from our body politic.

Parasites attach themselves to your body and suck your blood to feed themselves. Most, like ticks and mosquitos, while they may provide food for birds, bats and other animals, seem to provide no direct benefit at all to humans.

That "no benefit" equation goes double for the latest parasites who have attached themselves to the backs of Americans and are rapidly draining us of our economic blood: health insurance companies.

There is quite literally no reason for these corporations to exist, at least when it comes to providing for the health needs of 99 percent of Americans.

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-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Steve Scalise reportedly said he was 'like David Duke without the baggage'" by The Week.

Article: "Rep. Steve Scalise Finally Gets COVID-19 Vaccine, Asserts It's 'Safe And Effective'" by Sanjana Karanth.

Tweet: "For everyone saying that Republicans are now freaking out about Covid because it's killing their base — they knew it was killing their base a year ago. They didn't care. Something happened in the last week that scared the hell out of them. I want to know what." by John Aravosis.

Tweet: "And the fact that Scalise suddenly got vaccinated means it's not simply polling data, fear of losing the House, or even fear of lots of constituents dying. The fear is far more personal if Scalise ran to get a vaccine just this past weekend. Someone told them the sky is falling." by John Aravosis.

Article: "Death is Their Election Strategy " by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "How Jared Kushner's Secret Testing Plan "Went Poof Into Thin Air"" by Katherine Eban.

Article: "America Must Never Forget what Trump & the GOP Did On April 7th, 2020" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States" by John Eligon, Audra D. S. Burch, Dionne Searcey and Richard A. Oppel Jr.

Article: "White House abandoned plan to send 650 million face masks across the U.S. in April, report says" by Hannah Miao.

Article: "Sean Hannity Urges Viewers to Get COVID Vaccine: 'Enough People Have Died'" by Virginia Chamlee.

Tweet: "Ive said this to several Iowa reporters again this wk but I'll amplify it here: I encourage ALL eligible Iowans/Americans to get vaccinated The Delta variant scares me so I hope those that haven't been vaccinated will reconsider" by Chuck Grassley.

Article: "Why Republicans suddenly seem to be taking COVID seriously" by Amanda Marcotte.

Article: "Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count" by NY Times.

Article: "All congressional Democrats say they've been vaccinated" by Jacob Knutson.

Article: "LIST: House members who said they were vaccinated against Covid-19" by Lauren Fox, Kristin Wilson, Sarah Fortinsky and Ali Zaslav.

Article: "Fox Rails Against Vaccine Passports, Uses Vaccine Passports " by Peter Wade.

Article: "Dow tumbles 700 points for its worst drop since October as investors fear a Covid resurgence" (Mon, Jul 19 2021) by Tanaya Macheel, Pippa Stevens.

Article: "US stocks close higher as rally continues, Dow up 0.8%" by AFP.

Site: Free Speech TV

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - 2010-01-07 precinct committeemen recruitment 13 minutes.wmv".

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - the importance of precinct committee members".

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - how you become a precinct committee member".

Site: Indivisible

Site: Progressive Democrats of America

Site: Democratic National Committee

Article: "Healthcare Parasites are Sucking Americans Dry" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "About 7 in 10 Voters Favor a Public Health Insurance Option. Medicare for All Remains Polarizing" by Gaby Galvin.

Article: "Another gift of COVID-19: Medical bankruptcy" by Allison K. Hoffman.

Article: "Filling the Gap in States That Have Not Expanded Medicaid Eligibility" by John Holahan, Matthew Buettgens, Jessica S. Banthin, Michael Simpson.

Article: "George Fushi needs our help battling Covid-19" by Michele Marie.

Article: "Medical bankruptcy is an American scandal — and that's not debatable" by Michael Hiltzik.

Article: "Millions of Americans Donate through Crowdfunding Sites to Help Others Pay for Medical Bills" by NORC.

Article: "McGuire's payday is a shame, if not a crime" by Neal St. Anthony.

Article: "Southern California cities rebel against new mask mandate, hinting at delta variant drama to come" by Erica Werner.

Article: "5-year-old Georgia boy dies of Covid as cases surge nationwide" by Daniella Silva.

Tweet: "STOP MASKING CHILDREN!!!" by Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Tweet: "Did you ever send your thoughts and prayers to the family of that sweet little 5 yr old that died due to covid? They are in your district." by Katie Jenson.

Article: "Birthday Bash, Atlanta, 17 July 2021".

Article: "Final Artists Announced: Birthday Bash ATL 25 July 17th" (Atlanta) by Blogzworth.

Site: Stone Mountain Action Coalition.

Article: "99.2 Percent of All U.S. Covid Deaths Are Unvaccinated, New Analysis Shows " by Peter Wade.

Article: "There's a looming economic risk that could trigger the next financial crisis " by Garth Heutel, Givi Melkadze, Stefano Carattini.

Article: "China kicks off national carbon-trading exchange, using market prices to put nation on track to reach 2060 neutrality goal" by Eric Ng and Yujie Xue.

Article: "Acid rain" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The U.S. Sulphur Dioxide Cap and Trade Programme and Lessons for Climate Policy" by Robert Stavins.

Article: "Bootleg fire: crews battle largest US blaze amid dangerous winds and lightning" by AP.

Article: "Wildfire smoke from the West's massive blazes stretches all the way to the East Coast" by Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett.

Article: "Record Number of Builders Report Material Shortages" by NAHBNow.

Article: "Toxic Chinese Drywall Creates A Housing Disaster" by Greg Allen.

Article: "Paris Agreement (Climate Change).

Did Fox News Violate the Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act? Dean Obeidallah filed a complaint with the FTC
Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PMET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127/Columnist-The Daily Beast

Article: "Fox News' Covid vaccine denials can't go unpunished" by Dean Obeidallah.

Law: "COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act" by FTC.

Article: "Fox has undermined vaccination efforts in nearly 60% of all vaccination segments in a 2-week period" by Tyler Monroe & Rob Savillo.

Article: "Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection" by BBC.

Article: "How Well Has Socially Responsible Investing Performed?" by Michael Iachini.

Article: "'I never thought this would happen in France': day one of showing Covid vaccine pass" by Phil Hoad.

Article: "France regional election 2021 results: Who won and who lost?" by The Connexion.

Article: "Mitch McConnell Insists On Liability Protections For Businesses During The Pandemic" by Claudia Grisales.

Hour Three: Flint Water Crisis CoverUp
- Jordan Chariton, CEO/Reporter, Status Coup

Article: "The Flint Cover-Up" by Jordan Chariton, Jenn Dize.

Article: "Flint water crisis" by Wikipedia.

Video: Flint Water Cover-Up BOMBSHELL: More Details From Our Stunning Story.

Article: "Perverse incentive" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Insurance Companies Used Bad Science to Discriminate" by Jessie Wright-Mendoza.

Article: "Frederick Ludwig Hoffman" by Wikipedia.

Book: Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro by Frederick Ludwig Hoffman.

His Two Solutions To Save America...
- Senator Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator (I-VT) / 2 time U.S. Presidential Candidate / Chair of the Senate Budget Committee

Article: "Democrats Roll Out $3.5 Trillion Budget to Fulfill Biden's Broad Agenda" by Jonathan Weisman, Emily Cochrane and Jim Tankersley.

Article: "Bernie Sanders Is the Real Force Behind the $3.5T Reconciliation Bill" by Sharon Zhang.

Article: "Wildfire Smoke From Western Fires Seen Above Vermont Ski Resort" by Matt Lorelli.

Article: "Bernie Sanders calls for wiping out $81 billion in medical debt" by John Whitesides.

Article: "Schumer Backs Sanders' Proposal to Include Dental, Hearing, and Vision Care in Medicare" by Julia Conley.

Article: "Herd immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "War on Drugs" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Harrison Narcotics Tax Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How a racist hate-monger masterminded America's War on Drugs" by Laura Smith.

Article: "Volstead Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Oregon becomes first US state to decriminalise hard drugs" by BBC.

Article: "Biden Is Too Busy To Decriminalize Marijuana, Harris Says" by Kyle Jaeger.

Article: "CNN town hall with President Biden" (July 21 2021) by Melissa Macaya and Veronica Rocha.

Article: "'She Was A Warrior': Trump fan who spread anti-vax Covid conspiracies and QAnon messages dies from virus complications" by Frances Mulraney.

Quote: "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America" - Lyndon Johnson.

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