25-07-2017 21:18 via thestranger.com

Something To Read While the Senate Votes On Repealing Obamacare and Killing Millions of Americans

by Dan SavageThis Frank Rich piece in New York Magazine back in March is worth a second reading...
There’s no way liberals can counter these voters’ blind faith in a huckster who’s sold them this snake oil. The notion that they can be won over by some sort of new New Deal — “domestic programs that would benefit everyone (like national health insurance),” as Mark Lilla puts it — is wishful thinking. These voters are so adamantly opposed to government prog
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