Paul Krugman | The New Plot Against Obamacare

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13 July 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE NEED TO RAISE A BUDGET - IT'S NO JOKE - We meet our financial obligations. We pay our staff, our independent journalists and a full suite of service providers that make RSN possible. We are not a Wall Street funny-money organization. We are a grassroots organization putting ourselves on the line for change. When we say “funds are needed” you can believe they are. They are. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Paul Krugman | The New Plot Against Obamacare  Paul Krugman, The New York Times Krugman writes: "The Affordable Care Act was an imperfect and incomplete reform. The political compromises needed to get it through Congress created a complex system in which too many people fall through the holes."  Before the A.C.A. went into effect, 24 percent of California adults too young for Medicare were uninsured. Today that number is down to 10 percent. In West Virginia, uninsurance fell from 21 percent to 9. In Kentucky, it fell from 21 to 7. Over all, around 20 million Americans who wouldn’t have had health insurance without the A.C.A. now do. READ MORE Sen. Bernie Sanders. (photo: Joshua Lott/Reuters) The Billionaires Are Against Bernie - and the Rest of Us Luke Savage, Jacobin Savage writes: "Bernie Sanders just released a list of all the billionaires and plutocrats who can't hide their hatred for him."  A veritable rogue’s gallery of corporatist malefactors, the list also includes the likes of Jamie Dillion, CEO of JPMorgan Chase; Jeffrey Immelt, former CEO of General Electric; Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve; and Jon Cowan, president of the Democratic establishment think tank Third Way, among others. Variously opposed to raising the minimum wage, pro-sweatshop, supportive of deep cuts to Medicare and Social Security, every man named is both exorbitantly wealthy and visibly terrified of Bernie Sanders. READ MORE Robert Mueller. (photo: James Berglie/TNS) Mueller, House Panels Strike Deal to Delay Hearing Until July 24, Giving Lawmakers More Time to Question Him Guardian UK Excerpt: "The special counsel Robert Mueller will testify before Congress about the findings of the Russia investigation on 24 July, one week later than his appearance was originally planned, under an agreement that gives lawmakers more time to question him." READ MORE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (photo: Bryan Cox/Getty Images) ALSO SEE: 'Every Day, It Is a Risk': Immigrant Communities Paralyzed by Fear of Impending ICE Raids Trump's Day of Terror: Planned Raid Against Undocumented Immigrants Recalls Some of the Darkest Days in American History Matt Ford, The New Republic Ford writes: "Trump, ever the reality-TV showman, governs through spectacle. What could be more spectacular than a massive nationwide raid against undocumented immigrants? Set aside the morality or ethics for a moment, as the president regularly does." READ MORE Jared Kushner and Donald Trump. (photo: Jabin Botsford/WP) House Judiciary Committee Votes to Subpoena Jared Kushner and Others in the President's Orbit Joshua Eaton, ThinkProgress Eaton writes: "The House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to subpoena documents and testimony from President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and 11 other people in Trump's orbit as part of its ongoing investigations into allegations that the president obstructed justice."  The list of former Trump campaign or administration officials the committee voted to subpoena Thursday includes Flynn, former White House Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, former White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. Those former officials are likely to have information on the Trump administration’s contacts with Russian nationals during the 2016 presidential campaign and Trump’s alleged efforts to dampen or halt the Mueller probe. The committee also voted to subpoena the editor of the National Enquirer, Dylan Howard, along with its publisher, David Pecker, as part of an investigation into whether they bought the exclusive rights to — and then buried — the stories of two women who say they had affairs with Trump as part of an alleged hush-money scheme. READ MORE A paramilitary group in Colombia. (photo: InSight Crime) UN Visits Colombia to Review Failing Peace Accord teleSUR Excerpt: "This week, United Nations Security Council members will visit Colombia to review the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement that ended the armed conflict between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the state." READ MORE The Broadmoor neighborhood in New Orleans was flooded Wednesday. (photo: AP) Tropical Storm Barry's Threat to New Orleans Heightened by Climate Change Al Jazeera Excerpt: "Tropical Storm Barry, which is expected to flood New Orleans and threaten lives along the Mississippi River in the United States, is being fueled by warmth in the Gulf of Mexico that was likely exacerbated by climate change, scientists said on Friday." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation