The President’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” cannot be excused away as an attempt to gain leverage in negotiations with Iran.
This type of rhetoric is an affront to the ideals our nation has sought to uphold and promote around the world for nearly 250 years. It undermines our long-standing role as a global beacon of freedom and directly endangers Americans both abroad and at home.
The oppressive, terror-spreading regime of the Islamic Republic must be distinguished from the people and the civilization of Iran. Everyone involved—especially the President and Iran’s leaders—must de-escalate their unprecedented saber-rattling before it is too late.
“A whole civilization will die tonight.” @johnthune Senator Thune: Are you serious right now? Are you not going to denounce this? Are you not going to seek the removal of this crazy person?
This is your responsibility that is what Article I of the Constitution is about.
I've taught European history for 30 years. Americans have always asked me how the Holocaust was possible, how Germans could have enabled a madman reveling in mass murder to carry out his plans. Now we can see in real time how this is enabled; now we have front-row seats.
TMZ flips the script and does real reporting. They finally call out Democrats and say EVERYONE in congress needs to be voted out
They have evidence of Congress partying like they’re on Spring Break while everyone else has to deal with the shutdown
“It's not the other party, it's both parties and we are kind of sick of the way they are patronizing us and that's why we're doing this. Something has to change”
“We have talked about what we call the outer movement, OWTA out with their asses, voting everybody out, even the ones you like to reset things and make it clear to the next group.
Here is our expectation that you will keep the government open, that federal workers will get paid. And if you don't do that, we're gonna throw you out. Like we threw your predecessors out. So that seems to be the only maybe last resort of regaining some power”
“My family plan costs $1,500 a month — and each of my three KIDS has a $6,000 deductible.”
He must pay $30,000 out-of-pocket BEFORE insurance covers a single thing for them — on top of $18,000 a year just to keep the plan alive.
Health insurance is a SCAM.
American has Cigna health insurance
Her daughter was sick, she takes her to the doctor thinking it would likely be at most a couple hundred bucks with insurance
All they did was a nose swab for the flu
She just got the bill
It’s $984
“What the f*ck is going on, what do you mean by a thousand dollars for a Q-tip up a nostril”
The American healthcare system is legalized robbery
Many people don’t know this, but we pay a fee on every airplane ticket purchased that’s supposed to go directly to fund TSA.
But 10 years ago, Congress passed bipartisan legislation that diverted the security fee revenue into a general “slush fund”.
Everything is a scam. 😩
Tying health care to employment was one of our worst economic decisions…huge disincentive to leave a steady job to start your own company…how many good ideas have been left on the shelf?
FBI agents have to retire at 57, air traffic controllers at 56, and pilots at 65. But somehow demented 70 and 80 year olds running the country is totally fine. Make it make sense.
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: After Delta Airlines canceled ALL special privileges for members of Congress while TSA is unpaid, other airlines nationwide are being pressured to follow suit
This is common sense. Treat them the same as us! ALL airlines should do this!
I don’t think people realize how much healthcare costs are driving big companies to fire and not hire.
It costs them $30k per family, per year for premiums and care. Most of that goes to the massive, vertically integrated insurance companies that send weekly bills that no one reviews in details. And it doesn’t include the company overhead to deal with it all. It’s usually the 2nd largest expense after payroll. Which is insane
It’s far easier to blame AI than it is to blame Healthcare costs.
Want to increase jobs, wages and improve affordability for every American ?
Break up the biggest insurance companies. Make divest non insurance companies. They don’t need thousands of subsidiaries. That’s how they game and abuse the system and increase costs for all of us.
Call your senator and tell them to support the BreakUp Big Medicine Bill by @HawleyMO and @SenWarren.
American is a healthy 28 year old, he decided to skip paying for health insurance this year because the cheapest plan was $900 per month with a high deductible
He had to spend 2 nights in the ER without insurance, he breaks down the bill
“This is my receipt from spending 2 days in the hospital:
- It totaled about $24,000
- My CT scan alone was $8,300
- Laboratory, 6,000
- IV therapy, $1,020, $4,000 in total
And while $24,000 seems like a lot of money, let me show you something. This is what I'm actually paying, $2,478
because when you don't have insurance, these hospitals give you a discount. They discounted $22,000 off of this bill”
“But if I had insurance, I wouldn't have gotten that discount. So it would've been a $24,000 bill billed to my insurance, and then my insurance would've said, ‘Hey, you have a $5,000 deductible. You need to pay $5,000 for this last emergency room visit.’
Then you tack on the $900 a month that I'd be paying for that insurance. I'd be paying $20K this year for healthcare.
So the craziest part about this is even if I have another hospital visit, by the end of this year, I'm still gonna be paying less than I would if I had insurance. At minimum, my cost for healthcare this year would've been $20,000 with insurance. Right now I'm at $2,400.”
US Health Insurance is a scam
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"I'm tired. Get up Asian!" then grabbed victim's jacket, tried to pull him off seat. Another suspect then repeatedly spit & punched 42-year-old in head on train from Grand Central to Times Square yesterday. @NYPDHateCrimes now looking for these 3 juvenile suspects. #StopAsianHate