The Sold a Story podcast about this is excellent.

I know we want to believe that Republicans are wrong about everything but unfortunately they were in fact very correct when they said phonics were a much better way to teach kids to read.

I hate to tell these guys, but acetaminophen and ibuprofen effectively function as healthcare for a large percentage of the US population and if they're going to take away healthcare AND painkillers the population is going to be very unhappy indeed.