It's like the electrified carpet in Ellison's Invisible Man.

Like a playground bully extorting lunch money.

I can't understand how anyone would think this is a good solution. Completely removes the negotiating power of a group, plus insurance companies now have to keep track of millions of individually negotiated rates, plus send out all the required information for renewals to millions of people.

Good news. We need individuals representing a broad set of views (from the reality-based community) to unify and move forward.

I suppose it takes one ranting lunatic to know another.

This is what you get when you have a poorly-read president.

One step closer to the classic 3-names for serial killers.

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"

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Tim Kaine has disappointed the hell out of me.

This is a huge mistake, Senator Kaine. I voted for you to stand up for the people, not cave to a party that lies compulsively and constantly breaks promises.

Lettuce all take a moment to read this article. If not today, then tomato. BTW, olive all the sandwich puns, mayo keep them coming.

If this were true, then the government could easily fully fund SNAP for the rest of his term.

Has he never been to a college football game?

For a more detailed explanation:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

Given that average homebuyer age is now 40, a 50-year mortgage is literally a "dead pledge."

He's halfway there. Take the money from the insurance companies and *fund universal health care*

By setting a firm deadline for the administrative stay, she pre-empted the full court, which could have issued a stay with no deadline - which could have meant weeks of no SNAP.

Actually, it forces the appeals court to move faster. She was pre-empting the full court, which could have issued a stay with no deadline. Instead, there's a firm deadline now.