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| Saturday, October 25, 2025 ■ The Week in Review
As health insurance companies rake in billions in profits, the California Democrat argues that a single-payer system would help US businesses and cut costs.By Jessica Corbett • Oct 23, 2025
"Every second we spend talking about a tattoo I got in the Marine Corps is a second we don't talk about Medicare for All," said Platner ahead of a town hall. "It's a second we don't talk about raising taxes on the wealthy."By Julia Conley • Oct 23, 2025
"It's a federal strategy to control elections and rig our democracy," said a spokesperson for Fair Fight Action.By Stephen Prager • Oct 23, 2025
"The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don't need a law professor to explain it," said Pace University's Bennett Gershman. "It's bizarre and almost too outlandish to believe."By Jessica Corbett • Oct 21, 2025
"The last 40 years of railroad consolidation clearly demonstrate how this merger could threaten public safety and harm shippers, workers, consumers, and the broader economy," said an economic analyst.By Stephen Prager • Oct 21, 2025
"Look how CNN shut down his question and moved on," said one viewer.By Julia Conley • Oct 21, 2025
"Donald Trump and Republicans are selling out America's seniors," said one advocate.By Jake Johnson • Oct 21, 2025
One congresswoman pointed out that "she does not have access to an official website for constituents to receive updates, an office phone number for constituents to call, or a congressional email."By Jessica Corbett • Oct 20, 2025
"After crashing the soybean market and gifting Argentina our largest export buyer, he's now poised to do the same to the cattle market," said an Illinois cattle producer.By Jessica Corbett • Oct 20, 2025
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| | | ■ Opinion
I am not going to discount the value of having 7 million people show up to protest the fascist, genocidal Trump regime, but we need more from the movement.By Phil Wilson • Oct 23, 2025
Fascism, like communism, is an abstraction to Americans. We know little about it. We have not lived under it. Given current circumstances, let’s see if we are fast learners.By James Rothenberg • Oct 22, 2025
If we want a nation of citizens and not subjects, we must do the slow, steady, unglamorous work of taking back our republic, one precinct, one institution, and one election at a time.By Thom Hartmann • Oct 20, 2025
If we are going to save the country, it’s clear it’s going to have to be done by the millions of people like those who attended this rally.By Robert Freeman • Oct 19, 2025
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