Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
Last week, I wrote a post titled, Hillary Clinton Will Win New York, Because New York is Running a Banana Republic Primary. Here’s an excerpt:
When I was in school, I remember having an argument with a friend whose family lived pretty close to the edge, financially. The argument occurred during a particularly rough patch when my friend explained to me that she was hungry because didn’t always have enough money for proper meals.
William Hartung chides the Obama administration for trying to buy Saudi goodwill with weapons:
One justification that has been put forward for the continued flow of weaponry from the United States to Saudi Arabia is that it provides reassurance to the kingdom’s leadership that Washington won’t tilt toward the Iranians in the wake of the deal reached last year over Iran’s nuclear program. But if demonstrating a commitment to the Saudi government entails supporting deadly and reckless initiatives, like the war in Yemen, the policy is not worth the price.
On Monday, prominent Bernie Sanders supporters Ben & Jerry, co-founders of the eponymous ice cream brand, were arrested at the Capitol while demonstrating for voting and campaign reforms. They were just two of more than 1,000 demonstrators who according to police have been arrested in the past several days. Most had been charged with unlawful crowding and obstruction.
As conclusion to our article yesterday reporting on the largest U.S. health insurer's accelerating exodus from various Obamacare markets (it had already announced it was out of Georgie, Arkansas, Michigan and Oklahoma) we said that UnitedHealth "will likely announce more defections in the coming days."