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Ongoing US GOP Debacle Thread: Seditious Republicans march toward authoritarianism

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Democrats now have an option to attack from the right. Demand that we carpet bomb the caravan. Finally that will get Sailor and Brad to abandon the pubs.
 
Flying carpets = taller wall. Maybe even make Saudi Arabia pay for it.
 
This proposal on lowering drug prices is so perfectly GOP right now. Every other industrialized country uses the market power of the government payor to negotiate lower drug prices. Republicans can't do that because SOCIALIEZED MEDICEINE AND DEATH PANELS!!11!!. So instead, we're going to ... index Medicare drug payments to the prices paid by countries who have a clue how to run a health system. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/25/660641997/trump-aims-to-lower-some-u-s-drug-spending-by-factoring-in-what-other-countries-

Totally predictable reaction from Big Pharma:
But PhRMA, the drug industry's main trade group, came out strongly against Thursday's proposal. "The administration is imposing foreign price controls from countries with socialized health care systems that deny their citizens access and discourage innovation," said a statement from PhRMA CEO Stephen Ubl.
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Stephen Ubl of course conveniently leaves out the fact that these countries get better health care outcomes for their citizens across the board.

Even when Team Trump gets close to a good idea, they have to do it in a back-asswards way to avoid the wrath of the Republican Ministry of Truthiness.
 
A powerful lobby blocked changes in Pa. child sex abuse laws

Two powerful groups lined the halls of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building on Oct. 17.

One group included people who identify as victims or survivors of Catholic priest sex abuse.

The other group represented the Catholic church and its insurance companies, which could have been on the hook for millions in reparations to such victims.

The victims and survivors argued for a bill that would let people sue the Catholic church over decades of abuses that were covered up.

The lobbyists argued that the bill was unconstitutional, and that the church could be left bankrupt, unable to help the community.

The victims and survivors had plenty of support: Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Gov. Tom Wolf, Republican nominee for governor Scott Wagner, the House of Representatives, victim advocates and other Democrats and Republicans who said abuse is a nonpartisan issue.

The Catholic lobbyists had plenty of money. They spent $3 million in Pennsylvania from January 2014 to June 2018, as lawmakers considered legislation that would change or extend when victims could sue their abusers. That total will grow once new expense reports are filed by an Oct. 30 deadline.
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