"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."

Lina Khan really is That Girl.

These are the reporting projects that tell the story that corporate media ignored & Dem pundits/elites tried to suppress.

It’s the story of Obama campaigning as a populist, then converting his mandate into a Wall St rescue — and that betrayal creating backlash conditions for Trump’s rise.

@lessig.bsky.social and I show the way to end billionaire funded super pacs under this Court. The next DNC chair should come out for this as well. bostonglobe.com/2024/12/01/o...

It’s wild to think about how many Democratic operatives became millionaires while losing elections to Trump, and even more wild to think about how they’ll make even more money now bein depicted as experts on how to defeat Trumpism.

This is getting overlooked, but the whole premise of Trump's threat of tariffs is based on a lie. He's claiming Mexico must be bullied into stopping migrants. But Mexico is *already* doing this. That's a big reason crossings have dropped. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1888...

One of the most common & heartbreaking complaints I hear from seniors is that they are being denied care by their "Medicare Advantage" plan -- a private insurance plan that exploits Medicare's sterling reputation for profit. We do not need more privatization of Medicare.

I'm glad Murphy is doing this, but let's behold the fact that a Democratic senator has to MAKE A CASE to his party to actually do popular things.

Like, it's apparently a new & CONTROVERSIAL idea that a party should actually do what voters want!

The way American liberals spent months trying to whip up support and enthusiasm for an administration that was committing an active genocide exposed the disdain western liberals have for non-western lives in ways that will be remembered for generations.

Private equity investment is damaging to healthcare.

There’s a lot of reasons to learn labor history, one big one is that many of us have never lived in a time of real worker power, or seen it exercised. We’ve never seen a general strike shut down our city and bring bosses to their knees. But it’s happened before and it will happen again.

It’s easier to blame activists than confront the real issue: the Democratic Party has long been shaped by powerful forces—corporate interests, lobbyists, and consultants—whose influence has neglected the real crises facing everyday Americans.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin