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Robert Naiman for Truthout: We know what the status quo path is: endless war, cholera and famine in Yemen. We have nothing to lose by forcing a floor vote.
Marjorie Cohn for Truthout: Neil Gorsuch, who previously defended torture and warrantless surveillance under Bush, was among the justices who dissented in favor of upholding President Trump's ban without limitation.
Raul Carranza. (Courtesy of Raul Carranza)Dear GOP,
I am the one you are about to kill. Your obsession with dismantling our health care system by repealing and replacing Obamacare with your draconian abomination of a bill known as the American Health Care Act is the greatest existential threat I have ever faced.
I have a rare genetic mutation that presents itself as muscular dystrophy. I was 2 years old when the doctors diagnosed me and told my parents that I would be lucky to live past my teens. I’m 27 now and I have been able to live a full life.
It is thanks to programs like Medicaid that I have not only survived but thrived.
People with disabilities deserve to live. Should you vote for this bill, you are sentencing me to death.
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