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I thought the GOP talking point was tort reform...too many frivolous lawsuits driving up the costs of doing business? Well, this is one case where hospitals/insurance company are accruing too much power, and the obvious direction of the SCOTUS is to pretty much do anything to protect corporate interests against individual consumers.

Trump’s legacy just became much more consequential (a mere 80,000 votes and then the SCOTUS decision in Bush/Gore, sigh...) https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/28/politics/donald-trump-legacy-consequences/index.html

Trump said he wants someone who “can serve 40, 45 years,” this can’t go well... At one point, Trump praised Kennedy for his service and said he was “honored” that the longtime justice decided to retire during his presidency — which he suggested was a deliberate choice. “He felt confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy, that’s why he did it,” Trump said. I’m finding it difficult to look backward, instead of ahead. Justice Kennedy was the man in the middle, who kept the already very conservative Supreme Court from moving ever more rightward. And he loved that role and all the attention that came with it. It is regrettable he is giving it up at this particular moment, however, because his resignation launches even more of an ideological war than we already were having—one that could end up overshadowing whatever one might believe (or he might believe) to be his legal legacy. I’ll make a prediction. I think he is likely to be replaced with another very conservative justice; I think the country’s politics are going to move left; and I think we might end up in a situation like 1937, when we had an epic collision between an entrenched conservative Supreme Court and a public who quite disagreed. The public was looking to the government to help pull it out of the Great Depression, and the Supreme Court was striking down both state and federal economic measures like they were clay pigeons on a range. I can’t say precisely what the coming issue(s) will be—I have my guesses, including campaign finance and a variety of civil liberties—but I may have to add a chapter to The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/27/anthony-kennedy-legacy-supreme-court-218900 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/pelosi-joe-crowleys-defeat-doesnt-mean-democratic-socialism-is-on-the-rise At this point, I have zero faith the left and centrist wings of the party can successfully be united nationally

The (Wall Street) Journal misses the central point that unions are advocacy organizations. The job of a union is to advocate on behalf of working men and women. Moreover, the Journal ignores the fact that corporations outspend unions by more than 10 to one but are free to hide their spending while unions disclose everything. this from an AFL—CIO rebuttal to a WSJ report in the days following Citizens United

Had another ball well hit up the middle the pitcher was lucky to deflect...

#burritobart #permitpatty #bbqbecky #joggerjoe Is society simply going off the rails? Or just a reflection that now everyone has a mobile or iPad to document everything that happens in life? I guess it all started with the woman who felt threatened by the presence of black women playing slowly at a golf course, the Yale student sleeping in the common room of her dorm, the lawyer in NYC confronting Hispanic staff...the Starbucks business meeting/bathroom denial was the headliner. And that’s not even the seemingly every 2-3 days there is a bizarre incident on an (budget) airline around the world. How can we get back from the brink and return to a more civil society...is it even possible without a change in the WH occupant?

But how does he profile defensively? Palka/Avi/Delmonico-esque or much more competent?

Fathom’s favorite hitter. Now some real drama in the CWS.

Came through. Cronin out there a long time. Madrigal has faded from .405 to .377 the last couple of weeks.

Oops, Grenier.

Leadoff runner reaches in the 9th...couldn’t get the runner in from 3rd with just one out last inning. Madrigal and Larnach with two chances to tie it.

Nice to see a lineup that sort of has threats from top to bottom. Swapping out Thompson and Engel makes a huge difference.

Looks like the Beavers are running out of luck...they’ve rallied numerous times this season, though. Losing Game 1 the way they flee having the chance to blow it wide open, ace on the mound, Madrigal making a key error, that’s not easy to bounce back from. Heimlich got roughed up his last three times out.

Or economic slavery... The middle class used to be able to provide a decent future to their children, often with just one parent working. How often is that true today? The SC ruling today is one more nail in the coffin to all of the power going away from labor and to the exclusive benefit of corporations/CEO’s/shareholders. If you don’t own stock, you simply don’t exist. You’re worthless, a nobody. Your Congressman won’t ten because you can’t afford to make a donation.

http://www.startribune.com/twins-third-baseman-eduardo-escobar-hitting-lot-of-balls-hard/486633981/ Article on Escobar’s success this year. Hint, it’s not a story of launch angle.

And what is the Trump administration doing today to fix that loophole? ‘INSURANCE FOR EVERYBODY’ Before he was sworn in, President Trump made a bold promise: The as-yet-unreleased Obamacare repeal and replacement plan would have “insurance for everybody.” “We’re going to have insurance for everybody,” Trump said in an interview with The Washington Post. “There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us.” While House Republicans and the White House have indicated repealing and replacing Obamacare may take multiple legislative steps, the bill currently on the table would not meet Trump’s pledge. Per the CBO’s score, 14 million people would immediately lose coverage, a number that would eventually rise to 24 million over the next 10 years. ... EVERYBODY’S GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF’ Trump has made other, more vague promises about the repeal-and-replace endgame. As he campaigned for the White House that he declared in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes”: “I am going to take care of everybody … Everybody’s going to be taken care of much better than they’re taken care of now.” More recently, Trump has promised that repeal will end with “a beautiful picture.” Both of these pledges are harder to quantify — but judging by early reactions to the legislation from liberals, some conservatives and others, it will be difficult to ensure.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/protester-shouting-make-america-great-arrested-throwing-poop-restaurant-denied-sarah-huckabee-sanders-service-135107828.html

They didn’t take them away, lol. There were those families who fell between cracks....mostly upper middle class/small business or independent contractors...whose rates went up quite dramatically. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/01/middle-class-workers-struggle-to-pay-for-care-despite-insurance/19841235/ But the number aren’t close to the tens of millions who are going to be demonstrably worse off NOW, including those with pre-existing conditions. Sure, they can buy the cheapest bare bones policies that actually cover nothing, but, hey...they’re covered. Except not really. Basically, the priority of the GOP is protecting the upper middle class and elites and screwing over the middle class, lower middle class and poor people. We can give away a trillion in tax cuts to corporations, and increase defense spending by over $80 billion, but no. If they wanted to close that donut hole or loophole, they easily could have used the money from either line item. So if the GOP can just give away stuff for free with no concern for fiscal consequences or our future grandchildren, why can’t we just have Medicare for All and cut out the insurance industry altogether...and negotiate for better drug prices as well? It’s actually quite simple, it’s all about priorities.

Lopez also was the victim of 1-2 extra runs scoring due to Abreu’s iron fists...fwiw.

This game should be filed in the “America’s Pastime is in Trouble” thread...way too many pitching changes from both sides. Lopez is reminding me more and more of Yordano Ventura...minus 2-3 mph on the FB and mercurial personality. Better stuff than results. The difference is we realistically need Lopez to be a 4/5 starter, not a 1-2.

Good 1b gloves that and gets at least one out if not two...

It wasn’t about extension...it was in just a little on his hands and he got under it..but the process was sound at least. If he extended, he would have had the bat sawn off with the knob left in his hands.

Davidson finally joins Abreu below the 800 ops mark...

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/26/trump-harley-davidson-criticism-673173 Hello, more ethics violations...this time for threatening to punish Harley-Davidson.

Increased health care costs/premiums. More expensive pharmaceuticals. More expensive gasoline. More expensive to finance big purchases due to rising interest rates. More expensive consumer costs due to tariffs. Even the stock market has fallen almost back to a 10% correction from the all-time high of 26,600 (despite Rabbit claiming to still be up 6-8%). Recession heading our way in 2019 instead of 2020...US dollar rising makes our exports less and less competitive, costing jobs and lowering GDP. If Trump wouldn’t have done anything (besides the tax cut/deregulation), we’d be at 3-4% GDP. Maybe even north of 4% for the first time in ages, but of course Trump can’t leave well enough alone. So we will end up back in the 2’s again.