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Representative Ilhan Omar took a break from bashing Israel over the weekend to offer this observation about federal budgeting:
If we can afford to give the Pentagon $2B every day, we can afford Medicare for All.
It turns out that her presentation of budget math is no more honest than her conspiracy theories about Jewish influence.
Omar’s budget tweet is in line with a popular genre of argument on the left which perpetuates the myth that if only we weren’t wasting money on weapons, we could afford to deliver free health care to everybody and just about everything else. Her squadmate, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, tried something similar a few weeks ago.
Appalachia has an abandoned mine land (AML) problem, and it’s much bigger and costlier to clean up than people thought. And the time to do it is running
Israel-Gaza Diplomacy Wavers as Netanyahu Says He’s Not Done Bloomberg 1 hr ago David Wainer
(Bloomberg) Officials from the U.S., Egypt, Qatar and United Nations are working around the clock to broker a truce in Gaza after more than a week of deadly fighting left more than 200 people dead, but Israel’s leader signaled he’s not yet ready to let up.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he’ll do “whatever it takes” to restore order after persistent rocket attacks from Gaza sparked Israeli jet strikes in retaliation. He said his goal is to “degrade” the ability of Hamas, which governs the densely populated Gaza strip, to threaten Israel.