Trump’s team of rival predators is the cartoon-villain personification of Biden’s backing of dehumanization in Gaza
Maureen Tkacik
Maureen Tkacik is investigations editor at the Prospect and a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project.
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Kamala Fell to the Same Cabal That Destroyed University Presidents
The billionaire class used the Gaza siege to purge leftists, and even left populism. Caught up in the wake were the cautious elites.
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The Populist and the Porsche Salesman
Democrats thought beating Bernie Moreno would be a cakewalk. After $500 million worth of crypto-fueled queer-baiting, Ohio may be too brainwashed to save.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Are Democrats Even a Little Serious About Stopping Private Equity?
A notorious health care looter claims a Senate investigation into his private equity–enabled hospital collapse is a superficial show trial. Did Gavin Newsom just prove him right?
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A Toxic Explosion in Private Equity Payouts
Private equity barons just pocketed as much as $850 million from the company behind this week’s massive chemical blast in Georgia.
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‘Steward Health Are Health Care Terrorists’
A fiery Senate committee hearing promised accountability for hospital looter Ralph de la Torre, but new raids are already under way at the hospitals and the broader health care system.
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Hospital Looter Says ‘Nah’ to His Senate Subpoena
The Steward yacht collector tells Bernie Sanders that testifying next week could jeopardize ‘patient care,’ or something; meets bipartisan contempt.
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Can’t Pay Won’t Pay
Steward’s evasion of creditors in its spectacular bankruptcy even includes the wrongful death settlement for a young mom.
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From the Folks Who Brought You the Death Panel Algorithm
Three executives from an AI ploy to deny health care to seniors are buying a troubled mega-practice from the bankrupt Steward Health. What could go wrong?
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Let Them Eat Invoices
Steward grifter Ralph de la Torre, supposedly under criminal investigation on two continents, is now telecommuting from Versailles.