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Next Wednesday: The Big !@#$ing Deal Q/A & Drinks With Rep. Anthony Weiner
Brought To You By MYD’s Health Care Committee, Queens County Young Democrats, Greater NYC for Change, Brooklyn Young Democrats, MoveOn Manhattan Council, ACT NOW, and the Letters H, C, and R: The amazing U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner will join MYD to talk about the fight for health care reform, take some questions, and join us as we drink to our health and celebrate the passage of the Big F***ing Deal! Wednesday 4/7, 7-10PM Libation 137 Ludlow St. We have the first floor of the venue, and UNDER 21s ARE WELCOME to attend. DJ to be announced. Drink Menu: $2 Bud/Bud Light Draft $5 mixed well (all other drinks $8 – $16) $5 domestic beers $6 imported beers $7 Champagne $5 … More >>
Ladies and Gentlemen: U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner
When Anthony Weiner breaks through the fake DC collegiality and tells it like it is on healthcare (“I mean, you guys have chutzpah. The Republican Party is a wholly owned subsidiary of insurance companies.”) the Republicans get offended and ask that his “words be taken down” (disciplinary procedure for “inappropriate language”). So Anthony Weiner retracts his statement, and then goes on to say (this is at about the 2:25 mark in the video): Make no mistake about it, every single Republican I have ever met in my entire life is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the insurance industry. Awesome. My favorite moment is when the Republican asks that his words be taken down the first time, and Weiner just crosses his … More >>
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Nadler: How We Can Still Do True Healthcare Reform
Here we are, at the end of a week in which I’m sure I wasn’t alone in trying really hard to look away from what was going on in Washington (and failing miserably). As someone who thinks that the Senate healthcare bill as is may not be worth passing, but does not want to see healthcare reform fail again, I’ve been stuck– I can’t really hate on those House members who are unwilling to pass the Senate’s bill, and I think that anyone who calls Rep. Raul Grijalva a “monster” for standing up for a better bill has kind of lost it. But I still don’t want the reform effort to collapse – we need results, and we can’t wait … More >>
