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Republican victory in Supreme Court battle could mean millions lose their health insurance

John T Bennett has this stark warning about what a Republican Party victory on this issue could mean.

Nothing less than the final termination of Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, he says, the loss of which would leave millions without health insurance with the world still caught in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic.

AOC says McConnell ‘playing with fire’ to replace Ginsburg

While Republican senators are under pressure to vote on the replacement of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned those plans and accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of “playing with fire”.

In comments Sunday, the Joe Biden-supporting New York progressive described McConnell as “ a man who doesn’t care about a dying woman’s last wish, ” alluding to Ginsburg’s stated wish that his position not be filled. before the November 3 elections.

Speaking alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in Brooklyn, AOC laid out the issues at stake in the upcoming presidential election and also accused Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, of being unfit for office, stating that he has ” pursued potentially law-breaking behavior. ” .

The anger over the decision is such that protesters have already arrived at McConnell’s Kentucky home with signs saying “Ruth sent us” and yelling “Move Mitch, get out of the way”, prompting arrests.

Gino Spocchia has more on that.

Biden warns that Ginsburg’s forced vote would amount to an ‘abuse of power’ and ‘plunge us further into the abyss’

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden warned Republicans that rushing a vote to replace Ginsburg on the Supreme Court before the election would cause irreversible damage and vowed to nominate a black woman to take his seat, saying Trump forcing the issue would amount to abuse of power”.

“The last thing we need is to add a constitutional crisis that plunges us further into the abyss, further into darkness. If we follow this path, I predict it will cause irreversible damage, “he said in a speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

“The infection that this president has unleashed in our democracy can be fatal. Enough. Enough. Enough,” he added.

Oliver O’Connell has more information on this.

Second Republican Senator vows to oppose party rush to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined colleague Susan Collins of Maine in voicing her objection to the unseemly rush of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to rush to replace the late feminist icon and Supreme Court Justice with a conservative surrogate. before Election Day on November 3.

Pioneering Justice Ginsburg passed away from cancer on Friday at age 87, and the Republican Party wasted little time promising to fill her vacant seat with a right-wing judge to shore up the court’s conservative majority, ignoring all possible precedents and sparking outrage over a A decision that could influence American law for generations and demonstrate Trump’s true legacy.

Here’s John T Bennett on Murkowski and Collins.

Woman arrested for sending ricin package to White House

US authorities arrested a woman suspected of sending a package containing poisonous ricin addressed to President Donald Trump at the White House last week.

The arrest took place on the New York-Canada border on Sunday, with investigations ongoing.

Oliver O’Connell and Gino Spocchia have the latest.

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