This Week

Tech

Republican campaign put beacons on lawn signs to track phones, company says

Not only do beacons provide very precise location data, they're also inexpensive. Beacons can be purchased in bulk for less than $20 a piece, according to Beaconstac's website. The cost of the company's cloud-based marketing platform, which manages the devices, starts at around $80 a month. 

Someday a Beacon will cost a nickle and they will be everywhere. I can't wait....

Health Care

Make no mistake: Medicare for All would cut taxes for most Americans

For the middle-class, the burden is enormous. Take a secretary earning $50,000 a year, who has employer-sponsored health insurance at a total cost of $15,000. In reality her labor compensation is $65,000 (that’s what her employer pays in exchange of her work), but the secretary only gets $50,000. The executive earning $1,000,000 also pays the same $15,000 for his healthcare. This is a terrible funding mechanism.

Media - Propaganda

Fox - Creating The Conservative Reality

2020 

How Hillary Clinton Boosted Tulsi Gabbard - The Atlantic bashing HRC for her stupid Gabbard comments. Although, they seem to agree with her but just think she should have been a little less "out front" with it. Part of the Corporate D problem.

The DNC Versus Democracy



Trump

 MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD - I agree

Why isn't Trump serious about fixing NAFTA?

.. the new pharma perks make NAFTA 2.0 worse than the original. The pact requires signatory countries to provide extended monopoly rights that block the generic competition needed to reduce drug prices. This includes extensions of drug patent monopolies beyond 20 years, guaranteed additional exclusive marketing rights for biologic drugs, and more.

Equality


I’m a Political Theorist, and I Hate the “Equality”/”Equity” Chart


Ian Welsh: Yes, You CAN Tax the Rich



Economics

Stumbling and Mumbling: NARRATIVE ECONOMICS: A REVIEW



Mitt

This Sure Looks Like Mitt Romney’s Secret Twitter Account (Update: It Is)

No, Mitt didn't reveal it.  ASHLEY FEINBERG at SLATE figured it out. Corporate media just can't stand it when someone outside their bubble outperforms them.