Weekly roundup for July 24, 2021

The California Dream

Weekly roundup for July 24, 2021 Today is the March for Medicare for All, a set of coordinated rallies to replace our private health insurance system with some form of single-payer or nationalized health care. But the American machine will never allow anything to jeopardize the enormous profits of the health insurance, pharmaceutical, and hospital industries. America will end as a country before the people in America achieve universal health care. In California news -- California will pay reparations to victims of forced sterilizations, and University of California students will see tuition expenses increase for at least the next five years. Finally, Bright Line Watch reports that political science experts are concerned about Republican legislative strategies to undermine future elections, but nothing in any currently proposed federal legislation addresses these threats. And support for secession has increased dramatically across all regions of America -- even among Democrats during the new Biden administration. NOTES: 1. "California to Pay Reparations to Victims of Forced Sterilization", US News & World Report, July 8, 2021; https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-07-08/california-to-pay-reparations-to-victims-of-forced-sterilization 2. "University of California regents approve rare tuition hike", AP News, July 22, 2021; https://apnews.com/article/business-health-education-california-coronavirus-pandemic-d84b3a8b69421c7033b465672f3f6a51 3. "Approaching a Tipping Point? A History and Prospectus of Funding for the University of California", by John A. Douglass and Zachary Bleemer, UC Berkeley: Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2018; https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gn6b778 4. "Still miles apart: Americans and the state of U.S. democracy half a year into the Biden presidency", Bright Line Watch, June/July 2021; https://brightlinewatch.org/still-miles-apart-americans-and-the-state-of-u-s-democracy-half-a-year-into-the-biden-presidency/ 5. "47% of West Coast Dems, 66% of Southern Republicans Want to Secede From U.S.", Newsweek, July 14, 2021; https://www.newsweek.com/47-west-coast-dems-66-southern-republicans-want-secede-us-1609875 6. "More Californians dreaming of a country without Trump: poll", Reuters, January 23, 2017; https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-california-secession/more-californians-dreaming-of-a-country-without-trump-poll-idUSKBN1572KB MUSIC CREDIT: "Angry Bass Line", by Adigold; elements.envato.com IMAGE CREDIT: Bright Line Watch, public domain; https://brightlinewatch.org/still-miles-apart-americans-and-the-state-of-u-s-democracy-half-a-year-into-the-biden-presidency/