The Post-Partisan Emporium

GOP House Speaker Vote & Democratic Treachery Republicans’ deal-making was democracy in action, writes  Margaret Kimberly. By contrast so-called House progressives did nothing for Medicare for All during the 2021 speaker vote.   Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, second from right, negotiates with Rep. Matt Gaetz, in gray suit, on House floor on Jan. 6 during a vote on McCarthy for speaker.  (C-Span) By  Margaret Kimberly Black Agenda Report I n 2021 Democratic Party progressives asked those members of Congress who claimed to share their political priorities to stand up to their leadership, which meant standing up for the people. Those progressives knew that President Joe Biden promised to veto any legislation providing free, universal healthcare, known as Medicare for All. But they did what any political activist should do. They made the demand anyway. The call to  #ForcetheVote  was a request for House members to withhold their votes for Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House unless

The Lancet has become a laughing stock Norman Fenton and Martin Neil In summary: On 6 May 2021 The Lancet published a  blatantly flawed study of the effectiveness of the Pfizer covid vaccine  on the population of Israel, claiming it was 95% effective. On 17 May 2021 we  submitted a rapid response 250 word letter explaining why the study was flawed . After an initial response saying they would ask the authors for a response to our letter we  heard nothing until 20 months later . On 8 January 2023 we got an email out of the blue from The Lancet Senior Editor Josefine Gibson apologising for never having got back to us about the letter, saying that they had asked the lead author Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis (SA-P) to respond to our letter but, because she did not provide any formal response, they have decided not to publish our letter. We  tweeted The Lancet's response  and within 24 hours it got over one million impressions. We also published a  substack article  highlighting the fact we wer