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Apr 4, 2022

Matt Gaetz gives an outrageous explanation for why he voted against the Insulin price cap. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz Votes Against Capping Insulin Prices, Says People Should Just Lose Weight - https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/rep-matt-gaetz-votes-against-capping-insulin-prices-says-people-should-just-lose-weight/
"On Thursday, the House passed a Democratic-sponsored bill to cap the price of insulin at $35 a month for most Americans, an effort to crack down on price-gouging by drug makers who have raised the price of a lifesaving product used by millions of Americans by almost 500 percent in recent years. Some people now pay more than $1,000 a month for insulin to treat diabetes, even with insurance. Democrats had been seeking a way to rein in drugs prices overall in a broader policy proposal, but it had little chance of passing the Senate. Hoping for bipartisan compromise, they siloed the insulin price control as its own measure. Still, only 12 House Republicans voted in favor of a bill that’s wildly popular with the American public.
Among those voting “no” was Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the GOP’s leading troll, who has come up with perhaps one of the most offensive justifications for GOP opposition to the popular bill. In his newsletter Friday, Gaetz told his constituents that he opposed the bill because fat people, not Big Pharma, are responsible for driving up the cost of insulin. He suggested that Type 2 diabetes, which is often linked to obesity, could be cured if only people would workout more and lose weight, at which point they wouldn’t need insulin anymore and the drug costs would fall without government intervention."
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The Damage Report: April 4, 2022

Hosts: John IadarolaFrancesca Fiorentini

Matt Gaetz gives an outrageous explanation for why he voted against the Insulin price cap. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Rep. Matt Gaetz Votes Against Capping Insulin Prices, Says People Should Just Lose Weight - https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/rep-matt-gaetz-votes-against-capping-insulin-prices-says-people-should-just-lose-weight/ "On Thursday, the House passed a Democratic-sponsored bill to cap the price of insulin at $35 a month for most Americans, an effort to crack down on price-gouging by drug makers who have raised the price of a lifesaving product used by millions of Americans by almost 500 percent in recent years. Some people now pay more than $1,000 a month for insulin to treat diabetes, even with insurance. Democrats had been seeking a way to rein in drugs prices overall in a broader policy proposal, but it had little chance of passing the Senate. Hoping for bipartisan compromise, they siloed the insulin price control as its own measure. Still, only 12 House Republicans voted in favor of a bill that’s wildly popular with the American public. Among those voting “no” was Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the GOP’s leading troll, who has come up with perhaps one of the most offensive justifications for GOP opposition to the popular bill. In his newsletter Friday, Gaetz told his constituents that he opposed the bill because fat people, not Big Pharma, are responsible for driving up the cost of insulin. He suggested that Type 2 diabetes, which is often linked to obesity, could be cured if only people would workout more and lose weight, at which point they wouldn’t need insulin anymore and the drug costs would fall without government intervention." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

Health Care Reform

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Sarah Palin announces her run for the congressional seat in Alaska after being politically inactive for years. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: 'People still remember her quitting': Sarah Palin's bid for Congress trashed by Alaska Republicans - https://www.rawstory.com/sarah-palin-2657085039/?utm_source=pocket_mylist "Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's abrupt bid to run for Alaska's open House of Representatives seat has some of the state's GOP campaign consultant and conservative activists both baffled and unimpressed reports Politico. Palin, who burst on the scene as the vice presidential running mate of the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in 2008, quickly flamed out after losing the election and then quit as governor which, in turn, upset Alaskans who have long memories, the report states. Now that she is has joined the over fifty other candidates hoping to take the seat of Rep. Don Young, who died on March 18, questions are being raised over whether she stands a chance of jumping back into politics after leaving the scene." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Mass shootings in California and Texas left multiple killed and wounded as shootings in the U.S. have become a nearly daily occurrence in 2022. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: A Sacramento mass shooting victim has been identified as police hunt for the suspects who killed 6 people - https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/us/sacramento-california-shooting-monday/index.html "Police are scrambling to find the assailants who opened fire in the California capital Sunday, killing six people and injuring 12 others. “Investigators are working to identify those responsible for this horrific act,” Sacramento Police Chief Katherine Lester said Sunday afternoon. “We know that a large fight took place just prior to the shootings. And we have confirmed that there are multiple shooters.” The motive for the mass shooting remains unclear." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Russian troops indiscriminately killed hundreds of civilians, leaving streets lined with bodies in the Ukraine town of Bucha. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Mayor of Bucha to CNN: Atrocities in His City Show Putin Gave ‘Green Light’ to ‘Have a Safari’ - https://www.mediaite.com/tv/mayor-of-bucha-to-cnn-atrocities-in-his-city-show-putin-gave-green-light-to-have-a-safari/ "Anatoly Fedoruk, the mayor of Bucha, Ukraine, gave a haunting interview to CNN where he described the grim aftermath of Russia’s occupation of his city. The Ukrainian military recently liberated the Kyiv suburb from Russia’s invading troops occupying it. The town was decimated amid the fighting, and the Russians left behind a horrifying number of civilians who were executed and reportedly subjected to other kinds of human rights abuses. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the mass killings as the news took off in the media, and Fedoruk spoke to Brianna Keilar on Monday about the city’s initial recovery." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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A Trump supporter at Trump's rally in Michigan goes off the rails breaking down a deranged space force conspiracy. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Trump supporter claims Space Force will overturn the election — and there are 269,000 sealed indictments - https://www.rawstory.com/trump-qanon-space-force/ "Space Force is a military branch, you know, just like the Army, you know, all the military. And they literally...the night of the election they literally watched the election be stolen. They watermarked the ballots, they know exactly what happened with every ballot," she said. "They know what countries were involved, they followed the money, they know what every every politician that's been paid off." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Here are our top 10 favorite fast food chains. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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FOX viewers report they are more skeptical of political lies after they switch to watching CNN. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Fox viewers are less likely to believe lies after being paid to watch CNN for 30 days: study - https://www.rawstory.com/fox-viewers-changed-after-viewing-cnn/?utm_source=pocket_mylist "A groundbreaking new study paid viewers of the Fox News Network to watch CNN for 30 days. What they found is that the viewers ultimately became more skeptical and less likely to buy into fake news. The early impacts, after just three days, showed that the viewers were already starting to change. The findings of the study, written by David E. Brockman and Joshua L. Kalla, explained that the experiment used content analysis comparing the two networks during Sept. 2020." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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President Biden calls for Putin to be charged with war crimes for his brutality in Bucha and in Ukraine at large. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Evidence of Russian War Crimes, Says Leading Human Rights Group - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/03/evidence-russian-war-crimes-says-leading-human-rights-group "A leading human rights group said Sunday that it has documented multiple instances of Russian forces violating the laws of war in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine including by raping and executing citizens. "The cases we documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence against Ukrainian civilians," said Hugh Williamson, Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia director. "Rape, murder, and other violent acts against people in the Russian forces' custody should be investigated as war crimes," he said. The latest accusations of violations of international humanitarian law to hit Russian President Vladimir Putin's military forces involve events in the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv areas when they were under Russian control. The latter area includes Bucha, where, according to HRW, Russian forces "rounded up five men and summarily executed one of them" and where photos that emerged this weekend showed apparent civilian corpses on streets." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Donald Trump makes a fool of himself during a rant about Space Force and Jen Psaki at recent Trump 2024 rally in Michigan. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Trump Rally to Be Fact-Checked Live by Michigan Attorney General and Allies - https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rally-fact-checked-live-michigan-attorney-general-allies-1694478 "Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel plans to fact-check former President Donald Trump's at his rally that is happening on Saturday night. As Trump is set to hold a rally in Washington Township, Michigan, Democratic state officials have voiced criticism of the former president and his claims about the 2020 election. Though President Joe Biden narrowly carried the state, Trump and his allies have pushed unproven claims of election fraud. During a series of rallies across the country ahead of the midterms, Trump has continued to air his grievances about the election. Nessel announced on Twitter Friday that she, along with Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum and state Senator Jeff Irwin, will livestream the rally on her Facebook page, where they plan to fact-check the former president." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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David Axelrod shares his frustrations over expensive medications... even though he promoted the opposite opinion previously. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Obama Alums Tell Health Insurance Lobby “Medicare For All” Won’t Happen - https://maplightarchive.org/story/obama-alums-tell-health-insurance-lobby-medicare-for-all-wont-happen/ "David Axelrod, who served as Obama’s chief campaign strategist and senior White House adviser, spoke Friday at a conference in Nashville, Tenn., hosted by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a Washington, D.C.-based trade organization. AHIP opposes the idea of Medicare for All since it would eliminate the need for private insurance. Axelrod, now a senior political commentator for CNN, acknowledged that health care costs represent “an onerous burden” for many families. Even so, he predicted Democrats won’t approve a government-run, universal health care system if they manage to defeat President Donald Trump and win control of the Senate in 2020." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

Health Care Reform

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A New York police officer shoots a man after pulling him over for speeding. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Police shoot man during traffic stop in the Bronx - https://nypost.com/2022/03/07/nypd-shoot-man-during-traffic-stop-in-the-bronx/ "A New Jersey teenager is clinging to life after being shot in the head by NYPD cops when he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in the Bronx Sunday night, police and sources said. Officers in two separate unmarked police cars tried to pull over the driver of the black Jeep on Boston Road and East 165th Street after he blew several red lights at about 8 p.m., Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said at a Sunday night press briefing." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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New page: Matt Gaetz gives an outrageous explanation for why he voted against the Insulin price cap. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Rep. Matt Gaetz Votes Against Capping Insulin Prices, Says People Should Just Lose Weight - https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/rep-matt-gaetz-votes-against-capping-insulin-prices-says-people-should-just-lose-weight/ "On Thursday, the House passed a Democratic-sponsored bill to cap the price of insulin at $35 a month for most Americans, an effort to crack down on price-gouging by drug makers who have raised the price of a lifesaving product used by millions of Americans by almost 500 percent in recent years. Some people now pay more than $1,000 a month for insulin to treat diabetes, even with insurance. Democrats had been seeking a way to rein in drugs prices overall in a broader policy proposal, but it had little chance of passing the Senate. Hoping for bipartisan compromise, they siloed the insulin price control as its own measure. Still, only 12 House Republicans voted in favor of a bill that’s wildly popular with the American public. Among those voting “no” was Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the GOP’s leading troll, who has come up with perhaps one of the most offensive justifications for GOP opposition to the popular bill. In his newsletter Friday, Gaetz told his constituents that he opposed the bill because fat people, not Big Pharma, are responsible for driving up the cost of insulin. He suggested that Type 2 diabetes, which is often linked to obesity, could be cured if only people would workout more and lose weight, at which point they wouldn’t need insulin anymore and the drug costs would fall without government intervention." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks - TYT.com