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Albertsons Give Away

…have over $200 billion in revenue and more than 40,000 private label brands, and own and operate brands such as Safeway, Ralphs, Smith’s, Harris Teeter, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Vons, Kings,…

Colin Allred Running Against Ted Cruz in Texas

…kitchen-table issues, including energy and Medicare. His website is heavy on biography and light on policy. He’s trying to run as a generic, largely uncontroversial Democratic candidate who, as one…

Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

…is dominated by Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, with relatively small additional amounts for other safety-net programs like food stamps and health insurance subsidies. Are these programs efficient? In the…