Issue: 897

Consider what becomes of deported veterans…those who were promised citizenship and dropped off in other countries after an ICE raid or getting entangled in the criminal justice system. They emerge helpless in a new country they may not remember, separated from their families without a support system and totally dependent on the local population for food, clothing and shelter.

Washington insiders always talk of “all options” being on a metaphorical table, meaning the most violent ones, including war, for the president to choose from. They lie. Because the one option that’s never on that imaginary table is peace.

The single-payer measure, Assembly Bill 1400, was the latest attempt to deliver on a longtime priority of Democratic Party faithful to get private insurers and profit margins out of health care.