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TrumpCare Revolution: President Orders Doctors to Reveal Secret Pricing Up Front

President Trump signs an executive order designed to let patients see pricing information up front — before receiving health care services. Doctors, hospitals, and other providers would not only reveal their pricing in advance, but the now-secret amounts insurance companies pay them for those services. Could this TrumpCare transparency revolution trigger the reform that Republicans have been promising for years, or will it — as critics claim — create a “race to the top” sparking higher prices to consumers?

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Trump Launches 2020 Run, Leaks Upcoming I.C.E. Deportation Raids on Twitter

President Trump launches his 2020 White House run as he leaks about an upcoming series of I.C.E. deportation raids on Twitter. Did he do it to bolster his base because he still hasn’t built the wall? Did the president jeopardize the effectiveness of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement round up by alerting illegal aliens, perhaps risking the lives of federal agents?

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Lightning Round XXI: Weird and Wonderful News of the Week

Quick hot takes on weird and wonderful news of the week — Stephen Green brings you Right Angle Lightning Round XXI, with Scott Ott and Bill Whittle.

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Death Knell of Obamacare: Georgia Passes Direct Primary Care Agreements

Georgia just passed a bill legalizing direct primary care agreements between doctors and patients, bypassing the insurance industry. If this spreads to even more states, could it be the death knell of Obamacare? Given the reluctance of Congressional Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, could this be, as Bill Whittle says, “the best news since Donald Trump was elected President”?

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NY Times Bombshell: Trump Tax Returns Show Huge Losses, Shady Deals

The New York Times has transcripts of Donald Trump’s IRS tax returns from 1985-94. They show huge business losses of $1.17 billion in a decade, and profits from shady deals in which Trump bought stock, spread false rumors of a take-over, then sold his stock quickly at a profit. Will revelations from this “bombshell” story have any effect on Trump supporters or his reelection chances? Do Democrats now have additional reason to press for release of his last six years of tax returns?

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Right Angle: BACKSTAGE (5/7/2019)

Eavesdrop on the weekly pitch meeting for Right Angle with Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott. What show ideas will rise to the top, and which ones will be tossed on the ash-heap of history…and who will have to host the latter.

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“Unrelenting Force”: Trump Sends Carrier Strike Group, Bombers to Deter Iran Threat

President Trump deploys a carrier strike group and bomber task force to the Middle East in response to undisclosed “escalatory” actions by Iran. National Security Advisor John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo say the U.S. will punish the Iranian regime with “unrelenting force” for hostile actions by proxy groups they support, like Hezbollah. Are we on the cusp of war or is this the only way to prevent a fight with a “dominance-based society” like the Islamic Republic of Iran?

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CNN Poll: Trump Loses 2020 Election to (Almost) Every Leading Democrat

A CNN poll of 1007 registered voters shows that incumbent President Donald Trump loses a theoretical head-to-head race to nearly every leading Democrat presidential hopeful for the 2020 election…one by a HUGE margin. Can Republicans safely ignore polls like this, or does it tell us something about the electorate that Trump can ignore only at his own peril.

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Right Angle: BACKSTAGE [04-16-2019]

Stephen Green, Scott Ott and Bill Whittle demonstrate — once again — that meetings, even of Internet celebrities, are some of the most tedious interludes in an otherwise interesting life. Scott establishes insincere empathy with the audience, and they all pitch this week’s topics for Right Angle.

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Right Angle ‘Lightning Round XIII’: Hosted by Stephen Green

Stephen Green ambushes Bill Whittle and Scott Ott with the hottest headlines based on a carefully-curated blend of significance and/or humor value. If this were a gameshow, someone would be going home with a year’s supply of Eskimo Pies, or…A NEW CAR!

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Why Trump Approval Gets No Post-Mueller Report Bump

Poll analyst Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight advances six theories on why the approval rating for President Trump gets no post-Mueller report bump. The men of Right Angle — Bill Whittle, Scott Ott and Stephen Green — mansplain it to Nate.

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Mueller Report Clears Trump, But Media Defend Two Years of Fake News

Journalists seem undeterred by the findings of the Mueller Report, as they double down on stupid in the wake of the revelation that President Trump told the truth for two years when he said “no collusion.” He was also right when he called mainstream media coverage “fake news.”

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Let the Baby Die on the Table: Will America Stand with This Democratic Party in 2020?

When 44 Senate Democrats voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivor Protection Act, they made a statement about you. They believe that, after witnessing a failed late-term abortion, most Americans would stand aside and let the baby die on the table. Will America stand with this Democratic Party in 2020?

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California Trims High-Speed Rail: Trump Wants Federal Money Back

California Gov. Gavin Newsom trimmed the scope of the high-speed rail venture, so President Donald Trump wants some $3.5 billion in federal money back that was designated for the project. Newsom says it’s retaliation for 16-state lawsuit against Trump’s national emergency declaration to build the border wall.

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Bernie Sanders & AOC: The Young Turks of the DNC

Bernie Sanders announces his 2020 run for the presidency. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sets the Democratic party’s Progressive agenda. And the men of Right Angle rejoice that BS & AOC — the young Turks of the DNC — will carry the banner of socialism against Donald Trump (or whoever the GOP nominee may be.)