TPM on why Alex Azar must be fired

That Coons voted for Azar because they were friends at Yale Law is merely despicable. That Coons continues to defend Azar is an outright scandal.
Wars, natural disasters, public health crises – these are the moments when people need to be able to trust that their government is working well, working for them, and telling them the truth. But as the American people prepare for the threat of a coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has challenged that trust on a number of fronts.

One immediate step that President Trump must take to restore that sacred trust is to fire Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and replace him with a public health expert that the American people can have faith in.

Here is why this is such a critical first step: with Secretary Azar, we never know if he is working in the best interests of patients and public health, or if he’s focused on the needs, interests and profits of the pharmaceutical industry.

The Dem Primaries are proportional – The Convention should be too

Our Democratic primaries are democratic in that they are not "winner take all" but delegates are awarded in proportion to the vote. Unfortunately, the proportionality ends at the last primary and a "winner takes all" convention produces a candidate. If that candidate is terrible, like Hillary Clinton for example, that "winner take all" system emboldens the candidate to bully, berate and abuse the second place finisher and that candidate's supporters. That is not a recipe for general election success. Since there are no rules governing what happens after the nomination is won, it falls to the candidate. So no matter how remaining primaries and caucuses play out, Bernie or Joe will need to devise a new response to victory. A proportionate vision that goes far beyond Clinton's "fuck you, get in line" dismissiveness. It is that, or Trump.