2014

2014-01-01 The Affordable Care Act was fully implemented. This legislation was designed to prohibit insurers from denying coverage or charging more based on pre-existing conditions, and to stop lifetime caps. It also mandated a standard level of care for insurance plans.

2014 February

2014-02-04 Facebook rumors claimed Obama ordered $1 billion in disposable coffins for FEMA detention centers in case of an American revolt.

2014-02-19 Google launched smart glasses.

2014 June

2014-06-24 The GOP repeatedly attacked Michelle Obama for her efforts to introduce a nutrition program in schools that leaned heavily towards fresh fruits and vegetables.

2014 July

2014-07-17 When returns on capital exceed economic growth, wealth concentrates inevitably.

2014-07-23 Hungary’s history of media suppression and spyware contracts parallels that of the U.S. in 2025.

2014-07-23 In 2014 JD Vance wrote, “But I’m not surprised by Trump’s rise, and I think the entire party has only itself to blame. We are, whether we like it or not, the party of lower-income, lower-education white people, and I have been saying for a long time that we need to offer those people SOMETHING (and hell, maybe even expand our appeal to working class black people in the process) or a demagogue would. We are now at that point. Trump is the fruit of the party’s collective neglect. I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler. How’s that for discouraging?”.