Day 1,889: sparse, price-gouging, placate, manoeuvre, outlaw, single-payer health care

Her policy platform was mostly inherited from her boss, and it is even sparser than Mr Trump’s. When she takes positions—such as vowing to deal with corporate price-gouging—they may not be expressions of her political beliefs so much as campaign manoeuvres designed to placate voters worried about the cost of living.

Her positions as a primary candidate in 2019 included single-payer health care, outlawing fracking and decriminalising crossing the border illegally.

Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump. But how would she govern?

Artwork of the day 
The Roman antiquities, t. 2, Plate XXXI. Fragment of stucco gouged by the time of Nicchioni is one of the interior of the factory before burial.

Giovanni_Battista_Piranesi
Original Title: Le antichità Romane, t. 2, tav. XXXI. Frammento di stucco cavato dalla volta d`uno dei Nicchioni interni della fabbrica sepolcrale precedente.
Date: 1756; Italy
Style: Neoclassicism
Series: Le antichità Romane
Genre: design
Media: etching

Word of the day 
sparse: small in numbers or amount, often spread over a large area:
charging customers too much money
placate: to stop someone from feeling angry:
manoeuvre : a clever or skillful move or action
single-payer health care: a type of universal healthcare,[1] in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (hence "single-payer").[2][3] Single-payer systems may contract for healthcare services from private organizations (as is the case in Canada) or may own and employ healthcare resources and personnel (as is the case in the United Kingdom).
outlaw: to make something illegal or unacceptable:

Quote of the day
“Stacey looked out over the landscape, which was more gray than green. The vegetation, while sparser, was a delightful surprise between the rocks. It showed it could survive and thrive in adversity.”

― Kara Richardson Whitely, Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds