MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: The Dilbert case for universal healthcare

Should we individually petition the president for what we all need -- or is there a better way?

In today’s letter: Everyone needs help sometimes, and a right-wing cartoonist’s plight reminds us why survival shouldn’t mean having to ask a favor of the powerful.

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THE GIST: Is there enough help to go around?

It all began with an exchange between Dilbert creator turned far-right media personality Scott Adams and, well, much of Republican leadership.

Adams posted about his illness and his plan to do something about it, with a little help from Donald Trump. And controversy was unleashed.