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LAGC's JournalTrump again won’t rule out a third-party run
"I'm going to have to see what happens," he told George Stephanopoulos in an interview that aired Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "I will see what happens. I have to be treated fairly."
Trump was responding to a Wall Street Journal report that Republican operatives are considering banding together donors from the other GOP campaigns in a bid to knock Trump off the top spot.
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If Republican operatives succeed in knocking Trump off his perch, their plan could backfire if he then runs as an independent.
A July Washington Post-ABC News poll found that in a hypothetical general election matchup between Bush and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, Clinton led 50 percent to 44 percent. But throw a third-party Trump run into the mix, and the poll found that he would tear support away Bush and give Clinton a 16-point lead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/22/donald-trump-again-wont-rule-out-a-third-party-run/
PJ Media: I Compared My Obamacare Options to My Current Plan, and Surprise, Surprise
So I saw this nasty piece of conservative propaganda trending on Yahoo! News just now:
Because of the ACA, however, they were required to notify me I could opt out of their plans, and choose instead a plan from the health insurance exchanges.
Okay, so just to reassure everyone I haven't completely lost my mind, when this option was offered, I immediately said "you mean I can opt to buy my own expensive and inadequate coverage instead of going with the company's plan they pay for?" And, reassuringly, the HR person explaining these plans answered, "Yes, that's about it."
I did get curious, though: what would that option be?
So I went to Connect for Health Colorado, the Colorado exchange website and ... well, tried to sign up. After filling in a long page of personal information, I tried to submit it, and got an error
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2015/11/18/i-compared-my-obamacare-options-to-my-current-plan-and-surprise-surprise
So I thought I'd do a little quick investigating to see if he was telling the truth.
So I went to Colorado's exchange site:
http://connectforhealthco.com/
Clicked on the blue "Sign-In/Shop" button on the top-right, then chose "Individuals & Families" from the drop-down list.
Then scrolled down to the lower-middle: "Browse Plans" (you don't even have to sign up and make an account and enter anything to see prices and plans, like that guy was claiming)
I just entered a Denver zip code (80123) and a date-of-birth making my fake persona age 50 like I presume is around the age of the author of that piece is, based on his profile picture, then left "Start Coverage" date to 01-01-2016 and ticked the "Health" coverage type leaving "Dental" blank.
Well lo and behold... I did find some cheaper shitty Bronze and Silver plans like he was saying that had high deductibles, but if you scroll down further I was able to find a decent Gold EPO plan (Cigna Vantage Flex Gold 1400) that cost less ($589.41/month) than what he is paying now through his private employer and has a slightly lower deductible.
In short, he's a bald-faced liar! Claiming that none of the Obamacare plans are any good in comparison.
I suppose that's just par for course for right-wing media, but I found it quite funny how I could debunk this guy's story in less than 5 minutes just by visiting the Colorado exchange site that he claimed "stumped" him, trying to sign up.
U.S. Violent Crime Rates Continue Sharp Decline
"The story is actually better than we all anticipated it would be," says John Roman, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center. "Violence is down a little bit. Property crime is down a lot and all of this suggests that crime in America is continuing to move in the right direction.
Earlier this month, I joined a number of fact-checkers in pointing out that a breathless New York Times story, "Murder Rates Rising Sharply in Many U.S. Cities," was misleading. The 30 cities cited by the Times weren't randomly selected; rather, they appeared to suggest their own selection because they were cities that had experienced a recent rise in killings.
That the Times got that story wrong mattered because it appeared right in the middle of a debate over the existence of a so-called Ferguson Effectthe (false) idea that the Black Lives Matter movement has somehow been emboldening criminals. But a Vera Institute of Justice senior research fellow looked at the most recent homicide data from 16 of the 20 most populous U.S. cities, and found that just three showed a statistically significant increase. And homicide rates often fluctuate; in recent years, Chicago's has moved both up and down, pointing to no real trend at all.
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http://www.citylab.com/crime/2015/09/violent-crime-rates-still-declining/408103/
AIIIEEE!!! The sky is falling!! The sky is falling!! Gun violence EPIDEMIC!! We must do something about the GUNZ!!!
The reality is: despite the sensationalist MSM playing up these rare acts of mass violence, American cities and streets haven't been this safe in a long time.
Looking better each and every year.
Conservatives Are Turning Against FAUX News
Megyn Kelly and FAUX News Facebook pages getting hammered right now.
FreeRepublic is up in arms: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3321643/posts
I'm sure Rush Limbaugh will be joining the fray tomorrow as well.
Rupert Murdoch thought he was in control of his brood, but he let loose a Frankenstein monster.
Donald Trump IS going to run third party when he gets shoved out of the race by the GOP Establishment.
We're looking at another 1996 situation folks. Democratic electoral landslide worse than Clinton v. Dole.
A Little Friendly LTTE to My Local Newspaper
Every once in awhile, misguided populist sentiment forces constitutional amendments to be rammed through that limit rights, instead of expand them. This was the case with the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allowed for the Prohibition of alcohol, until it was rightfully repealed by the 21st Amendment, some thirteen years later. This was also the case with Article III, Section 28 of the Idaho Constitution, banning certain people from getting married.
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America has affirmed that it does indeed protect the right of all adults to enjoy all the benefits of marriage. The U.S. Constitution also trumps state constitutions, whenever the latter violate those rights. It's time to remove that obsolete, hateful language from the Idaho Constitution and restore freedom and dignity to Idaho.
Should be published sometime this weekend.
What's with the Huckster and All the Anti-Gay Bigots Comparing Indiana to Saudi Arabia Lately?
I don't get it. Huckabee et. al. on all the news circuits, peddling the same talking points.
Are they trying to say that just because Saudi Arabia treats LGBT folks like shit that Americans should shut up about it when they (social conservatives) do it here?? Because "at least we're not as bad as those evil Muslins??"
Sure seems like they are setting the bar pretty low, and seem so "concerned" with anti-gay treatment abroad all of a sudden...
Either that or it's just one big Freudian slip as to their ultimate end-goals here...
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