June 14, 2017

Dems Intro 'No Hearing, No Vote Act'

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/06/13/shine-light-senate-gops-trumpcare-push-dems-intro-no-hearing-no-vote-act

To Shine Light on Senate GOP's Trumpcare Push, Dems Intro 'No Hearing, No Vote Act'

'Attempts to pass Trumpcare in the dark of night, without any transparency is one of the most egregious examples of legislative malpractice in decades.'

As Senate Republicans attempt to ram through the American Health Care Act (AHCA), aka Trumpcare, without public hearings before the upcoming recess, Senate Democrats on Tuesday announced their intention to introduce the "No Hearing, Note Vote Act" bill in order to highlight the GOP's obfuscation.

June 13, 2017

Senate Democrats may let TRUMPCARE slide through without a fight...

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/13/1671395/-Senate-Democrats-not-so-sure-it-makes-sense-to-fight-Trumpcare-let-s-convince-them#read-more

Can someone explain why this is good strategy?

June 12, 2017

Up close and personal - view of Trump

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/former-twitter-ceo-dick-costolo-compares-meeting-trump-043739127--abc-news-topstories.html

Costolo wrote, "If you don't get invited to this meeting and want to know what it was like, just drink a bottle of gin and then waterboard yourself."

June 11, 2017

Is Putin behind the Obamacare repeal? Check Egoberto Willies for more...

Chris Hayes said what a few progressives have been saying for months now: the Russia story is distracting from issues that are more immediately impactful to middle-class America.

“I think there is a case to be made that Russia right now is helping the Senate pass a health care bill," Hayes said. "They would rather do this in secret with no public scrutiny, with no coverage. Which is what they are doing. And try to flip out a bill in 48 hours and vote on it. And that actually, you say they don't want to be talking about it [Russia]. They would rather talk about this than the health care bill."

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/11/1669892/-Obamacare-is-in-danger-of-paving-the-path-for-Trumpcare#read-more

June 11, 2017

If TRUMP were a rapper, what would his name be...?

I'll go for SWAMPMASTER 45...

June 11, 2017

photo of the day...

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June 10, 2017

Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Montana, North Carolina set to start killing off old folks...

along with Oklahoma, Wyoming, West Virgina, Tennessee and South Dakota.

That's the GOP for you!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poor-americans-health-care_us_59385f8de4b0c5a35c9b870e?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

June 8, 2017

Looks like it's all over but the graft and payoffs...

Looks like McConnell lets Murkowski and Collins vote token "no" but Heller and Portman cave quickly for the ACA repeal.

Nevertheless, I hope this can be a viable winning issue against the GOP for the Midterms, even in Red states.


http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/8/1670078/-Senate-Republicans-seem-to-have-their-Trumpcare-deal-even-though-they-don-t-have-a-bill-yet

June 6, 2017

Lets hope we can stop Trumpcare this month...so they move on to their tax giveaway fiasco...

and fail there, too.

But for now:

"The alternative story is that McConnell is pushing for a vote this month, even though he knows it will fail, because he wants to move on to tax cuts and "to ensure the whole year isn’t consumed by health care." But that doesn't mean they're not above trying to muscle it through. "We're getting to the point where people need to make decisions," Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas told Politico."

June 5, 2017

4 weeks to sink Trumpcare! Let's do it!

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/5/1669047/-Trumpcare-obstacles-are-piling-up-for-Senate-Republicans-and-we-re-the-biggest-one

Joan McCarter says the Republicans likely have to have a deal in place by July 4th. Let's make sure they don't!

"June could be a make-or-break month for the bill because, if the Senate has to negotiate a final bill with the House, it will likely need to be close to a deal by the July Fourth recess—just four weeks from now."