O'Reilly says Kushner looks too young to fix an election but 17-year-old Travon Martin died because he looked like a gangster in his hoodie. https://t.co/UWLbNBxAm0
Today is the 48th Anniversary of when we returned to Earth and began 3 weeks of quarantine to keep the world safe from Moon germs. #Apollo11pic.twitter.com/YtzkYNcfjQ
JUST IN: Senator John McCain to return to Senate tomorrow, according to statement. His return comes ahead of a critical vote on health care. pic.twitter.com/YhETBZJSCn
I saw this issue referred to in some different online outlets (may be including here) and was wondering why it didn’t come up during the committee hearings:
the fact that the nominee for FBI director, Wray, was one of the lawyers of chris christie. in bridgegate;
during this time, wray was said to have “held onto” (my interpretation is hidden) christie’s cell phone which contained evidence of the text from chritie’s staffers about the orders for bridgegate. the cell phone was never accessed;
Now Maddow is reporting this and also adds something else:
wray and his firm were billing New Jersey tax payers, for representing Christie for many months (before this legal retention was publicly disclosed and after the case was concluded);
so wray is also not as clean as it was presented, was recommended by christie, and is now in line to become FBI director;
is there anyone associated with the homegrown demagogue who is not compromised;
I am sorry people, but I am just weeping uncontrollably at the thought a senator, ……., who is facing his own mortality (due to brain cancer diagnosis and treatment) is deciding to come back to DC, ….. , with the possibility that his vote would devastate at least 22 million by taking away their healthcare;
I hope he lives up to the high esteem people hold him in and that he votes against MTP;
once, again, I am not going to be able to breathe or sleep from now on …..;
Yet another way the Christian right has discredited themselves. They will stand and applaud while Trump flaunts his vulgarity to children. https://t.co/0BRyaMIRcv
“July 25: Astrological Commentaries (and more) from Bali. Hello everyone. Some living examples of the effects of the Leo/Aquarius eclipses: The people of Poland rise up in demonstration for democracy (Aquarius) against the movement of President Duda for more “imperial powers” (Leo). The very oppressed people of Turkey rise up (Aquarius) against the urge of President Erdogan for more “imperial powers” (Leo). The rising up (a work in progress!) of the American people (Aquarius) against the urge for “imperial powers” by you know who. (Please see my article about this in my latest newsletter/Celestial Happenings on my site.)
Interesting astrological fact: D Trump, Jr. Eric T, and imperious son-in-law, J Kushner are all Capricorns! What an ambitious herd of goats is that! All three of these narcissistic mountaineers will fall off the cliff. Summits atop mountains constructed out of the sands of egocentric personalities cannot withstand the process of erosion caused by natural forces. In this respect, (political/social) climate change cannot be denied.
Love and blessings to one and all (including all Mountain Goats), AO”
Every major patients' rights group in the country took out a full-page ad in today's New York Times to urge a No vote on Obamacare repeal. pic.twitter.com/qnijHJnqJk
I hope @SenCapito remembers as she watches Trump make this vile speech to Boy Scouts that 166,000 West Virginia children are on Medicaid. https://t.co/3CV2yWNPb2
I would love to watch Trump try to answer even one question on the health care system, let alone for 2 hrs, but I'm not holding my breath https://t.co/yU6IMTajDD
Cruz is right. Govt shouldn't decide who lives & dies. Does his heart also weep for the 5 million kids whose Medicaid he wants to rip away? https://t.co/roQPBSWsW5
Our hearts weep for #CharlieGard Our prayers are w/ him. Pls read & ask WHY govt should have power to decide who lives & dies. It's wrong. https://t.co/MsvoJBqJyO
Beyond useless to complain and vote to proceed. No hearings, no score… a "yes" vote tomorrow is a vote against an open, bipartisan process https://t.co/IJAxt40HOc
I did not know and/or recall this about Tillerson. He must have been so proud of “the boss” today at the Jamboree.
Rex Tillerson showed gift for pragmatism as Boy Scouts chief
WASHINGTON — Rex Tillerson commanded the stage and addressed a crowd of thousands of national Boy Scout delegates who were very much on edge, having just made a deeply divisive decision.
Some were angry, others brought to tears. Some pledged to never accept the change that Tillerson, a national leader of the organization, had helped engineer: allowing gays into the Scouts.
Tillerson, an Eagle Scout himself and a longtime booster of the organization, roamed the stage and spoke, unscripted, about the need to accept societal change even while honoring cherished traditions.
Attention governors/GOP Senators listening to "deals" from the Admin. Unless the Feds offer $76B in 2022, you are being screwed. Walk away. https://t.co/wfF49yRFtg
This is a classified program. This acknowledgement is a good lever for FOIA'ing material about it from the CIA. They can't "Glomar" it now. https://t.co/S1Is1ClMJ6
Repub senators voting to proceed on hth care need to explain to electorate why they're OK with these predicted coverage losses (h/t: NYT) pic.twitter.com/JbIlYcbAwF
AFP profile of US Senator John McCain, who will return to Washington DC Tuesday for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer pic.twitter.com/6DXZsADlWj
IMO it’s great but must add that when this kind of Window is opened to the exclusion of everything else you get an atrophy in human potential. My mother could look down a very, very long line of numbers and say right away what was Off. But she was a whole person before that.
Not sure if I would be comfortable with this. What else would they be tracking? Would this become like having a social media account where you can be fired for something you posted?
GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE: Like this has nothing to do with that. Who is driving this, who is behind this?
RUSSIA could really do some damage if we’re wearing these.
It’s impossible to overstate how incredible this is:
The Senate is planning to vote today to begin debate on a health care bill.
No one knows which one — which means no one knows what it would do. Would it fundamentally restructure Medicaid? Would it send individual insurance markets across the country into a tailspin?
The Senate won’t know until it has already voted, later in the week, on one bill or another. And all of the available options still have major holes.
Last week, Donald Trump complained bitterly about Attorney General Jeff Sessions, condemning the Alabama Republican’s decision to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation into the Trump-Russia scandal. The president’s argument wasn’t subtle: Trump wanted Sessions to help shield the White House, and he’s outraged that the A.G. isn’t helping cover up the controversy.
Almost immediately, there was a question about whether Sessions, lacking the confidence of the president who appointed him, would have to resign, but the attorney general vowed to remain at his post.
That, in turn, has apparently led to a new strategy: Trump will attack Sessions publicly, in the hopes that the attorney general will get the hint and quit.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 7/24/17 Sen Wyden on what Jared Kushner didn’t say to Senators on Russia
Senator Ron Wyden talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s responses to questions by the Senate Intelligence Committee on whether Kushner colluded with Russia for the Trump campaign in the 2016 election.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 7/24/17 Senate Republicans heedless of Obamacare repeal consequences
Senator Ron Wyden talks with Rachel Maddow about the need for Americans to make their objections to the Republican repeal of Obamacare known, as Republicans prepare to vote on whatever bill Mitch McConnell presents to them.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 7/24/17 Huge jump seen in 2018 Democratic challengers for House seats
Rachel Maddow looks at a chart of House challengers who have raised at least $5000 by June 30 of the year before the election in which they’re running and notes a remarkable spike in Democratic House challengers for 2018.
If the Republicans in Congress vote on a Bill that affects one-sixth of the U.S. economy sight UNSEEN,
I submit to you that all things being equal — it’s one of the FINAL NAILS in the Republican party.
May the Hammer of the Gods come down on them.
Excerpts:
It’s grilling time’: Five women line up to challenge Rep. Brat https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/virginia-politics/its-grilling-time-five-women-line-up-to-challenge-rep-brat/2017/07/24/c71071ae-6bfe-11e7-9c15-177740635e83_story.html
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When Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) complained months ago that female constituents pressuring him to hold a town hall were “in my grill no matter where I go,” he didn’t know how prescient those words were.
Five women — and one man — are running for the Democratic nomination to challenge the two-term congressman from suburban Richmond next year. The group includes a former CIA operative, a civil attorney and a Marine turned commercial airline pilot.
Women, mostly Democrats, are entering House primary contests in record numbers in Virginia.
Many say they are running to channel their frustration with President Trump. Democratic organizations — long desperate for female candidates — are recruiting them aggressively.
For a Democratic Party riding high on activist fervor, even a long shot district like Brat’s, which has been in Republican hands since the early 1970s, seems within reach…
Abigail Spanberger, 37, has captured early attention with a compelling biography and a profile in Elle Magazine. A former CIA operations officer stationed around the world, she grew up in the district and returned three years ago to work in the private sector.
She wasn’t sure she’d run for office until the day of the health-care vote in the House when she heard from a friend whose daughter suffers from a genetic disorder.
The mother said the repeal of the Affordable Care Act would leave her worried not just about her daughter’s condition but also going bankrupt over medical bills.
Spanberger texted her husband, “I’m definitely running. This is it for me. This is my turning point,” she said.
Eileen Bedell, 44, ran against Brat last year and is the only Democrat with experience seeking public office. An attorney specializing in civil litigation, she grew up in Arlington and Fairfax and has lived in the district for about 20 years. Brat’s support for repeal of the Affordable Care Act and his embrace of Trump make him vulnerable, she said.
“I call him Trump-lite,” she said. “Dave is Trump before Trump was Trump in Virginia.”
Kim Gower, 54, left a consulting career to earn her doctorate from Virginia Commonwealth University and teaches at the University of Mary Washington. A Michigan native, she has lived in the district most of the past decade.
Helen Alli, 52, considers herself a community activist and has served on the Richmond Economic Development Authority. Alli, who has lived in Henrico for 30 years, said she served in the Army for four years and owns a weight-loss and hormone-therapy business.
Janelle Noble, 35, owns a small IT consulting firm. She has lived in Louisa for 1o years and said she would like to see more subsidies for farms. She favors a basic universal income modeled after an experiment in Finland.
The only male candidate in the race, Dan Ward, served two stints in the Marines, including three years with the State Department under Hillary Clinton. He retired in 2014, bought a small farm in Orange and returned to an earlier career flying for a commercial airline.
“Dave Brat represents the extreme right,” he said. “He’s on TV all the time saying some crazy stuff.”
Yep. Might be fun to guess how many of them called their brokers to short insurance industry stocks so they can make a killing (pun intended) when the market tanks.
So I just came from my vet’s office (just a kitty checkup) and they had FOX news on… no I didn’t say anything, because it’s literally the first time I’ve seen them have that crap on… anyhoo, Pat Robertson was on lying about healthcare and also, I believe John Cornyn- need I say it- also lying. I barely listened as it was noisy in there, and thankfully I was called on quickly. But another customer did say this: well I DO like that I can keep my son on until he’s 26. I told her she may just lose that lovely benefit if Republican’s and Fox news get their way. By the way she said it, I could tell that she was most likely a Trump / repub voter. The convo ended there as the vet came out to talk to her.. and then it was my turn.
The Obama Diary 
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Congrats misspat!
Hi and congrats misspat!
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Hence this….
ALERT!
Everyone needs to read this.
@ABCPolitics 11m11 minutes ago
45 tells HHS Sec. Price he’ll tell him ‘You’re fired’ if he doesn’t get the votes to pass health care bill. “He better get them.”
The Thank You All tweet is hilarious. Especially ‘Not You’. 😂
Weepin!’ 😂
I thought the Democratic Governor for Virginia had expanded Medicaid under the ACA. Disappointed to hear that that didn’t happen.
SICK BASTARD!..HE WILL MEET WITH HIS BOOMERANG!
Thank you Mr. Souza for reminding us of our classy President and how he interacted appropriately with Boy Scouts. We miss him so much.
HERO AGAIN!
Hope he’s not coming back to cast a vote in favor of Trump Care. He better have a heart after he just went through life saving surgery.
I saw this issue referred to in some different online outlets (may be including here) and was wondering why it didn’t come up during the committee hearings:
the fact that the nominee for FBI director, Wray, was one of the lawyers of chris christie. in bridgegate;
during this time, wray was said to have “held onto” (my interpretation is hidden) christie’s cell phone which contained evidence of the text from chritie’s staffers about the orders for bridgegate. the cell phone was never accessed;
Now Maddow is reporting this and also adds something else:
wray and his firm were billing New Jersey tax payers, for representing Christie for many months (before this legal retention was publicly disclosed and after the case was concluded);
so wray is also not as clean as it was presented, was recommended by christie, and is now in line to become FBI director;
is there anyone associated with the homegrown demagogue who is not compromised;
more clear still, is there any republican who is not compromised and corrupt?
my thoughts on senator mccain:
I am sorry people, but I am just weeping uncontrollably at the thought a senator, ……., who is facing his own mortality (due to brain cancer diagnosis and treatment) is deciding to come back to DC, ….. , with the possibility that his vote would devastate at least 22 million by taking away their healthcare;
I hope he lives up to the high esteem people hold him in and that he votes against MTP;
once, again, I am not going to be able to breathe or sleep from now on …..;
how can so many elected people be so evil?????
I struggle with this as well..i hope that Karma is watching
http://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/07/why-we-are-not-addressing-the-real-problem-overpopulation/
This just posted by my dear friend Alan Oken:
“July 25: Astrological Commentaries (and more) from Bali. Hello everyone. Some living examples of the effects of the Leo/Aquarius eclipses: The people of Poland rise up in demonstration for democracy (Aquarius) against the movement of President Duda for more “imperial powers” (Leo). The very oppressed people of Turkey rise up (Aquarius) against the urge of President Erdogan for more “imperial powers” (Leo). The rising up (a work in progress!) of the American people (Aquarius) against the urge for “imperial powers” by you know who. (Please see my article about this in my latest newsletter/Celestial Happenings on my site.)
Interesting astrological fact: D Trump, Jr. Eric T, and imperious son-in-law, J Kushner are all Capricorns! What an ambitious herd of goats is that! All three of these narcissistic mountaineers will fall off the cliff. Summits atop mountains constructed out of the sands of egocentric personalities cannot withstand the process of erosion caused by natural forces. In this respect, (political/social) climate change cannot be denied.
Love and blessings to one and all (including all Mountain Goats), AO”
I couldn’t just scroll by this.
HERE ARE THE 17 MOST JAW-DROPPING QUOTES FROM 45’S SPEECH TO THE BOY SCOUTS TONIGHT:
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/07/24/the-17-most-jaw-dropping-moments-of-donald-trumps-speech-to-boy-scouts.html
I can’t. But can’t SOMEONE sit down with him and tell him how inappropriate the whole damn thing was. How dangerous to young minds?
The obvious parallel with Hitler + Hitler Youth is in your face.
The Obama Legacy is Secure.
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Yay Pete!
Some truth-allergic jerk tried to claim it was photoshopped.
May she rest in peace
Wooot! Go AARP! 🔥
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Betty White is Boss!
Sen Capito
I did not know and/or recall this about Tillerson. He must have been so proud of “the boss” today at the Jamboree.
Rex Tillerson showed gift for pragmatism as Boy Scouts chief
WASHINGTON — Rex Tillerson commanded the stage and addressed a crowd of thousands of national Boy Scout delegates who were very much on edge, having just made a deeply divisive decision.
Some were angry, others brought to tears. Some pledged to never accept the change that Tillerson, a national leader of the organization, had helped engineer: allowing gays into the Scouts.
Tillerson, an Eagle Scout himself and a longtime booster of the organization, roamed the stage and spoke, unscripted, about the need to accept societal change even while honoring cherished traditions.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/01/07/tillerson-showed-pragmatism-head-boy-scouts/KzEevXTrrwx1dc39oxSeBI/story.html
Thank J’OB! Found a tweet of the article.
DRILLERSON has probably accomplished his mission with Putin re: the Dicktraitor on Russian Oil, EXXON and Trump deals.
Perhaps. Or maybe he’s tired Jared mucking things up.
Exactly. Kushner is the de facto SoS. Tillerson is just a place holder; a way to get around the nepotism rule.
IMO the gang knows what it is doing and REXXON has done his part.
IMO if REXXON is leaving or whatever he is mumbling about — his job or this part of it, is done.
Thanks, Dudette. It’s all so sickening.
This guy’s a Republican member of the SC House of Representatives.
We have to raise some good trouble in the morning. Yes, we do.
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If, by chance, you need a diversion and a laugh to keep your sanity during this insane and evil time…..might I suggest this:)
Hahahahahahahaha. Amazing!
My President!
Trump White House Tests a Nation’s Capacity for Outrage:
As Keith Olbermann pointed out today “Case Closed!”. We have all the goods on Trumputin Inc. that we need and apparently more.
— always forget NYT has the big photo….Ack.
Recess appointments are illegal now… they sued president obama for it and won… remember?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/06/26/obama-recess-appointments-illegal-unanimous-supreme-court-finds%3fcontext=amp
Gotten lighten things up a bit.
Essence tweeted 3 hrs ago their own article from January, but I’m not mad at all! 🙂
Dudette, you’re good! Thank you.
Thanks NCLB.
meow hiss
Yeah – I’m up. This is everything guys.
Trump only want them to get out of town so he can fire Session, hire a mutant, and fire Mueller, while Mitch wants to kill people.
If they pass this tomorrow, they’ll both get what they want. And millions of people will die.
Yes I need sleep. Apologies for the shit spelling.
…. wants
…. Sessions
People need to fill the streets of DC starting now. Get to the steps of Congress, ASAP. Seriously. This morning… all day. But now would be awesome.
may you find something to be hopeful and happy about today;
Supreme Court Strikes Down Recess Appointments:
http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/06/court-strikes-down-recess-appointments-in-plain-english/
Take note Trumpington.
Stay strong folks…praying ACA will prevail.
IMO it’s great but must add that when this kind of Window is opened to the exclusion of everything else you get an atrophy in human potential. My mother could look down a very, very long line of numbers and say right away what was Off. But she was a whole person before that.
Yes, does seem to make them more robotic. They are most likely missing out on so many things.
Evidence is in brain photos.
Not sure if I would be comfortable with this. What else would they be tracking? Would this become like having a social media account where you can be fired for something you posted?
GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE: Like this has nothing to do with that. Who is driving this, who is behind this?
RUSSIA could really do some damage if we’re wearing these.
No way I’d agree to that.
No one knows what the Senate’s going to do. But it will do it today.
It’s impossible to overstate how incredible this is:
The Senate is planning to vote today to begin debate on a health care bill.
No one knows which one — which means no one knows what it would do. Would it fundamentally restructure Medicaid? Would it send individual insurance markets across the country into a tailspin?
The Senate won’t know until it has already voted, later in the week, on one bill or another. And all of the available options still have major holes.
Said it before..
The KKKeebler Elf has no self-respect, and is living out his White Supremacist fantasies.
He will have to be FIRED by Dolt45
……………………………….
Abandoning subtlety, Trump lashes out at AG Jeff Sessions
07/25/17 08:40 AM—UPDATED 07/25/17 08:45 AM
By Steve Benen
Last week, Donald Trump complained bitterly about Attorney General Jeff Sessions, condemning the Alabama Republican’s decision to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation into the Trump-Russia scandal. The president’s argument wasn’t subtle: Trump wanted Sessions to help shield the White House, and he’s outraged that the A.G. isn’t helping cover up the controversy.
Almost immediately, there was a question about whether Sessions, lacking the confidence of the president who appointed him, would have to resign, but the attorney general vowed to remain at his post.
That, in turn, has apparently led to a new strategy: Trump will attack Sessions publicly, in the hopes that the attorney general will get the hint and quit.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 7/24/17
Sen Wyden on what Jared Kushner didn’t say to Senators on Russia
Senator Ron Wyden talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s responses to questions by the Senate Intelligence Committee on whether Kushner colluded with Russia for the Trump campaign in the 2016 election.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 7/24/17
Senate Republicans heedless of Obamacare repeal consequences
Senator Ron Wyden talks with Rachel Maddow about the need for Americans to make their objections to the Republican repeal of Obamacare known, as Republicans prepare to vote on whatever bill Mitch McConnell presents to them.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 7/24/17
Huge jump seen in 2018 Democratic challengers for House seats
Rachel Maddow looks at a chart of House challengers who have raised at least $5000 by June 30 of the year before the election in which they’re running and notes a remarkable spike in Democratic House challengers for 2018.
LET’S DO THIS! I called mine already….only takes a second.
CALL THESE SENATORS. Make sure they vote NO on MTP. NO on whatever “healthcare” bill
If you are represented by one these undecided senators, it is imperative you pick up the phone and call every single one of their offices.
Senator Dean Heller (NV)
Heller DC: 202-224-6244
Heller Las Vegas: 702-388-6605
Heller Reno: 775-686-5770
Sen. Shelly Moore Capito (West Virginia)
Capito DC: 202-224-6472
Capito Charleston: 304-347-5372
Capito Martinsburg: 304-262-9285
Capito Morgantown: 304-292-2310
Capito Beckely: 304-347-5372
Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio)
Portman DC: 202-224-3353
Portman Columbus: 614-469-6774
Portman Cincinnati: 513-684-3265
Portman Cleveland: 216-522-7095
Portman Toledo: 419-259-3895
Sen. Mike Lee (Utah)
Lee D.C.: 202-224-5444
Lee Salt Lake City: 801-524-5933
Lee St. George: 435-628-5514
Lee Ogden: 801-392-9633
Sen. Rand Paul (Kentucky)
Paul D.C.: 202-224-4343
Paul Bowling Green: 270-782-8303
Senator Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
Murkowski DC: (202)-224-6665
Murkowski Anchorage: (907) 271-3735
Murkowski Fairbanks: (907) 456-0233
Murkowski Juneau: (907) 586-7277
Murkowski Mat-Su Valley: (907) 376-7665
Murkowski Kenai: (907) 262-4220
Murkowsi Ketchikan: (907) 225-6880
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thanks for the list. am spreading the word.
🙂 Thanks, rikyrah
If the Republicans in Congress vote on a Bill that affects one-sixth of the U.S. economy sight UNSEEN,
I submit to you that all things being equal — it’s one of the FINAL NAILS in the Republican party.
May the Hammer of the Gods come down on them.
THE MEAN BILL
😊
Dick Useless said “I like people who weren’t captured”.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/trump-attacks-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured-120317
💃🏾❤️
Excerpts:
It’s grilling time’: Five women line up to challenge Rep. Brat
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/virginia-politics/its-grilling-time-five-women-line-up-to-challenge-rep-brat/2017/07/24/c71071ae-6bfe-11e7-9c15-177740635e83_story.html
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When Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) complained months ago that female constituents pressuring him to hold a town hall were “in my grill no matter where I go,” he didn’t know how prescient those words were.
Five women — and one man — are running for the Democratic nomination to challenge the two-term congressman from suburban Richmond next year. The group includes a former CIA operative, a civil attorney and a Marine turned commercial airline pilot.
Women, mostly Democrats, are entering House primary contests in record numbers in Virginia.
Many say they are running to channel their frustration with President Trump. Democratic organizations — long desperate for female candidates — are recruiting them aggressively.
For a Democratic Party riding high on activist fervor, even a long shot district like Brat’s, which has been in Republican hands since the early 1970s, seems within reach…
Abigail Spanberger, 37, has captured early attention with a compelling biography and a profile in Elle Magazine. A former CIA operations officer stationed around the world, she grew up in the district and returned three years ago to work in the private sector.
She wasn’t sure she’d run for office until the day of the health-care vote in the House when she heard from a friend whose daughter suffers from a genetic disorder.
The mother said the repeal of the Affordable Care Act would leave her worried not just about her daughter’s condition but also going bankrupt over medical bills.
Spanberger texted her husband, “I’m definitely running. This is it for me. This is my turning point,” she said.
Eileen Bedell, 44, ran against Brat last year and is the only Democrat with experience seeking public office. An attorney specializing in civil litigation, she grew up in Arlington and Fairfax and has lived in the district for about 20 years. Brat’s support for repeal of the Affordable Care Act and his embrace of Trump make him vulnerable, she said.
“I call him Trump-lite,” she said. “Dave is Trump before Trump was Trump in Virginia.”
Kim Gower, 54, left a consulting career to earn her doctorate from Virginia Commonwealth University and teaches at the University of Mary Washington. A Michigan native, she has lived in the district most of the past decade.
Helen Alli, 52, considers herself a community activist and has served on the Richmond Economic Development Authority. Alli, who has lived in Henrico for 30 years, said she served in the Army for four years and owns a weight-loss and hormone-therapy business.
Janelle Noble, 35, owns a small IT consulting firm. She has lived in Louisa for 1o years and said she would like to see more subsidies for farms. She favors a basic universal income modeled after an experiment in Finland.
The only male candidate in the race, Dan Ward, served two stints in the Marines, including three years with the State Department under Hillary Clinton. He retired in 2014, bought a small farm in Orange and returned to an earlier career flying for a commercial airline.
“Dave Brat represents the extreme right,” he said. “He’s on TV all the time saying some crazy stuff.”
So they are willing to destroy an industry in order to destroy the ACA/Obamacare…Medicaid and Medicare!
Yep. Might be fun to guess how many of them called their brokers to short insurance industry stocks so they can make a killing (pun intended) when the market tanks.
So I just came from my vet’s office (just a kitty checkup) and they had FOX news on… no I didn’t say anything, because it’s literally the first time I’ve seen them have that crap on… anyhoo, Pat Robertson was on lying about healthcare and also, I believe John Cornyn- need I say it- also lying. I barely listened as it was noisy in there, and thankfully I was called on quickly. But another customer did say this: well I DO like that I can keep my son on until he’s 26. I told her she may just lose that lovely benefit if Republican’s and Fox news get their way. By the way she said it, I could tell that she was most likely a Trump / repub voter. The convo ended there as the vet came out to talk to her.. and then it was my turn.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/07/25/all-hands-on-deck/