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- Ignore the bait: Why itâs the right strategy for Democrats to focus SCOTUS fight on health care
- BIG: Judge halts Trump administration attempt to shortcut the census
- Trump doesn't want peaceful transition of power. Legally, it doesnât matter.
- Fauci goes off on Rand Paul
- Rule 44: Why Obamacare is not lost even in a deadlocked Supreme Court, but only if Biden wins
- Time to suit up. This is war.
- BREAKING: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed
- Bothsidesism comes to fact-checking: CNN's âfact-checkâ calling Biden ad 'misleading' proves the opposite
- Pardon me: How Donald Trump's stooges conspired with Julian Assange to exonerate Russia and undermine US Intlligence
Smartypants
- Durham to Right Wingers: "Blame Hillary"
- That Time When Refusing to Negotiate With Hostage-Takers Worked
- The Other Christian Nationalists: Leonard Leo and Opus Dei
- Hawley Demonstrates That He's an Ignorant Liar
- DeSantis Board Votes to Counter-Sue Disney Over Something...Anything
- Hunter Biden's Laptop Is a Total Nothingburger
- What DeSantis Couldn't Say in Response to Disney's Lawsuit
- Disney Skewers DeSantis With His Own Words
- Populism Without Civil Rights Is Fascism
- Glenn Greenwald gets triggered by smart competent women like Rep. Stacey Plaskett
Steve Benen
- Joe: Indictment could be something that had to be done and we have crossed a line that could be dangerous
- The effort to defend Trump is very haphazard, says former federal prosecutor
- Ari Melber: Jack Smith hasnât said a word and he has the whole country listeningÂ
- A look back to 2019: Predicting Trump could run for re-election to shield himself
- Neal Katyal: Indictment makes clear no person can brazenly disregard the law without consequence
- Rep. Raskin: Trump has transformed Lincoln's party; he runs it like a religious cult
- Republican lawmakers react to Trump's indictment predictably
- Joe: Trump will now find out you can't bully federal judges or the feds themselves
- Ibram X. Kendi: When we assess structural racism, we are talking about groups not individuals
- Women are still pessimistic about the U.S. economy, polling shows
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THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL 9/21/17
Kimmel: these guys wonât tell the truth so I have to
Jimmy Kimmel spends a third night explaining why his health care fight is worth the risk and this time he takes on the President. Joy Reid, Eugene Robinson and Josh Earnest join Lawrence OâDonnell.
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Anti Trumpcare Toolkit:
https://trumpcaretoolkit.org/
It probably shouldnât come as a surprise that David Horowitz would espouse white supremacist sentiments.
Suggesting that African Americans should be grateful that, after almost 250 years and a Civil War, we finally ended slavery is bad enough. But think for a moment about who Horowitz credits for the brilliance of Coatesâ writing, which is what brought him a modicum of fame and fortuneâŚwhite America.
Letâs add this one to the list, âYou might be a white supremacist if you think white people deserve credit for the achievements of black people.â
He failed to mention that same America enslaved Coates’ ancestors đł
Amen, Sistah! I stopped cold at the line: “freed his ancestors” ~
Went to Horowitz time line….smh…some folks are lost…but they have a platform to spew that “lostness” on others….Coates’…fantastic piece…made a lot of folks uncomfortable…downright angry….i say Right On to Coates
White Supremacists wouldn’t want Horowitz. He’s a Jew.
Good West Coast morning NW & TOD family.
Jimmy Kimmel is doing his part and reaching thousands of people.
Thanks Jimmy!
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Trump aides âarenât sureâ about real-world impact of repeal bill
09/22/17 09:20 AM
By Steve Benen
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At least weâve achieved some degree of unanimity on this: congressional Republicans who are eager to pass the bill have no idea what would happen if itâs implemented, and the president whoâs eager to sign the bill is similarly clueless. None of these GOP officials has the foggiest idea how many Americans would lose coverage, how unstable the markets would become, how states would respond, or how much more consumers would pay for care â but it might pass next week anyway.
Just woke up, got my coffee, made my calls to my senators and used these very questions to implore them to vote no. Thanks!
Morning everyone…Happy Friday
Aren’t sure or don’t care? They don’t care.
GM TODville, thanks NerdyW, for EARLY BIRD thread this morning!
While next week’s Alabama GOP runoff election is getting all the media attention, the election to replace Jeff “I’m A Proud Racist” Sessions’ Senate seat is December 12.
Would LOVE to see Dem candidate Doug Jones take Sessions’ former seat — he speaks “southernese,” something needed to combat FUBAR’s white supremacist agenda, such as:
Although I’m not familiar with Alabama state politics, Doug Jones’ tweet makes me think he is the right person to pass the torch of progress to:
If you didn’t listen to Charles Morgan’s speech last week (or earlier), it’s a good one to bookmark, to remember how far in reverse we’ve gone since Jan 20.
All this for background on WHY CAN’T GOP SPELL AND/OR PROOFREAD? (As the old saying goes, it’s as big as a BUS.)
So Doug Jones’ staff redirected the misspelled (extra R in “deserves”) website URL to Doug Jones’ campaign site. đ
A poster over at Balloon Juice had read this and had become concerned, and asked this great question (as if we needed anymore to be worried about with these heinous sociopaths):
This was the response by Mayhew at Balloon Juice:
The 2026 CBO landmine in Cassidy-Graham
by David Anderson
at 8:26 am on September 22, 2017
Sigh…the evil never sleeps with these muthaphuckas.
Uncle Joe is campaigning for him. If I were in Alabama, that alone would get Doug Jones my vote.
Jones sounds like a cool guy. Sending him good wishes. Yes we can!
Even though we don’t have a CBO score on the latest version of the Legislative Evil known as Trumpcare, there are plenty of organizations that have stepped up to the plate to tell the truth about it:
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Six Cassidy-Graham State Funds Flow Analyses
by David Anderson
at 7:56 am on September 22, 2017
The post below is an inventory of five separate analysis of the flow of funds between states under Cassidy-Graham-Heller-Johnson in 2026 compared to current law as projected by the Congressional Budget Office. I am collecting and collating the information.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/21/17
Trump government hires based on politics, not qualifications
Rachel Maddow looks at the grifty nature of the Trump administration, from handing out government jobs to unqualified staffers as a political favor, to cabinet members using their office to increase their own wealth.
And for Nena… I’m jumping the gun on her weather report (from @nycjim’s Twitter timeline this morning) — meanwhile, in SoCal where we absolutely SUFFERED at the beginning of the month with sweltering temps of 100F plus, and nighttime lows in the 80Fs, it’s 50F now (which is an unusually cool Sept morning for us):
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/21/17
Trump finds others to pay family legal bills
Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, talks with Rachel Maddow the laws around how money raised for a presidential inauguration can be spent.
uh huh
uh huh
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/21/17
Grassley runs into conflict with Mueller investigation
Ron Weich, former assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, talks with Rachel Maddow about which investigation takes precedence when Congress conflicts with Robert Mueller.
Shirley Câ @ghhshirley
McCain & Murkowski are taking all calls from anywhere. Spoke with both their staff.
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So good!
His local number is 602-952-2410
The DC # will get you a chance to leave a VM
Called DC. Easy to leave a voicemail message.
Brave Anna! Braver than the liars who lie to the faces of their constituents!
Such a sweet child. Bless her.
Governors become important foes of Republican repeal plan
09/22/17 10:14 AM
By Steve Benen
Sandoval is hardly alone. Even if we put aside criticism from Democratic governors â whom GOP senators are inclined to ignore â the number of Republican governors who are publicly opposed to the Graham-Cassidy plan continues to grow.
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/sandoval-doubles-down-on-criticism-of-heller-sponsored-measure-state-analysis-highlights-up-to-2-billion-loss/
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Weâre on Trumpcare 4.0. He still has not been asked about, or addressed out loud, the promise-breaking Medicaid cuts in every version.
big post lost in WP Wonderland…
After this week’s series of natural disasters, here’s a brief pick-me-up:
No need for a translation. It’s love, plain and simple. đ
Moving quote. Speaks to so many of us
âI was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. It was in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. We were a democracy… But I knew it wasn’t a dream; there was a painful lump on the side of my head… The state and its police were not neutral referees in a society of contending interests. They were on the side of the rich and powerful. Free speech? Try it and the police will be there with their horses, their clubs, their guns, to stop you. From that moment on, I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy. I was a radical, believing that something fundamental was wrong in this countryânot just the existence of poverty amidst great wealth, not just the horrible treatment of black people, but something rotten at the root. The situation required not just a new president or new laws, but an uprooting of the old order, the introduction of a new kind of societyâcooperative, peaceful, egalitarian.â
~Howard Zinn, You Canât Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times (1994)
Read his People’s History of the United States. Stuff they don’t put in the textbooks. If they did, calls for Truth and Reconciliation would not be ignored.
I’ll have to add that to my book buying list.
Thanks JER, I tried to post this last night, but I did something wrong.
She gets more beautiful every year.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/opinions/i-cried-when-they-passed-obamacare-axelrod/index.html
Good Read
Is anyone calling Klobucher and Bernie’s offices, asking why theyâre doing this bullshyt thing on CNN?
This should be about killing TRUMPCARE.
This should be about shoring up Obamacare and saving healthcare for 32 million people.
Not some PHUCKING SINGLE PAYER FANTASY!
YES!!
Yes I find this to be so selfish… I would bet money on Bernie trashing Obamacare during this “townhall”. That is my biggest fear, that he is so gung ho for what he wants that he is missing the point, right now we have to save what we have- Obamacare, period.
These must be a combination of big donors and ignorant fans
So it’s PRICE that wants to be GOD and determine who lives and dies??? How is this anything like the state’s having their own say?? LIARS GONNA LIE! This is a clusterfuck that I hope blows up in their faces BIG TIME
Share with everyone. ESPECIALLY SENATORS
https://thinkprogress.org/trumpcare-alaska-bribe-constitutional-problem-f1dc649686aa/
https://thinkprogress.org/cassidy-argues-his-bill-protects-people-with-preexisting-conditions-because-trump-tweeted-it-did-f3258a6031f0/
If you note…this is BELOW the 27% Crazyfication Factor.
Poll shows weak public support for latest Republican repeal plan
09/22/17 11:20 AM
By Steve Benen
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But what about the public? There hasnât been much in the way of polling â the legislation was only introduced last week â but Vox this morning highlighted what I believe is the first national survey on the pending proposal.
So. Betsy DeVos says GO AHEAD WITH THOSE CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULTS. ALL GOOD. The person being assaulted must have done something to invite his/her attacker to invade their person.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/22/obama-era-school-sexual-assault-policy-rescinded-243016
Protestors could wear Betsy Blindfolds.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/6-figure-ad-pressures-5-key-senators-vote-against-health-bill
Every.State.
http://acasignups.net/17/09/22/important-graham-cassidy-could-make-thousands-aca-policies-illegal-next-year
Entire important thread.
Aw! Sorry I missed that. Thanks JER! It is so lovely to see Mrs. Johnson finally receiving the accolades she deserves.
So thankful that she lived to see and to enjoy these more than well-deserved honors.
Ditto!
GOP âmoderatesâ give up on concessions they once deemed important
09/22/17 12:44 PM
By Steve Benen
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Two months later, those same senators have apparently decided they no longer care about these conditions. Roll Call reported this week:
Itâs almost as if many Senate Republicans werenât especially serious about their stated principles. Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) said he opposed Medicaid cuts. Portman and Capito prioritized opioid investments. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he cared about a legitimate, thorough process â including a proper score from the Congressional Budget Office â and a lengthy policy debate.
One of fascist Dotard’s potty tweets today accused Jong Un of being “a madman who doesnât mind starving or killing his people.”
-Does he know the KOCH/Graham repeal bill will kill lots and lots of people.
(Does the Dicktraitor know it was the Heritage Foundation (KOCH) that first proposed the âindividual mandate” for their own reasons.)
GA Dudette.
I clicked on that Twitter “Moment,” and IMO, there are too many photos of Melania — who swats away FUBAR’s hand in public (ugh) and who FUBAR can’t command an ability to even *know* she’s standing right next to him — so here’s my tweets on the subject (all about OUR #ForeverFLOTUS.
Link to @Politico article:
I can’t stand this woman but I applaud her continuation of this event and I hope she was moved by her interaction with local school children and healthy eating. There’s a LOT to learn from interacting with nature and young hearts.
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I have been hating hearing and reading the severe criticisms of Melania Trump about her continuing Michelle’s healthy eating garden. What would the critics want? Would they want her to abandon it? Michelle must be glad Melania is continuing her work. Michelle left the garden with private continuing funding so it would be difficult to just abandon. There are plenty of things to criticize so I am glad you voiced support for this.
Hoping Jimmy hears this story even if for now he’s busy helping Obamacare/ACA to go on saving precious lives.
Undocumented Parents Arrested at Children’s Hospital While Awaiting Their Infant Son’s Surgery: https://splinternews.com/undocumented-parents-arrested-at-childrens-hospital-whi-1818621039
McCain will vote NO on the GOP Deathcare bill.
Hopefully he doesn’t fall victim to the charms of Lindsey Graham and changes his min.
eek.
LOL!
When I say charms I mean, you know, falling victim to the political pressure that Graham will force on him.
heh. As long as he doesn’t force McC into a little fascist hairdo like his.
I know right, what’s with Graham’s weird hairdo?
have stomach ache laughing
Ha. Been thinkin’ that myself. đ
All those calls and tweets worked!
Trump’s speech tonight in Alabama of all places should be a dumpster fire of epic proportions. I think Trump might go full metal jacket tonight.
There are no wrong times to protest, Whomever choses to go speak at any university must understand that the students at that particular university have their own values and beliefs that at times might be the exact opposite of the speaker.
Keeping my fingers crossed that McCain does not change his mind under pressure from the other THUGS.
JIMMY KIMMEL is my new HERO!!!! Right up there in 2nd place after BARACK.
women, children, and the weakest in our society……..for billionaires tax cuts. Save the Kochs money the GOP will loose in 2018 with or without their PAC/Bribe money.
Let’s hope enough of the gerrymandering, voter suppression, hacked voting machines and crooked vote count problems are fixed in time.
Johnson spoke about 1 single solitary hearing (remember the countless for the ACA). Collins in July : “You don’t take a safety net program & change it in fundamental ways without having a single hearing. http://www.pressherald.com/2017/07/21/sen-susan-collins-slams-efforts-to-repeal-and-replace-affordable-care-act/ âŚ
Anybody what other Senators are definite No’s?
TGIF
Hello, TOD Village.
So Sen McCain has decided to be a No on this Graham/Cassidy Monstrosity. I just called his office to say Thanks! The Cynic in me is attributing this No Vote coming 1 week One day early to His Daughter, Meghan (sp) seeking for a job as a onservative View Panelist. I don’t care, really. I am glad for this No stand, 8 days out.
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I am ok with that……McCain should join Sen Collins to help improve OCare.
Yup. They should just do it, get Murkowski in on it, together with all the Dems and Inds, it would be a done deal. They’d just have to find a way to force McConnell and relevant committee chairs to do the right thing.
Saving his newborn was on the air in real time and it is unforgettable. Universal story of a parent’s compassion.
Oh yes you do, just one more chance to stick it to Trump.
McCain’s local office has full voice mail. Called D.C. office and said TY!!!
đł More horrors. Oh my goodness!
In a normal universe
DOTARD-in-Chief is golfing of course……no mention of this by the liberal media that hounded PBO on the oil leek in the gulf for months about him not doing enough to stop it but not the company CEO who caused it. Every damn thing that was a disaster was PBO’s Katrina.
One would think that by just being a U.S. Senator one wouldn’t need a canary in the coal mine type situation wherein McCain has to smell the gas and stay it’s okay for everyone else to join him.
Read your statement again, but with this at the beginning: “In a normal universe…”
“In a normal universe one would think that by just being a U.S. Senator one wouldn’t need a canary in the coal mine type situation wherein McCain has to smell the gas and say itâs okay for everyone else to join him.”
I fixed it.
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Keep reading the thread…
Jesus Christ
Have Mercy!
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/09/22/billie-obama/
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Love it! This is everyone’s America and no matter how f**ked up things get everyday, each person still has the right to voice his/her opinion as a citizen.
This always!
Puerto Rico dam bursts in wake of Hurricane Maria
A dam has failed and caused “extremely dangerous” flooding on Puerto Rico’s Guajataca river in the wake of Hurricane Maria, authorities say.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said buses were “currently evacuating people from the area as quickly as they can”.
At least 13 people have died on the US territory since Maria ripped through Puerto Rico, devastating homes and knocking out the island’s electricity.
The island’s governor has called it the worst storm in a century.
Operators of the Guajataca Dam said the dam, located at the northern end of Lake Guajataca in northwest Puerto Rico, failed at 14:10 local time (18:10 GMT).