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Healthcare Bill in Trouble

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Terminal Illness: Lacking the votes in their own party to pass their health care bill, Senate Republican leaders yesterday delayed bringing the bill to the floor. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was planning to get a vote before July 4th but …

Senate Bill Would Shed 22 Million

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

To Your Health: The Congressional Budget Office says the Senate health care bill would dump 22 million people off health insurance by 2026, a couple of million less that the estimate for the House Healthcare bill. The CBO says that …

Healthcare Push and Bullshit

Monday, June 26, 2017

To Your Health: The Congressional Budget Office evaluation of the Senate healthcare bill is expected this week as leaders press for a vote before the 4th of July break. Republican leaders are privately negotiating with five reluctant Senators who say …

Obama Failed to Act and So Has Trump

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Dazed and Confused: President Trump lashed out at Barack Obama via Twitter yesterday, accusing the former president of failing to act when told of Russian meddling in the election. “Since the Obama Administration was told way before the 2016 Election …

See No Evil, Leaky Ship

Saturday, June 24, 2017

See No Evil: The White House held another off-camera, non-live press briefing yesterday as it continues its odd and hostile handling of the Fourth Estate. News organizations are allowed to release audio recordings of the briefing only when it’s over. …

Healthcare Bill Revealed, Obama Told

Friday, June 23, 2017

To Your Health: The Republican Senate healthcare bill eliminates Obamacare taxes, winds down the Obamacare expansion of Medicare, and eliminates the legal requirement that people must buy health insurance. Republican leaders released their secretive bill yesterday. The Senate’s proposal is really …

The the 6th, Secret Healthcare

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Take the 6th: Republican Karen Handel overcame an onslaught by Democratic newcomer Jon Ossoff to hold Georgia’s 6th Congressional district for her party. The vote in the traditionally Republican district swayed a little to the Democrat, but in the end, …

Released Student Dies, Offensive Names

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Dictatorship and Death: Otto Warmbier, 22, the American college student released from a North Korean prison in a coma last week, died yesterday in a Cincinnati hospital. The North Koreans said Warmbier contracted botulism poisoning and took a sleeping pill before …

Attack on Muslims, US Downs Syrian Jet

Monday, June 19, 2017

London: One person is dead and 10 injured after a van slammed into pedestrians outside a London mosque after Ramadan prayers. Witnesses said that the driver, who is in custody, shouted that he wanted to kill Muslims. Authorities are describing …

Cosby Mistrial, Trump in the Woods

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Mistrial: Camille Cosby issued a blistering statement after her husband’s trial for sexual assault ended in a mistrial.   “How do I describe the district attorney? Heinously and exploitively ambitious,” Cosby wrote. “How do I describe the judge? Overtly and …