i'm speaking in GOP terms, especially given where our country is heading now. that's what they are saying
Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon
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Trump actively sabotaging people's existing healthcare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...5995a2-a50e-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html
For months, officials in Republican-controlled Iowa had sought federal permission to revitalize their ailing health-insurance marketplace. Then President Trump read about the request in a newspaper story and called the federal director weighing the application. Trump's message in late August was clear, according to individuals who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations: Tell Iowa no.
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act see the president's opposition even to changes sought by conservative states as part of a broader campaign by his administration to undermine the 2010 health-care law. In addition to trying to cut funding for the ACA, the Trump administration also is hampering state efforts to control premiums. In the case of Iowa, that involved a highly unusual intervention by the president himself.
And with the fifth enrollment season set to begin Nov. 1, advocates say the Health and Human Services Department has done more to suppress the number of people signing up than to boost it. HHS has slashed grants to groups that help consumers get insurance coverage, for example. It also has cut the enrollment period in half, reduced the advertising budget by 90 percent and announced an outage schedule that would make the HealthCare.gov website less available than last year.
The White House also has yet to commit to funding the cost-sharing reductions that help about 7 million lower-income Americans afford out-of-pocket expenses on their ACA health plans. Trump has regularly threatened to block them and, according to an administration official who was not authorized to speak publicly, officials are considering action to end the payments in November. The uncertainty has driven premium prices much higher for 2018. A possible move by the Treasury Department to ease the requirement that most Americans obtain coverage could further erode a core element of the law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...5995a2-a50e-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html
For months, officials in Republican-controlled Iowa had sought federal permission to revitalize their ailing health-insurance marketplace. Then President Trump read about the request in a newspaper story and called the federal director weighing the application. Trump's message in late August was clear, according to individuals who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations: Tell Iowa no.
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act see the president's opposition even to changes sought by conservative states as part of a broader campaign by his administration to undermine the 2010 health-care law. In addition to trying to cut funding for the ACA, the Trump administration also is hampering state efforts to control premiums. In the case of Iowa, that involved a highly unusual intervention by the president himself.
And with the fifth enrollment season set to begin Nov. 1, advocates say the Health and Human Services Department has done more to suppress the number of people signing up than to boost it. HHS has slashed grants to groups that help consumers get insurance coverage, for example. It also has cut the enrollment period in half, reduced the advertising budget by 90 percent and announced an outage schedule that would make the HealthCare.gov website less available than last year.
The White House also has yet to commit to funding the cost-sharing reductions that help about 7 million lower-income Americans afford out-of-pocket expenses on their ACA health plans. Trump has regularly threatened to block them and, according to an administration official who was not authorized to speak publicly, officials are considering action to end the payments in November. The uncertainty has driven premium prices much higher for 2018. A possible move by the Treasury Department to ease the requirement that most Americans obtain coverage could further erode a core element of the law.
Another Friday night departure?
https://www.axios.com/cia-director-pompeo-considered-to-replace-tillerson-2493643532.html
Trump advisers and allies are floating the idea of replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, age 53 — someone who's already around the table in the Situation Room, and could make the switch without chaos.
And yet, insiders say Trump's relationship with Tillerson is broken beyond repair. We're told Trump was furious that Tillerson didn't try to blunt the story about him calling the president a "moron," by just going out and denying it (whether or not it actually occurred).
https://www.axios.com/cia-director-pompeo-considered-to-replace-tillerson-2493643532.html
Trump advisers and allies are floating the idea of replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, age 53 — someone who's already around the table in the Situation Room, and could make the switch without chaos.
- We're told that Trump is quite comfortable with Pompeo, asking his advice on topics from immigration to the inner workings of Congress.
- Pompeo personally delivers the President's Daily Brief, making him one of the few people Trump spends a great deal of time with on a daily basis.
- Pompeo is one of the few in the administration who knows how to convey tough news to the president, and how to push back without turning DJT off. (SecDef Mattis is good at that, too.)
- Trump doesn't see Pompeo as a showboat.
- Pompeo would take the job, as the cap to a career that included being a U.S. House member from Kansas.
- Pompeo would have credibility with world leaders, who'd know he was a legit part of the president's inner circle — something no one thinks about Tillerson.
And yet, insiders say Trump's relationship with Tillerson is broken beyond repair. We're told Trump was furious that Tillerson didn't try to blunt the story about him calling the president a "moron," by just going out and denying it (whether or not it actually occurred).
- After what Trump considered a strong trip to Vegas, he seethed when he got back and saw Tillerson's gaffe dominating cable-news coverage. Everywhere he flipped, there was Tillerson's face instead of his.
- The relationship is so toxic, sources tell Jonathan Swan and me, that few in the White House think it can be rebuilt. There's zero trust between the West Wing and the State Department.
Haha!! What a circus. Does this mean if he does fire him, that Mnuchin and Kelly walk too? Apparently they have a 'suicide pact' (according to the media) that if one of them goes the others quit.
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Or people of colour.
Warning, horrific video.
http://kutv.com/news/local/body-cam-footage-released-by-police-in-fatal-shooting-ruled-justified
Or standing by your beliefs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/us/politics/tim-murphy-abortion.html
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Or the people protecting the ill people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...sent-law-and-police-conduct-in-the-spotlight/
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Saying one thing whilst doing the reverse in private is unfortunately not confined to one side side of the political aisle. Weinstein has been a big financial supporter of Democrats and long championed women's issues.
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Yea, Dems have been quick to distance themselves from this sleaze, I saw this morning that Warren had donated $5k she received from him to charity.
Tomorrow is the year anniversary of the Access Hollywood tapes which will completely slip the memory of a lot of Fox hosts rightly condemning Weinstein.
We've seen a lot of the other horsemen so not really a surprise the fourth has made an appearance.
Happens too often in the capital city for a few reasons. Too many stray dogs but very few stray cats, so there is an over-abundance of rats and mice, which carry the disease. Also it is hard to diagnose since the major symptom is coughing, and vast majority of people, especially the poor, cough a lot due to the smog and car exhaust. And there is very little health infrastructure to begin with. But it is highly treatable with doxycyclin.
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