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Morning.
Not a word about Trump stink. What gives? Is V. okay?
The Trumpstink is far and wide. The only way to combat it is to vote for every Dem on your ballot ASAP!!! Get out and vote the fascist bums out America!!!!
Hillary Clinton: Single-payer health care will "never, ever" happen
A bit of context:
January 29, 2016, 6:56 PM
Hillary Clinton: Single-payer health care will "never, ever" happen
I'm not up for absolute forecasts … but even I, supportive of some way to insure everyone and provide healthcare, can't see how "single payer" happens in the United States in the next generation. Anyone want to enlighten us all with a plausible way to get there, clarifying how you can get 60-plus votes in the Senate, overcoming sizeable resistance in the medical and insurance community, and a plausible way to transition existing government programs, current ACA (or a successor), and the nonprofit & for profit corporations (with all their ties into the community and politicians)?
Medicare for All.
Here's the Physicians for a National Health System site with links to the actual bill text, and updates.
Nobody ever actually reads Bernie's plan before they go off spouting about how impractical and impossible it is, but it's all here – what it would cover, how to transition, how to pay for it. (Yes, we do know that there is no "free stuff")
As far as 60 plus votes in the Senate, we don't need that anymore, if it's framed as a reconciliation of a budget bill, remember? The GOopers nuked that last year. A simple majority will suffice. And yes, we need to flip the House, too.
Sure, when she was running to be president of the United States. And, she was extolling her support for the ACA, which is still in place, and under which she still needs to pimp a GoFundMe for Tyrone so he doesn't have to die of cancer.
The ACA saved me from bankruptcy last year, when I only had to kick out about $10k to save my own life. My employer’s generous leave policy meant I only had to come back to work about a couple of weeks before I was ready to avoid having to go on short-term disability and worrying about missing a mortgage payment or two. Fortunately, I have the privilege of being able to take two months off and work off the debt (still am) from that event, unlike millions of others in our country. A healthcare plan that allows some of us to make the choice between insurmountable debt and dying, by allowing us to only end up in eventually surmountable debt, doesn’t seem like the best we can do.
<I’ll impatiently wait for Nutter (who enjoys a gold-plated federal government plan) to respond>
Hey, give another opportunity for the perfect distillation of a Republican MAGAt to make his party look bad? You won't be waiting long.
Heck of a job, Brocky.
Embattled FEMA chief Brock Long facing possible criminal investigation
Brauchler loses another one: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/17/colorado-supreme-court-juveniles-life-without-parole/
Brauchler delayed a juvenile life sentence resentencing that was mandated by the US Supreme Court and enacted by the Legislature. Today, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Brauchler was wrong in his challenge.
Did he skip the same law classes as Kris Kobach? Neither can lawyer their way out of a paper bag.
Cory Gardner calls for delay on Kavanaugh confirmation.
I have to wonder if having a teenage daughter, (oldest of his 3 kids) informs Cory's stance at all. I won't say this often, but thank you, Senator Gardner.
Should be "Cory Gardner rubber-stamps foregone conclusion, film at 11…"
Credit where credit is due — Sen. Gardner's spokesperson apparently had a statement out by noon saying there should be a chance to hear from Ford & Kavanaugh. That's WAY before several other Republican Senators and long before there was an announcement that there would be Monday hearings.
But way after there were enough Republicans to block the nomination.
cook and I predict that more women will come forward to accuse Kavanaugh in a week's time.
Undoubtedly, Republican leadersnhip, including Gardner, will try to put more pressure on Collins, Murkowski, and other Rs whose support for Kavanaugh is wavering.
It will only take one more, I think. Kavanaugh is likely pretty dirty. He has been a GOP mover and shaker in DC for a long time. Kamala Harris made a very compelling case for FBI involvement, explaining that Kavanaughs' past has been protected by the Republican Congress that is determined to get him in a justices' robe. Congress has only seen 10 % of the documentation about him.
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