flute4peace
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Post by flute4peace on Jul 19, 2017 22:44:55 GMT
Paula Reid - CBS... "JUST IN: DOJ new asset forfeiture policy - police can seize property from people not charged w/crime even in states where it's been banned." 🚫 #MAGA It sure would be nice if I could use ⭕️ instead of 🚫 all the time. This is frightening! Mexico border, anyone?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 1:33:04 GMT
Washington Post...
"U.S. unsuccessfully presses China on ambitious steel cuts in trade talks"
The great deal maker isn't going to like that....
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Post by pb on Jul 20, 2017 2:31:43 GMT
Rachel Maddow pointed out tonight the reason notetakers are no longer taking part of the meetings is due to Trump's visit with the Russian Ambassador where he unwittingly gave away classified information. So no ,ore note takers.
Doomed.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 15:13:35 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 15:27:52 GMT
Watch Trump's interchange w/Putin at G20 dinner - trying to get his attention.
WTH is that hand gesture?!?!?!?!?
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PLurker
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Post by PLurker on Jul 20, 2017 15:30:40 GMT
Watch Trump's interchange w/Putin at G20 dinner - trying to get his attention. WTH is that hand gesture?!?!?!?!? WTH indeed. I'd expect that out of a immature little boy not POTUS. oh, wait.......
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PLurker
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Post by PLurker on Jul 20, 2017 18:19:57 GMT
from Jimmy Kimmel's Lie Witness News...
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jul 20, 2017 18:27:37 GMT
that video really shows the sad state of affairs right now, doesn't it?
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casii
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Post by casii on Jul 20, 2017 18:34:36 GMT
from Jimmy Kimmel's Lie Witness News... Wait, are those people for real? Like, for real, for real? If so, yes, we are doomed.
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PLurker
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Post by PLurker on Jul 20, 2017 18:48:03 GMT
from Jimmy Kimmel's Lie Witness News... Wait, are those people for real? Like, for real, for real? If so, yes, we are doomed. Yeah, I believe it is random people off the street. From what I read, it is edited (or course) but not dubbed. I know it's late night comedy but... funny/not funny. Sad.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 19:10:22 GMT
From Henery Winkler (The Fonz!)
"Don't elected men and women in DC have healthcare for life? if that's true .... why do they try and take it from us with such callousness ?"
And when you read this one from Steven Dennis...
🚨News: Rand Paul says he will support a motion to proceed on health care if he is guaranteed a vote on clean repeal upfront. 🚨
You know he has a point. Rand Paul wants a full repeal with no replacement. But you know he has his so screw everyone else.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 19:14:07 GMT
This from Zeke Miller..
"Pool: Asked about an announcement on Afghan troop levels, POTUS said, "You'll be hearing." He did not elaborate."
Prompted this response from Paul Waldman...
"That's Trump code for "I have no idea what that is so I'll pretend I have a secret about it." Applicable in a wide array of circumstances."
Yup!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 19:21:06 GMT
It's petty things like this is how president tiny hands is going to undermine the ACA so he can scream "it's dying".
From Talking Points Memo...
Trump Administration Ends Affordable Care Act Contracts In 18 Cities
David J. Phillip/AP By Carla K. Johnson Published JULY 20, 2017 1:29 PM
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has ended Affordable Care Act contracts that brought assistance into libraries, businesses and urban neighborhoods in 18 cities, meaning shoppers on the insurance exchanges will have fewer places to turn for help signing up for coverage.
Community groups say the move, announced to them by contractors last week, will make it even more difficult to enroll the uninsured and help people already covered re-enroll or shop for a new policy. That’s already a concern because of consumer confusion stemming from the political wrangling in Washington and a shorter enrollment period. People will have 45 days to shop for 2018 coverage, starting Nov. 1 and ending Dec. 15. In previous years, they had twice that much time.
Some see it as another attempt to undermine the health law’s marketplaces by a president who has suggested he should let “Obamacare” fail. The administration, earlier this year, pulled paid advertising for the sign-up website HealthCare.gov, prompting an inquiry by a federal inspector general into that decision and whether it hurt sign-ups.
Now insurers and advocates are concerned that the administration could further destabilize the marketplaces where people shop for coverage by not promoting them or not enforcing the mandate compelling people to get coverage. The administration has already threatened to withhold payments to insurers to help people afford care, which would prompt insurers to sharply increase prices.
“There’s a clear pattern of the administration trying to undermine and sabotage the Affordable Care Act,” said Elizabeth Hagan, associate director of coverage initiatives for the liberal advocacy group Families USA. “It’s not letting the law fail, it’s making the law fail.”
Two companies — McLean, Virginia-based Cognosante LLC and Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA Inc. — will no longer help with the sign-ups following a decision by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services officials not to renew a final option year of the vendors’ contracts. The contracts, awarded in 2013, were never meant to be long term, said CMS spokeswoman Jane Norris in an email.
“These contracts were intended to help CMS provide temporary, in-person enrollment support during the early years” of the exchanges, Norris said. Other federally funded help with enrollment will continue, she said, including a year-round call center and grant-funded navigator programs. The existing program is “robust” and “we have the on-the-ground resources necessary” in key cities, Norris said.
But community advocates expected the vendors’ help for at least another year. “It has our heads spinning about how to meet the needs in communities,” said Inna Rubin of United Way of Metro Chicago, who helps run an Illinois health access coalition.
CSRA’s current $12.8 million contract expires Aug. 29. Cognosante’s $9.6 million contract expires the same date.
Together, they assisted 14,500 enrollments, far less than 1 percent of the 9.2 million people who signed up through HealthCare.gov, the insurance marketplace serving most states. But some advocates said the groups focused on the healthy, young adults needed to keep the insurance markets stable and prices down.
During the most recent open enrollment period, they operated in the Texas cities of Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, McAllen and El Paso; the Florida cities of Miami, Tampa and Orlando; Atlanta; northern New Jersey; Phoenix; Philadelphia; Indianapolis; New Orleans; Charlotte, North Carolina; Cleveland and Chicago.
The insurance exchanges, accessed by customers through the federal HealthCare.gov or state-run sites, are a way for people to compare and shop for insurance coverage. The health law included grant money for community organizations to train people to help consumers apply for coverage, answer questions and explain differences between the insurance policies offered.
In Illinois, CSRA hired about a dozen enrollment workers to supplement a small enrollment workforce already in the state, Rubin said. The company operated a storefront enrollment center in a Chicago neighborhood from November through April.
“It was a large room in a retail strip mall near public transit with stations set up where people could come in and sit down” with an enrollment worker, Rubin said.
CSRA spokesman Tom Doheny in an email said the company “is proud of the work we have accomplished under this contract.” He referred other questions to federal officials.
Cognosante worked on enrollment in nine cities in seven states, according to a June 6 post on the company’s website. The work included helping “more than 15,000 Texas consumers” and staffing locations “such as public libraries and local business offices.” A Cognosante spokeswoman referred questions to federal officials.
The health care debate in Congress has many consumers questioning whether “Obamacare” still exists, community advocates said.
“What is the goal of the Trump administration here? Is it to help people? Or to undermine the Affordable Care Act?” said Rob Restuccia, executive director of Boston-based Community Catalyst, a group trying to preserve the health care law.
🚫🚫🚫🚫 # MAGA
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 19:27:32 GMT
Man are we heading in the wrong direction.
From ABC News...
Jeff Sessions addresses 'anti-LGBT hate group,' but DOJ won't release his remarks
By PETE MADDEN ERIN GALLOWAY Jul 12, 2017, 6:37 PM ET
Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered a speech to an alleged hate group at an event closed to reporters on Tuesday night, but the Department of Justice is refusing to reveal what he said.
Sessions addressed members of the Alliance Defending Freedom, which was designated an “anti-LGBT hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2016, at the Summit on Religious Liberty at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, in Dana Point, California.
The event promised to “bring together prominent legal advocates, scholars, cultural commentators, business executives and church leaders to examine the current state of religious freedom” and “develop legal and cultural strategies to allow freedom to flourish in the United States and around the world.”
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin and the first openly gay person to be elected to the U.S. Senate, told ABC News that she was concerned by the speech.
“This sends a very troubling message that our Attorney General, America’s top law enforcement official, is not committed to standing up to anti-LGBT hate," Baldwin said.
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice confirmed that Sessions addressed the Alliance Defending Freedom on Tuesday but did not respond to multiple requests to release his remarks. The Department of Justice released a transcript of remarks he delivered in Dallas earlier on Tuesday and a transcript of remarks he delivered in Las Vegas on Wednesday, but a transcript of his address to the Alliance Defending Freedom has yet to be released.
A spokesperson for the Alliance Defending Freedom said that the group was “working through channels” to release his remarks but declined to comment on the nature of Sessions’ relationship with the group.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Alliance Defending Freedom is a legal advocacy group founded in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1994 that “specializes in supporting the recriminalization of homosexuality abroad, ending same-sex marriage and generally making life as difficult as possible for LGBT communities in the U.S. and internationally.”
The group is representing Colorado baker Jack Phillips, who is challenging the state’s nondiscrimination protections after he was found in violation of the law for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the case in June 2017.
In a recent appearance on ABC’s “The View,” Phillips defended his actions.
“I don’t believe that Jesus would have made a cake, if he would have been the baker,” he said.
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice did not respond to questions about whether the speech was a show of support for Phillips’ case or whether Sessions met with any of the group’s members before or after his speech.
In a recent blog post on its website titled “Hate-group labelers are the ones spreading hate,” the Alliance Defending Freedom called the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate group” designation a “lie.”
“We at ADF condemn all such manifestations of true hate,” the post reads. “They have no place in our society.”
According to David Dinielli, the deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s LGBT Rights Project, however, the label is “rightfully earned,” and the speech raises questions about whether Sessions will uphold laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination.
“How can we trust that the nation’s top law enforcement officer will protect all Americans when he’s willing to meet behind closed doors with a group that supports criminalizing homosexuality and marginalizing LGBT people around the world?” Dinielli said in a statement. “If Attorney General Jeff Sessions doesn’t condone such beliefs, he should immediately make his remarks to the group public and be prepared to defend them. The LGBT community — as well as all Americans — needs to know if he is capable of upholding our country’s fundamental promise of equal protection under the law.”
Richard Painter, former President George W. Bush's chief ethics lawyer and a vocal critic of the Trump administration, shared his criticism of Sessions’ decision to speak at the event on Twitter.
“Why is the Attorney General hanging out with these nuts instead of doing his job?” Painter wrote.
The speech also prompted a statement from Democratic National Committee spokesman Joel Kasnetz condemning the Alliance Defending Freedom and Sessions’ choice to address it.
“You can judge a person by the company they keep, and tonight Attorney General Jeff Sessions is choosing to spend his time speaking in front of one of the country’s leading anti-LGBTQ hate groups,” Kasnetz said. “The Alliance Defending Freedom actively helped draft discriminatory legislation, worked to preserve laws criminalizing same-sex relations and attacked the separation of church and state. ADF has been previously designated a hate group, and Sessions’ appearance at this event, as the top law enforcement official in the country, brings in to question whether the attorney general intends to protect all Americans.”
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 19:32:50 GMT
From Politico....
CBO: Senate 'repeal-replace' plan would leave 22 million more uninsured
By ADAM CANCRYN 07/20/2017 12:30 PM EDT
The revised Senate Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare H.R. 1628 (115) would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured over a decade, the CBO said Thursday.
The new coverage projection — which accounts for billions of dollars in additional funding to appease moderate Republicans — is nevertheless the same as CBO’s estimate for the first version of the bill.
The CBO report does not include an analysis of Sen. Ted Cruz’s amendment that would let insurers sell "skinny plans" — health plans with fewer benefits that don't meet Obamacare insurance regulations — as long as they also sell ACA-compliant ones. Key insurance industry groups and many health care experts warn that could destabilize the insurance market and leave even more people uninsured. The administration released a study Wednesday saying it would bring premiums down and boost enrollment.
The tentative inclusion of that amendment in the bill won Cruz’s support as GOP leaders tried to gather support to start debate.
Republicans remain at least four votes short of the 50 needed to bring the bill to the floor, including ailing Sen. John McCain. Several more GOP senators critical of its effect on coverage remain uncommitted.
The repeal bill would now reduce the deficit by $420 billion over 10 years, following the preservation of more Obamacare taxes, as well as the addition of funding to combat the opioid crisis and strengthen the individual market.
That compares with the $321 billion reduction CBO projected for the initial version of the bill.
Average premiums on the individual market under this revised repeal and replace plan are still expected to increase sharply until 2020, after which they’d drop as much as 30 percent as insurers roll back benefits. "
Note the premiums drop because of less coverage. While some may think this makes sense I have to wonder when it involves the health of you and your family. To me this is not the answer to lower premiums because it becomes you get what you paid for, not what you may need.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 19:39:55 GMT
From Kyle Griffin...
"WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury fines Exxon Mobil $2 million for violating Russia sanctions while Secretary of State Tillerson was CEO."
"Not a very large fine for violating sanctions. Exxon Mobil earned $7.6 BILLION in 2016."
To me this is a good enough reason that Tillerson should have never become Secretary of State. The nightmare of the trump administration has only been going on for 6 months. The potential violating of Russian sanctions by Exon must have been in the pipeline at the beginning of tiny hands term. Yet here is Tillerson as SOS.
It would appear besides losing the word "compromise" DC has also lost "ethics" and "conflict of interest" as well.
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imsirius
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Post by imsirius on Jul 20, 2017 19:43:47 GMT
Was just there for a few days staying at the Royal York. The Trump hotel was empty. My bff and I went inside the lobby and it was a ghost town.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 20:02:16 GMT
From Politico...
"Mulvaney criticizes CBO: 'It’s almost like it’s not a fair analysis" politi.co/2vFqpr0"
I suspect while you may not think the CBO provides " a fair analysis" it's closer to the truth than your alternative fact numbers.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 20:05:04 GMT
From Benjamin Wittes....
"And yes, I said that if Jeff Sessions does not resign this morning, it means nothing more or less than that the man lacks self respect."
Yup!
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casii
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Post by casii on Jul 20, 2017 20:08:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 20:14:51 GMT
From Matthew Yglesias Coastal Elitist.
"It's weird that despite being heavily in debt to pro-Russian interests, Manafort volunteered to work for free for Trump. "
If true why would Manafort "volunteer"? What was he promised and from who?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 20:15:17 GMT
From Matthew Yglesias Coastal Elitist.
"It's weird that despite being heavily in debt to pro-Russian interests, Manafort volunteered to work for free for Trump. "
If true why would Manafort "volunteer"? What was he promised and from who?
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suzastampin
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Post by suzastampin on Jul 20, 2017 20:22:21 GMT
from Jimmy Kimmel's Lie Witness News... To me, this doesn't look like he's trying to get Vlad's attention. It looks more like he's pointing to Vlad (who's eye he has) and himself and the fist looks to me like he's saying "we're tight" or "we have each other's backs). ETA: I'm not sure how Kimmels video got in my post. I had quoted the one of him at the dinner table. Not sure how to add that video to this post so, if somebody can give me directions I'll put it in.
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Post by hop2 on Jul 20, 2017 20:24:21 GMT
Was just there for a few days staying at the Royal York. The Trump hotel was empty. My bff and I went inside the lobby and it was a ghost town. Good.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 20:25:01 GMT
From Nate Silver...
"If we don't know if Clinton really won the popular vote then we also don't know if Trump really won the Electoral College."
This came out yesterday when MSNBC Katy Tur interviewed Kris Kobrch where he said they don't know for sure if Hillary won the popular vote. And when Katy asked about trump's Electoral College win he admitted they can't be sure if trump did indeed win.
This is just plain dumb and dangerous for that idiot to even suggest something like that. By doing so it puts in question the outcome of all elections. And that assumption is based on nothing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 20:28:50 GMT
From Sarah Kendzior writer..
"People Trump seeks out: * Putin * Oligarchs * Neonazis
People/places Trump now avoids in fear: * FBI * UK * NYC * Press conferences"
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Post by mrssmith on Jul 20, 2017 21:54:55 GMT
Looking for a job? Mar-a-Lago is hiring! You can work as a housekeeper for $10/hour! But only Oct - June! Seriously though, it would be great if an investigative reporter took one of those jobs, so we could hear about what goes on there!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 23:41:31 GMT
From MSNBC...
"Sen. Bill Cassidy: Not important for Trump to understand health care bill on.msnbc.com/2tLCtpf"
I just can't believe how they dumb down for trump. President Obama was out selling the ACA and he knew what was in it.
Amd for a president not to understand a bill he will sign is stupid.
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jayfab
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Post by jayfab on Jul 21, 2017 0:13:07 GMT
Looking for a job? Mar-a-Lago is hiring! You can work as a housekeeper for $10/hour! But only Oct - June! Seriously though, it would be great if an investigative reporter took one of those jobs, so we could hear about what goes on there!Yes!!! That would be awesome!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2017 0:23:37 GMT
From Politico....
"Candidates for top Trump administration jobs are increasingly frustrated by the high cost and huge time commitment required to meet the government’s ethics and conflict-of-interest rules, complicating White House efforts to fill hundreds of crucial posts.
At least a dozen people in line for top jobs in the Trump administration have dropped out, with many expressing irritation at requirements that they give up valuable assets to resolve perceived conflicts, according to lawyers and people closely tracking the nominations process."
Somehow trump will blame the Democrats for this. Funny how the peons have to give up assets to resolve perceived conflicts and the head cheese doesn't.
Oh wait a minute to avoid possible conflicts President Carter sold his peanut farm.
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