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Post by papercrafteradvocate on May 11, 2018 19:12:12 GMT
The Hill.... “Kelly says separating families at the border isn't cruel: "The children will be taken care of — put into foster care or whatever" hill.cm/fI9dq6F” “Isn’t cruel.” ”Or whatever”. Really? What a first class asshole. It would appear being an asshole is the top requirement needed to work in the trump administration. What a stupid, insensitive fucker. This administration is abhorrent and just all sorts of fucked up.
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Post by Merge on May 11, 2018 19:29:52 GMT
The Hill.... “Kelly says separating families at the border isn't cruel: "The children will be taken care of — put into foster care or whatever" hill.cm/fI9dq6F” “Isn’t cruel.” ”Or whatever”. Really? What a first class asshole. It would appear being an asshole is the top requirement needed to work in the trump administration. There was a lengthy interview with Kelly on NPR this morning. It was obviously an attempt to humanize him and show him in a more positive light. He came across as likable, though we all know NPR is a biased bastion of lefty thought. And then you read stuff like this ...
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 11, 2018 19:34:23 GMT
The Hill.... “Kelly says separating families at the border isn't cruel: "The children will be taken care of — put into foster care or whatever" hill.cm/fI9dq6F” “Isn’t cruel.” ”Or whatever”. Really? What a first class asshole. It would appear being an asshole is the top requirement needed to work in the trump administration. There was a lengthy interview with Kelly on NPR this morning. It was obviously an attempt to humanize him and show him in a more positive light. He came across as likable, though we all know NPR is a biased bastion of lefty thought. And then you read stuff like this ... Trouble is that Homeland Security has lost/cannot account for over 1500 kids placed in homes.
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Post by Merge on May 11, 2018 19:42:16 GMT
There was a lengthy interview with Kelly on NPR this morning. It was obviously an attempt to humanize him and show him in a more positive light. He came across as likable, though we all know NPR is a biased bastion of lefty thought. And then you read stuff like this ... Trouble is that Homeland Security has lost/cannot account for over 1500 kids placed in homes. Holy crap!
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Post by pierogi on May 11, 2018 19:54:08 GMT
There was a lengthy interview with Kelly on NPR this morning. It was obviously an attempt to humanize him and show him in a more positive light. He came across as likable, though we all know NPR is a biased bastion of lefty thought. And then you read stuff like this ... Trouble is that Homeland Security has lost/cannot account for over 1500 kids placed in homes. Are you serious? That’s crazy! The fallout from this criminal administration will last decades. And I’m not just talking about the eventual lawsuits that will cost everyone, not just the psychopaths in charge.
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Post by bc2ca on May 11, 2018 20:02:36 GMT
There was a lengthy interview with Kelly on NPR this morning. It was obviously an attempt to humanize him and show him in a more positive light. He came across as likable, though we all know NPR is a biased bastion of lefty thought. And then you read stuff like this ... Trouble is that Homeland Security has lost/cannot account for over 1500 kids placed in homes. I guess that's the "or, whatever" part of his answer.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 20:06:46 GMT
I read the NPR transcript of the John Kelly interview. From the transcript....
“Q ~ How would you describe his intellect?
A ~ Very smart – a very, very smart guy. I mean a super smart guy. But I think it wouldn't surprise you to know he's very strong. He's very strong in terms of trade, taxes, business and he's a quick study on everything else. He's a pretty bright guy.”
Quick study? trump? I think not.
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Post by Merge on May 11, 2018 20:22:19 GMT
I read the NPR transcript of the John Kelly interview. From the transcript.... “Q ~ How would you describe his intellect? A ~ Very smart – a very, very smart guy. I mean a super smart guy. But I think it wouldn't surprise you to know he's very strong. He's very strong in terms of trade, taxes, business and he's a quick study on everything else. He's a pretty bright guy.” Quick study? trump? I think not. Yeah, that part made me roll my eyes.
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Post by wellway on May 11, 2018 20:27:53 GMT
BBC "On Friday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was pictured in a post on his Instagram feed at the Tehran Book Fair. Nothing unusual there, but in one image he was seen reading a Persian-language edition of Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury. The subject of which, of course, is the chaos inside Mr Trump's White House." www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-44090848
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 20:28:50 GMT
You know whst’s neat? Its watching the latest launch of a Space X rocket. And even neater is watching the returnable part successfully land on the drone ship “Of Course We Love You”. 😃 🚀
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on May 11, 2018 20:39:55 GMT
Trouble is that Homeland Security has lost/cannot account for over 1500 kids placed in homes. What can I even say to that??? O.M.G. Some how I can't picture Barron being forcefully separated from his family, and sent to live in some unknown foster home somewhere, as being an ok thing. Or Sarah Huckabee Sander's kids... NY Times report about the 1500 missing kidsWhite + rich...
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 21:18:54 GMT
Kyle Griffin...
“Rudy Giuliani says he won't debate Michael Avenatti because he doesn't "get involved with pimps."
Oh please the two are cut from the same bolt of cloth.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 23:02:27 GMT
No wonder the drug stocks went up after his speech.
NPR...
“Trump Drug Pricing 'Blueprint' Could Take Years To Build”
President Trump presented a broad-brush outline of how his administration hopes to stem the decades-long increase in prescription drug prices and spending, in a speech Friday in the Rose Garden of the White House.
The administration also released a 39-page document describing a variety of proposals it is either considering or studying in an effort to lower costs to individuals, corporations, the government and the economy as a whole.
There were few concrete actions taken today. The plan mostly lists dozens of "potential" steps the administration may take, along with many others that were included in the president's budget proposal and will require congressional action. Several options are "requests for information."
Nevertheless, the president characterized the proposal as "the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people."
"We will have tougher negotiations, more competition and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter and it will start to take effect very soon," Trump said.
Trump said he wants to eliminate "middlemen" in the drug industry — which includes pharmacy benefit managers and wholesalers — and he criticized industry lobbyists for making a fortune at the expense of taxpayers and patients.
U.S. patients spent nearly $329 billion on prescription drugs in 2016, according to the National Health Expenditures Survey. That's an increase of about $100 billion in the past 10 years.
Many researchers say the biggest reason behind the rising spending is high prices for prescription drugs. Often, companies are rewarded for setting a high retail price because insurers negotiate discounts off that initial price.
The blueprint released Friday reiterates proposals that were included in the White House budget proposal. Those include allowing Medicare's prescription drug plans to slim down the number of drugs they pay for to spark price competition among pharmaceutical companies, and capping how much money Medicare patients themselves can spend on drugs each year.
"On the positive side, I will say that HHS does seem to be paying close attention to this issue, given all the issues they bring up in the blueprint document," says Walid Gellad, director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing at the University of Pittsburgh.
"On the negative side, it's a bunch of questions, not a specific plan for how to proceed."
Azar, in a briefing following the Rose Garden speech, acknowledged the plan is sweeping and would take years to implement. He said the administration will pursue those ideas it can get done.
"This is a major restructuring of a huge portion of the U.S. economy. One doesn't do that lightly," he said.
The plan, like the budget, also proposes limiting price increases Medicare would pay to the rate of inflation and changing some rules around generic drug approvals to prevent companies from blocking new generic competition.
Many of those ideas would require legislation and congressional approval.
Azar, in his briefing, emphasized his desire to change the way pharmacy benefit managers operate — specifically a system where they negotiate rebates off high drug prices.
"We are calling into question today the entire structure of using rebates in the pharmacy channel," he said.
The president also wants to take steps to ensure foreign governments don't get lower prices for drugs than do U.S. taxpayers – which he referred to as "global freeloading."
"It's unfair, it's ridiculous, and it's not going to happen any longer," he said.
Critics say that proposal is unlikely to help lower prices here in the U.S.
"Lifesaving medicines aren't more expensive here because they cost less elsewhere," Jason Cone, executive director of Doctors Without Borders USA, wrote in an article published in The Hill. "They're priced out of reach everywhere because pharmaceutical corporations are charging exorbitant prices simply because they can—and the U.S. government lets them."
One thing Trump did not propose was allowing Medicare, the government health care program for the elderly, to directly negotiate lower drug prices for its beneficiaries. That's a change from his rhetoric during his campaign and transition.
"We're the largest buyer of drugs in the world and yet we don't bid properly," he said at a news conference in early January 2017. "We're going to start bidding and we're going to save billions of dollars over a period of time."
But shortly after Trump moved into the Oval Office he wavered on that commitment, first saying that he didn't want Medicare to engage in what he called "price fixing" and then, through his former spokesman Sean Spicer, saying once again he favored allowing the federal government program to deal with drugmakers to get lower prices.
Medicare accounts for about one-third of U.S. prescription drug spending. Current U.S. law prohibits Medicare officials from interfering in the negotiations between drugmakers and the insurance companies that administer Medicare's prescription drug plans.
The only government report that looks at the issue is a 2007 Congressional Budget Office study that concluded it would have a "negligible effect" on prices.
But Gellad says that report was limited, because it looked only at the effect if Medicare were not allowed to exclude drugs from its coverage list.
"There is no evidence that allowing Medicare to negotiate doesn't help," says Gellad. "In fact, the CBO said that in certain circumstances, with the right formulary, this type of negotiation could help."
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Post by hop2 on May 11, 2018 23:05:01 GMT
I read the NPR transcript of the John Kelly interview. From the transcript.... “Q ~ How would you describe his intellect? A ~ Very smart – a very, very smart guy. I mean a super smart guy. But I think it wouldn't surprise you to know he's very strong. He's very strong in terms of trade, taxes, business and he's a quick study on everything else. He's a pretty bright guy.” Quick study? trump? I think not. Yea, sure. Let’s ask Rep. Wilson if he believes that
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 11, 2018 23:17:37 GMT
This is what Trump is doing to the US. They aren't even hiding it anymore. That was sickening and horrifying to watch. I'm so sorry for that young man.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 23:43:14 GMT
The Hill...
“Top nuclear expert leaves State Dept after Trump withdraws from Iran deal hill.cm/dM6Ai9C”
If there is one thing trump and company has made extremely clear is they don’t need or want any “stinking experts” because trump has a big brain and knows everything don’t you know.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 0:00:22 GMT
PoliticoKenneth P. Vogel.... “HOW BIG $ WORKS: Federal officials are barred from soliciting contributions exceeding $2,700/election, so @speakerryan went to Vegas, pitched SHELDON ADELSON on the importance of ‘18, then left the room, & an associate asked Adelson for $30M, which he gave” Is this corruption, dirty politics, or business as usual?
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Post by pierogi on May 12, 2018 0:03:23 GMT
Ryan’s a crook like the rest of them.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 5:08:12 GMT
Trouble is that Homeland Security has lost/cannot account for over 1500 kids placed in homes. What can I even say to that??? O.M.G. Some how I can't picture Barron being forcefully separated from his family, and sent to live in some unknown foster home somewhere, as being an ok thing. Or Sarah Huckabee Sander's kids... NY Times report about the 1500 missing kidsWhen Sarah and her family or Trump and his family attempt to enter another country illegally, then you can make the comparison. Until then...
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 5:45:36 GMT
What can I even say to that??? O.M.G. Some how I can't picture Barron being forcefully separated from his family, and sent to live in some unknown foster home somewhere, as being an ok thing. Or Sarah Huckabee Sander's kids... NY Times report about the 1500 missing kidsWhen Sarah and her family or Trump and his family attempt to enter another country illegally, then you can make the comparison. Until then... Careful, your lack of compassion is showing.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 8:51:26 GMT
When Sarah and her family or Trump and his family attempt to enter another country illegally, then you can make the comparison. Until then... Careful, your lack of compassion is showing. Her lack of humanity is a better description of the Western privilege that she and her children is fortunate to experience.
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Post by imsirius on May 12, 2018 13:22:42 GMT
Today's randoms...
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 12, 2018 13:52:10 GMT
He wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the butt!
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Post by jayfab on May 12, 2018 15:08:57 GMT
Careful, your lack of compassion is showing. Her lack of humanity is a better description of the Western privilege that she and her children is fortunate to experience. Exactly, I cannot believe a mother wouldn't do anything in her power to keep her children safe. I know I would risk my life to keep my children from cartels, gangs or sex traffickers, legal or illegal.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 15:26:47 GMT
The Hill...
“Iran's supreme leader trolls Trump with photo of himself reading "Fire and Fury" days after Trump ends nuclear deal hill.cm/P6AIUqb”
That’s actually pretty funny. 😀
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 15:51:04 GMT
There doesn't seem to be a bottom line for anyone in this administration. This is truly disgusting LINK
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 17:50:55 GMT
When Sarah and her family or Trump and his family attempt to enter another country illegally, then you can make the comparison. Until then... Careful, your lack of compassion is showing. ![](http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r481/2peasrefugees/Smilies/rofl.gif) That is hilarious coming from someone who's shown no compassion for the situation. Your own words show nothing more than a mission to bash and there are no other posts from you showing otherwise. “Kelly says separating families at the border isn't cruel: "The children will be taken care of — put into foster care or whatever" hill.cm/fI9dq6F” “Isn’t cruel.” ”Or whatever”. Really? What a first class asshole. It would appear being an asshole is the top requirement needed to work in the trump administration. Hint: Noting that the the comparison being made is apples and airplanes does not mean that I have no compassion.
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Post by heather on May 12, 2018 18:05:02 GMT
Looks like Trump knew about Schneiderman way back in 2013...potentially using the info as blackmail for Trump U case. Kinda puts KAC’s gotcha tweet in a new light.
Schneiderman deserved to be outed. Years ago. So that part doesn’t bother me. But dude. Trump is looking more like a mob boss every day.
ETA: Saw this addressed on the other thread. Should have known you guys were already aware. Lol
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 18:14:55 GMT
Looks like Trump knew about Schneiderman way back in 2013... potentially using the info as blackmail for Trump U case. Kinda puts KAC’s gotcha tweet in a new light. Schneiderman deserved to be outed. Years ago. So that part doesn’t bother me. But dude. Trump is looking more like a mob boss every day.
ETA: Saw this addressed on the other thread. Should have known you guys were already aware. Lol Based on your made up scenario.
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Post by imsirius on May 12, 2018 18:33:49 GMT
Looks like Trump knew about Schneiderman way back in 2013... potentially using the info as blackmail for Trump U case. Kinda puts KAC’s gotcha tweet in a new light. Schneiderman deserved to be outed. Years ago. So that part doesn’t bother me. But dude. Trump is looking more like a mob boss every day.
ETA: Saw this addressed on the other thread. Should have known you guys were already aware. Lol Based on your made up scenario. For someone who a week ago complained about the big mean liberals posting on the conservative thread, you sure do get a kick out of coming in here and trying to rile people up and baiting them. Hypocrite; party of one.
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