Claiming that ballots (ostensibly cast by Democrats) had been “forged,” the President of the United States declared this morning that the counting of votes in Florida should stop immediately, and that that Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis should be declared the winners of their respective races. This, Donald Trump reasoned, was the right thing to […]
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What the fuck is happening in Florida?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Andrew Gillum, Arizona, Arlington, Cesar Sayoc, concessions, conspiracy theories, Craig Holman, Donald Trump, Election Day, election interference, fake news, false accusation, Florida, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Kyrsten Sinema, Mark Warner, midterm elections, Miriam Adelson, political violence, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Public Citizen, recounts, Republican lies, Rick Scott, Ron DeSantis, Sheldon Adelson, Veterans' Day, voter fraud, Voting Rights Act, Wayne Allyn Root 146 Comments
Public option voted down, twice, by cowardly Dems
The Senate Finance Committee voted twice this afternoon against the creation of a government-run health insurance plan, or “public option.” Members of the panel first voted 15 to 8 against Senator John D. Rockefeller’s proposal, and then followed up by voting 13 to 10 against the proposal put forward by Senator Charles Schumer. Among those […]
Posted in Health, Politics Also tagged Blanche Lincoln, Blue Dog Democrats, cash as free speech, Charles E. Schumer, fucking Democrats, health insurance, healthcare, healthcare reform, John D. Rockefeller, Kent Conrad, lobbyists, Max Baucus, money in politics, MSNBC, Robert Creamer, Roy Sekoff, Senate Finance Committee, The Ed Show, the public option, Tom Carper 34 Comments
The death of the Health Care bill
It looks like the President’s healthcare bill is headed for failure. Here’s a clip from the Associated Press: After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits two key Democratic priorities but incorporates provisions to slow the explosive rise in medical costs, officials […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Politics Also tagged Bill Moyers, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, healthcare, healthcare reform, Matt Taibbi, Max Baucus, Maxine Waters, Rahm Emanuel 15 Comments