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Schumer isn't always wrong ... but he is dumb sometimes as well.

Schumer: he's just like us!

The big question in my mind regarding near future of the ACA is whether the Republicans will do whatever is in their power to introduce turmoil into the insurance market and defund any part of the ACA they can, so they can continue to claim it is a disaster. That's been their strategy for about 8 years now, so they might just keep it up out of habit, in default of any better ideas.

The big question in my mind regarding near future of the ACA is whether the Republicans will do whatever is in their power to introduce turmoil into the insurance market and defund any part of the ACA they can, so they can continue to claim it is a disaster.

Looking like the answer is "Yes."

If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017

That's been pre-ordained which is why this will be a Pyrrhic victory if we don't take back at least one half of Congress

That "Trump made Priebus kill a fly" bit made me think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SqgCnLcOQ0

Candie for president tbh

look for the Sunday shows to be full of Republicans "outside the tent pissing in" - my guess is the guys currently holding elected positions (and their staffers) will have spent a lot of hours on the phone with the likes of Gingrich, asking them to float a "it comes down to who is in the WH" trial balloon, so they can see if a revolt against Trump might play in Peoria.

Ha, already rumors circulating per "admin sources" that Kelly to CoS makes it more likely that Trump may oust McMaster next and replace him with Pompeo. Which, as noted, would leave CIA, FBI, DHS, Army, Navy and FEMA without directors.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, July 29, 2017 5:23 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Trump replacements are so much more dangeros than no directors at all - especially since he'll use supporters to fill in the ranks. I hope there isn't some Deep State, Trump-NWO-type cult out there.

there isn't. there is no bench, other than career government and military folks. nobody wants to work for this guy.

two scoops is set to sign unanimous russian sanctions. i hope vlad doesn't call in all the loans at once

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/white-house-says-trump-will-sign-russia-sanctions-bill.html

On Chuck Schumer's holding the caucus together.

Imagine the road movie involving these two.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/pickle-to-fox-and-friends-i-wrote-to-trump-because-i-wanted-him-to-be-my-friend/amp/

I think Alfred has the wrong link; this is the Schumer-focused Times piece.

[url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/29/senate-republicans-obamacare-repeal-241128]Meanwhile, the zombie lives![url]

Trump, increasingly impatient with the long-stalled repeal effort, met with three Senate Republicans about a new plan to roll back the health care law on Friday, signaling some lawmakers — as well as the president — are not ready to ditch their seven-year campaign promise.

The group is trying to write legislation that could get 50 Republican votes, according to multiple administration and Capitol Hill sources. The proposal from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) would block grant federal health care funding to the states and keep much of Obamacare’s tax regime. White House officials also met with House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) to brainstorm how to make the idea palatable to conservatives, according to two sources familiar with the meeting.

But!

But the GOP would have to take another painful procedural vote to open debate, and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is expected to remain in Arizona for cancer treatment until the end of the August recess. McCain voted to open debate on the Obamacare repeal effort, but voted against the GOP’s “skinny” bill that would gut the law’s individual mandate.

the only comparison I can make is basically Hurricane Season, where a new threat always pops up after another one skirts by you and you grit your teeth while you wait for it to blow by

I fully expect this to never end until they get what they want
Like a four year temper tantrum from toddlers in suits

wish there'd be a virus that only impacted old conservative politicians

Get on that shit, Umbrella Corporation

I had literally that exact same thought the other day. An idea whose time has come, clearly.

old conservative politicians? what about the young ones? oh wait

wish there'd be a virus that only impacted old conservative politicians

it's called myopia

Affluenza

too many meatballs

it's called myopia

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.)

hey now i've been seriously myopic since i was _five_, use other words please :)

presbyopia disappointingly non-partisan still dont have it but i've got some baf friends

where are we with this virus folks

Not as debilitating/incapacitating/internally-liquifying as I would've hoped but you gotta start somewhere.

hey I have the same universal remote as Candie & Rodney

Both the threads begin with a 'T', give him a break

I love reading about all of the "geniuses" who were so instrumental in my election success. Problem is, most don't exist. #Fake News! MAGA

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017

it's true, nearly everyone involved in his election success was a blithering idiot

#Fake

this is enjoyable

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/the-10-challenges-republicans-now-face/535275/

is that the Frum article

yes. did you already post it? sorry if so

it's been hard to keep up the last 72 hours

I haven't. I read it this afternoon.

Frum's list was a good one on the negative side of the ledger.

On the positive side for Republicans, their voters seem to be very bad at connecting pertinent facts to the formation of their political opinions or political motivations, relying instead on a belief system that views Republicans as the 'good', 'moral', or 'sensible' party, and the Democrats as the 'bad', 'dishonest', or 'foolish' party, regardless of how each party's policies affect them directly. For example, gay marriage has zero direct effect on most Republican voters, and yet a huge number of them place it near the very center of their personal political concerns. And the republican base is more disciplined about voting than the dem base is. This won't change in time for the next election.

Still, things as they stand today look fairly upbeat for a poor R performance in 2018. But that's an eon away in voter-attention-units.

"I love reading about all of the 'geniuses' who were so instrumental in my election success. Problem is, most don't exist."

Possibly preemptive, if you believe Trump's still (or was ever) capable of thinking that way: Fareed Zakaria has an upcoming "Why Trump Won" thing CNN's been plugging all week.

(Unless the key is the "MAGA" part, the meaning of which eludes me.)

I've seen a few people (including its author) say it's referring to that Devil's Bargain book about him and Bannon. He may not read but I can see him making a exception for that one.

The main thing is, it's good to know it's Saturday night and he's on the job.

ok, i've long since given up being able to make sense of any of this goddamn farrago, but what the hell is with people congratulating schumer for being able to keep discipline within his party? oh, wow, he got all 48 democrats in the senate to oppose a series of dogshit bills absolutely everybody fucking hated. well, hell, if that's not leadership what is?

i'm not sure i agree with some or even most of frum's list, but my disagreement is just on the side of extreme cynicism about the ability of anyone to remember anything or show up to vote or remember who fucked over who and why. but this one's kinda funny:

The Democrats need take only 14 seats to flip the House. There are 7 Republican incumbents on the ballot in California, where the president’s approval rating has tumbled to 25 percent, down five points since Inauguration Day. There are 5 more in New Jersey, where Governor Chris Christie’s approval rating has plunged to 15 percent.

if trump would have rewarded christie with some sort of appointment for being such a fucking asshole, they wouldn't have the same problem with the house races in NJ next year. who knows who the replacement would be, but they wouldn't be so bad and hated as christie, that's for sure. on top of that, if trump wanted to continue his ritual humiliation of christie, he could have kept doing it to him for a while longer if he was in his administration, just like he did with priebus and spicer, and like he's still doing to sessions

but they wouldn't be so bad and hated as christie, that's for sure.

RON HOWARD: It wasn't for sure.

Scaramucci seems like Christie and Guiliani and Newt all rolled into one.

xpost hahaha

i don't know, chris christie is at 15%. trump is at 35% or so despite everything. it takes a real sustained effort to reach 15%.

He's also been in office for eight years. So extrapolate.

The Democrats need take only 14 seats to flip the House.

isn't that wrong? it's currently 240-194. they need 24, no?