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i'm just glad we're finally marginalizing historical beta dorks like Galileo and da Vinci in favor of alpha bros like Andrew Jackson.

xxpost tbf words are pretty essential to a lot of spellcasting so we might be okay there

wasn't expecting this, interesting tactic

Initial votes will include a GOP effort to see whether Democrats will support a single-payer health care system, as many in their base support. The amendment was offered by Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and is designed to put moderate Democrats in a tough spot.

Be hilarious if they vote 'sure!'

Anyway, excellent organization there

Sen Rounds says he's asked for a guarantee house won't pass skinny befor conference or a delay in implementation if it passes

— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) July 27, 2017

I wonder how much Tester and Daines hate each other

xp

oh my god it'll never happen obviously but it would be so fucking beautiful if the way we get single-payer is through a Title IX-style republican prank that backfires

Some news: Scaramucci's start date moved up from Aug 15 to July 26, I'm told. Harder for rivals to convince Trump to reverse hire decision.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 27, 2017

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2017/7/26/16048136/bernie-sanders-daines-single-payer

Be hilarious if they vote 'sure!'

But the resulting spin would be to get a bogus right wing think tank to say that single payer would raise taxes by a gazillion bucks, and the Koch brothers would pay for blanket ads repeating endlessly that "senator X voted to raise your taxes %1000, but the Republicans stopped him!"

Sanders is smart not to take the bait

Would pay $ to see a Communist Magician.

http://www.redmagic.co.uk/

For more than 30 years, Ian Saville has been presenting his Marxist Magic and ventriloquism.

Whereas David Copperfield is content with little tricks like making the Statue of Liberty disappear, Ian Saville aims at the much more ambitious goal of making International Capitalism and exploitation disappear. True, he hasn't quite succeeded, but he keeps on trying.

This is a funny, magical, thought-provoking and topical celebration of Socialism.

https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Background%20on%20Byrd%20Rule%20decisions_7.21[1].pdf

was the ACA passed with 60 votes?

It passed 60-39 in the Senate.

Would pay $ to see a Communist Magician.

http://www.redmagic.co.uk/

For more than 30 years, Ian Saville has been presenting his Marxist Magic and ventriloquism.
Whereas David Copperfield is content with little tricks like making the Statue of Liberty disappear, Ian Saville aims at the much more ambitious goal of making International Capitalism and exploitation disappear. True, he hasn't quite succeeded, but he keeps on trying.

This is a funny, magical, thought-provoking and topical celebration of Socialism.

― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Thursday, July 27, 2017 10:32 AM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/M/bo21618341.html

was the ACA passed with 60 votes?

for reference: Joe Lieberman RIP

Pots, kettles, they're all having fun.

Even Newt Gingrich. He tells @IngrahamAngle, "I think Scaramucci is full of himself."

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) July 27, 2017

Game recognizes game.

Hm hm hm

Lindsey Graham will meet with parliamentarian to see if Graham-Cassidy can pass reconciliation. If not, he's a "no" on skinny repeal

— Alex Ruoff (@Alexruoff) July 27, 2017

So. Brave.

which amendment is Graham-Cassidy again?

So apparently today's Russia hearings went well.

May Al live forever

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/07/27/mad-magazine-skewers-trumpcare-with-this-scathing-al-jaffee-fold-in/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.25a2648bd001

huckabee's presser (on camera!!) just now starting, 40 minutes late

Was on camera yesterday too. And was late as well.

Hair and makeup takes time.

Especially while the Mooch is staring at you.

https://www.axios.com/radio-silence-for-reince-from-trumpworld-2466252612.html

Another source close to the President said he feels nothing but sympathy at this point for Reince, whose current state reminds him of the neglected puppies in the viral Sarah McLachlan videos for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The neglected puppy hired by Trump and abused by Trump.

Didn't the Trump admin early on make it difficult to report animal abuse or something? Playing the long game.

lol

really dgaf about the deck chairs on the titanic at this point, the entire cabinet is dysfunctional and it p much doesn't matter who any of them are since none of them can do their jobs. the reality tv soap opera of who's in?/who's out? is just some shit Trump does cuz that's all he knows how to do, but it's largely insignificant at this point since none of these jackals (except Sessions) know how to do a goddamned thing.

Man, this ICE gorilla speaking right now ...

Bears repeating once again, all this bullshit is playing out in a period of relative stability. If Trump Inc. can't handle stability, what kind of shit are we in for if and when disaster strikes?

If we're lucky, we'll get a parade of classic Busta Rhymes videos.

re: graham-cassidy - keeps federal taxes, passes off everything to the states incl. whether to keep mandates and medicaid expansion

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/politics/lindsey-graham-bill-cassidy-health-care-plan/index.html

"Freedom Caucus will stop the bill we pass, which is my excuse for passing it" is not something I thought sens would be saying at this point https://t.co/wzHAHDhBV4

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) July 27, 2017

And hard to disagree with this

I think "skinny repeal" becoming law would be the worst all possible scenarios for Republicans, politically.

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 27, 2017

Graham and Cassidy, who have been working closely with former Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, argue that one of the main reasons that Republicans are having such a hard time agreeing is because they are working from the Obamacare template -- particularly federal control of health insurance.

"The reason we can't pass a bill is because we are trying to do it in Washington, so stop it," Santorum, a CNN contributor, told CNN. Both senators agree that the key to making their plan work, is giving states flexibility. "A blue state can do a blue thing, a red state a red thing," Cassidy said. "My state is going to repeal and replace Obamacare with something that gives power to the patient, but that starts with us giving power to the states."

isn't this a conflict of interest for Santorum?

That Al Jaffee fold-in is great, thank u for sharing

Hayes again:

The line from many GOP Senators today: "I will vote for this bill you wrote over lunch but only if you *guarantee me* it won't become law."

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 27, 2017

This ICE galoot speaking now ... could he be any less trustworthy when he asks immigrant communities to come forward to help them prosecute bad guys?

Profiles in Courage xp

a reminder why Sessions is awful:

The Department of Justice has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under former President Barack Obama.

The department’s move to insert itself into the New York case was an uncommon example of top officials in Washington opining directly in the courts on what is an important but essentially private dispute between a worker and his boss over gay rights issues. Civil rights advocates immediately criticized the filing not only for the arguments it advanced, but also for having been made on the same day that President Trump announced on Twitter that transgender people would be banned from serving in the military.

“The fold-in is a sort of bait-and-switch process,” Jaffee tells The Washington Post’s Comic Riffs. “The full-page scene asks and illustrates a question. After the page is folded, a surprise new scene and answer appear."

Imagine being the person who needs this explained to them. (IOW, imagine being...Chris Cilizza.)

Sanders demeanor at the podium like a kid reluctantly reading a book report.

Well, I win the day. Re that Reince/puppy anecdote:

Can someone do the appropriate Photoshop please? https://t.co/FTuRAjDfN5 pic.twitter.com/7NfT1evxro

— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) July 27, 2017

This seems right up @darth's alley

— Scott Calvert (@Scott_Calvert) July 27, 2017

pic.twitter.com/OjVWybI8ct

— darth:™ (@darth) July 27, 2017

"See? It's all a hoax. Gotta run!"

That was like a Lionel Hutz exit.