Seth takes a closer look at the backlash the Trump White House continues to face over the President’s cruel and sudden decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military.
JUST OUT: The new Senate bill.👇https://t.co/BKeODy8mDH
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 28, 2017
Eight pages, total. https://t.co/rHE9RvJ3w1
— Ana Mardoll (@AnaMardoll) July 28, 2017
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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Less is better, remember? THINK SMALL GOVERNMENT, CHARLES!!!!!!
It may not include dirty words, but @Scaramucci ‘s quote on the left is an admission that he violated the WH policy attached on the right. pic.twitter.com/Z2t68IMzPo
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) July 27, 2017
The only way John McCain could surprise me right now would be by voting against this moronic bill. Not holding my breath.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017
re: #5 Charles Johnson
I’m hoping for the best here-but like you, not holding my breath.
“We have to pass something,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the most senior GOP senator and chairman of the Finance Committee.
Passing gas.
Go Republican Senators, Go! Get there after waiting for 7 years. Give America great healthcare! pic.twitter.com/XobYViEmGy
— New Yorker Trump Bot (@TrumpNewYorker) July 28, 2017
Good grief. Trump Just Picked EPA Leader Who Writes “Science-Bible Stories” And Has Ties To Chemical Industry https://t.co/NT8DD1f72b
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017
re: #7 Decatur Deb
“We have to pass something,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the most senior GOP senator and chairman of the Finance Committee.
Passing gas.
No, Senator Hatch, you corrupt sack of shit, you do not have to pass anything. The only reason you feel you have to is because you despise the black man who formerly occupied the White House and are willing to prostitute yourself to any dick who will help you erase his legacy.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
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He and Graham both explicitly said that unless Ryan guaranteed a conference they would vote ‘no.’
TONIGHT: Anthony Scaramucci used some “not safe for work” language to tell Reince Priebus he is not safe at work. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/vLb7AO6t0V
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) July 28, 2017
re: #11 Barefoot Grin
He and Graham both explicitly said that unless Ryan guaranteed a conference they would vote ‘no.’
Maybe, but I heard Sen. Murphy saying what if they guaranteed to take it to conference and we all went “whew” and then they reported the skinny bill out of conference. If the House passed that, we’d be in the soup. Better to stop this now.
Not that I think they will stop trying to fuck us over. But I think they think their best shot at redoing the tax code is to pass this first.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
McCain has money 2 pay 4 any care he needs (he married well). Many Americans don’t have extra $ 4 higher premiums or HSA
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 28, 2017
What he said (thread).
KNOW THEM BY THEIR ACTIONS: Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders voted against Russia sanctions. ONLY TWO SENATORS TO DO SO. https://t.co/kTQ2QXL8XZ
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) July 27, 2017
This is starting to feel like election night all over again.
re: #11 Barefoot Grin
He and Graham both explicitly said that unless Ryan guaranteed a conference they would vote ‘no.’
I’m not holding my breath. Both have… Flexiblity when giving their word.
re: #13 retired cynic
Maybe, but I heard Sen. Murphy saying what if they guaranteed to take it to conference and we all went “whew” and then they reported the skinny bill out of conference. If the House passed that, we’d be in the soup. Better to stop this now.
Not that I think they will stop trying to fuck us over. But I think they think their best shot at redoing the tax code is to pass this first.
I guess that’s all the cover they need. Sick.
Well, kudos to Aesop. It turns out ‘The Frogs Who Desired a King’ wasn’t a fable, it was an actual bloody prediction. pic.twitter.com/tIwOuSdtQD
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 26, 2017
re: #11 Barefoot Grin
He and Graham both explicitly said that unless Ryan guaranteed a conference they would vote ‘no.’
NEWS!!!!
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 28, 2017
GRAHAM AND JOHNSON ARE NOW YES ON SKINNY AFTER RYAN PHONE CALL https://t.co/SSV7sFw5OO
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 28, 2017
Here’s your skinny bill pic.twitter.com/Q0MTomvvfq
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) July 28, 2017
Senate bill repeals the employer mandate, just in case you thought ACA repeal was solely about the individual market https://t.co/Gze2f498uk
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) July 28, 2017
re: #11 Barefoot Grin
He and Graham both explicitly said that unless Ryan guaranteed a conference they would vote ‘no.’
Their so-called “explicit” statements are 1/5 as explicit as regular human beings.
Thankfully we have Seth and Samantha to help keep some humor and truth in this mess. Both do a nice job of taking up for Jon Stewart.
Add a little Keith into the mix and we have some reality covered as painful as it is.
The exact opposite of FOX News world.
re: #22 Barefoot Grin
Tough-talking Graham.
We’re living in ‘amazing’ times.
Graham needs to save all his energy to take up all of McCain’s “concern”-ness once he finally leaves the national stage.
Goodnight. I’m going to bed to thrash and turn and not sleep.
re: #22 Barefoot Grin
Tough-talking Graham.
We’re living in ‘amazing’ times.
Yeah. It’s taking alcohol tonight.
re: #7 Decatur Deb
“We have to pass something,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the most senior GOP senator and chairman of the Finance Committee.
Passing gas.
Pass a bill that says the ACA stands and we will work with the Democrats to make the tune-ups necessary to make it a better system with continued improvements on down the road.
That’s passing something too Orrin. Pass that. It’s what everyone wants.
re: #28 ObserverArt
Pass a bill that says the ACA stands and we will work with the Democrats to make the tune-ups necessary to make it a better system with continued improvements on down the road.
That’s passing something too Orrin. Pass that. It’s what everyone wants.
You dreamer.
re: #26 Barefoot Grin
Goodnight. I’m going to bed to thrash and turn and not sleep.
I wouldn’t be able to sleep much anyway, what with a strained muscle in my back and all. >.<
re: #11 Barefoot Grin
He and Graham both explicitly said that unless Ryan guaranteed a conference they would vote ‘no.’
Not that it will be of any use, but I just emailed Lindsey and 11th hour (figuratively and literally) plea to do what he knows is right and vote no on this crap sandwich.
JUST OUT: The new Senate bill.👇https://t.co/BKeODy8mDH
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 28, 2017
Call me crazy, but overhauling 1/5 of the US economy feels like it deserves more than 8 fucking pages #skinnybill https://t.co/40Qp7Y4Gld
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
JUST OUT: The new Senate bill.👇https://t.co/BKeODy8mDH
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 28, 2017
Call me crazy, but overhauling 1/5 of the US economy feels like it deserves more than 8 fucking pages #skinnybill https://t.co/40Qp7Y4Gld
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
An update on the news from DC: https://t.co/bF13NZbowM
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 27, 2017
BREAKING: Official word from @USCBO - the “skinny” bill we’ll vote on in an hour will cause 16M Americans to lose their health insurance
— Matt House (@mattwhouse) July 28, 2017
Putin: We’ll have to retaliate against ‘illegal’ U.S. sanctions https://t.co/IQl4AJHvqT
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
What is he going to do? Put an even bigger shit for brains in the White House? Good luck finding one. https://t.co/m6X4ffVRW9
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #32 Kragar
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And more than an hour or so. And more than relying on Paul Weasel Ryan to commit to anything more than a shoulder shrug.
I hate these motherfuckers with the heat of a thousand suns.
And (until they screw with Medicare) it doesn’t even affect me personally. I’ve already been there/done that—went 10 years after breast cancer surgery without getting a mammogram because the uprate on private insurance was staggering. Paid ridiculously high amounts for ridiculously shitty private insurance because I didn’t want to lose everything if I got sick.
These fucking Republicans are ghouls.
re: #37 retired cynic
Do I get extra credit for cue-ing that up for you?
Only if I get credit for hitting it out of the park. 😁
Go Republican Senators, Go! Get there after waiting for 7 years. Give America great healthcare!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
JUST POSTED - new CBO score
Under current law: 26M uninsured next year
Under GOP plan: 42M uninsured next year pic.twitter.com/QcrxQZU3X4— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) July 28, 2017
re: #41 teleskiguy
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What I hate most (well, it’s kind of hard to quantify) is that it’s all one big fucking game to them. Go team go. That’s our fucking presi—I can’t even say the word, he disgust me so much.
Big update: Dem staff expect to see text of skinny repeal in a half hour. They’ll ask for a full reading on the floor.
— Chad Bolt (@chadderr) July 28, 2017
All 8 pages? That could take minutes! https://t.co/1DwWCimdM8
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #36 Charles Johnson
Good for them for working overtime on this!!!
re: #43 Kragar
.@ddiamond now, let’s discuss lost jobs. Does the @uscbo score that?
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 28, 2017
Enzi resolutely refusing to yield for questions. He is reading words he does not understand.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 28, 2017
Enzi is being a condescending jerk. Giving folks very little time to review the bill, then asking them to stop talking + read the bill? Rude
— Sara Lang (@SaraLang) July 28, 2017
then won’t take questions about the bill. He’s literally just having a convo with himself and disregarding everyone https://t.co/p4WAqd0RnC
— Chelsea Kearns (@chelsareno) July 28, 2017
My Democratic senator.
My Republican senator is a craven cock weasel who’s a sure ‘yes’ vote tonight.
Fox News literally dreaming about Trump as dictator. https://t.co/ac8FF7JIst pic.twitter.com/bvoxP7x9yH
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) July 28, 2017
re: #52 Kragar
Fox is going to do everything in their power to make that a reality.
re: #52 Kragar
On a show that’s plummeting in ratings and fading rapidly against Rachel.
Maybe Enzi should read Green Eggs and Ham—reading a children’s book couldn’t sound any more condescending than the bullshit he’s shoveling right now.
The Trump and Republican Agenda is to destroy the United States and harm its citizens. #skinnybill
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
Enzi is making me nauseous. What a lying, cretinous asshole.
(Go to bed, BeachDem—this is not good for your health.)
re: #57 Kragar
I don’t see how it can be looked at any other way.
So which “moderate” is falling on their sword for this bill?
“I only voted for that shit bill because I was told it would never become law” will be a super compelling argument to sell to voters in 2018
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 28, 2017
Nothing says white supremacy like an old guy from one of the least populated states in the union screwing the rest of us because he can.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) July 28, 2017
This whole thing makes me sick. It isn’t just the cruelty of this bill, it’s also the insane, deceitful, and underhanded way in which it’ll pass. Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and the rest of the GOP slime mold aren’t just killing thousands; they’re killing democracy itself.
re: #62 teleskiguy
Good news. Two weeks tobacco free.
I don’t know how you are doing it tonight, but congratulations!
re: #65 retired cynic
I don’t know how you are doing it tonight, but congratulations!
I don’t know how I’m doing it at all, frankly. The vape pen filled with cannabis oil is nice.
He’s just making shit up on the fly—and won’t allow any questions.
What a disgusting, horrible excuse for a human being.
Had to turn it off—Enzi was making my blood boil.
re: #67 BeachDem
He’s just making shit up on the fly—and won’t allow any questions.
What a disgusting, horrible excuse for a human being.
Stop beating around the bush. Just call him a Republican already.
The “pro-life” Right is choosing to kill and bankrupt millions of Americans so rich people can get a tax cut. #SkinnyRepeal
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
Give up your iPhone.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 28, 2017
However, I agree with @SenJohnMcCain that the bill on the table clearly isn’t the right approach for Arizona. 2/4
— Doug Ducey (@dougducey) July 27, 2017
Senator McCain:
You’ve got all the cover you need now.
Be who they say you are.
Once. https://t.co/js0DWJU0nn— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 28, 2017
If I only believed in Santa Claus, I might believe that McCain would do the right thing for once—but both those ships sailed LONG ago.
re: #71 GlutenFreeJesus
I don’t believe her. Not one bit.
The GOP loves the Constitution so much that they’ll piss on its burning embers if it means they can fuck millions of Americans #SkinnyRepeal
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #62 teleskiguy
Good news. Two weeks tobacco free.
I did it because I knew I needed to take care of myself better. Stress levels have been high and I haven’t been exercising since ski season ended. Last week I fixed my mountain bike (“fixed” is relative, I aired up the tires and oiled the chain) and finally got out on some dirt. It was nice, put in about seven miles in the saddle. Baby steps.
re: #63 Kragar
I deeply, gravely resent that my future and my students’ future is being decided by gerontocrats who won’t live to see 2030.
— Paul Musgrave🙂 (@profmusgrave) July 28, 2017
Gerontocracy, a term known best from the collapse of the USSR. Ossified, unaccountable elites now steering US down similar path. Horror. https://t.co/MA8wQE0d04
— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) July 28, 2017
To be clear: CBO says @SenateGOP’s #SkinnyBill will cause premiums to rise 20%… every year. Not once - every single year. Through 2026. pic.twitter.com/5ujSymvREy
— Senator Ben Cardin (@SenatorCardin) July 28, 2017
re: #77 teleskiguy
I want to get back into where I’m able to do gonzo hill climbs and 20-mile loops. That’s when mountain biking is the most fun.
Don’t bother appealing to Republicans’ sense of shame or decency. They have none. Give them reason to fear you. Tell them you vote.
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) July 28, 2017
This is the only thing the GOP cares about: your taking away their job security.
Nothing else matters. Nothing. https://t.co/C3eUI529gj— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) July 28, 2017
A bunch of Senate Republicans are currently planning to let Paul Ryan sex them without a condom based on his promise that he’ll pull out.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 28, 2017
Enzi is now on live births as he consumes his hour on the skinny. Listing stats from nations worldwide. “Things we ought to be working on”
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 28, 2017
re: #78 jaunte
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re: #81 jaunte
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They are incorrect. GOP job security comes in the form of positions with think tanks and right wing media. If they vote the way the donors want all that happens when they lose reelection is an upgrade in salary.
re: #83 jaunte
Why don’t the Dems chant their objections in unison and shout the fucker down? “Norms” and “comity” were set on fire and had their ashes pissed on months ago.
I don’t want to be hostile
I don’t want to be dismal
And I don’t want to rot in an apathetic existence
See I want to believe you
And I want to trust you
And I want to have faith to put away the daggerBut you lie, cheat, and steal
You lie, cheat, and steal
You lie, cheat, and steal
And I tolerate you
You lie, cheat, and steal
You lie, cheat, and steal
You lie, cheat, and steal
I cannot tolerate…Veil of virtue hung to hide your method
While I smile and laugh and dance and
Sing your praise and glory
Shroud of virtue hung to mask your stigma
As I smile and laugh and dance and
Sing your glory whileYou lie, cheat, and steal
Lie, cheat, and steal
Lie, cheat, and steal
How can I tolerate you?
You lie, cheat, and steal
You lie, cheat, and steal
You lie, cheat, and steal
How can I tolerate?Our guilt, our blame, I’ve been far too sympathetic
Our blood, our fault, I’ve been far too sympathetic
I am not innocent
I am not innocent
You are not innocent
No one is innocentYou lie, cheat, and steal
Lie, cheat, and steal
Lie, cheat, and steal
How can I tolerate you?
You lie, cheat, and steal
You lie, cheat, and steal
You lie, cheat, and steal
How can I tolerate?I will no longer tolerate you
I will go down beside you
No one is innocent
re: #86 Interesting Times
Why don’t the Dems chant their objections in unison and shout the fucker down? “Norms” and “comity” were set on fire and had their ashes pissed on
monthsyears ago.
FTFY
Enzi continues to be the only GOP Senator on the floor and he isn’t talking about anything remotely connected to the bill. This is surreal.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 28, 2017
The Republican Party’s contempt for democracy could not possibly be more explicit https://t.co/JnDTS2Dvl6
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) July 28, 2017
re: #86 Interesting Times
- what have you, can get them barred from the floor, and then they can’t vote. The Dems can’t lose a single vote.
— Celeste P. (@Celeste_pewter) July 28, 2017
re: #90 jaunte
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re: #38 Kragar
Putin: We’ll have to retaliate against ‘illegal’ U.S. sanctions https://t.co/IQl4AJHvqT
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
What is he going to do? Put an even bigger shit for brains in the White House? Good luck finding one. https://t.co/m6X4ffVRW9
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
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Alex Jones?
David Barton?
Rick Wiles?
I’d bet on Wiles, who is the most slavishly pro-Russian of the top RWNJs.
Any Republican who votes for this skinny repeal nonsense really does deserve to lose in 2018. At this point, the Senate is a farce.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 28, 2017
Would the Dems do what the Rs are doing now to pass a very high priority bill? You bet they would. (Not saying that to justify GOP actions.)
— Stuart Rothenberg (@StuPolitics) July 28, 2017
This is the kind of false #bothsides BS that led to Trump & today’s GOP. This fact-free assertion is what normalises what we see today. https://t.co/Gx9nMZ3awA
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) July 28, 2017
re: #85 Weaselone
They are incorrect. GOP job security comes in the form of positions with think tanks and right wing media. If they vote the way the donors want all that happens when they lose reelection is an upgrade in salary.
The Supreme Court really fucked us with Citizens United, didn’t it? Money in politics is one of the biggest cancers killing American democracy.
Candidate for top Homeland Security job withdraws over Trump’s transgender troops ban https://t.co/CEL8sYuD4g pic.twitter.com/7DHIZ7puz2
— The Hill (@thehill) July 28, 2017
re: #85 Weaselone
They are incorrect. GOP job security comes in the form of positions with think tanks and right wing media. If they vote the way the donors want all that happens when they lose reelection is an upgrade in salary.
Or they can be like Jim DeMint and Jason Chafetz and quit right in the middle of their term to move on to greener pastures.
re: #85 Weaselone
They are incorrect. GOP job security comes in the form of positions with think tanks and right wing media. If they vote the way the donors want all that happens when they lose reelection is an upgrade in salary.
None of that would be available if they couldn’t reach office in the first place.
re: #86 Interesting Times
Why don’t the Dems chant their objections in unison and shout the fucker down? “Norms” and “comity” were set on fire and had their ashes pissed on months ago.
Then John McCain would have to give another bullshit speech about how terrible it is when the Senate veers off course. That might interfere with his voting for a shit sandwich that he said he wouldn’t vote for, because he’s such a fucking maverick.
Biggest loser under “skinny” repeal: middle class people who buy their own insurance without subsidies and would see big premium hikes.
— Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) July 28, 2017
This bill is indefensible. This process is indefensible.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 28, 2017
This disastrous bill is what happens when the only principle that unites your party is hatred of the country’s first Black President https://t.co/U8mirYiDgD
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) July 28, 2017
Section 102 of this scheme means large employers will no longer have to provide insurance pic.twitter.com/IsIfmR0Ej1
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) July 28, 2017
Do you have health insurance through your job? Well, the Health Care Freedom Act just freed your employer not to provide it anymore. https://t.co/EwKIVVBh68
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) July 28, 2017
Well, well, well, this is a “Duh Duh Duh” moment isn’t it?
The World Waits to see if the R’s are going to shoot themselves in the head.
re: #103 FormerDirtDart
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re: #104 austin_blue
Well, well, well, this is a “Duh Duh Duh” moment isn’t it?
The World Waits to see if the R’s are going to shoot themselves in the head.
There’s no “if” about it, there’s just debate on how big a gun they intend to use.
re: #95 No Depression
The Supreme Court really fucked us with Citizens United, didn’t it? Money in politics is one of the biggest cancers killing American democracy.
The think tank as fall back money making venture predates Citizens United. I went to a few events in law school that were put on by groups like the Federalist Society or the Claremont Institute. All of them always had tables set up where someone was giving away “best selling” books that had been bought in bulk. That was early aughts.
But the truth is pretty much any former senator has a line for big bucks post service. If they have a law degree plenty of big firms will bring them in as a partner with a fat salary and the freedom to do whatever they’d like. If not big business can bring them in as a board member or some sort of executive position. Not only that, if their party wins the White House in the next election or two, they’ve got a line on cabinet posts
A government is only legitimate as long as it has the consent of the governed.#SkinnyRepeal
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #104 austin_blue
Well, well, well, this is a “Duh Duh Duh” moment isn’t it?
The World Waits to see if the R’s are going to shoot themselves in the head.
The GOP is the suicidal school bus driver of the United States. They’re taking us down with them.
re: #94 FormerDirtDart
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No, they wouldn’t. They could have in 2009-10, but they didn’t.
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) July 28, 2017
120 minutes in the middle of the night to fix a $3 TRILLION segment of our economy. 1 min for every $25Billion. 1 sec for every $415Million.
— Andrew Seidel (@AndrewLSeidel) July 28, 2017
“Conservative”
re: #93 Kragar
Unless you are going to repudiate everything your party stands for, Eric Son of Erick, may I kindly request that you fuck off?
That 7 a.m. Christmas Eve vote on the ACA came after 25 days of debate on the Senate floor, for what it’s worth: https://t.co/KTcDWyPQG3
— Mike Madden (@MikeMadden) July 28, 2017
Cornyn talking about the number of uninsured in the country and specifically, Texas.
WTF?
re: #106 Targetpractice
There’s no “if” about it, there’s just debate on how big a gun they intend to use.
22, 45 ACP, or twelve gauge, it’s all brain death and destruction.
It’s the death of the Republican Party.
Oorah!
re: #109 No Depression
The GOP is the suicidal school bus driver of the United States. They’re taking us down with them.
Nah, they’re Jim Jones forcing everyone else by gunpoint to drink the Kool-Aid.
Cornyn argues that people can’t afford HC + millions are uninsured, so why not make it more expensive + throw millions more off insurance?
— Andrew Seidel (@AndrewLSeidel) July 28, 2017
re: #111 jaunte
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“Conservative”
They’re reactionaries. But then again, so is 30% of the electorate
Senate is voting now on a Democratic motion to send this back to committee and start over. Vote on skinny repeal is next
— Sarah Mimms (@SarahMMimms) July 28, 2017
re: #111 jaunte
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“Conservative”
It wouldn’t shock me one bit if the GOP causes another Great Recession with this malicious dumbfuckery. And with the chucklefuck we currently have in the Oval Office, that’ll metastasize into a full-blown depression.
re: #120 FormerDirtDart
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This would be the perfect opportunity for McCain, Collins, et al to cast a vote that would end this madness. I’m not holding my breath though
Cornyn said hundreds of thousands of Texans remain w/o insurance despite ACA assurances of universal coverage. Texas did not expand Medicaid
— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) July 28, 2017
Cornyn is a lying sack of shit.
re: #121 No Depression
It wouldn’t shock me one bit if the GOP causes another Great Recession with this malicious dumbfuckery. And with the chucklefuck we currently have in the Oval Office, that’ll metastasize into a full-blown depression.
Wanna buy some pencils? No. 2! Not even sharpened yet!
re: #121 No Depression
It wouldn’t shock me one bit if the GOP causes another Great Recession with this malicious dumbfuckery. And with the chucklefuck we currently have in the Oval Office, that’ll metastasize into a full-blown depression.
Dude, it’s all about the win. Fuck the populace.
73/yo white R from small rural state stonewalling Dems while moving 2 revoke health care from >15million captures much of US politics divide
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 28, 2017
re: #121 No Depression
It wouldn’t shock me one bit if the GOP causes another Great Recession with this malicious dumbfuckery. And with the chucklefuck we currently have in the Oval Office, that’ll metastasize into a full-blown depression.
I’m so old, I remember when President Obama (correctly) asserted that the 2008 recession was the direct fault of polices enacted in the previous administration, and the RWNJs bleated in racist unison.
re: #124 teleskiguy
Wanna buy some pencils? No. 2! Not even sharpened yet!
Only if we give them to John Wick.
re: #104 austin_blue
Well, well, well, this is a “Duh Duh Duh” moment isn’t it?
The World Waits to see if the R’s are going to shoot themselves in the head.
Unfortunately, they’re shooting a big chunk of the American public before they turn that gun.
re: #129 BeachDem
Unfortunately, they’re shooting a big chunk of the American public before they turn that gun.
Murder-suicide.
re: #129 BeachDem
Unfortunately, they’re shooting a big chunk of the American public before they turn that gun.
Damn good point. Ratfuckers.
re: #120 FormerDirtDart
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re: #125 austin_blue
Dude, it’s all about the win. Fuck the populace.
The GOP rank-and-file cannot comprehend the meaning of a Pyrrhic victory.
Their indifference to whether people live or die is stunning.
— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) July 28, 2017
this trait now defines the GOP https://t.co/I0PP0I1vyI
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 28, 2017
John Cornyn will not meet with his constituents.
John Cornyn will not meet with his constituents.
John Cornyn will not meet with his co— Dem Texas Girls (@TexDem16) July 28, 2017
Neither Cornyn nor Cruz have any interest in listening to the people they supposedly represent. https://t.co/y4dS0lt88s
— Devin Pike (@justdevin) July 28, 2017
Okay. So these oldfuck GOPers have guaranteed job security and wealth either way thanks to voter suppression, gerrymandering, and - if that happens to fail, or they don’t want to be bothered running again - cushy lobbyist/thinkthank positions to fall back on.
What else can be done (within more-or-less* legal means) to make their lives miserable and scare them into less-horrible behavior?
*civil disobedience, and also legit forms of protest that end up criminalized
I wish Hunter S Thompson were here to see this shit.
— chris davenport (@SteepSkiing) February 11, 2017
And no one is asking or discussing this.
Does the CBO score potential jobs lost and impact on the economy?
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 28, 2017
re: #136 Interesting Times
Okay. So these oldfuck GOPers have guaranteed job security and wealth either way thanks to voter suppression, gerrymandering, and - if that happens to fail, or they don’t want to be bothered running again - cushy lobbyist/thinkthank positions to fall back on.
What else can be done (within more-or-less* legal means) to make their lives miserable and scare them into less-horrible behavior?
*civil disobedience, and also legit forms of protest that end up criminalized
Running out of options, and fast.
A sick dystopian future with a fascist government commandeered by Russian sycophants keeps creeping in, slowly but surely.
re: #138 MsJ
And no one is asking or discussing this.
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re: #139 retired cynic
It has to cut jobs. Fast.
People without insurance don’t pay premiums, don’t go to the doctor, don’t get prescriptions filled. All of that is economic activity that won’t happen.
Motion to send bill back to committee
Y 47 N 44
They lost the cootch?
ex-GOP VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinnelli to CNN on health care debate: “the Republican leadership has been exposed as liars”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 28, 2017
re: #130 Targetpractice
Murder-suicide.
Yeah—I hate it when they get the order wrong.
(And as many times as I’ve thought the end of Republicans was nigh, I’ve been disappointed every time—because their voters, particularly now, are stupid or hateful or both.)
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.” -Thomas Jefferson
— Hunter S. Thompson (@GonzoVice) July 27, 2017
They’re not afraid of 2018 and 2020. They have a White House “voter fraud commission” that will further erode voting rights of Dems.
— Kia (@Kia_Hutch) July 28, 2017
I can’t take this. I’m coming apart, just like last November.
Motion to send bill back to committee
Y 47 N 47
CBO: 6 million of those who will lose coverage are getting insurance from work.
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 28, 2017
Nothing like the sweet freedom of your boss deciding your family no longer needs health insurance. https://t.co/R8AsfwWRdO
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 28, 2017
Motion to send bill back to committee
Y 47 N 51
Failed
re: #150 Blind Frog Belly White
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“Look, I got stockholders to answer to. Your kid’s leukemia is way down on my priority list.”
re: #148 retired cynic
I can’t take this. I’m coming apart, just like last November.
I’m right there—will have to unplug tomorrow because I don’t think I can tolerate watching/hearing the yam bleating about his VICTORY.
I say again, as I often do these days, I’m kind of glad I’m old and I don’t have kids.
do you need to marry your diabetic boyfriend to ensure that he has insurance for insulin to stay alive past age 25? tune in tonight!!!
— crissy (@crissymilazzo) July 28, 2017
re: #154 Targetpractice
“Look, I got stockholders to answer to. Your kid’s leukemia is way down on my priority list.”
Well, honestly, our employer-based health insurance system is nuts. But, yeah.
Agree, but. I have younger people I care about, and my heart breaks for them.
Collins walked over to Murkowski and McCain to say hi and it sounded like McCain joked “the untouchables!”
— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) July 28, 2017
re: #150 Blind Frog Belly White
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Tying health insurance to employment was a really stupid thing to do.
re: #160 No Depression
Tying health insurance to employment was a really stupid thing to do.
It made sense at the time. It doesn’t anymore.
re: #160 No Depression
Tying health insurance to employment was a really stupid thing to do.
A legacy of the WWII era. Because it was so difficult to find available workers (‘cuz they were all off fighting the Axis) employers came up with it as a perk.
Nearly every Republican on the floor looks distressed.
The exception?
McCain, Murkowski, Collins — standing together — have a laugh.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 28, 2017
re: #162 Dr Lizardo
A legacy of the WWII era. Because it was so difficult to find available workers (‘cuz they were all off fighting the Axis) employers came up with it as a perk.
And it was cheaper than raising wages, just like defined benefit pensions were.
A certain conceptual unity in authoring a disgraceful bill and trying to pass it in the most disgraceful way possible.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 28, 2017
PENCE now talking to MCCAIN
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 28, 2017
re: #165 Blind Frog Belly White
And it was cheaper than raising wages, just like defined benefit pensions were.
It made sense at the time, but it’s long outlived its usefulness. Much like the Electoral College.
Pence has now come over to Collins, Murkowski and McCain and they are talking and laughing
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 28, 2017
I don’t think they have the votes.
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 28, 2017
Could it be possible?
They are treating this as a fucking game.
A fucking game.
It won’t matter if this DOES fail… they treated it all as a game.
Great text. What did you reply with?
“sorry but I have to kill millions of people first. see u soon. Xoxo”?— Jared’s 🖖 Spokesman (@eliot_woodrich) July 28, 2017
The absurdity of this whole mess.
Whoa, John McCain just passionately made out with Murkowski while Cornyn shoved his head up his own ass. Could the bill be in trouble????
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) July 28, 2017
THEY’VE JUST BROUGHT A PANTSLESS STEVE BANNON ONTO THE SENATE FLOOR!
— David Waldman, LLC (@KagroX) July 28, 2017
re: #163 Myron Falwell
why not?
McCain will be dead within a year and I’m sure that the Freedom Caucus is lining up challengers for the ladies toot suite!
I’m also guessing that the Skinny Bill miraculously allows the Senate and Congress to retain their HC
with what is going on in this country and how its being brought about, I am not going to be shocked if there’s some violent backlash politically on both sides, as the Nazis feel free to attack anyone they please, liberals, Jews, people of color or anyone of a religious (or non-religious) persuasion… and I also fear that some traumatized Dad or Uncle or Brother is going to take it upon themselves to start killing politicians because of loss of hope/family/income…
re: #154 Targetpractice
“Look, I got stockholders to answer to. Your kid’s leukemia is way down on my priority list.”
That’s the gist of it isn’t it? Black Swan health issues are what the insurance companies want to remove from basic coverage. They make their money on everything else, with deductibles and co-pays.
It’s a hell of a scam, and the R’s are right there with them.
Ghouls.
re: #172 Myron Falwell
I hate the U.S. Senate. Most un-democratic institution that claims to be democratic. There wasn’t even direct election of senators until 1913 with Amendment XVII.
COLLINS AND MURKOWSKI are huddle with MCCAIN.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 28, 2017
No hope this will play out like “Return of the Jedi.”
McCain would curse the Emperor then throw Luke down the reactor core for party unity https://t.co/8XiwXkI3Jl— Doktor Zoom (@DoktorZoom) July 28, 2017
re: #179 FormerDirtDart
High drama. He said “let you know” on how he is voting as he stepped onto the floor.
How the hell is it even a question.
Current Mood: pic.twitter.com/Bz5L1nuwIT
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #171 BeachDem
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Could it be possible?
Every senator has now voted but they are holding the vote open. Pretty strong sign that they don’t have the vote
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 28, 2017
re: #179 FormerDirtDart
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Do these fuckers think they’re scripting a reality show or something?
Somewhere, Chris Cillizza is eagerly waiting to give Republicans a smiley face.
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) July 28, 2017
On motion to return to committee
Every senator has voted. They have not closed the vote because they don’t have the votes for skinny repeal and are trying to wrangle them.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 28, 2017
re: #183 No Depression
Do these fuckers think they’re scripting a reality show or something?
Why yes. Yes they do. I mean, it worked for their leader Fuckface Von Clownstick to get elected.
THEY ARE HOLDING THE VOTE OPEN EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE HAS VOTED.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 28, 2017
They don’t have the votes. https://t.co/6XLrQPb1sk
— Jeff Fecke 🖖 (@jkfecke) July 28, 2017
If McCain came back all the way to DC just to be the turd in the punch bowel tonight, I might die of laughter.
re: #182 Myron Falwell
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Can McConnell be as big a prick as Delay was
mcconnell trying to bring back some deep cuts…. medicare part d, baby!
— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) July 28, 2017
That’s when Delay held the vote open for an HOUR after it had already failed to get R’s to change their votes to yes. It worked. https://t.co/x6aBvJyEzy
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 28, 2017
So if they don’t have he votes, are they holding he vote open so a couple of senators can switch their vote and send the bill to committee?
Ya know, it’s entirely possible McCain votes this thing down, because how do you threaten a guy who knows he probably won’t survive the year, let alone ever face reelection?
re: #191 Blind Frog Belly White
Ya know, it’s entirely possible McCain votes this thing down, because how do you threaten a guy who knows he probably won’t survive the year, let alone ever face reelection?
He might be cognizant enough to know that his vote on healthcare in the age of Fuckface Von Clownstick will be how he’s remembered for a long long time.
re: #193 teleskiguy
He might be cognizant enough to know that his vote on healthcare in the age of Fuckface Von Clownstick will be how he’s remembered for a long long time.
I’ll see it when I believe it.
Hope is a dangerous drug, but I can’t help but get a bit of a buzz off it right now.
re: #189 BeachDem
Can McConnell be as big a prick as Delay was
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I’d say McConnell’s an even bigger prick.
McConnell is intently watching Pence work McCain from 25 feet away.
Pence’s friendly chat looks more serious now.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 28, 2017
Meanwhile, President Fuckface Von Clownstick is in bed with his three-year-old Samsung Galaxy under his pillow, ready for the epic bowel movement when the sun rises.
re: #191 Blind Frog Belly White
Ya know, it’s entirely possible McCain votes this thing down, because how do you threaten a guy who knows he probably won’t survive the year, let alone ever face reelection?
I was thinking he’s the perfect guy to vote it down. If I were in his shoes, I’d be laughing in McConnell and Pence’s faces, saying, “You have nothing. Nothing you can threaten me with. You lose.”
re: #196 No Depression
I’d say McConnell’s an even bigger prick.
Well, the only thing that will keep me from rage crying is a little Hamilton (and hope)
re: #197 Myron Falwell
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“You were okay with this an hour ago!”
“I changed my mind.”
Body language here is pretty brutal. pic.twitter.com/urVLe4egOM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 28, 2017
Capitol Hill friend texted me: 3 GOP holdouts on skinny repeal. They don’t have the votes. McConnell thought it would be closer.
— KStreetHipster (@KStreetHipster) July 28, 2017
It’s 1 a.m. in D.C.
What. The. Fuck. Is. Going. On.
re: #198 teleskiguy
Meanwhile, President Fuckface Von Clownstick is in bed with his three-year-old Samsung Galaxy under his pillow, ready for the epic bowel movement when the sun rises.
I suspect the rage tweets are the equivalent of ‘Here I sit all brokenhearted…
MSNBC is now covering the Senate floor live with Brian Williams.
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) July 28, 2017
re: #197 Myron Falwell
Pence is one evil, determined man.
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 28, 2017
re: #198 teleskiguy
Meanwhile, President Fuckface Von Clownstick is in bed with his three-year-old Samsung Galaxy under his pillow, ready for the epic bowel movement when the sun rises.
I read somewhere he has a newer one these days - he was running a Samsung Galaxy III last year, but apparently, he’s upgraded.
Nothing wrong with a Galaxy III…..I have one that I keep as a back-up phone. It’s solid and reliable, but it’s getting obsolete.
Pence has been working McCain for at least 15 minutes now. One on one. Republicans holding vote open for the VP.
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 28, 2017
Uh, something just fell from the gallery and hit Sen. Scott on the head as he was talking to Sen. Sasse.
— Michael Linden (@MichaelSLinden) July 28, 2017
I accidentally dropped my notebook. It’s been a long day. (I’m sorry @SenatorTimScott and @BenSasse. I wasn’t attacking u, I promise) https://t.co/WVNcDQhWle
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) July 28, 2017
LITERAL BYRD BATH https://t.co/TWSn29YiKf
— Ryan Teague Beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) July 28, 2017
How is there 15 minutes worth of argument in favor of voting for this garbage.
#SkinnyBill defunds Planned Parentood.
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) July 28, 2017
More evidence Republicans are a vote short: they seem to be working Murkowski. Thune and Blunt of leadership plus Sullivan circling her.
— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) July 28, 2017
Lisa Murkowski should bare her arms. Maybe if she’s lucky, her immodesty will cause Pence to pass out.
re: #207 jaunte
How DO you threaten someone who is consigned to terminal cancer and who may never be in those chambers ever again?
re: #214 No Depression
Lisa Murkowski should bare her arms. Maybe if she’s lucky, her immodesty will cause Pence to pass out.
LAWD ‘AVE MERCY!
re: #210 Myron Falwell
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Uh, something just fell from the gallery and hit Sen. Scott on the head as he was talking to Sen. Sasse.
Maybe it will knock some sense into the smarmy asshole.
Possibly they will never close this vote and Obamacare repeal will exist in a state of quantum uncertainty until the end of time
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 28, 2017
re: #211 jaunte
How is there 15 minutes worth of argument in favor of voting for this garbage.
c’mon man… I mean, why you gotta be such a killjoy… c’mon man, just, you know… c’mon, let’s get this thing over with
Wonder if this is McCain’s attempt at forcing a return to “regular order.”
PENCE has left the chamber.
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 28, 2017
Repeat—Mike Pence has left the building.
re: #215 Myron Falwell
How DO you threaten someone who is consigned to terminal cancer and who may never be in those chambers ever again?
Children and grandchildren. Indirect threats from what the ‘other’ will do if they’re not put in their place.
Threats to reputation - to legacy. “You had a chance to bury that man’s insurance plan. instead you’ll be seen as its savior - and nobody on either side will thank you.”
things like that.
PENCE has left the chamber.
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 28, 2017
If he’s in the bathroom, inconclusive. If the motorcade leaves, game over. https://t.co/VFG5qVYWRu
— Todd Zwillich (@toddzwillich) July 28, 2017
Must go to bed.
(Tomorrow is the first leg of 5 days on the road headed to Denver.)
Can’t go to bed.
(WTF, McCain? Is this going to be your moment at long last?)
Must go to bed.
re: #220 Targetpractice
it would be an extreme change of pace for McCain to be as intransigent with his fellow Republicans as he’s been with Democrats..
who knows, maybe these three stick by their guns and tell the rest of these raving fucking nutjobs to stop this fucking quixotic crusade for tax cuts at the expense of the American public…
I don’;t expect them to do it, but maybe I’ll be surprised…
There is now a glimmer of hope that we stop this and hopefully start over in a bipartisan way to stabilize ins markets and bring down costs.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) July 28, 2017
PENCE has left the chamber.
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 28, 2017
re: #222 kirkspencer
Children and grandchildren. Indirect threats from what the ‘other’ will do if they’re not put in their place.
Threats to reputation - to legacy. “You had a chance to bury that man’s insurance plan. instead you’ll be seen as its savior - and nobody on either side will thank you.”
things like that.
Tax cuts.
Ending inheritance tax.
re: #213 BeachDem
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re: #227 MsJ
He could just be taking a whizz.
re: #229 No Depression
Maybe I’m being overly optimistic here, but I don’t think they’re gonna break Murkowski. The GOP ain’t shit to her. She did beat a teabagger with a write-in campaign, you know.
Might even (he dreams) persuade her to change party.
(I know. I said dream.)
re: #229 No Depression
Maybe I’m being overly optimistic here, but I don’t think they’re gonna break Murkowski. The GOP ain’t shit to her. She did beat a teabagger with a write-in campaign, you know.
Not up again till 2022
Doesnt matter if it’s at 5 AM. AARP will remember how you vote and report it back to our 38 million members. #VoteNO
— AARP Advocates (@AARPadvocates) July 28, 2017
McCain just walked over to the Dem leadership huddle
short discussion, all leaning in, hugging Feinstein when he walked away
McCain now having a very happy conversation with Democrats including Schumer where he mouthed “fuck” to glee and merriment
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 28, 2017
There is now a glimmer of hope that we stop this and hopefully start over in a bipartisan way to stabilize ins markets and bring down costs.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) July 28, 2017
re: #229 No Depression
Maybe I’m being overly optimistic here, but I don’t think they’re gonna break Murkowski. The GOP ain’t shit to her. She did beat a teabagger with a write-in campaign, you know.
And a Palin-backed nutjob, at that.
It’s repeal is dead, hallelujah.
The ACA lives another day!
This is worse than a Blackhawk Stanley Cup final in double OT. Ugh.
I know I’m dreaming here, but let’s just say for a minute that Murkowski and Collins break hard enough from the GOP to go independent and caucus with the Dems.
Does Pence’s ability to break ties extend to administrative stuff like voting on leadership and committee assignments?
McCain is hugging Democrats. McConnell just walked off the floor.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) July 28, 2017
This is not a sane way to run a country.
Ugh. Even a good outcome sucks.
Here’s a fun out for Republicans: They’re still on motion to commit. Three Republicans could flip and send this committee for three days.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 28, 2017
re: #234 FormerDirtDart
McCain just walked over to the Dem leadership huddle
short discussion, all leaning in, hugging Feinstein when he walked away
McCain also seemed to be speaking to a member of the Senate staff with the Dem huddle
I wonder if he asked if they can change votes to send bill back to committee
If I were Murkowski, after Trump’s threats, I’d tell ‘em to pound sand.
CROWD growing around MURKOWSKI
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 28, 2017
Protesters chanting “Kill The bill!” so loudly outside the Capitol that it can be heard inside.
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) July 28, 2017
re: #243 jaunte
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This is not a sane way to run a country.
Haha. Go fuck yourself Mitch.
BOOM, now see, the defense rushes towards the skinny bill, but the offense is running the statue of liberty… pic.twitter.com/4SUga9y4fZ
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 28, 2017
Boy that plan to have Ryan Zinke threaten Murkowski like some sort of reject from the Sopranos seems pretty dumb right now
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) July 28, 2017
If McConnell is in the cloakroom, and if he’s making a call, he is probably talking to Trump. Saying, I don’t have the votes. 5/
— Adam Jentleson (@AJentleson) July 28, 2017
I’d love to hear that call.
re: #243 jaunte
But if McConnell keeps walking, never to return…
re: #252 BeachDem
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I’d love to hear that call.
I’d love to hear Trump’s reaction; it’d probably be like that scene in the desert between Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro in Casino.
re: #252 BeachDem
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I’d love to hear that call.
I wonder if Trump will make McConnell cry. I sure hope so!
re: #252 BeachDem
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I’d love to hear that call.
I’d love for Murkowski to sneak up behind him, snatch the phone from his hand, and tell cheeto benito to suck his own shriveled dick.
If McCain is the guy who killed the bill, any bets on whether his wife is still an government employee by the end of the week?
re: #254 Dr Lizardo
I’d love to hear Trump’s reaction; it’d probably be like that scene in the desert between Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro in Casino.
Mooch will leak all the details and then blame the reporter for whom he spoke… oh wait.
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 28, 2017
re: #258 piratedan
If McCain is the guy who killed the bill, any bets on whether his wife is still an government employee by the end of the week?
At this point, I don’t think Cindy really gives a shit.
re: #242 ipsos
I know I’m dreaming here, but let’s just say for a minute that Murkowski and Collins break hard enough from the GOP to go independent and caucus with the Dems.
Does Pence’s ability to break ties extend to administrative stuff like voting on leadership and committee assignments?
Yes. That’s basically the arrangement we had in 2000. The committees, I believe, were evenly divided but the Republicans were the Chairs
Maybe if we’re lucky, Trump will foam at the mouth and fall into a rage coma.
re: #254 Dr Lizardo
I’d love to hear Trump’s reaction; it’d probably be like that scene in the desert between Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro in Casino.
Beautiful photography, great tension.
McConnell just walked right right by McCain on the Senate floor without acknowledging him.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 28, 2017
re: #263 No Depression
Maybe if we’re lucky, Trump will foam at the mouth and fall into a rage coma.
Source tells me the White House called for Pence. They couldn’t get Pence off the floor. The White House hung up.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 28, 2017
8 different twitter feeds open in different tabs, waiting for any hints…..
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re: #265 MsJ
Possibly the last time you’ll see one of your long-standing colleagues alive… and you ignore him because he didn’t go your way. While the opposition leader gave him attention.
WTG, McConnell.
On the Senate floor, @SenatorTimScott gets hit by a reporters notebook that feel from the gallery above: pic.twitter.com/qmpyX4ZEdA
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) July 28, 2017
No brain no pain. https://t.co/78ytxJ1gbH
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 28, 2017
Tweet Tsunami Warning — Next 12 hours. All Trump administration staff must shelter in place.
Murkowski is a no
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 28, 2017
re: #272 Myron Falwell
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(Honest to dog, I have a visceral reaction to being in the same room with Tim Scott. The guy totally creeps me out.)
MCCAIN VOTES NO
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 28, 2017
McCain DOES have a spine.
I haven’t liked a lot of what he’s done, but he’ll go down on the right side of history for this.
The feeling when you’re busting for a piss, but the film just got to the best part.
How come it takes staring at death for some people to do the right thing?
McCain has voted NO, with a thumbs down
Murkowski and Collins both no already
That’s 3 no’s— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) July 28, 2017
re: #286 FormerDirtDart
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And now Mitch will change his own vote to “No” so we can do this again next week.
McCain just voted no!
— jordan 🌹🌹 (@JordanUhl) July 28, 2017
Skinny repeal is dead: McCain, Murkowski and Collins kill GOP’s last-ditch attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 28, 2017
Goddamn, McCain actually mavericked for real this time.
re: #287 Targetpractice
And now Mitch will change his own vote to “No” so we can do this again next week.
We’ll see. He might just want this over with. Plus Trump know jack shit about the legislative process and would probably take it as a further slight.
re: #291 Targetpractice
Rage-tweeting is gonna be epic today.
MURKOWSKI NO
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) July 28, 2017
“In unrelated news, Trump says he will sell Alaska back to Russia” https://t.co/gwK19y16SQ
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 28, 2017
The fact this shit got so far is in itself a fucking nightmare.
Okay I gotta give Mccain a bit of credit for that one.
Caught me by surprise.
Reports of democracy’s death may have been slightly exaggerated.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 28, 2017
Ha! I heard this and perked up
“Mr. Perdue.”
“No — sorry, Yes.”— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) July 28, 2017
re: #297 Eclectic Cyborg
Okay I gotta give Mccain a bit of credit for that one.
Caught me by surprise.
Even I, the most anti-McCain person EVAH, will give him kudos on this one.
NOW I’m going to try and go to bed, and see if I resemble a board or not!
Hell of a night for democracy. Let’s all decide to do better.
— Bill Kelly (@billkellytexas) July 28, 2017
re: #303 BeachDem
Even I, the most anti-McCain person EVAH, will give him kudos on this one.
Right there with ya… A pleasant surprise…
They’re just gonna keep doing this over and over with worse and worse bills until we finally give in and just die from exhaustion.
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) July 28, 2017
So great that John McCain is coming back to vote. Brave - American hero! Thank you John.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
Owned https://t.co/bt2U3Ozc6N
— Zack Kopplin (@ZackKopplin) July 28, 2017
I gotta say, schadenfreude is one of my favorite emotions.
Could we have Dana Bash for Majority Leader?
re: #309 jaunte
Was just about to post this. Everyone better screenshot it. This is gold.
So great that John McCain is coming back to vote. Brave - American hero! Thank you John.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
The turnaround for this tweet in the canon of “there’s a Fuckface Von Clownstick tweet for every occasion” will be record-time swift bigly! https://t.co/l7OrDNimeY
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 28, 2017
Watching CNN, and the vote has not quite closed.
Yes indeed!
Ok reinstating the previous, at the time premature tweet: skinny repeal has failed! McCain shocks McConnell by voting no.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 28, 2017
Tomorrow the headlines will focus on McCain, but let’s not forget it was Susan Collins and Senator Murkowski who held the line all the way. https://t.co/J2TWixYHC9
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 28, 2017
Twitter now that the bill is dead pic.twitter.com/QEAUJGr8XN
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) July 28, 2017
I await the president’s measured response to tonight’s events.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 28, 2017
So great that John McCain is coming back to vote. Brave - American hero! Thank you John.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
Two days later and I find myself actually agreeing with Darth Orange McRoadkillhair… 😂 https://t.co/H5G9pJueEi
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #309 jaunte
So great that John McCain is coming back to vote. Brave - American hero! Thank you John.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
Shot:
Stand by for the chaser https://t.co/13jZhBUfuA— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #316 JordanRules
Yes indeed!
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And Lisa, after having been threatened by the mafia bosses.
DING DONG HALLELUJAH pic.twitter.com/gTOmlaXrnu
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) July 28, 2017
For once, you are correct Sir. Thank you Sen. McCain
— Covfefe McGoo (@DaveoutofAustin) July 28, 2017
Here’s the moment the crowd outside the Capitol learned Republicans didn’t have the votes. pic.twitter.com/vawKkdygoY
— Emma Roller (@emmaroller) July 28, 2017
Huckabooboo always has that “Walmart checkout clerk at 10 PM” look when you ask her a question pic.twitter.com/zDYHAL60hS
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 27, 2017
Watching Mitch McConnell speaking now - there’s enough salt coming from him to fill the Dead Sea.
Thank you to @SenJohnMcCain, @lisamurkowski, & @SenatorCollins. You put your constituents over Trump tonight. We are so grateful.
— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) July 28, 2017
re: #330 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Watching Mitch McConnell speaking now - there’s enough salt coming from him to fill the Dead Sea.
Mitch failed and looked ugly doing it. pic.twitter.com/LKX9Kg9GAi
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 28, 2017
its STILL the law.
thanks obama. pic.twitter.com/gXmE5SRwGR— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 28, 2017
re: #322 JordanRules
He’s so full of shit.
That’s what he’s made of, head to toe (and his cohort, Tim Scott is as execrable, but doesn’t run his mouth on the teevee machine as much.)
Remember, South Carolina is 42nd in health outcomes, turned down the Medicaid expansion and did whatever they could to fuck over community health centers.
re: #330 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
McConnell is getting emotional over his inability to take health care from millions of people. Tells you all you need to know about the man
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) July 28, 2017
He ugly with no alibi.
Oh my freaking good. Shut the fuck up McConnell. You fucking liar.
re: #329 FormerDirtDart
Y-49 N-51
Folks, there’s your answer to the question of how many people voted.
In a parliamentary system McConnell would resign the leadership now right?
— Jacob Anbinder (@JakeAnbinder) July 28, 2017
re: #326 Dave In Austin
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Say, you DO get to go Bannon Yourself @realDonaldTrump, you fucking joke #YouScrewedUpAOneCarFuneral pic.twitter.com/C88PSQGeeQ
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 28, 2017
Man, Yertle is one bitter asshole right now, isn’t he?
Repeal and reform are not synonymous, you no-talent hack!
re: #342 ipsos
Man, Yertle is one bitter asshole right now, isn’t he?
Serves him right. A brilliant political tactician my foot.
If you’re enjoying this Mitch McConnell speech, imagine how great it’ll sound after the 2018 midterms (if Dems can get their act together).
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) July 28, 2017
2018 midterms. Chant it like a mantra.
re: #339 FormerDirtDart
“In a parliamentary system McConnell would resign the leadership now right”?
Beats the system under the Shogunate.
We should all extend an olive branch to Collins/Murkowski as far as tonight goes.
@lisamurkowski offering my many thanks from across the political aisle for standing with us against skinny repeal. THANK YOU!
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 28, 2017
@SenatorCollins I’m a democrat. I want to thank you for standing up for what is right. Appreciate your no vote against skinny repeal.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 28, 2017
re: #295 BeachDem
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Shhh! Don’t give him any ideas!
— Teo (@Teukka72) July 28, 2017
British police say corporate manslaughter charges are possible in London high-rise fire that killed at least 80. https://t.co/Tf8i5ohoza pic.twitter.com/64l5nFYixu
— ABC News (@ABC) July 28, 2017
Who knows, but McConnell does not sound like someone who wants to try this again.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 28, 2017
re: #340 Decatur Deb
Here’s an idea—single payer.
I’ve a lot of questions on how single payer would work. And what some of the downstream ramifications would be. For example, what happens to the people currently working for health insurance companies? Or the people who own stock in health insurance companies (which if you have a 401k might just include you)?
So for the time being, I’m more inclined to support a public option.
Text from my 70 year old, retired pastor dad in NE… pic.twitter.com/uVKkMNLKWX
— April (@amamaus) July 27, 2017
So now I get to go to bed and possibly be functional for my flight tomorrow (leaving home at 7:00 a.m.)
And while I go on my vacation, Congress will take its August recess and come back refreshed and ready to compromise and vote on a bill that will really fix Obamacare. Isn’t that a pretty story?
Yeah, fuck you too.
(It’s good to win a battle, but I am so sick and tired of this fucking war.)
re: #355 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
So now I get to go to bed and possibly be functional for my flight tomorrow (leaving home at 7:00 a.m.)
And while I go on my vacation, Congress will take its August recess and come back refreshed and ready to compromise and vote on a bill that will really fix Obamacare. Isn’t that a pretty story?
Yeah, fuck you too.
(It’s good to win a battle, but I am so sick and tired of this fucking war.)
Enjoy your vacation!
McConnell: “All I wanted was to kill and bankrupt millions of Americans, AND YOU WOULDN’T LET ME!” #SkinnyRepeal pic.twitter.com/LTwNThvYRM
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #353 KGxvi
I’ve a lot of questions on how single payer would work. And what some of the downstream ramifications would be. For example, what happens to the people currently working for health insurance companies? Or the people who own stock in health insurance companies (which if you have a 401k might just include you)?
So for the time being, I’m more inclined to support a public option.
There is a lot of room for time-phasing and hybridization. A mixed system would be an obvious transition.
Cannot wait for Trump’s Tweet storm. I bet he will start super early. Like 4:30AM.
I ran into John McCain as we walked underground to the Senate for the final vote. Someday I’ll get to tell my grandkids what he said to me.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 28, 2017
So great that John McCain is coming back to vote. Brave - American hero! Thank you John.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
Hell hath no fury like a prisoner of war insulted by a buffoon over his captivity while serving in the line of duty… https://t.co/H5G9pJueEi
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #352 Myron Falwell
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Yeah, I suspect that this is the end of this nonsense, at least for this year.
re: #356 MsJ
Enjoy your vacation!
Thanks. If Congress goes on their summer recess, I actually might — otherwise I already know I won’t be able to stay away from news. (Junkie from way back.)
Teleskiguy, cinnamon gum helped when I was quitting smoking. The third week is probably the hardest — hang in there!
Now I can sleep. But do not let up on vigilance!
Mitch and Lyin’ Ryan are going to keep throwing monkey wrenches into Obamacare. Keep the pressure on those sleazy motherfathers!
So….. What’s happening on the other side of Twitter tonite? I don’t seem to get much seepage these days.
re: #362 Targetpractice
Yeah, I suspect that this is the end of this nonsense, at least for this year.
From your lips to Gods ear, I hope. Night all.
McCain comes to the front, loudly says “NO” then walks off: pic.twitter.com/vsQ1EolKiM
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) July 28, 2017
Just asked @VP Pence “where do you go from here?”
No response.— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) July 28, 2017
Home to mother I’d guess. https://t.co/rWmk7c7NkT
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 28, 2017
and Heller got suckered into voting for this? bwahahaahahaha!
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) July 28, 2017
How many of the 49 ghouls who voted ‘yes’ are up for reelection in November 2018?
Their opposition campaigns have been created and completed with one clip of them voting yes tonight (to be aired repeatedly)…
well… as happy as I am tonight/this morning…
this was just a pivotal battle…. there are more to come, if these fuckers can’t repeal it, expect them to defund it and saddle it with endless hurdles for use and implementation… this isn’t over yet, nor will it be until Dems take back control of the house and Senate and maybe even the Presidency itself.
an awesome win though, don’t want to diminish that, just want to remind us all that there are more battles to fight
Just asked @VP Pence “where do you go from here?”
No response.— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) July 28, 2017
Which is the way that’s clear?
As the story of tonight is written, let no one forget what a great negotiator President Trump is. Boy, does he know how to close.
— Walter Shapiro (@MrWalterShapiro) July 28, 2017
Tonight’s failure of the Orwellian titled Health Care Freedom Act doesn’t bode well for my Free Eagles & Blowjobs Omnibus Budget legislation
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 28, 2017
Yesterday:
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) on July 27 said the “skinny” GOP health-care bill aiming to revise the Affordable Care Act is “a disaster” and “a fraud.”
Today:
Oh, what the fuck, it’s a terrible, awful, no good bill, but of course I’ll vote for it.
Tomorrow:
Hey, aides, line me up some Sunday shows so I can run my mouth about how it was all the Democrats’ fault, even though I was “concerned” about the bill. Oh, and tell John McCain that I don’t want to be amigos anymore.
re: #372 Archangelus
How many of the 49 ghouls who voted ‘yes’ are up for reelection in November 2018?
Their opposition campaigns have been created and completed with one clip of them voting yes tonight (to be aired repeatedly)…
8 - Flake, Heller, Hatch, Cruz, Fischer, Corker, Barrasso, and Wicker. Flake and Heller are the most vulnerable. Cruz might be the next most vulnerable mainly because nobody really likes him
Tonight’s heroes, in order:
1. The Resistance
2. Senate Democrats
3. Senators Collins and Murkowski (tied)
5. Senator McCain— Michael Linden (@MichaelSLinden) July 28, 2017
The RESISTANCE vs The Turtle McConnell pic.twitter.com/TQiYYVruB9
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) July 28, 2017
re: #376 goddamnedfrank
Should have read the fine print. The eagles are free, the blowjobs will cost ya
Yay! Damn Republican healthcare bill is dead. By a thin line, but dead. And McCain did it.
And Portman did not. We’ll take that up with him later.
And Mitch…you want to talk regrets. I regret you are the Senate Majority Leader. I think a lot of America does.
And really Mitch, you knew you needed this to fail for yours and the party’s political life .
So I am not going to feel sorry for you. I think a lot of what you were doing was a dangerous but calculated act to show your hateful base that “you did everything you could.”
And now I can crash for the night. Goodnight…
re: #372 Archangelus
How many of the 49 ghouls who voted ‘yes’ are up for reelection in November 2018?
Their opposition campaigns have been created and completed with one clip of them voting yes tonight (to be aired repeatedly)…
There are eight Republican senate seats up for reelection in 2018.
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Deb Fischer (R- NE)
Dean Heller (R-NV)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Huge sigh of relief on my end. I’ve had the same healthcare plan via BCBS of IL for a good 20+ years. Found out a few months ago it’s basically useless. I went to the dermatologist to get a few moles removed (negative on the biopsies btw… phew) and my plan didn’t cover the procedure. Granted it wasn’t even $200 so I paid out of pocket.
But then I got curious and decided to check out my plan in more detail when I got home. Long story short (too late!): I’ve been paying a good chunk of money for a crap plan I signed up for when I was young and spry.
Been worried sick that come October, I would have no options to look for a better, and more affordable plan. That fear, at least for now, can take a back seat.
Fuck every single one of those heartless Republicans that voted yes. And I’m starting to feel the same way about those around me who vote for them.
Rest easy tonight everyone. But don’t let your guard down.
Rest up folks. God knows what we’re going to wake up to tomorrow.
— Starlee Kine (@StarleeKine) July 28, 2017
I’m so glad we were here for this little victory (dog knows, we needed one)fellow LGFers
re: #387 BeachDem
Me too!!
We’ve had many crazy Fridays since the puny inauguration and I expect another one tomorrow.
One more, then I’m out for the night.
OK, you’re not going to pass anything big now. So just go ahead & impeach him
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 28, 2017
Seriously. So you Repeal and Replace Trump instead of Obamacare. Trump’s Revenge Porn voters will never know the difference. https://t.co/g2Q1aeE0eq
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 28, 2017
Ted Cruz speaking now, and proving once again that he has the most punchable face in the entire United States Senate.
re: #390 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Ted Cruz speaking now, and proving once again that he has the most punchable face in the entire United States
Senate.
Fixed for accuracy
Been crazy busy week and I haven’t paid as much attention as I should. I presumd it was a done deal only to be shocked by the idea of McCain doing what was right for a change. Who knows what tomorrow brings but that, at least, is a small moment of grace.
49 votes is impressive, right?
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
In the end, the president’s closing message – that his attorney general is terrible – couldn’t put the bill over the top
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) July 28, 2017
Tomorrow morning’s shitter tweetstorm is going to be something for the ages.
re: #394 Myron Falwell
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Tomorrow morning’s shitter tweetstorm is going to be something for the ages.
Now we watch as he throws the entire party under the bus.
re: #390 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Ted Cruz speaking now, and proving once again that he has the most punchable face in the entire world
United States Senate.
Fixed for greater accuracy…
re: #394 Myron Falwell
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Tomorrow morning’s shitter tweetstorm is going to be something for the ages.
A Twoop of ages!! I’m sure he’ll be pacing the White House tonite.
Replay of Senate Republicans’ last 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/7LPgSi71Zg
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 28, 2017
Me refreshing @realDonaldTrump’s Twitter rn pic.twitter.com/IzaydjMDuR
— Jessica (@vdaze) July 28, 2017
Reading through the thread, it’s like watching a reverse of last November, watching the gloom and defeat metamorphose into first shock and then glee as the reality set in.
Warms my cold, black heart, it does.
re: #400 Targetpractice
Reading through the thread, it’s like watching a reverse of last November, watching the gloom and defeat metamorphose into first shock and then glee as the reality set in.
Warms my cold, black heart, it does.
And I’m beyond happy to have been so wrong in thinking this was a fait accompli.
re: #209 BeachDem
PENCE now speaking to a seated McCain, as Collins, Murkowski look on. Late minute lobbying from the VP?
Pence losing is an added enjoyable extra to the evening’s vote.
Trump is apparently tweeting again. Anyone feel like looking. I just can’t.
re: #398 goddamnedfrank
TRUMP TRAIN IS A COMIN’!
WOOOWOOO! pic.twitter.com/DAnWURIQZa— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
Someone woke him up
3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
re: #379 KGxvi
Cruz might be the next most vulnerable mainly because nobody really likes him
And yet Cornyn’s approval ratings in Texas are even worse (!)
Heh
Murkowski = Badass
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 28, 2017
let’s all lift a chair to the sky for @lisamurkowski tonight pic.twitter.com/KlKDsLBHGh
— kris (@notarealchris) July 28, 2017
re: #221 BeachDem
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Repeat—Mike Pence has left the building.
Chicken - in so many ways - trump will probably blame him as well as the turtle.
Very mild tweet to start proceedings.
re: #405 FormerDirtDart
3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
Loser McCuckster, who always makes the best deal and is a master negotiator, has taken a break from attacking his AG to comment https://t.co/xaRaL2PJsT
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017
re: #406 Donkey With No Name
And yet Cornyn’s approval ratings in Texas are even worse (!)
There are going to be some very interesting Senate races in 2020
“it’ll be easy”
“only I can do it”
“I’m a great negotiator”
“buhleeeeve me”
You have no idea what you’re doing. Thank God! #TrumpRussia— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 28, 2017
3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch! pic.twitter.com/SaksZEIPiD
— New Yorker Trump Bot (@TrumpNewYorker) July 28, 2017
3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
The reality TV president Fuckface Von Clownstick was woken up in the middle of the night! He’s begging his White House staff for KFC. https://t.co/jEquVliATj
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 28, 2017
All those poor “moderates,” tricked into walking the plank for absolutely nothing.
In bed, fast asleep. I hear a shout from the den. What the everloving hell?
Husband yells to me, “Collins, Murkowski, McCain voted “no.” It’s over.”
“McCain? Good for him. This will be the vote he’s remembered for.”
“Yeah, threatening Murkowski worked out well. Fuck, aren’t any of these guys MARRIED?!?”
Back to sleep. Happy Lizard dreams from Houston, everyone.
.@SenJohnMcCain issues statement explaining his “no” vote on skinny repeal of Obamacare: pic.twitter.com/kelWciMu3g
— Sean Sullivan (@WaPoSean) July 28, 2017
re: #261 BeachDem
At this point, I don’t think Cindy really gives a shit.
No-one remotely sane wants to work in this administration.
re: #418 teleskiguy
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Even when he nominally did the right thing on this vote, Johnny Walnuts still shows he’s full of fucking shit.
re: #418 teleskiguy
Can I say fuck you to McCain now? Coz that was some premium bullshit right there.
re: #283 ipsos
McCain DOES have a spine.
I haven’t liked a lot of what he’s done, but he’ll go down on the right side of history for this.
Which is why he did it.
re: #418 teleskiguy
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About the only part of that that I can nod along to is how there was absolutely no assurance that Ryan, desperate to get something on Trump’s desk, couldn’t have just hog-tied enough votes in the House to pass “skinny repeal.”
McCain took the Rand Paul route with the skinny bill. IT DOESN’T KILL *ENOUGH* PEOPLE!
Someone is selling more than 40 million voter records on the dark web https://t.co/qycWWO13iH via @MotherJones
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 27, 2017
re: #424 teleskiguy
And I get lots of mavericky attention!!
re: #426 JordanRules
He’s your senator. My condolences. I got Cory Gardner, he much younger.
Chelsea does Twitter good.
Just in case helpful @GOP, here’s @Scholastic on How a Bill Becomes a Law:
#1 step Draft a Bill (voting comes later) pic.twitter.com/sdzJpWTcNz— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) July 27, 2017
re: #427 teleskiguy
Oh man. Years of this shit with him.
Oooh a young fake Maverick in Colorado!
Once again, shout out to Collins and Murkowski!
re: #427 teleskiguy
He’s your senator. My condolences. I got Cory Gardner, he much younger.
I got Feinstein and Harris. Livin’ the dream.
re: #429 JordanRules
Oh man. Years of this shit with him.
Oooh a young fake Maverick in Colorado!
Once again, shout out to Collins and Murkowski!
Thing about Gardner is he’s not up for reelection until 2020.
I actually met Cory Gardner at a gig. And he tweeted thus:
@teleskiguy Great to see you! We enjoyed the band and the beautiful Colorado evening.
— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) August 13, 2015
re: #418 teleskiguy
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McCain is still flagrantly lying by omission, conflating the zero Republican votes for the ACA with the idea that it was passed outside of regular order and without bipartisan input. It’s total bullshit, ACA had weeks of debate both in committee and on the floors of both chambers. Over 161 Republican authored amendments made into the final bill.
I mean, okay yeah so he did the right thing here, that moves him up a notch …
Chelsea’s Twitter game is strong, always polite and cheerful, even to some of the most horrible people around.
— jay (@random__name) July 28, 2017
re: #418 teleskiguy
What matters is that his no vote effectively killed** this whole monstrosity. This may have also been his final legislative act ever, and a vote that caught me, and everyone else, off guard.
For better or worse, I’ll look at the final result on the scoreboard instead of this convoluted reasoning.
**Given the history of GOPDonTCare, a reanimation of this is not out of the question… but time is certainly not on their side.
Here is McCain’s FULL STATEMENT on his NO vote: pic.twitter.com/ADRblPPzaf
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) July 28, 2017
I am now officially surprised. I really didn’t think McCain had it in him. Never been happier to be wrong. https://t.co/kyb2o9KMSO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017
I do wonder if the WH had a crazy message for Pence to deliver to one or some of the Senators and by waiving them off he dodged being the messenger for some foul shit.
During his 30 minute lobbying session of McCain, Pence was approached twice by an aide. Waived off both times. Assume WH was on the line
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 28, 2017
re: #437 JordanRules
I do wonder if the WH had a crazy message for Pence to deliver to one or some of the Senators and by waiving them off he dodged being the messenger for some foul shit.
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I would not be surprised if Trump made some threats, overt or otherwise, of retribution against anyone who crossed him on this bill.
Classic.
y’all lucky I don’t have Schumer’s job. this would have been my speech pic.twitter.com/WQFk92QImO
— shriller than thou (@theshrillest) July 28, 2017
3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
https://t.co/SayCcsXHkN pic.twitter.com/XU0HYD2Bu9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017
Y’all need a smile.
Puppy Attempts to Steal His Bed Back From World’s Chillest Cat … Good Luck, Pup! https://t.co/HgwSrvGlKc
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 28, 2017
re: #430 Kragar
I got Feinstein and Harris. Livin’ the dream.
The Dynamic Duo, Durkin & Duckworth. Schakowsky is my congress critter. I’m very, very lucky.
However - not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but this statement is also chock full of reeking bullshit. At least he did the right thing.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017
McCain’s statement is silly and typical easy answers miscasting how the ACA was handled.
But, say you’re in his position. You’re aware of your own mortality. And you have some less-than-savory people who you’d like to see knocked down a peg or two.
It would be an extraordinary story to find out months or years later that McCain did this to spite Trump and McConnell… and make a mere pittance of atonement for the errors of his ways. And he did so under the guise of “this bill needs to be improved…” even as the bill died with his actions.
Yeah, its no doubt a fantasy. But it’s a little fun thing to think about as I drift off for the night.
you’re very dumb
— 🍍 Dollars Horton 🍍 (@crushingbort) July 28, 2017
The excuses for Saint Bernie of Sanders siding with mass murderers & money launderers will be interesting. 😘https://t.co/0S4NBgKvFA
— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) July 28, 2017
re: #447 Myron Falwell
Hey, I like optimistic takes coming from you!
More fun with Photoshop. Some of these are awesome.
Love this thread from Mr. Giordano!
1. During the 2009 health care passage debate, the Obama White House worked strenuously with Senator Collins of Maine. This is key…
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) July 28, 2017
Fark headline:
Despite all Trump’s rage, he is still just a Twit in a cage
re: #385 teleskiguy
There are eight Republican senate seats up for reelection in 2018.
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Deb Fischer (R- NE)
Dean Heller (R-NV)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Deb Fischer? Oh, good, I get to vote against her, work against her reëlection, phone bank, write letters to the state’s newspapers.
The resistance in Nebraska starts in a town of 128.
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Gateway Pundit, Sued by Election Workers, Declares BankruptcyA onetime favorite, now just pathetic figure around these parts, Jim Hoft aka SMOTI ("Stupidest Man On The Internet"), has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in response to the defamation lawsuits filed against him to the same election workers that ... Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ...
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Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory Just Captured Ominous Signals About the Planet’s Health Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory just captured an ominous sign about the pace of global warming. Atmospheric levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide aren’t just on their way to yet another record high this year - they’re rising faster than ever, ... Cheechako
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
