Toward the tail-end of one of our open threads yesterday, there was some discussion about how the Democratic Party is performing at the local and state level. I suspect many of us care deeply about this and are involved in our districts. But we don’t discuss it a lot here because this is a sprawling, …
Potential ads in October 2018
This post is purely speculative. It’s really quite remarkable that the administration is letting uncertainty about CSRs persist, increasing premiums and government costs. — Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) October 4, 2017 We need to think through the impact of Cost Sharing Reduction kerfluffle a bit more. I want to sketch out a couple of poorly written …
Thursday Morning Open Thread: Because of Wow / Because of Uh-Oh…
This is truly incredible.#nature #SundayMorning #October1st pic.twitter.com/j21OkF5dGL — Fredon Moniteau (@FMoniteau) October 1, 2017 . What’s on the agenda for the new (hopefully less news-intensive) day? *********** Hate to bring this up first thing in the morning, but the Balloon Juice demographic (including me) often depends on the miracles of modern medicine. Personal miracles which …
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On the Road and In Your Backyard
Good Morning All, This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into …
Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: The Repub “Base” Remains A Threat
Pence's chief behind closed doors: pessimistic about '18, mulling "purge" on Hill https://t.co/gTNuvP8alk @AndrewRestuccia @MatthewNussbaum — Scott Bland (@PoliticoScott) October 3, 2017 Even to other Republicans / conservatives, because theirs is a clan of cannibals serving a zombie ideology: … In remarks at a Republican National Committee event at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington …
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So I Guess It’s Up To Me Now
I scared Adam off that post about how if you buy seafood you are subsidizing North Korea through the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. I’ve been in a bad mood today from the news. I had another idea for a post, but now that I’ve criticized Adam, the post I was thinking of is also …
Thank Goodness the NHL is Back
So sick and tired of hearing about football and baseball. Go Pens!