Zachary Tracer at Bloomberg recently reported on Oscar’s first quarter results. They are mixed. They are only losing $25 million dollars this quarter instead of almost $50 million dollars. The privately held health insurer, created to sell plans under the Affordable Care Act, lost $25.8 million across three states in the first three months of …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: A Millipede’s Worth of Dropped Shoes
(Walt Handelsman via GoComics.com) . Remember when people used to think every bad thing Trump did was a calculated distraction from the last bad thing Trump did? — McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) May 17, 2017 Remember when there was such a thing as a “slow news day”? Repubs express dismay that Trump’s chaos is keeping him …
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Things that make you go hmm….
Just saw this tweet from a reporter at the Hill: Durbin tells me it's ok for Dems to meet with Cassidy/Collins on healthcare b/c those 2 are "beyond repeal" https://t.co/F0RBQb8GvR pic.twitter.com/recMUqHDm3 — Peter Sullivan (@PeterSullivan4) May 16, 2017 When I read through Cassidy-Collins in January, my impression was that this was the contours of a …
On The Road
Good Morning All, This weekday feature is for Balloon Juicers who are on the road, travelling, etc. and wish to share notes, links, pictures, stories, etc. from their escapades. As the US mainland begins the end of the Earth day as we measure it, many of us rise to read about our friends and their …
Light Night B-Movie Horrorshow Open Thread: The Dunghill Ouroborous
I spent all day trying to get to the bottom of Fox News' story on Seth Rich — here's what I found https://t.co/AOGgo0tH9k — Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 17, 2017 FOX News ginns up conspiracy fantasy, demands answers about said conspiracy from nonplussed bystanders, proclaims their baffled silence further proof of THE CONSPIRACY!!! The giant …
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Open Thread- Omnishambles
I’d argue this alert I got today from the Guardian (thank gott im himmel I dumped the NY Times) sums today for the Trump admnistration quite nicely: And no, that is not a photoshop job and an actual alert. Also: This administration is like a bad acid trip.
Tuesday Night Open Thread: Running the Country Like One of His Companies
The most damning paragraph of the entire Trump presidency https://t.co/p9RGBwfH7h pic.twitter.com/hrePpS1X9M — Justin Miller (@justinjm1) May 16, 2017 Trump could come out & say "NAMBLA is great, serial killers get parole," & Serious Media would still do the "but Trump Country don't care" — Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) May 16, 2017 Sticking his name on the …
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