Lots of news coming down the pike overnight and this morning. Here’s a brief rundown of some items that caught my eye: WaPo reports that shady little shitweasel Carter Page, whose credentials Trump once bragged on like a proud grandpa when he wanted to show that his campaign foreign policy shop had cred, was the …
Carrier Assumptions for filing
Carriers that want to participate in the Exchanges need to make very strong assumptions for their actuaries in the next couple of weeks. What will actuaries assume if 2018 CSRs aren't decided by April 30. "That it's not getting paid and we price accordingly." 11 — Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) April 6, 2017 This is the …
We’re not in Kansas anymore
After last night’s strong performance in Kansas-4, there are a couple more special elections coming up. You all know about Jon Ossoff in GA-6. You can donate here. There’s another special election in May in MT (statewide, it’s a small state) and the Democratic candidate there, Rob Quist, sounds great. Let’s throw him some money …
Healthcare and KS-04
A loss can contain very useful information. Kansas-04 is such a loss. Last week, Dems outperformed president margin in CA-34 by +19. Tonight, outperforming in KS-04 by +22. There's a signal in all this noise. — Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 12, 2017 There are half a dozen tactical decision making fights going on Twitter that …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Fly the “Friendly” Skies!
good evening (via @BillBramhall) pic.twitter.com/fzWVOK6eGv — shauna (@goldengateblond) April 11, 2017 . Stuff like this is why I make it a policy to leave home as seldom as possible. But, hey, I hear Orbitz is making it easy for users to filter all searches by “Never ever United”… Apart from fighting back as best we …
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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 …
Good News: The Mar-A-Lago China Summit Seems to Have Been Mostly Pointless
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have "candid" and "positive" talks in Florida https://t.co/jOZR931xkf pic.twitter.com/U8VmpBTQ5a — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 9, 2017 You can just tell from their photos together these two men had excellent chemistry. pic.twitter.com/7wNeCbWCjl — Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 9, 2017 (If by ‘chemistry’ you mean ‘they’re both thinking …
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