North Carolina is a high cost state for health insurance. Under the Affordable Care Act, people who receive subsidies on Healthcare.gov are shielded from price increases because the subsidy is tied to the cost of the second least expensive Silver plan on Exchange and the individual pays a fixed amount dependent on their income. The …
A Day Without Women?
pic.twitter.com/enDNE3Bezj — Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) March 8, 2017 If I were a True Progressive(tm), I probably wouldn’t be writing this (although, in my defense, for me it’s the end of Tuesday rather than the beginning of Wednesday). Yes, I enjoy putting these posts together — since it’s unpaid labor, Cole could hardly fire me for …
On The Road
Good Morning All, This post 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 transient …
Horrorshow Open Thread: Repub Healthcare Prop Comedy
I just can't get over this argument. "Look at the size. This is the Democrats. This is us." pic.twitter.com/0lPfRxFvMf — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 7, 2017 Remember the ‘tube sock full of dog turds‘ I mentioned earlier? I think someone hit Sean Spicer across the back of the head with it. "Our hard constraint on …
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Reality Conforms to My Expectations: Today’s Wikileaks Release
Earlier today a couple of you asked me what I thought of the Wikileaks release. I wrote the following in two related comments. I’m highlighting the relative parts and I’ve edited the non-essential portions out from the original comments. First: Wikileaks is a distro arm, and has been for a while, of the Russian government. …
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ATTN: People of Connecticut
Your roads are fucking amazing. I felt like I was driving on velvet. No potholes. I’m amazed. I honestly didn’t know roads could be that nice. At any rate, I made it here, but it wasn’t easy. At exactly the four hour mark of an eight hour trip the check engine lights came on. I …
Open Thread: The Voters of Iowa, They’re Not Sending Their Best People
Video of that contentious exchange earlier between @ChuckGrassley and @alfranken during Rosenstein hearing https://t.co/U7uMzv1fkL — Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) March 7, 2017 Good for Senator Franken, and shame (as though they could feel any) on the Repubs. Per the Washington Post: A tense moment erupted Tuesday between Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Al Franken …
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