Monday at 8 PM, look back on #TheObamaYears and the 6 iconic speeches that defined his presidency: https://t.co/gIM3EDwMj4 pic.twitter.com/eYmIC0rezy — Smithsonian Channel (@SmithsonianChan) February 23, 2017 . Apart from that, what’s on the agenda for the evening? Tom Perez is off to a quick start, good for him… DNC Chair @TomPerez will be @keithellison's guest …
I Got Your White Working Class Voter Right Here
Oy vey: Tom Godat, a union electrician who has always voted for Democrats, cast his ballot for Donald Trump last year as “the lesser of two evils” compared to Hillary Clinton. He’s already a little embarrassed about it. There’s a lot that Godat likes about President Trump, especially his pledge to make the country great …
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And Now Voting Rights
Because when everyone hates you and your policies, the only thing you can do is keep them from voting you out of office: For the last six years, the Justice Department has sided with the citizens and civil rights groups fighting Texas’ voter ID law, which a federal judge at one point found to be …
A death spiral scratchpad
This tweet and a few other conversations that I’ve seen has me thinking hard. I’m method agnostic as long as preferred ends are met. This is a scratchpad post as I am trying to figure out the model. Hearing that analysis by insurance companies projects individual insurance market will deteriorate and collapse under House GOP …
Busy Monday Open Thread
Looks like I’m not the only one who is super busy today, but here’s a strawberry pie to tide you over: Strawberries are in season down here, and the mister and I picked up a flat yesterday. The pie was really good except for the substandard store-bought crust. I’m not much of a baker, and …
Jesus wept…
Or maybe David Anderson! Trump just now on healthcare reform: “Now, I have to tell you, it’s an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew health care could be so complicated.” Posting “Trump said something idiotic” observations is a full-time job that sane people declined midway through the campaign, but damn. I hope President Obama reads that …
Who needs coverage when taxes can be cut
First Axios has a briefing to the National Governors Association on what the GOP Medicaid plan would look like: For a hypothetical Medicaid expansion states: The state would lose $635 million in federal funding, a 65 percent decrease. Net of 200,000 people would lose insurance coverage For a hypothetical non-Medicaid expansion states The state would …
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