Here’s a brief summary: No, it was worse than that. The man is deranged. I keep trying to sum it up, but I can’t. Here’s Jake Tapper: .@jaketapper reacts to Donald Trump's news conference: It was unhinged.. it was wild https://t.co/Ezi1b5j4VC https://t.co/ZDII92SgGm — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) February 16, 2017 I just…wow. No way does …
This Is How Republicans Are Going To Get People Killed
This happened: A hearing in El Paso County in Texas went from ordinary to “unprecedented” last week when half a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at a courthouse where an undocumented woman was seeking a protective order against the boyfriend she accused of abusing her. The woman, a citizen of Mexico who …
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It’s the Puz that refreshes in the corridors of power
I wonder if there’s any truth to the rumor that whenever Trump publicly humiliates a fellow winger that winger is instructed to shout “thank you, sir, may I have another?” Trump’s decision to not release a statement about Puzder’s withdrawal says a lot about his leadership style. He always wants to wash his hands of …
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Love Has No Labels
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Deliberately choosing bad risk pools
Bloomberg’s Zachary Tracer has a good review of the impact of Humana leaving the Exchange market with a focus on eastern Tennessee. At least 40,000 people in the Knoxville area may have no health plans to pick from in the Affordable Care Act’s markets after insurer Humana Inc. opted to pull out from all 11 …
A BFD that passed amongst the chaos
In most strands of the multi-verse, the below would have sent the health wonk community ablaze. Instead in this strand, we spent all day yesterday talking about a proposed rule from CMS and generally shaking our head as our government continues to say “Hold my beer and watch this….” But this is normally a BFD: …
Thursday Morning Open Thread: Brown Bag Democracy
Donald Trump is unpopular enough that Republicans could lose the House in 2018: https://t.co/8XZOBYt3HV — FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) February 15, 2017 That's the plan. https://t.co/kyVxGbPS7g — Swing Left (@swingleft) February 15, 2017 More immediately, the Resistance targets the expense-account demographic… Roster of DC restos supporting #ADayWithoutImmigrants protest ranges from fast-casual to @beardfoundation nominee https://t.co/0wV3mgD6jQ — Eater …
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