Jan 6, 2019
Today's Tweet
It's not gonna get any better any time soon, Kevin.
Kevin McCarthy’s face when Trump says he can declare martial law to get his wall pic.twitter.com/zzjI6l8epl— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) January 4, 2019
Jan 5, 2019
The Wave
...continues.
Dave Weigel, WaPo:
The new Democratic majority in the House will hold the first hearings on Medicare-for-All legislation, a longtime goal of the party’s left, after Speaker Nancy Pelosi lent her support for the process.
“It’s a huge step forward to have the speaker’s support,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who will be the House sponsor of the legislation, usually denoted as HR 676. “We have to push on the inside while continuing to build support for this on the outside.”
Some version of universal health care has been a Democratic goal for decades. The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, first introduced in 2003 by then-Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, has become the vehicle for Democrats who want to bring single-payer, Canada-style health care to the United States.
That legislation was typically sidelined, even when Democrats had power; in 2009 and 2010, when the House passed the Affordable Care Act, the “Medicare-for-All” package was not part of the discussion. But in his 2016 campaign for president, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) championed Medicare for All. The following year, for the first time, a majority of House Democrats co-sponsored HR 676.
Dave Weigel, WaPo:
The new Democratic majority in the House will hold the first hearings on Medicare-for-All legislation, a longtime goal of the party’s left, after Speaker Nancy Pelosi lent her support for the process.
“It’s a huge step forward to have the speaker’s support,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who will be the House sponsor of the legislation, usually denoted as HR 676. “We have to push on the inside while continuing to build support for this on the outside.”
Some version of universal health care has been a Democratic goal for decades. The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, first introduced in 2003 by then-Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, has become the vehicle for Democrats who want to bring single-payer, Canada-style health care to the United States.
That legislation was typically sidelined, even when Democrats had power; in 2009 and 2010, when the House passed the Affordable Care Act, the “Medicare-for-All” package was not part of the discussion. But in his 2016 campaign for president, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) championed Medicare for All. The following year, for the first time, a majority of House Democrats co-sponsored HR 676.
Pelosi seems to be taking the FDR approach: "Sounds like a great idea - now get out there and find people who'll help you make me do it."
Like a boss.
Jan 4, 2019
Today's Tweet
Take a pill - maybe some dramamine - before you follow the link to the MSNBC video.
Trump sows more shutdown chaos amid growing alarm over Soviet claim@NicolleDWallace w/ @JoyceWhiteVance @McFaul & Chuck Rosenberghttps://t.co/HdehgEPu1e— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 4, 2019
Seems this is one those times when running around like your hair's on fire is the only sensible response.
Jan 3, 2019
Jan 2, 2019
Today's Tweet
We are now at the point in our dystopian saga where the ambitious daughter betrays her father, and the dramatic tension turns on the question of whether she's trying to prove her loyalty to the emperor, or maybe she's faking it and it's all part of a larger scheme, or - or - or.
We seem to be living the last season of Game Of Thrones.
POTUS is attacked and obstructed by the MSM media and Democrats 24/7. For an incoming Republican freshman senator to attack @realdonaldtrump as their first act feeds into what the Democrats and media want and is disappointing and unproductive. https://t.co/ArhI7Bi7bo— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) January 2, 2019
Jan 1, 2019
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