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[FloydtheFathead]

I thought the guy behind the JCC bomb threats was an ex-Intercept reporter?

He was a copycat

 

[Poodlestrike]

I thought the guy behind the JCC bomb threats was an ex-Intercept reporter?

He was only behind some of them, basically as a copycat. We'll see if this new guy is similar.

 

[shinra-bansho]

With every story on healthcare legislation I have to stop and try and figure out if they're talking about effects on everybody, or just people who purchased insurance through the exchange? That link shows a small tax cut for families between $50k-$70K, but is that tax cut just an increase in exchange subsidies? How will this affect people whose insurance is through their employers?

Haven't read the full analysis as yet.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/who-gains-and-who-loses-under-american-health-care-act
But it's there.

 

[sphagnum]

So, so far the two known people making bomb threats to Jewish community centers are an Israeli and a communist trying to get back at his ex.

huh

edit: what is up with Trump's horrible grammar anyway

TIME: But so incidental collection would not be wiretapping of you, it would be wiretapping of…

Trump: Who know what it is? You know, why, because somebody says incidental. Nunes is going to the White House.

 

[Wilsongt]

Robert Mercer is also the guy who funded the "institute" that wrote Clinton Cash.

 

[Veritigo_X]

It seems like the latest GOP attacks against Jon Ossoff are his links to the Al Jazeera network? They're even trotting out the old "mouthpiece for terrorists" line from way back. What year is it again?

lol he received $5,000 from the network. Big money!

 

[sc0la]

Wasn't the new CBO score today?

Can't score a bill if you never finish writing it.

 

[Vixdean]

Did anyone else catch this in the Mercer article?

A guest at the party told me, “I was looking around the room, and I thought, No doubt about it—the people whom the Mercers invested in, my comrades, are now in charge.”

lol

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

So, so far the two known people making bomb threats to Jewish community centers are an Israeli and a communist trying to get back at his ex.

huh

edit: what is up with Trump's horrible grammar anyway

He is never fully paying attention to what is actually coming out of his mouth. He is thinking about something else or what bullshit to say next. Have you ever texted someone and then noticed you dropped a word or something because you had already stopped thinking about what you were typing? That's his mouth.

 

[Owzers]

Turned on CNN and it already seems like trump getting the house to pass this will be a "big win" narrative thing.

 

[tuxfool]

Turned on CNN and it already seems like trump getting the house to pass this will be a "big win" narrative thing.

Crowing about this shit bill, seems like a perfect way to hurt yourself in the future. Should this bill pass, nobody should be happy about it.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Crowing about this shit bill, seems like a perfect way to hurt yourself in the future. Should this bill pass, nobody should be happy about it.

Shit bill doesn't even describe it

 

[jmdajr]

Can't wait for all the low premiums that cover nothing.

 

[Owzers]

Crowing about this shit bill, seems like a perfect way to hurt yourself in the future. Should this bill pass, nobody should be happy about it.

Seems like it will be another van jones now he's president moment all over again, doesn't matter what the bill is, just that it passes.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Turned on CNN and it already seems like trump getting the house to pass this will be a "big win" narrative thing.

They likely assume it's going to crash and burn and want to set up a better story for when it does. More drama.

There's two stories they're building up here.

- Trump, the great negotiator, spent the entire day making hard hitting deals and came out on top, triumphantly moving towards a major goal of his presidency.
- Trump, the failure of a president, spent all day in a futile attempt to sway house Republicans. Will Paul Ryan resign?

Their messaging right now lets them play off either of those stories for ratings.

 

[Ecotic]

Washington Post and others say Schumer will filibuster Gorsuch.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Washington Post and others say Schumer will filibuster Gorsuch.

Fuck yeah.

E: Schumer confims it:

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/844923275901898753

Thank you for growing balls Dems.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Washington Post and others say Schumer will filibuster Gorsuch.

Good.

UPDATE: House Intelligence Committee Democrat Speier says will assess over next few days whether confident Nunes can continue in role

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/844924229971857408

This really should be a one two thing.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Washington Post and others say Schumer will filibuster Gorsuch.

You mean a random Politico article that no other source was confirming was wrong on the Democrats' plans?

Huh, who would have seen that coming

 

[Vestal]

Fuck yeah.

E: Schumer confims it:

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/844923275901898753

Thank you for growing balls Dems.

Ok its on I guess. I was on the fence regarding how to proceed, but they have my support!

FIGHT!

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Washington Post and others say Schumer will filibuster Gorsuch.

Good. They have the cover with the Russian stuff to block everything.



I also want to see more positive stuff come out, like putting a Dem framework on Obamacare. At least to put an alternative out there.

 

[Wilsongt]

In come the attack ads of Democrats obstructing government and preventing normal functioning.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

In come the attack ads of Democrats obstructing government and preventing normal functioning.

The party is hours away from either voting for the worst bill they've ever voted for, or watching their political promise of the last 7 years crash and burn. Meanwhile their president (and de-facto leader of their party) is in the middle of a serious political scandal with a hostile foreign government.

The Democrats filibustering the Supreme Court seems like a trivial issue compared to those things.

 

[jtb]

This was a no brainer. There is no political price for obstruction.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Fuck yeah.

E: Schumer confims it:

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/844923275901898753

Thank you for growing balls Dems.

Very obvious move to make and happy they are going through with it.

 

[Blader]

Schumer wrote op-eds in Politico and NYT weeks ago about how Gorsuch will need 60 votes to get on the bench.

 

[NeoXChaos]

SC nominations only need 50 votes with Pence tie.

 

[Veritigo_X]

SC nominations only need 50 votes with Pence tie.

This assumes McConnell goes nuclear, no?

 

[Vestal]

SC nominations only need 50 votes with Pence tie.

Only if McConnel nukes the filibuster.

 

[Doc Holliday]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/polit...igence-committee-congress/index.html?adkey=bn

Nunes apologizes to House Intel Committee, member says

Oops

Nunes is embarrassing

 

[More_Badass]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/polit...igence-committee-congress/index.html?adkey=bn



Oops

Nunes is embarrassing

Oh no, someone apologized. Trump gonna be mad

 

[Poodlestrike]

Oh no, someone apologized. Trump gonna be mad

You kid, but I'm convinced that like 80% of the reason Teflon Don is so Teflon is because he doesn't apologize. There's a distressingly large portion of the population that believes that apologies are signs of guilt and weakness.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

You kid, but I'm convinced that like 80% of the reason Teflon Don is so Teflon is because he doesn't apologize. There's a distressingly large portion of the population that believes that apologies are signs of guilt and weakness.

It is true. You can't shame someone who has none.

 

[Pandora012]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/polit...igence-committee-congress/index.html?adkey=bn



Oops

Nunes is embarrassing

He had to know that this would only hurt himself. The only one this may have helped is Trump. But his supporters were ignoring the facts anyway. So what he did was not necessary. Unless he just wanted to look like an ass on t.v. Then he succeeded.

 

[smokeymicpot]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/polit...igence-committee-congress/index.html?adkey=bn



Oops

Nunes is embarrassing

Damage is already done. What a asshole.

The steady stream of GOPers coming out of Ryan's office are, almost to a person, either pissed, frustrated or refusing to comment.

https://twitter.com/Phil_Mattingly/status/844933227139813377

 

[FyreWulff]

Yep, looks like he realized he got baited

 

[Crimson_Gold]

Yep, looks like he realized he got baited

This is really blowing up in his face as it has exposed him as likely being part of it all

 

[smokeymicpot]

WH sending FULL squad to crucial House Freedom Caucus 11:30 meeting: Trump, Pence, Bannon, Priebus, Conway, HHS Sec. Price, Mulvaney

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/844934610010169344

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

WH sending FULL squad to crucial House Freedom Caucus 11:30 meeting: Trump, Pence, Bannon, Priebus, Conway, HHS Sec. Price, Mulvaney

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/844934610010169344

That's an all star cast for a demonic ritual.

 

[Wilsongt]

WH sending FULL squad to crucial House Freedom Caucus 11:30 meeting: Trump, Pence, Bannon, Priebus, Conway, HHS Sec. Price, Mulvaney

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/844934610010169344

"You will fuck over poor people... OR ELSE."

 

[Pandora012]

WH sending FULL squad to crucial House Freedom Caucus 11:30 meeting: Trump, Pence, Bannon, Priebus, Conway, HHS Sec. Price, Mulvaney

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/844934610010169344

The fact that they even have to do this is funny. Just take that L and don't put it to vote.

 

[Lo-Volt]

"Although taking a beating, he keeps on tweeting to the point where even his fiercely loyal base appears to be eroding," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

"Most alarming for President Donald Trump, the demographic underpinnings of his support, Republicans, white voters, especially men and those without a college degree, are starting to have doubts."

N = 1,056, margin of error is 3%. Quinnipiac and Slate's article last night.

Do you necessarily want to support this president when you're a moderate Republican and your district is restless about this guy?

 

[Finalizer]

WH sending FULL squad to crucial House Freedom Caucus 11:30 meeting: Trump, Pence, Bannon, Priebus, Conway, HHS Sec. Price, Mulvaney

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/844934610010169344

A L L H A N D S O N D E C K

 

[Poodlestrike]

At this point, if I were in the Freedom caucus, I'd make some vague sounding noises about maybe the bill working out after all so Ryan feels comfortable letting it go to a vote and then vote no. This could be a massive power play for them if they could cast the defeating votes on a piece of legislation like this. Everything from then on would have to be run by Meadows before it so much as goes to committee. He'd be defacto Speaker.

Doit.gif

 

[chadskin]

The White House is seeking to cut $1 billion dollars in funding for U.N. peacekeeping operations and to eliminate hundreds of millions of dollars for other U.N. programs that care for needy children and seek to lift the world’s poorest out of a life of grinding poverty, according to two diplomatic sources briefed on the plan.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/23/trump-administration-eyes-1-billion-in-cuts-to-u-n-peacekeeping/

America First.

 

[More_Badass]

WH sending FULL squad to crucial House Freedom Caucus 11:30 meeting: Trump, Pence, Bannon, Priebus, Conway, HHS Sec. Price, Mulvaney

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/844934610010169344

That worked so well last time

 

[balladofwindfishes]

At this point, if I were in the Freedom caucus, I'd make some vague sounding noises about maybe the bill working out after all so Ryan feels comfortable letting it go to a vote and then vote no. This could be a massive power play for them if they could cast the defeating votes on a piece of legislation like this. Everything from then on would have to be run by Meadows before it so much as goes to committee. He'd be defacto Speaker.

Doit.gif

The FC is in a position where they could take the speaker and president down with a simple vote.

That's a lot of power, and I'm sure they realize it.

 

[Pandora012]

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/23/trump-administration-eyes-1-billion-in-cuts-to-u-n-peacekeeping/

Military First.

FTFY

 

[Fenderputty]

Fuck yeah.

E: Schumer confims it:

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/844923275901898753

Thank you for growing balls Dems.

Yup. Glad they're showing some spine

 

[Soroc]

That's an all star cast for a demonic ritual.

This is my post of the day, thank you! I LOLd so hard at work I had people looking at me.