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Hatch’s scurrilous remarks about Medicaid expansion and Medicaid recipients tell us the way that the GOP plans to kill not only Medicaid expansion but Medicaid itself. His sneer about “able-bodied” adults runs in a direct line of descent back to … Continue reading →

Dan Diamond tweets from the Senate floor tonight that Hatch “now attacking Medicaid expansion, saying it puts more able-bodied people into failing program and wastes money.” Hatch is a despicable human being, and his contempt for Americans is deplorable.

“as you know, I have a no-conflict situation because I’m president, which is — I didn’t know about that until about three months ago, but it’s a nice thing to have.”

That’s what one is tempted to ask, as Rex Tillerson, not only completely unqualified to be Secretary of State but negatively qualified, qualified-challenged, arrogantly pulls the standard Trumpian one-step stonewall.

Sure, I knew that already, but it’s good to get confirmation. Trump’s hired legal gun and his own bloviating mouth tell us exactly where we stand.

Impeachment proceedings must begin the day Trump takes office.

Her damning 1986 indictment of Sessions and his maniacal pursuit of national  disenfranchisement. Hand me a bourbon and branch water while I read this and picture the way that Sessions will turn the AG’ office into a vigilante voter suppression … Continue reading →

All you have to do it study his ACA “replacement” plan or his lying-through-his-teeth tweets, in which he attempts to coordinate his lies with Ron Johnson’s lies from earlier in the day. As I said, Alexander is simply offering the … Continue reading →

Laced with all the standard-issue GOP euphemisms meant to mask an obliteration of all nation-wide baselines. There’s the same old hooey about tax-credits, and savings accounts, without any safeguards in place to control insurance premiums. The minute you hear the … Continue reading →

Bill Berkowitz at Truth Out writes that: “Wat has been a unifying motivation amongst some of Trump’s cabinet picks is the disdain for the agencies they will be heading. With Trump in the White House, this could be the year … Continue reading →