Category Archives: GOP

On North Korea, NY Times Is Suddenly Concerned That Trump Made It About Himself

We shouldn’t be surprised that the Editorial Board of the NY Times has chimed in on President Trump’s bellicose comments on North Korea threats, and come down on the side of finding fault. They were very enthused by many of Obama’s bellicose statements, such as against Osama bib Laden, al Qaeda, and setting the “red […]

Heartache: Majority Support Trump’s Legal Immigration Plan

Once again, Democrats are on the wrong side of history. On the bright side, this means some great business for the makers of Rolaids, Pepto Bismal, and other medicines for gastric issues. And aspirin and aspirin substitutes. And Prozac. Valium. Etc Poll: Voters support Trump-backed immigration bill Voters support most elements of President Donald Trump’s […]

TDS: Trump To Do Away With Nursing Home Lawsuit Rule

As Twitchy asks, if the rule was so important, why did Obama wait until September 2016 to implement it? Trump admin to end Obama rule allowing nursing home residents to sue for mistreatment: https://t.co/f4V5EelF4f pic.twitter.com/l6AWD5zt3u — The Hill (@thehill) August 6, 2017 This has led to a freakout in Liberal World, as you can see […]

GOP Controlled Senate Looks Towards More “Modest” Overhaul Of Ocare

For the most part, overhauling Obamacare, otherwise known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as the Putting Government In Control Of Your Healthcare And Raising Your Premiums and Deductibles Act), is all the Republicans in Congress have been doing from the start. Once they found a way to start debate, they […]

Trump Tweets: The Gender Confused Will Not Be Allowed To Serve In Military

This should make the people who support the mentally ill very mad, and create some lawsuits and demonstrations (that will turn violent, as usual) After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow…… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017 ….Transgender individuals […]

Senate’s First Attempt To Revamp Obamacare Fails

Revamp. What a great word. One definition is “an act of improving the form, structure, or appearance of something.” Some synonyms are overhaul, refurbish, repair, and update. And that’s the word the front page of Fox News (mostly an AP article) uses in their headline (but not in the single story page), which is perfect […]

McConnell To Push Repeal Only After Collapse Of Healthcare Bill

What a shame, the Senate’s terrible, no good, does-not-actually-repeal-Obamacare plan, similar to the House’s does-not-actually-repeal-Ocare plan, has collapsed, as it has not garnered the necessary support. Talking Point Memo’s Tierney Sneed plays it straight in reporting what comes next (interestingly, the article from the hardcore left site is more straight news than most of the […]

37 Countries Are Against A U.S. Border Wall With Mexico Or Something

This is cute. As John Schick writes, “Our national interests are not determined by foreign nations” (via Twitchy) There is no country among the 37 surveyed in which a majority endorses a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico https://t.co/7CrvVG2fSY pic.twitter.com/BKWVdHTHD3 — Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) July 17, 2017 From the Pew article Trump’s proposal […]

Senate Republicans Exempt Themselves From The Non-Repeal/Replace Bill

Vox’s Sara Kliff thinks she has caught out Senate Republicans doing something nefarious. What’s she has unintentionally pointed out is worse, at least for those who have been voting Republican Senate Republicans exempt own health coverage from part of latest proposal Senate Republicans included a provision that exempts members of Congress and their staff from […]

Senate Is Giving Revised Health Plan A Whirl This Week

It’s not repeal. It’s not replace. It’s dink and dunk, making a few changes. What will the revised plan look like? (The Hill) Senate Republican leaders are moving forward this week on legislation to repeal and replace major parts of ObamaCare despite divisions within their conference. Leaders will brief rank-and-file Republican senators Tuesday during their […]

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