A round up of Trumpian events šŸ–•šŸŠšŸ¤”

wrath
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If itā€™s Trump Steak, itā€™s better to sterilize that stuff.

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1108

Papers please!

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1109

Oh look, itā€™s based on tax credits, gets rid of the Medicaid expansion and the individual mandate. I wonder how many people this will kill?

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1110

Ha ha ha!

Oh, you.

Everyone knows the poors arenā€™t people.

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1111

Besides, theyā€™ve got the ā€œgift of natureā€ to fall back on.

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1112

And the whole ā€œInstead of ObamaCareā€™s mandate, the bill would seek to encourage healthy people to sign up by allowing insurers to charge people 30 percent higher premiums if they have a gap in coverageā€ wonā€™t disproportionately affect those who have to choose between health insurance and putting food on the table. Not at all!

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1113

Thatā€™s one lovely ā€œunintended consequence.ā€ I have another. How will it affect those who get laid off, since even if they do immediately get a new job, health care coverage typically doesnā€™t kick in for 90 days afterward? Thatā€™s a gap, isnā€™t it?

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1114

So, do we call this shitty idea Trumpcare or Ryancare?

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1115

Theydonā€™tCare

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1116

That would imply ā€œcaringā€. More like TrumpIndifference.

[edit] @nimelennar jinx!

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1117

Ryangotminefuckyou?

But how would we differentiate that from everything else heā€™ll do?

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1118

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1119

Letā€™s be clear - this plan is Obamacare with a handful of meaningless tweaks that piss of both extremes on the issue.

The tax credits piss off the tea party sit and spin types, and the ridiculous surcharge on the uninsured is disgusting. It is the same or more cost for the government, offers nothing to insurance companies that are manipulating prices to get their pre-existing condition clauses back, and literally pleases no one involved. Itā€™s the definition of change for the sake of change.

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1120

In the software industry we call this NIH (not invented here). Except in the case of the ACA it was actually a Republican invention to begin with so who the fuck knowsā€¦

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1121

Itā€™s the related case, Not Credited Here.

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1122

Iā€™m sure theyā€™ll be happy to lie about the impact of the bill, they seem fine lying about a long list of other important things.

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1123

Time to invade maralago?

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1124

ā€œThe first full part of the series, ā€œYear Zeroā€, comprises 8,761 documents and files from an isolated, high-security network situated inside the CIAā€™sCenter for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Virgina. It follows last months disclosure on the French 2012 election spying.ā€

Still no pee pee tapesā€¦

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1125

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-personally-met-with-russian-ambassador-during-campaign-cc59ae305032

Trump personally met with the Russian ambassador on April 27, 2016, prior to a major foreign policy speech. The Wall Street Journal, in a report that was little-noticed at the time but was recently picked up by AMERICABlog News, reported the meeting last year.
A few minutes before he made those remarks, Mr. Trump met at a VIP reception with Russiaā€™s ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak. Mr. Trump warmly greeted Mr. Kislyak and three other foreign ambassadors who came to the reception.

Kislyak, according to multiple contemporaneous news reports, was seated in the front row. It was an invitation-only event.

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1126

Is this a twisted attempt to convince us that the administration are being the ā€œreasonableā€ ones on health care?

I guess the good news is that the bill is likely a non-starter if everyone hates it, even if for opposite reasons.

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