Dumbfuck in charge

[seahawk]

How nice for you and the other people living in those particular states.

A loss of group coverage meant they had to pay the entire premium themselves and this made it difficult for them to find affordable health insurance and many were priced out of affording healthcare because of their pre existing conditions.

I was once one of those, who discovered that having taken allergy shots meant that I had a pre-existing upper respiratory condition and would not be covered for any illnesses like that. Eventually, I got group coverage once again.

Well, that's sad to hear seahawk, but apparently it doesn't matter, because DC had coverage:

I had pre-existing condition coverage long before the ACA.

Jussayin.

Cuz you actually know better.

Funny thing, I've never been hospitalized for upper respiratory stuff, or even hospitalized at all.

But that doesn't really matter, because we're not to talk about health care for all the rest of us--the only thing that we're allowed to discuss is abortion.

[twocoach]

Secretary of Defense: vacant
Secretary of Department of Homeland Security: vacant
Secret Service Director: vacant
ICE Director: vacant
UN Ambassador: vacant
FEMA Director: vacant

So awesome to see the lead roles n the group's responsible for the safety of our nation so well staffed with competent, qualified individuals.

[Deleted User 89]

only the best

[Shirley]

only the best

^^^

Trump Fed pick Herman Cain promoted anti-vaxxer and medical conspiracy theories through email list

...In 2013 and 2015, Cain sent sponsored emails touting the work of Dr. Russell Blaylock, an anti-vaccination “quack” who has repeatedly appeared on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ program. The emails were part of an advertising campaign for a subscription to The Blaylock Wellness Report, which is published by the conservative website Newsmax.

Blaylock is a frequent source of misinformation about vaccines through Newsmax, where he is also a columnist. Here are six false and dangerous headlines for Blaylock-written columns on Newsmax about vaccines:

[...]

Media Matters has documented that Cain sent scammy financial emails to his mailing list, including ones that touted now-virtually-worthless penny stocks and dubious financial advice like a “weird trick” that supposedly “adds up to $1,000 a month to Social Security checks” and a "moneymaking strategy" that could "turn $1,000 into $800,000."

Catherine Rampell, who covers economics as a Washington Post opinion columnist, recently noted that "Cain spent the years following his failed presidential campaign spamming his email followers with snake-oil scams, promising 'weird tricks' that would make his followers get rich quick or 'naturally' cure their erectile dysfunction. Of course, such grifting might enhance Cain’s candidacy in Trump’s eyes, but it hardly bodes well for a man seeking to join an institution with consumer protection duties."

[Geezer]

Some people might call the hawking of penny stocks and E.D. cures disqualifying for a Fed candidate, but Donald Trump is, of course, not one of them.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04 ... verso=true

[Shirley]

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status ... 0322022407

[DCHawk1]

You got him!

[Deleted User 89]

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/201 ... chief.html

[Deleted User 183]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/che ... 23865.html

[Geezer]

https://thehill.com/homenews/438925-rus ... ons-lifted

Way to go Mitch.

[dolomite]

https://thehill.com/homenews/438925-rus ... ons-lifted

Way to go Mitch.

More jobs? Can't be wrong.

“I’m not a politician, it’s all about the business, and I have 10,000 families in Appalachia riding on my shoulders, and anyone that can help me rebuild Appalachia is my friend.”

[Geezer]

Lift the sanctions get a plant, funny how bribes work.

[Deleted User 75]

Lift the sanctions get a plant, funny how bribes work.

"Get"?

Trump gave him the plant? Like for free?

Wow.

[Deleted User 62]

Good to see that dumbfucks finally organized and got the perfect leader.

[Shirley]

lulz

Michelle Obama compares Donald Trump to 'divorced dad'

The former first lady juxtaposed the Donald Trump administration to Barack Obama’s presidency during a wide-ranging interview on Sunday to promote her autobiography Becoming in London, venting her frustrations at the president’s decision to radically overhaul her husband’s legacy.

Ms Obama took aim at the billionaire property developer in a series of jibes during which she did not mention him by name. “For anyone who had any problems with Barack Obama, let’s just think about what we were troubled by – there were never any indictments,” she told a crowd of around 15,000 at the O2.

The Chicago native, who was interviewed by US late-night host Stephen Colbert, jokingly compared the US with Mr Trump in the White House to being a teenager.

“We come from a broken family, we are a little unsettled,” Ms Obama said. “Sometimes you spend the weekend with divorced dad. That feels like fun but then you get sick. That is what America is going through. We are living with divorced dad.”

[...]

[Deleted User 183]

Sometimes Mich needs to realize she's not all that much sharper than The Donald.
I hope she receives the justified backlash for that ignorant comment.
Moving back to Donald......
"“I believe it will be Crazy Bernie Sanders vs. Sleepy Joe Biden as the two finalists to run against maybe the best Economy in the history of our Country (and MANY other great things)!” “I look forward to facing whoever it may be. May God Rest Their Soul!”

[Deleted User 89]

Sometimes Mich needs to realize she's not all that much sharper than The Donald.

[twocoach]

Sometimes Mich needs to realize she's not all that much sharper than The Donald.
I hope she receives the justified backlash for that ignorant comment.
Moving back to Donald......
"“I believe it will be Crazy Bernie Sanders vs. Sleepy Joe Biden as the two finalists to run against maybe the best Economy in the history of our Country (and MANY other great things)!” “I look forward to facing whoever it may be. May God Rest Their Soul!”

It requires no backlash. It's not controversial or slanderous; it's just kinda lame and off target.

[Deleted User 183]

I respectfully disagree. I do feel it's deserving of backlash and is controversial and/or slanderous.
I'm not alone in my feelings. Plenty of people have spoken out regarding their feelings about it as well.
I'm not going to say she's a terrible person or call her nasty names but I feel her words were careless and callous. Just one man's opinion.

[Shirley]

Sometimes Mich needs to realize she's not all that much sharper than The Donald.
I hope she receives the justified backlash for that ignorant comment.
Moving back to Donald......
"“I believe it will be Crazy Bernie Sanders vs. Sleepy Joe Biden as the two finalists to run against maybe the best Economy in the history of our Country (and MANY other great things)!” “I look forward to facing whoever it may be. May God Rest Their Soul!”

It requires no backlash. It's not controversial or slanderous; it's just kinda lame and off target.

(CNN)In an interview in London for her new memoir "Becoming," former First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a stinging assessment of the state of American politics and, specifically, of President Donald Trump. Said Obama:

"We come from a broken family, we are a little unsettled. Sometimes you spend the weekend with divorced dad. That feels like fun but then you get sick. That is what America is going through. We are living with divorced dad."

The Independent, which reported on Obama's comments, said she offered that assessment in a joking manner. But joking or not, there's some real truth in Obama's assessment of how we got here -- and got Trump.

A look at the 2016 exit poll explains why.

On character trait after character trait, large majorities of the public gave Trump poor ratings. Consider:
* 38% had a favorable opinion of him (60% had an unfavorable one)
* 33% said Trump was "honest and trustworthy"
* 38% said Trump was qualified to be president (61% said he was not)
* 35% said he had the temperament to be president

Those are the numbers, in virtually every past election, of a loser. But Trump won. Why? Because four in 10 voters said the most important character trait in a candidate was someone who could bring real change to Washington; Trump won those voters by 68 percentage points.

Which brings me back to Michelle Obama's metaphor. So, to reset: America is the child of divorced parents. He has been living with the mom for years. He's sick of her rules and doesn't feel like he can have any fun. Enter the divorced dad who seems fun, a little bit reckless and, above all, different. So the kid goes to live with the dad. And it's different -- and maybe even good for the first few months. Dad lets you stay up late. He doesn't care how much "Fortnite" you play. Doesn't check to make sure your homework is done at night. But over time, the differences start to be less appealing. And when he's got the flu, maybe Dad checks on him once or twice but still winds up going out to dinner with some work friends.

Get it? There's NO question that the average American voter had grown totally sick of establishment politicians. Political dynasties left them cold. ("Another Clinton as president???") They wanted something very different. And if there was EVER a presidential candidate who offered something very different, it was Trump. His background was different. His manner of speaking was different. His, well, everything was different.

As the exit poll results make clear, the public was under no illusion about Trump's character. They knew he wasn't a role model -- or even well-suited to be president. But they were so done with the "normal" sorts of people that ran and won the White House that they were willing to look past all of Trump's character flaws to give him a chance. How much worse can he be than what we have had? -- the logic went. (One data point really drives this home: Of the 64% who said Trump was neither honest or trustworthy, one in five voted for him anyway.)

Michelle Obama's underlying point is that America has woken up. That spending a few years living with the "divorced dad" has opened their eyes to the idea that having candy for dinner every night isn't as fun as they thought. That the public has already begun to crave the normalcy that they chafed against in 2016 -- and gave us Trump.

I'm less convinced of that. Yes, Trump is deeply unpopular among Democrats. But he's far more popular among Republicans than he was when he won the White House. And while most polling suggests that independents aren't huge fans of Trump's, if the economy is going strong they may well choose not to rock the boat -- looking past, again, the fact that they don't think Trump is, to put a fine point on it, a good guy.

Regardless of what happens in 2020, it's worth keeping Michelle Obama's image of America as a "broken family" led by a "divorced dad" in mind as the campaign unwinds. It's an apt, if depressing, metaphor for where we are at the moment.