Month: May 2017

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HEALTHCARE GAME EVERYONE LOSES

Yesterday the House Republicans passed the new version of Trumpcare which was even worse then the original version Ryan pushed back in March. The new version was created to please House Freedom Caucus members which means the bill needed to be more devastating to the American people. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) had reported back in March that the AHCA would eventually exclude 24 million Americans from healthcare, reduce Medicaid services and drive up deductibles. What did the CBO say about the newly revised plan? NOTHING! It has not even been assessed yet. Would you spend millions on a project without it being assessed or vetted? Would you purchase ANYTHING without knowing the COST? Well the House Republicans did.

Paul Ryan and the other Republican Douchebags celebrated yesterday after voting….Why? Because they are providing better, improved affordable care for all Americans??? NO! They celebrated because they finally did it–they repealed Obamacare. That was their only goal. Not to make the Affordable Health Care Act better or to help Americans—their goal was to smite Obama and it did not matter if anyone else went down in the process–in this case the entire American population. The House Republicans won…

Who is opposed to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) besides MILLIONS of Americans, many who are and hopefully now, were, Trump supporters—every healthcare organization, that’s who:

I know this bill is unlikely to pass the more reasonable-Freedom Caucus-Free-Senate but…

I also believed that a reality TV personality with poor business sense and severe character flaws would never be elected President

or

that House Republicans would never commit political suicide over repealing healthcare without a viable or better alternative…..so I am not sure I can depend on anything anymore.

Mother of 3

Nurse

Colts Neck, NJ

Resources:

American Health Care Act, https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52486

Affordable Care Act revision would reduce insured numbers by 24 million, CBO projects, https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/obamacare-revision-would-reduce-insured-numbers-by-24-million/2017/03/13/ea4c860a-0829-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.9145575dcf6e

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#29 THINGS I HATE ABOUT TRUMP: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM = LICENSE TO DISCRIMINATE

Your right to RELIGIOUS FREEDOM is not your LICENSE TO DISCRIMINATE based on religion. There is a very distinct difference.

Trump is expected to sign an executive order tomorrow granting “Federal Religious Freedom.” This is a move, no doubt, pushed by Bible Thumping Pence and other Republican religious zealots that cannot grasp the difference between church and state. I wonder if this was the deal Trump and Pence made. After all, why would anyone stick with Trump this long without something on the agenda, that is unless, Pence’s endgame is waiting for Trump’s inevitable impeachment so that he can take the reigns. If that is the case, Pence is much smarter than I gave him credit for.

Back in March of 2015, Pence introduced similar legislation in his state of Indiana. Pence and other legislators wanted to give for-profit companies the same free exercise rights that churches received. It sounded crazy and bigoted even then, but this was after the Supreme Court had ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby, a decision that gave corporate employers the legal right to not provide contraceptive coverage to their employees. Pence and Indiana suffered badly in the press; this was a poorly veiled attempt at discrimination. This was a bad business move for Indiana and they are still suffering the consequences of their bigotry. Yet, Pence, well he is now the Vice President and maybe one day the President, if he waits longs enough.

How is Pence’s version of religious freedom different then the pre-civil rights movement where businesses could choose not to serve blacks or segregate to other doorways, other bathrooms/water fountains, other seats on the bus….well, that my folks is the problem—IT IS NOT DIFFERENT. It is still discrimination but now it is wrapped up in a religious freedom bow. Not very Christian like and not the message the Pope puts forth. Now that man, the Pope, he is a leader. His message of inclusion, acceptance, tolerance, and love should be an example to all—but especially those who cling to the Bible as if it were real.

Back in February information was leaked about a “religious freedom” bill. It was rumored then that Ivanka and Jared were able to talk Trump out of signing the bill, recognizing it could be political suicide—-yes, immigration ban, grabbing pussy, treason suspicions, and basic incompetence were not political suicide–but this…I will take it– if this is what the public can get behind in mass, then LET’S ROLL, people.

Politico reported yesterday that Trump has invited conservative leaders to the WH tomorrow, Thursday May 4th, to sign an executive order that promotes religious liberty, allowing businesses and individuals to discriminate based on their religious beliefs. It is expected that these broad religious objections now permitted at a Federal level will specifically target the LGBTQ community.

We are truly headed backwards here, folks. #RESIST

Resources:

YOUR RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, https://www.aclu.org/other/your-right-religious-freedom

What Makes Indiana’s Religious-Freedom Law Different?, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/what-makes-indianas-religious-freedom-law-different/388997/

Trump set to sign religious liberty order: report, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331614-religious-liberty-executive-order-may-come-thursday-report

White House aims for Thursday signing of religious liberty executive order, http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/02/donald-trump-religious-liberty-executive-order-237888

Mike Pence’s Religious Freedom Law Continues To Hang Over Indiana, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-religious-freedom-law-indiana_us_57c839b9e4b0a22de09446d8

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#28 THINGS I HATE ABOUT TRUMP: HE IS NOT OK

I am growing weary of hating Trump, it is exhausting. Every day—-EVERY DAY—since the heyday of his campaign and continuing through his Presidency, not a day has gone by where he or his administration has not done or said something offensive, ridiculous or just plain untrue. I have had ENOUGH. The constant #Resistance is taking its toll. Don’t worry, I am not the “give-up” or quitting type and I am certainly not going to give in and allow Trumpism to normalize more than it already has.

We must stay vigilant and continue to draw attention to his bad behavior. I wish more people would call him out on his “crazy” though; it is beyond arrogance and narcissism. Mika and Joe questioned his sanity this morning and I hope more people begin to do the same.


‘I’m not sure he’s OK’: MSNBC’s Joe and Mika… by sarahburris

It is frightening to catch glimpses of exactly how much he does not know:

  • Recent comments about how hard being a President is and he did not realize it would be, especially compared to his previous life–of a reality TV personality.
  • Comments that healthcare is complicated-who knew?
  • Recent comments about pre-existing conditions and putting new healthcare legislation to a vote this week–which was news to house republicans. I feel stressed out just trying to keep track of all the awful, crazy stuff he does. I imagine the WH staff and legislators must be downing loads of Zantac or Xanax.
  • Inviting the President of the Philippines, Duterte, well known dictator, murderer and a just plain evil guy to the WH; he seems to be friends with all the best dictators. Maybe Putin, Duterte and al-Assad will join him for a round of golf in Bedminster.
  • Claiming Andrew Jackson could have stopped the Civil War. Jackson died 16 years before the Civil War–he did not have the gift of being able to predict the future–he was not a good guy with a big heart (he owned slaves and lots of them) who wanted equal rights for all.

    Trump’s attempt at a recovery. Nope, you still look like an idiot.
  • As he ponders why more people do not wonder why we even had a Civil War, the rest of the world grows increasingly concerned that is incompetence is based more on stupidity and less on arrogance than we thought.
  • This list of what he does not know is infinite….

Trump’s interview with John Dickerson of CBS’s Face the Nation was just as painful, incoherent and unintelligent as his interviews with NYT, Washington Post and the AP. Here is a clip where he “guarantees” (in quotes because we may witness Conway Kelly, Spicy Spicer or other Trump cronies trying to spin this into an alternative fact or another example of, “you did not really believe what the President said” game) that pre-existing conditions will remain in the healthcare bill even though EVERYONE knows that in order to appeal to the House Freedom Caucus (the crazy Tea Partiers) that Ryan made a deal with the devil to further degrade the proposed healthcare bill, to screw more Americans. The new bill stipulates that states get to decide if they charge everyone the same regardless of pre-existing conditions.

I think John Dickerson deserves a nice spa day after having to talk to this bozo. “Let me just explain something”…listening to this drivel is enough to make anyone want to poke their own eye out.

I hope Trump’s state of NY is one that approves pre-existing conditions because he will have a hard time proving he was not always afflicted.

He ends his interview with John on one last crazy note. John questions Trump’s relationship with Obama and it went over probably just like you would have imagined it would. Trump repeats, “You saw what happened with surveillance” and John is forced to ask him what he means since the wiretapping claim has been proven to be a LIE–over and over again.

When asked if he stands by his claim that Obama was “sick and bad”, Trump states, “I don’t stand by anything” before he rudely and petulantly walks away….Yup, sounds about right.

Resources:

Trump Abruptly Ends CBS Interview After Wiretap Question, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/trump-cbs-interview.html?_r=0

Trump Invites Rodrigo Duterte to the White House, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/us/politics/trump-invites-rodrigo-duterte-to-the-white-house.html

Fact Check: Could Andrew Jackson Have Stopped The Civil War, As Trump Said?, http://www.npr.org/2017/05/01/526388034/fact-check-could-andrew-jackson-have-stopped-the-civil-war-as-trump-said