The incoming Senate Democratic leader says his party won't help Republicans with a new health reform plan down the road if they repeal Obamacare without an immediate replacement.
I think Mr. Trump can explain the Dems' pissy attitude in 140 characters...
Sen. Chuck Schumer, who will replace retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid in January, said Republicans will have to "own" the situation if they ditch the healthcare law but don't immediately come up with a way to replace it.
What the Dems are trying to do: delay the repeal of O-Care near indefinitely by stringing out the negotiations on the "replacement" deal. That doesn't work if the Pubs repeal O-Care immediately.
"We're not going to do a replacement," Schumer said of his caucus. "If they repeal without a replacement, they will own it. Democrats will not then step up to the plate and come up with a half-baked solution that we will partially own. It's all theirs." Well, Obamacare is all your party's and is a major reason you and your ilk are in the minority.
Republicans are contemplating an approach to Obamacare that would delay a repeal of the law by two or three years, giving them time to come up with a replacement plan. GOP leaders have said a repeal measure will be first on their task list when they return to Washington next month.
If Democrats refuse to work with Republicans on a replacement plan, that could put them in a political bind, as they could be blamed for depriving millions of Americans of health coverage.
That's the spin message from WaPo.
"They're giving us tremendous leverage," Schumer told the Washington Post. More like giving you enough rope to hang yourselves with.
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Do we really think anything Chucky might offer would be helpful? Remember, this dipshit helped sell Obumble care and helped Harry sell it as reconciliation.
[Breitbart] Wednesday at Politico‘s "Women Rule" event, senior adviser to President Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett said the reactions at the White House to President-elect Donald Trump‘s victory were "like a punch in the stomach" and "soul-crushing." Heh!
Jarrett said, "We were surprised by the outcome of the election. It kind of was like a ‐ I'm not sure what the right analogy would be, but like a punch in the stomach, let's say. Soul-crushing might be another description. But that's the democracy that we have. The people get to decide and the elections matter and we have to get about the business of doing our jobs." Heh! Heh!
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If ever someone who served in high public office deserves an investigation to determine if they were an agent of a foreign power, it is this vile, Iranian sympathizer.
Also known as a "Fuck you Gore"
Climate Depot's publisher Marc Morano statement on President Elect Donald Trump's selection of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt pick for EPA chief:
"President-Elect Trump's appointment of Scott Pruitt is a breath of fresh air. No longer do we have to suffer under President Obama's ridiculous EPA ‘climate' regulations. It is also refreshing that a Republican President is not throwing the EPA over to the green activists and the media by appointing a weak administrator. Christine Todd Whitman he is not!
Trump's pick of Pruitt finally means that a Republican President is standing up the green establishment! Historically, EPA chiefs have been among the most pro regulatory members of past Republican presidents from Nixon through Ford, Reagan and both Bushes. Trump has broken the cycle! Putting a muzzle on the tyrannical EPA is always good.
Climate sanity has been restored to the U.S. EPA. No longer do we have to hear otherwise intelligent people in charge in DC blather on about how EPA regulations are necessary to control the Earth's temperature or storminess.
No longer do we have to endure GOP presidents avoiding battle over the green agenda by picking EPA chiefs that were timid at best. We know how bad GOP EPA picks have been in the past because many former GOP EPA chiefs endorsed President Obama's EPA climate regulations.
If climate skeptics were worried about Trump's meeting with Former VP Al Gore earlier this week, the pick of Pruitt is reassuring. Basically Trump listened to what Gore had to say at their New York City meeting and then he exercised his good judgement and did the exact opposite. I think Trump is doing the same thing with Obama I hope he's doing the same thing with Romney.
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some negative career justice for the perpetrators of climate change regulatory strangulation, Gold King Mine debacle, anti-fracking assholes, etc. is clearly in order. Clear the stables!
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Perhaps it's one of the advantages of having a billionaire in the WH. Bribes and get rich schemes don't seem to work so well.
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Interview with Gore only needed a minute to determine if he was serious or a fraud. one quick question. Which is worse:
(a) Storing spent nuclear fuel until we find out what to do with it
(b) Global warming.
Answer (A) and you know they he doesn't take the threat of global warming seriously.
Answer (b) and you don't need him, just double-down on building nuclear plants.
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This could be dangerous. These guys have a lot of time on their hands.
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This could be dangerous. These guys have a lot of time on their hands. Of course, if they work as hard at "fighting back" as they do at their actual jobs...
With all due respect to the 20% or so of federal civilian workers who bust their tails making up for the others.
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Every person in each of the Govt. Departments can be transferred to somewhere like Butthump , Nicaragua or be sent on an important fact finding mission to the Aleutians for "about" eight years.
Take the whole family and live in a trailer. Its a very important job and requires a man of your "unique" talents. Say hello to the Seals and the be sure an give us an accurate count of all the trees within a mile of the beach. We are counting on you.
You can always quit. No need to fire you. But you WILL go. Good of the Service and all that.
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Several TDY trips to Boise Idaho & Fairbanks Alaska 90 days and return 30 days and go again. About six of these and any single department will all get theMessage. Pour encourager les autres!
[Breitbart] On Wednesday's broadcast of "Fox & Friends," Fox News Chief National Correspondent reported, "I'm hearing this morning that, quietly behind the scenes, advisers to President Obama are working on sort of a farewell tour in mid-January."
Henry said, "I'm hearing this morning that, quietly behind the scenes, advisers to President Obama are working on sort of a farewell tour in mid-January. I'm told there's at least three cities, that President Obama will be giving major speeches in arenas. one of them is Chicago, his sort of adopted hometown. they're looking at the United Center there, where the Chicago Bulls play."
He continued, "And what it tells us is maybe President Obama doesn't quite want to leave the stage yet.
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That is going to be one of Satan's finest moments, smiling and saying, "Sure there are golf courses here, Barack. They are all up hill. You are going to be a caddy..."
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That is going to be one of Satan's finest moments, smiling and saying, "Sure there are golf courses here, Barack. They are all up hill. You are going to be a caddy..."....
...double looping, one slicer and one hooker 30 hdcps. Oh yeah, the other part of the foursome has a cart.
[TWITCHY] Another day, another round of misogyny from the anti-women Left. As a reminder, Kellyanne Conway celebrated her historic win at a fun costume party this weekend. The Left? They focused on her body with hateful and hate-filled attacks. They dehumanized her and spewed sexual slurs. You see, if you are a woman who is not a Democrat, you are not a "real" woman. Have independent thoughts not in lockstep with the Left? Heaven forfend! You are then either a "man in a skirt" or a tramp, because no woman could possibly be a success otherwise. THAT is how little they think of women.
There is no sisterhood on the Left. There are only the Stepford Feminists and if you don’t fall into line, you are attacked. Viciously.
Enter Politico’s (partnered with Google and the Tory Burch Foundation) event series Women Rule, which seems to have actually attempted to laud Kellyanne Conway.
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[TWITCHY] The unstoppable shape-shifting T-1000 from the Terminator films continues to walk present-day earth in the form of Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who refuses to accept the results of the 2016 presidential election, despite legal setbacks and regardless of cost.Stein appeared on Fox News Wednesday afternoon and spoke with Neil Cavuto, who questioned why she wasn’t pursuing recounts in states where Hillary Clinton ... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook... had won by even slimmer margins than Trump’s wins in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Don’t let that make you suspect she’s trying to flip the Electoral College to Hillary Clinton, though.
Asked by Cavuto how hackers could infiltrate voting machines that aren’t connected to the Internet, Stein went old school, suggesting that people could be walking around with floppy disks and reprogramming the machines.
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Jill is raking in money for the Green party using the guilt and desperation of Dem donors. She also kills the "Greens cost us the election" before it takes root.
Many things describe her but she's not crazy in this.
[Iran Press TV] Democratic politicians will not take issue with an expedited process designed to allow former General James Mattis to serve as US President-elect Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s pick to lead the military, says House Minority Leader Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. Formerly Speaker of the House, but it's not her fault they lost. Really. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace... "I don’t think that will be an obstacle -- maybe for some," stated the Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Democrat on Wednesday.
The future president nominated the hawkish commander, known as "Mad Dog," during a "Thank You Tour" stop in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Tuesday.
Apart from confirmation by the Senate, Mattis would also need a Democratic-backed waiver so he can be assigned the post.
The hawkish general, who retired in 2013, cannot be appointed to the post as law requires defense secretaries to be out of uniform for at least seven years before reclaiming the position.
The law is cited as an effort to maintain civilian control of the US military.
"The overriding principal since the revolution of our country has been the civilian control of the military. Only in recent history was that diverted from ... in 1950 when George Marshall was granted a waiver to serve as secretary of defense even though he had not been out of the military for seven years," Pelosi said.
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They are just afraid he would knife hand them to death.
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The Legislature's aw restricting picks to 7 yrs post-service is unconstitutional. The Senate has Advice and Consent rights but cannot otherwise restrict the Executive from making any picks he or she chooses
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"law"
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I believe the argument is doing to be more along the line of Congress' authority to make the laws governing land and naval forces. As a GO, even retired, he is subject to recall per that authority.
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I thought the Democrats did away with the 60% requirement and now a simple majority is needed. I remember a few Democrats had bit of remorse last week for changing it.
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They need only 50% on appointments. But they need 60% on waiver of 7 year requirement. Unless it is attached to a CR.
[PAGESIX] Hillary Clinton ... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook... and Tim Kaine are throwing a party at the Plaza hotel on Dec. 15 to thank those who donated millions to the campaign.
The party will be held in the Grand Ballroom on the third floor, to honor the Hillary for America finance leadership council.
Guests expected are big bundlers including Harvey Weinstein, Anna Wintour, Alan Patricof, Tory Burch and Marc Lasry.
One insider said, "Hopefully there’s no balconies so nobody can jump."
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I know how this soiree ends: And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.
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The attendee list might be shockingly less robust with wealthy donors than in years past. Delusional fools seeing the tattered remnants of power might fall to the bite one more time. For the Clinton's might as well tap the Rolodex one last time.
[UPI] A front man for Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... said the president-elect sold all of his stockholdings in June, which could help him avoid potential conflicts of interest.
The announcement comes after Trump on Tuesday morning said he wants to cancel the government's order for the development of a new Air Force One, citing a $4 billion cost.
After he was questioned about the Boeing deal, Trump said his administration wants Boeing -- a company he publicly held stocks in -- "to make a lot of money" but not too much.
"Well the plane is totally out of control, it's going to be over $4 billion for Air Force One program," Trump said in Trump Tower, CNBC reported. "I think it's ridiculous, I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want Boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money."
Trump had at least two brokerage accounts that held about 150 separate corporate stock and bond investments, including for companies such as Amazon, Apple, Boeing and Visa, The Wall Street Journal reported. But Trump's front man, Jason Miller, said those no longer represented a conflict of interest.
"The president-elect sold all of his stock back in June," he said during a phone call with news hounds.
Trump last week said he plans to leave his business "in total" in order to focus on the presidency, though he is not "mandated under law" to do so. The president-elect has been questioned since winning the presidency over potential conflicts of interest with his expansive business empire. One of Trump's options is to put his assets into an independent blind trust but he will hold a presser on Dec. 15 to announce his solution.
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"Well the plane is totally out of control, it's going to be over $4 billion for Air Force One program," Trump said in Trump Tower, CNBC reported. "I think it's ridiculous, I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want Boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money."
Hey, just want to say to the Washington state Senators (D), I'm sure your not going to screw with my nominees.
[MEDIAITE] Clinton ally and liberal Super PAC operator David Brock told news hounds Tuesday that he plans to create a new outlet designed to serve as a counterpoint to alt-right website Breitbart.
What're Huffington Pus and Vox?
A "Breitbart of the Left" -- isn't that like Van Jones forming the "Coffee Party" back in 2009?
Air America 2.0: yet another path by which Mr. Soros donates substantial sums to the national economy without achieving his desired result, while destroying the resumes of all who participate in the endeavour. I think it's a marvelous idea.
Brock purchased liberal website BlueNationReview in 2015, rebranding it in 2016 as "ShareBlue." ShareBlue, he said Tuesday, would be the "Breitbart of the left..." so long as the financial contributions kept pouring.
Brock also confirmed earlier reports that he plan to shift the focus of Media Matters for America away from Fox News and more towards attacking the alt-right
Oooohh yes, do that!
and fake news. "A lot of garbage came spewing out of Facebook, and these companies need to adopt new standards and clean their own house," he told news hounds. "We’ll be involved in a campaign to push them to do that."
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Brock also confirmed earlier reports that he plan to shift the focus of Media Matters for America away from Fox News and more towards attacking the alt-right
Ratings are too high at Fox. Better to attack the individual freedoms of the 'deplorables.'
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...It never works, David. Ask the folks who started Air America or Algore's venture.
Mike
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They would have to be factual. They would have to be for sensible economics. They would have to be for reality (individual justice) instead of the sick autocratic collectivist absurdity of "social justice"
So it won't work.
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They really should be encouraged. Keeps them out of other mischief.
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A true leftist who starts a business based on his own demand and not driven by the demands of the market will inevitably fail. Unless like NPR and PBS you are subsidized by funds not tied to profits.
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Another rathole for Soros' money. It will be a DC centric gay dating site in two years...
As one member of the tribe put it, left-wing advocacy is a racket, used by members and non-members alike to extract money from wealthy members of the tribe:
American Jews have a lot of money, which in theory, can be extracted from them with words. Now they =do= divide into two camps…… we can summarize the constellation of manifestations of which, as: Hillary supporters, and Trump supporters.
The ones who MAKE THINGS HAPPEN are in the latter camp. The big problem with those folks is….. in practice, you cannot get them to write you a check by scaring them them with cootie-encrusted boogymen. They’re too busy saving (say for example) Constitutional Carry in the USA – any resources left over, are spent on saving (say for example) IDF Lone Soldiers
So if you were an enterprising Pro Jew, you’d probably focus on the Hillary supporters – ie, the ones who WATCH things happen and kvetch about it. They will buy tickets to your lectures at the 92nd Street Y, they will send checks to your SPLC. Get yourself a degree in Sociology; you can harvest a few bucks off of them.
The point isn't to set up a new website - it's to milk wealthy left-wing Jews so David Brock can add to the perks he currently enjoys as a key player in Media Matters. Does he worry he'll merely cannibalize HuffPo's traffic? Why would he care? HuffPo doesn't pay him.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
The incoming Senate Democratic leader says his party won't help Republicans with a new health reform plan down the road if they repeal Obamacare without an immediate replacement.
[Breitbart] Wednesday at Politico‘s "Women Rule" event, senior adviser to President Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett said the reactions at the White House to President-elect Donald Trump‘s victory were "like a punch in the stomach" and "soul-crushing."
[Breitbart] On Wednesday's broadcast of "Fox & Friends," Fox News Chief National Correspondent reported, "I'm hearing this morning that, quietly behind the scenes, advisers to President Obama are working on sort of a farewell tour in mid-January."
I suppose quietly motoring on back to Chicago would be too much to ask. 
Hillary Clinton
I mean floppy wings and things. 
Nancy 
