On Wednesday morning, President Trump tweeted out his support for the so-called Graham-Cassidy health care bill that would allow insurers to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions and could cause tens of millions to lose coverage.
I hope Republican Senators will vote for Graham-Cassidy and fulfill their promise to Repeal & Replace ObamaCare. Money direct to States!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 20, 2017
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Report finds that every state would suffer under Trumpcare
The latest attempt by Republicans in Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, spearheaded by Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), would reduce federal funding to states by $215 billion over ten years, ultimately decreasing funding for all states, according to an analysis released Wednesday.
The bill has the support of President Donald Trump, who has consistently pushed for Republicans to repeal and replace the ACA after repeated failures to do so in re...
Trevor Noah on treasury secretary Mnuchin: ‘So out of touch it’s almost beautiful’
Trevor Noah addressed Steven Mnuchin’s attempts at tax reform – and he and his wife Louse Linton’s attempts to use a government jet for their honeymoon
On Monday night, Trevor Noah reprised one of his signature segments, Profiles in Tremendousness, to discuss treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton.
“Donald Trump has been president for eight months now and most of his campaign promises remain undone, from repealing Obamacare to building the beautiful wall t...
GOP congressman says Trump’s unhinged tweets just show that he’s ‘a fun guy’
On Sunday morning, President Trump retweeted a GIF featuring a doctored video of him striking Hillary Clinton with a golf ball that was originally posted by a user named “Fuctupmind.” That user has posted many racist tweets about the Obama family, along with Islamophobic and anti-Semitic memes.
In recent weeks, Trump has repeatedly retweeted bigots, accounts that traffic in wild conspiracy theories, and memes depicting violence against his perceived enemies.
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Lindsay Graham embraces Breitbart
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who has often painted himself as a responsible Republican who will call out President Trump for his misdeeds, appealed to Trump’s nationalist base over the weekend, appearing on Breitbart News Radio to promote his bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The bill, which Graham has proposed with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), would repeal the individual and employer mandate as well as a number of the taxes established under the ACA. The...
McCain joins new legislative effort to overturn Trump’s trans military ban
It became clear Thursday that the Senate would not consider an amendment to the defense budget addressing President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, but lawmakers have not given up. On Friday, they introduced a separate bill addressing the ban, with new bipartisan support: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
The bill expands upon bipartisan support the amendment already enjoyed from Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Susan Collins (R-ME), but...
Trump: Bernie Sanders’ universal healthcare plan a ‘curse’ on Americans
President says he would veto senator’s Medicare for All single-payer plan, prompting quick rebuke from Sanders
Donald Trump on Thursday called Bernie Sanders’ universal healthcare plan a “curse on the US & its people” and promised to veto it if it ever landed on his desk.
Related: Bernie Sanders unveils universal healthcare bill: 'We will win this struggle'
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Trump doesn’t actually think single-payer is a horrible idea
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed the only health care plan that would fulfill all the health care promises made by President Trump—but White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders slammed the single-payer health care plan Wednesday, saying Trump thinks it would be a horrible idea.
“I think that the president as well as the majority of the country knows that the single payer system that the Democrats are proposing is a horrible idea,” Huckabee Sanders told reporters. “I ...
Memo to the New York Times: Donald Trump is a Republican
The North American Republican is a wily creature. Territorial. Obsessed with tax cuts. And, like the coral snake, difficult for some people to distinguish from its less venomous cousins.
Crikey! That’s quite a blunder by the Grey Lady. And it’s not a blunder limited to ju...
