The new Trumpcare bill keeps the single cruelest part of the old Trumpcare bill

Say goodbye to Medicaid.CREDIT: AP Photo/Molly Riley

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is fighting a two front war. At the right end of his caucus, hardliners want deep Medicaid cuts and weaker protections for people with preexisting conditions. More pragmatic conservatives, meanwhile, say they want to keep the legislation from working havoc on Medicaid.

If a new version of the Senat...

The White House’s exceedingly dishonest attack on the Congressional Budget Office

The Trumpcare misinformation campaign continues.CREDIT: screengrab

On Wednesday afternoon, the Trump administration trashed the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in an attempt to undercut its dire analysis of Trumpcare.

The White House’s official Twitter account posted a tweet that says, “The Congressional Budget Office’s math doesn’t add up. Faulty Numbers = Faulty Results.”

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