Link Me Up, Scotty - Picking the Right Person for the Job Edition

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

The big brains over at Outside the Beltway with commentary on 45's national security team. I firmly believe it is the career bureaucracy that keeps things going in times of transition and turmoil, but no level of institutional memory can supplement such a lack of planning and execution.
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Racial tensions heat up in a small Georgia town, but people decided to stand up and be counted rather than normalizing the return of the KKK to their community. #resist
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Steve King, the most ineffective member of Congress, is such a douchebag I can't even. I wonder if his district is the one of the ones that have hoards of White Militia hiding in the hills with their guns and canned goods.
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My favorite Christian Pastor is inventing a Church I could join with a clear conscience and an open heart: The Church of Not Being Horrible.
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As a promotional stunt, the folks over at Amazon launched a fake "radio station" called "Resistance Radio" to generate interest in the third season of their show The Man in the High Castle. So then 45 supporters came out of the woodwork claiming the station was unAmerican and whining about why those mean liberals are still so outspoken about 45 and his policies?

I find it very interesting, very interesting indeed, that 45's supporters assumed a promotional media event aimed directly at opposing Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan was aimed at them and their resident reprobate. This shows me that deep down, some of these bootlickers know they're on the wrong side of history, but are still trying to defend their untenable positions, probably to sooth their conscience at being such horrible people.
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The White House wants to know how the Affordable Care Act has affected you and your family.

Obamacare: Share Your Story

Obamacare has led to higher costs and fewer health insurance options for millions of Americans.
How has it impacted you? Share your story with the President.
So I shared my story. My story about how my veteran son was able to be covered on my health plan when he returned from his service, and how he was able to get affordable care through the Exchange after he aged out of the adult children provision in the ACA. Somehow I doubt that's what 45 wanted to hear, but hey - he really needs to get acquainted with the truth, and after working for 35 years in male-dominated fields, my inclination to coddle a man's ego and alternative reality is at an all-time low these days.

H/T Brother Nathan
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Oh, look - according to the CBO, 45's health care replacement would make the rich richer and kick 24 million people off the health insurance rolls. I'll bet you can guess 45's reaction to this non-partisan report. You guessed it, deny, deny, deny. As near as I can tell, the new plan basically takes us back to where we were before the ACA was enacted, with no benefit to non-wealthy Americans by any measure.
“The C.B.O. score shows just how empty the president’s promises, that everyone will be covered and costs will go down, have been,” said Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader. “This should be a looming stop sign for the Republicans’ repeal effort.”
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Today's sources:
  • Outside the Beltway: An online journal of politics and foreign affairs analysis written by a highly educated and ridiculously qualified staff. 
  • The Washington Post: Mainstream Media source with minimal partisan bias and a high degree of factual reporting. 
  • One Hot Mess: The personal blog of Libby Bakalar. 
  • Stuff That Needs to be Said: The personal blog of Pastor John Pavlovitz. 
  • WhiteHouse.gov: The official website of the President of the United States. 
  • The New York Times: Mainstream Media source with minimal partisan bias and a high degree of factual reporting.

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