Trump's America, March 2017: Using His Inside VOICE

Not much gain, though. Those inclined to believe him continue to, etc.

it was more of a hail mary than anything, in hindsight

Nunes basically threw himself under a bus. Even Trump's initial claim of vindication, brought on by prodding, seemed hedgy and unsure. "I somewhat do."

Light on the horizon! Folks like Sam Brownback, Paul Le Page and Butch Otter praise AHCA!

https://twitter.com/RepLarryBucshon/status/845017469072814080

Which means...not that much.

xpost the vagueness of his statement plus the number of contradictions ("we know for sure", "we're not sure yet", etc etc) kinda prove that the message itself was secondary to the byline. it was a "WITNESS!!!!" warboy moment

"intel-chair-devin-nunes-unsure" should be on a Nunes t-shirt

gotta love a "health care" act that doesn't actually give people access to health care

hearse care

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/325544-rand-paul-let-pence-preside-over-senate-obamacare-repeal-votes

Can't really see how this works, though, in that assumes that various moderate-as-such GOP senators already going "Ha, no" over AHCA would go along with it.

i like to imagine Trump's emphatic plea was something like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeRQD0tK8h0

lol....all that work today and according to CNN, the whip count is now 30...aka two Republican reps MORE in opposition than there were this morning.

so Rand Paul is basically asking Pence to come in and bend the Senate rules regarding reconciliation?

Thus Cornyn's, how you say, skepticism. But it's in line with Mike Lee's random thoughts yesterday.

Nunes has got to be played by Steve Carrell in the movie of this whole fucking farrago. if movie cameras still exist and electricity works obv

Interesting wild card in all this is whether Isakson will be around.

http://news.wabe.org/post/after-surgery-georgia-sen-isakson-could-miss-crucial-votes

so Rand Paul is basically asking Pence to come in and bend the Senate rules regarding reconciliation?

this is never going to happen, the bill's not even gonna make it out of the House

it'll probably make it to the toilet tbf

Ah, civil wars:

https://twitter.com/rachaelmbade/status/845039663735853057

Freedom Caucus has never been particularly popular w/House Rs. But now Rs r livid w/ them. @RepChrisCollins: "They’ve deserted the team."

broadband providers can sell your browsing history to advertisers if this passes the House

How is this different from me being shadowed by Amazon, showing me pictures of shit I already bought, or looked at a week ago?

you probably agreed to do it somewhere somehow? idk though i get suggested FB friends from people I've only emailed in a work context and whatnot, I'm sure this has or is already way within the wheelhouse of ISPs/tech companies

you can log out, clear cookies, use a different browser, not shop amazon

tougher to get around using your ISPs pipe

lol WaPo's whip count is now 35 GOP no votes and 16 more "leaning no". these guys are fucked. the longer they wait/the more shitty "compromises" they try to add the more support is going to tank.

What's the count of GOP reps in Hilary districts (or heck even Obama ''12 districts)?

where are you seeing that whip count?

on WaPo's front page

found it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/07/whip-count-heres-where-skeptical-republicans-stand-on-the-gops-obamacare-replacement/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.dcf52e844acb

maybe Paul Ryan is just showing the wrong pie charts, I mean this bill is awesome, it should speak for itself, right?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co5wFp4UAAAmhl9.jpg

Having fun fellas?

We haven't had that spirit here since...

A+

Anyway FWIW the Big Huge Meeting is still happening with the Freedom Caucus, Bannon etc.

who's the top

An ugly image

Anyway I wouldn't be surprised if they come out with something that makes the Freedom Caucus happy but then makes a lot of others go "What? Fuck you!" And the game begins again...

Meaning of all people, this guy is probably right:

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/845050891229167619

Heading into conference, @replouiegohmert says still too many competing demands to get to yes for enough members.

truly, the art of the deal

that already seems to be what's happening considered the growing whip count of no votes xxpost

I assume that meanwhile Trump is still talking to Kellyanne or whoever about the truck.

the bill they'll settle on is that insurance is now illegal and everybody pays doctors direct

https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/845052449907970048

McCarthy on health care vote: Tomorrow is a good day..I think we'll get it tomorrow

Oh and it turns out Kellyanne plus Mulvaney are in that meeting too. Talk about a soulsucking room.

McCarthy is a hack, he was sure it was gonna pass today remember

But he's OUR hack. Or at least the Central Valley's.

"we'll get it tomorrow" is something a baseball manager says after 1 game of a 3 game series

President Donald Trump is demanding a vote Friday in the House on the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said. If the bill fails, Trump is prepared to move on and leave Obamacare in place, Mulvaney said.

Read more: http://politi.co/2nMXMbQ

haaaaa

DEALS GETTIN' MADE

If he says he's fine with leaving it in place that means this thing is dead, right? I don't really understand American politics anymore tho tbf

if they "leave obamacare in place" deliberately how soon will they go back to calling it the ACA instead of "Obamacare"

I mean he doesn't really have full sway over that, Congress can pass whatever bill they want, and he's free to veto it knowing that the 2/3rds vote to override him is unlikely, but would he really veto another attempt at a replacement bill?

with that being said, they probably will leave it and say "we tried".

Chump gettin tired of deal making lol