Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

WTF who are the two Democrats who just voted for this?

they just changed their votes.

Back to zero.

aaaaand it's passed. good luck guys.

Roffle. Wonder what prompted this?

Amash a late yes.

— Richard Rubin (@RichardRubinDC) May 4, 2017

christ

this is gonna pass by one vote isn't it

it just did

by 2 reps. 217-213.

Making the Senate's job even worse from their standpoint. If this had been an easy majority that's one thing; as it stands, obviously a whole lot of looking at everyone else going to happen.

not sure how the democrats singing 'na na na na hey hey goodbye' on the house floor can be so confident that this will come back to hurt the republicans, but we'll see

Apt Twitter comment: "Now it’s the House’s turn to root for paralysis in the Senate."

yea that's the "hope Trump wins cuz he'll be easy to defeat" thing coming back, how'd that work out?

hey i win this bracket

@SteveRattner May 2
Under (the MacArthur) amendment, here are est hikes in premiums for ppl w/:
Asthma: $4k
Diabetes: $5.5k
Pregnancy: $17k
Arthritis: $26k
Cancer: $140k!

jesus

The attack ad writes itself: the GOP celebrated on the floor of Congress when they took away health care from millions of Americans

If I were Bud Light I'd be desperate not to see those photos.

lol the prevision to exempt Congress from their own shitty healthcare plans is still in there, these guys do not care about the optics one bit

their base doesnt see the optics

cant these congresscritters buy beer thats not disgusting and maybe a brand thats actually american owned?

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQjuLsvPu0jfUehaLOvUGKoP2aFkWOisH6ahdzDaiXXN8fPq6Hz

the house is gerrymandered as tight as the rictus of betsy devos's "smile" and there are what, 10 more democratic than republican senators up for re-election in 2018? can't wait for the midterms!

I won't go as far as actually wishing it, but I certainly wouldn't discourage a flesh-eating virus from ravaging the bodies and faces of everyone who voted for this thing.

.@Reince exiting gop cloakroom tells me: "The president stepped up and helped punt the ball into the end zone."

— Molly Hooper (@mollyhooper) May 4, 2017

do these guys even watch sports?

you could say he threw the ball into the basketball ring

Enough to find an offsides ploy with Garland and Gorsuch palatable.

As self-described conservatives, they don't seem to respect the past norms very much. I'm all for the media banning the term "conservative" for anyone who can't quote Burke. Reactionary is a a fine term.

And it's already dead:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/senate-wont-vote-on-house-passed-healthcare-bill/article/2622152

Senate Republicans said Thursday they won't vote on the House-passed bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, but will write their own legislation instead.

A Senate proposal is now being developed by a 12-member working group. It will attempt to incorporate elements of the House bill, senators said, but will not take up the House bill as a starting point and change it through the amendment process.

"The safest thing to say is there will be a Senate bill, but it will look at what the House has done and see how much of that we can incorporate in a product that works for us in reconciliation," said Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.

...which will likely pass with the fifty-one votes needed, I suspect, for Maine's Susan Collins is on board

It's less the pass, more the try and put the two together that'll be the 'fun' bit.

wouldn't the reconciliation period be over by then and require 60 votes tho

I'd put safe money on this:

If it dies in the Senate, at least 40% of base voters will enter 2018 thinking Trump repealed Obamacare. https://t.co/foL8wUH8ba

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 4, 2017

I would be ok with this scenario

I would like everyone in the Senate to die.

Let's put it to a vote!

xpost -- No wonder you like Ian McDiarmid's performance.

do these guys even watch sports?

Given the number of closeted gays in the GOP leadership, doubtful

He got the punt part right, to be fair.

"The president puts the lotion on the skin!"

These people are all a bunch of lousy punts.

This is a great touchback for the president. Now the senate can run with the bill from the safety of the 20-yard line without having to fear any costly fumbles or head-on collisions.

the taxcut touchback / laffer curveball // 1-2 punch ~ always a winning play : )

Roffle.

a peek inside Breitbart slack from earlier — look for the website to play up meadows big moving forward pic.twitter.com/nQWp0IOGyq

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 4, 2017

who will win the most effective collaborator pageant sponsored by breitbart.com? tune in next week.

nice timing, germany! when do the scarcity wars begin?

http://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/800143/Greek-Debt-Bailout-Germany-Angela-Merkel-austerity-IMF-EU-ECB-Athens

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/federal-judge-rules-against-georgia-in-voter-registration-case-for-special-election/article/2622176

The Fake News media is officially out of control. They will do or say anything in order to get attention - never been a time like this!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2017

Republicans celebrate stripping millions of healthcare by chugging Bud Light

As drinking the blood of cancer victims would be gauche, Republican lawmakers are preparing to celebrate the House’s narrow passing of their new, Affordable Care Act-gutting bill by quaffing a few ice-cold Bud Lights out in the Rose Garden. “Cases upon cases” of Bud Light—a thin, watery gruel that presents itself as a better, more patriotic version of something you actually prefer, but really just leaves you feeling like shit—were spotted being rolled into the Capitol this afternoon, moments before the bill passed at 217-213.

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Anyway, Bud Light has thus far been silent on the matter, perhaps not wanting to remind everyone about that time it accidentally sort-of endorsed date rape in connection to a bill that just made sexual assault a “preexisting condition.”

what is with all you commies on twitter now? fat barb offically and proudly endorses capitalism and liberalism

— Barbara (@fat_barb) April 10, 2017

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