US Politics November 2017

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https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/14/senate-gop-obamacare-mandate-repeal-to-tax-bill-244891

all GOP Senators on-board (including McCain, Paul, and probably Collins), improves the math, and doesn't pose any reconciliation issues, so idg why people are acting like this is something that damages the bill's chances for passage. The House will love it too.

opposition to the bill is lukewarm, and adding a healthcare provision might light a fire under the concerned citizens who call congressmen.

which will sway whose vote

Corker and Flake are retiring, McCain's about to die, Paul is an asshole... I guess Collins and Murkowski maybe

Collins still sounds like he's hesitating, but caviling wouldn't surprise me.

Worth noting

A senior House GOP leadership aide tells NBC News the House does NOT plan to include the individual mandate repeal in the House tax plan being voted on Thursday.

— Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) November 14, 2017

Coal CEO who retaliated against worker for reporting sexual harassment and unsafe conditions will now be the country's top mine regulator. Four mining deaths occurred under his watch. https://t.co/cFmOvX3Qxl https://t.co/6DMxzysfX3

— sean. (@SeanMcElwee) November 14, 2017

A senior House GOP leadership aide tells NBC News the House does NOT plan to include the individual mandate repeal in the House tax plan being voted on Thursday.

this doesn't say it's because no one will vote for it though

Rather.

BREAKING: RNC withdraws support for Roy Moore. Story tk...

— Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) November 14, 2017

NEW: Roy Moore has informed his campaign staff he intends to see his race through, @TomLlamasABC reports.

— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) November 14, 2017

yesssss do it Roy

go go go

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@meridithmcgraw
Wow: There's a fake, mysterious robocall in Alabama out there from someone falsely claiming to be 'Bernie Bernstein,' a reporter from the Washington Post, seeking 'damaging' info on Roy Moore for $

there was a post upthread somewhere abt how Moore would never ever back down from defending his losing positions in law school, totally in character

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NeSwcSP_z4M/maxresdefault.jpg

Sorry GOP, you'll have to carry the unplanned scandals of Moore to term.

Why in the world would Moore drop out?

someone falsely claiming to be 'Bernie Bernstein,'

[[[Bernie Bernstein]]], you mean.

God, I hate people.

Jewey Jewstein from the Washington Post.

Josh is right. Moore's situation is win-win: either he becomes a senator in spite of the forces arrayed against him, or he is a celebrated martyr to his adoring fans. STABBED IN THE BACK by the treacherous establishment GOP and the Democrat media.

Either way, speaking engagements forever, and enhanced status in the eyes of the crazies.

Moore gonna go out like Rhodes in Day of the Dead. 'CHOKE ON EM! CHOKE ON EM!' And likely setting a precedent for many republicans to follow.

or he is a celebrated martyr to his adoring fans. STABBED IN THE BACK by the treacherous establishment GOP and the Democrat media.

it'll be interesting to see how that goes down, if he loses, because it might resemble the reaction when trump goes down (via election, primary, or otherwise)

eh I don't know -- looking at this scenario with a cold cynical eye, the Dems have another donkey on which to pin GOP malfeasance, as they did in 2006 and 2008.

This seems like a very Dubya-era thing to do:

“Cards Against Humanity buys piece of the U.S. border so Trump can't build his wall”

http://mashable.com/2017/11/14/cards-against-humanity-saves-america-border-wall/#plwHk2yvoaqp

pfft that's what eminent domain is for, good PR though

Yeah, that’s the thing; it’s PR and only PR

lol did jeet heer just retweet you josh

me? who is Jeet?

haha, just saw that. Funny.

who is jeet, he says!!!

he's twitter's josh in chicago

"Who is Jeet" is all time. <3 u JiC :D

From now on I’m 100% believing that JiC writes for The Nation

Similar to the way DJP is on staff with The Times of Israel

Roy Moore's wife Kayla was a classmate of accuser Beverly Young Nelson: https://t.co/EKgnER07BE

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2017

no idea if this is true but if so i mean O_O

Relevant story

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/when_did_roy_moore_meet_his_wi.html

Mo Brooks runs away from questions about Roy Moore, but with Yakety Sax pic.twitter.com/zI1CXPGPjW

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) November 14, 2017

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and bet Trump tweets/encourages Moore to stay in the race and win

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Here, care of Rep. Louie Gohmert's office, is the full chart he displayed at today's House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing. pic.twitter.com/dPSHtGvwqK

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) November 14, 2017

holy shit, i was about to lamejoke "it's missing #benghazi", but then i saw it

Thread of Missing #Benghazi

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOpBAPeVQAE_iWh?format=jpg&name=large

Oh I love it when they do the throwbacks.

https://i.imgur.com/V8s1Kea.jpg

Sean Hannity breaking with Roy Moore: "For me, the judge has 24 hours. You must immediately and fully come up with a satisfactory explanation for your inconsistencies... You must remove any doubt. If you can't do this, then Judge Moore needs to get out of this race."

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 15, 2017

Someone tell me that The Hill has turned into a satire site: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/360346-limbaugh-moore-was-a-democrat-at-time-of-sexual-misconduct-allegations

The Hill has gone full Detective Friday in its dry coverage of our all-day-err-day WTF. I never used to keep them in an open tab, but I have done so for the last several months. It's like Gawker on Mars.

hey everybody it's time to stop talking about the Alabama mallcreeper and start talking about the shitshow that is the Senate tax bill / Obamacare backstab

I wonder who they are placating by allowing that ACA mandate repeal to bet tacked on? The fact that the House hasn't added it suggests that this was designed to be eliminated in conference committee, and since the House is usually the crazier body, it appears this was a favor by McConnell and Ryan to some senator(s) who felt it would help them for it to be there.

The big question is will the bill even get passed by the senate so it can get as far as conference committee. This is just weird stuff that's hard to read. Why would the three dissenting senators on the ACA replacement bills vote for this? (Hmmm. Do I smell a McCain about to pull a McCain on us?)

They're all going to vote for it

This clip pretty clearly lays out the logic behind the Republican tax plan

Does the #GOPTaxPlan treat corporations & individuals the same in terms of who gets to keep deductions & who doesn’t? Nope, not even close. pic.twitter.com/2h2iQzqXl0

— Rep. Suzan DelBene (@RepDelBene) November 6, 2017