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I’m glad McCain did the right thing, but I doubt that’s why he did it. I imagine this was playing in his head on repeat.

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Wasn’t The Mooch the often referred to but unseen bully on Diff’rent Strokes?

Where were you in '77?

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The Presidency is in turmoil and meanwhile N. Korea is launching missiles. Just great.

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Warbler said:

The Presidency is in turmoil

To be fair, it’s been in trumoil ever since January 20.

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yhwx said:

There’s a Trump tweet for every situation Trump is in.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/156829591267328000

3 Chief of Staffs in less than 3 years of being President: Part of the reason why @BarackObama can’t manage to pass his agenda.

I guess it takes one to know one?

I’ve been enjoying watching the reactions going on around him as McCain kills the bill. I especially like Bernie’s “Hey, get ready for this” nudge and point and the staredown between McCain and McConnell after the vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwLDj6D520

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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Trump’s new Chief of Staff is… Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly?

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Trump-Tweets-Chief-of-Staff-Priebus-Kelly-437241813.html

His White House in turmoil, President Donald Trump abruptly announced late Friday he was appointing Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to be his chief of staff, ending the tumultuous six-month tenure of Reince Priebus.

After months of speculation about Priebus’ fate, Trump tweeted his decision just as he landed in Washington after a speech in New York in which he lavishly praised Kelly’s performance at Homeland Security.

Priebus, the former Republican National Committee head, was the frequent target of rumors about his job security amid infighting and confusion within the White House and a long whisper campaign by Trump allies. Then, on Thursday, he was the subject of a remarkable and profane public rebuke by Trump’s newly appointed White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/891038014314598400

I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American…

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/891039237319143424

…and a Great Leader. John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my Administration

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/891040645581873152

I would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him!

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yhwx said:

Fox & Friends is having a full Fox freakout over the full failure of this failed healthcare bill.

“Congratulations, the healthy people are paying for the sick people.”

Yes Fox News, that is how a compassionate and reasonable healthcare system works, I’m glad you are finally on board with the concept. 😉

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Tyrphanax said:

yhwx said:

There’s a Trump tweet for every situation Trump is in.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/156829591267328000

3 Chief of Staffs in less than 3 years of being President: Part of the reason why @BarackObama can’t manage to pass his agenda.

I guess it takes one to know one?

I’ve been enjoying watching the reactions going on around him as McCain kills the bill. I especially like Bernie’s “Hey, get ready for this” nudge and point and the staredown between McCain and McConnell after the vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwLDj6D520

https://twitter.com/KevinQ/status/891117318260097024

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If Obamacare were done right, the amount paid for insurance by everybody would be a lot less than they’re paying now. Technically, Trump was right about repealing and replacing Obamacare, but we needed to replace it with a real single-payer healthcare system instead of something even worse than Obamacare.

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Trump doesn’t have a clue what he might want in the healthcare bill. He just wants something passed so he can “win”. If the republicans voted for single payer, Trump would sign it. If they voted for an all-out ban on health care, Trump would sign it. The details don’t affect him and so he truly doesn’t care.

Nor is he upset that the particular changes in the “skinny” repeal aren’t happening – in fact, I doubt he is even aware of what is in the “skinny” repeal, despite it being a tiny 1/2 page document written in 3rd grade English. He’s just upset because he hasn’t won yet, and because some of the republicans weren’t loyal enough to make sure he won.

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I’d rather think about Donald Trump than the Star Wars prequels.

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I’m also getting really pissed off by Republicans pretending that the solution to a lot of the violence along the border and in poor communities purely has to do with police crackdown. It’s primarily the fault of the drug war.

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yhwx said:

Tyrphanax said:

yhwx said:

There’s a Trump tweet for every situation Trump is in.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/156829591267328000

3 Chief of Staffs in less than 3 years of being President: Part of the reason why @BarackObama can’t manage to pass his agenda.

I guess it takes one to know one?

I’ve been enjoying watching the reactions going on around him as McCain kills the bill. I especially like Bernie’s “Hey, get ready for this” nudge and point and the staredown between McCain and McConnell after the vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwLDj6D520

https://twitter.com/KevinQ/status/891117318260097024

Incredible.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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It’s only 3.5 years to go.

  1. Congress needs to start working together
  2. Achieve some things directly against Trump’s wishes
  3. Public opinion sways to see how much better things could be without Trump.
  4. Congress can actually impeach and get rid of Trump

I doubt this will happen, and some might argue that 3 is already true, but I don’t think it is. Until Congress gets it’s shit together in a bipartisan way, most people will assume that a change of president is not going to do much.

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Yeah I don’t think there really needs to be much of a “sway” for public opinion to be against trump.

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dahmage said:

It’s only 3.5 years to go.

  1. Congress needs to start working together
  2. Achieve some things directly against Trump’s wishes
  3. Public opinion sways to see how much better things could be without Trump.
  4. Congress can actually impeach and get rid of Trump

One out of four ain’t bad. Wait, no, one out of four is terrible.

Until Congress gets it’s shit together in a bipartisan way, most people will assume that a change of president is not going to do much.

So that’s a given, then.

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One out of four is middle-of-the-road.

In baseball.