The Donald Trump Score Card

The proposed remedy that Murkowski and Collins thought would undo the damage Trump did by eliminating the healthcare personal mandate that was part of the corporate tax cut bill that passed with the help of Murkowski and Collins.


The cockamamie health care scheme Senate Republicans are using to pass their tax bill

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"Senate Republicans are gambling that repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate will make the math work on their tax bill.

But the $340 billion in savings comes at a huge cost: 13 million fewer Americans are projected to have insurance in 2027, and premiums are expected to rise.

That could put the votes of Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in jeopardy. Republicans can lose only two of their 52 members and still pass the tax legislation; Collins and Murkowski already voted against a bill that did little more than repeal the individual mandate over the summer.

So Senate leaders are making a counteroffer: They will simultaneously pass a bill to stabilize the Obamacare marketplaces, negotiated by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA). The pitch is that this will help offset the consequences of repealing the mandate. The markets will be strengthened. Worried senators can thus support a tax bill with the mandate’s repeal."

 

The cockamamie health care scheme Senate Republicans are using to pass their tax bill

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"But health policy experts say Alexander-Murray isn’t nearly enough to offset the consequences of repealing the mandate. The individual mandate, as unpopular as it is, is one of the pillars of the health care law. The stabilization bill does little more than guarantee payments to health insurers that were only in doubt because President Trump cut them off.

The truth is repealing the mandate but boosting Obamacare with Alexander-Murray would still leave the markets worse off — maybe even worse than if they had simply repealed the mandate on its own.

“Why would you make things worse when you just decided to make things better? That’s a logical question,” said Robert Laszewski, a consultant who works with the health insurance industry. “Nothing the Republicans have done about the insurance exchanges has made any sense since Inauguration Day!”"

 

Trump never acted on his promise to give big, beautiful, inexpensive healthcare to everyone.

He doesn't elaborate on healthcare now. He is deeply entrenched in his stolen 2020 election narrative and his petty culture wars and is trying to retaliate against everyone who he perceives abused him.

 

Anything short of a woman having full rights over her own body means women are less than men in America's courts.

 

I hope you are right. We could get another two or three million women to vote Democrat. I hope it makes enough difference in Ohio so Tim Ryan can win that senate seat.

 

Good sign!

 

Third Oath Keeper pleads guilty to sedition.


https://www.usnews.com/news/top-new...lead-guilty-to-sedition-in-u-s-capitol-attack

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"WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia on Wednesday admitted to engaging in seditious conspiracy during last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol, the latest in a string of courtroom victories for the Justice Department.

William Todd Wilson of North Carolina pleaded guilty during a federal court hearing in Washington. He was the third Oath Keepers defendant to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction charges.

Several other defendants are still on track for a trial later this year, including Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers.

An indictment against Rhodes and others unsealed in January is the only criminal case accusing participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack of engaging in seditious conspiracy, defined as attempting "to overthrow, put down or to destroy by force the government of the United States."

About 800 people have been charged with taking part in the Capitol riot in which supporters of Republican then-President Donald Trump tried to prevent formal congressional certification of his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, attacking police and sending lawmakers scrambling for safety. Trump has made false claims that he lost due to widespread voting fraud.:"

 

Judge rejects new trial for Texas Three Percenter Guy Reffitt | wusa9.com

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"WASHINGTON — A federal judge Wednesday rejected a request to overturn the conviction of the first Capitol riot defendant to go to trial, saying the government provided “ample evidence” to back up the felony charges.

Guy Reffitt, a Three Percenter militia member from Wylie, Texas, was convicted in March on five felony counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding and entering a restricted grounds with a firearm. Jurors deliberated for less than four hours before returning with a guilty verdict on all counts.

Reffitt’s attorney, William Welch, then filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich to throw out the jury’s verdict and acquit his client or, if she wouldn’t do that, allow him to have another trial. Welch argued the evidence against Reffitt was insufficient and cited a decision from U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols finding the obstruction statute under which Reffitt and other riot defendants were charged required him to have taken “some action with respect to a document, record, or other object.”"

 

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes tried to contact Trump during the January 6 Capitol attack, court documents reveal

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"Washington – A member of the far-right Oath Keepers group pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the high-level charges of seditious conspiracy and obstructing Congress' certification of the Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021.

William Todd Wilson of North Carolina admitted to joining other Oath Keepers, including leader Stewart Rhodes, in planning to use force to halt the peaceful transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.

Wilson is now the third member of the militia group to admit to seditious conspiracy – the most severe charge so far brought against alleged members of the January 6 mob – but he is the first to reveal that Rhodes attempted to contact Trump on the evening of the riot.

As part of Wednesday's plea agreement, Wilson admitted under oath to a Statement of Offense, which is used in criminal proceedings to stipulate the facts of the case that a defendant acknowledges."

 

Clarence Thomas: what are ethics, Ginny?

 

California Man Accused of Unleashing Can of Bear Spray on Cops Loses Bid to Move Jan. 6 Case from D.C. to Wolverine State

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"The judge overseeing the case of a California man accused of assaulting police during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has denied his request to move the case out of Washington, D.C., but has left the door open for him to raise the issue later.

Sean Michael McHugh, who allegedly accused police of “protecting pedophiles” before attacking them with a metal sign and bear spray during a confrontation on the west side of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, said that he wouldn’t be able to get a fair trial in the nation’s capital. McHugh himself has been convicted of a sex crime against a minor.

He is now charged with felony assault, civil disorder, obstruction of Congress, as well as various other felonies and misdemeanors for allegedly joining the crowd of violent Donald Trump supporters who overran police and swarmed the Capitol, temporarily putting a halt to the certification of Joe Biden‘s 2020 electoral win."

 

5:22 in the video sums it up.

 

The scathing tone used by Alito in his draft gives the impression that he was frustrated about the abortion issue for decades and could finally blow his stack once the Supreme Court had the three members Trump had nominated.

 

Two men accused of attacking DC Officer Michael Fanone on Jan. 6 set to enter into plea agreements this week

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"(CNN) -- Two of the alleged assailants of former DC police Officer Michael Fanone have plea agreement hearings scheduled before the DC District Court this week, bringing a partial close to one of the most high-profile assault cases of the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot.

The two men, Kyle Young and Albuquerque Head, as well as a third, Thomas Sibick, are accused of spearheading the assault on the then-officer, who was dragged away from a police line, beaten, and robbed of his badge and radio. According to Fanone, who is now a CNN contributor, he later suffered a heart attack as a result of the brutal assault.

According to video highlighted by prosecutors, Head bear-hugged Fanone and slowly pulled him into the onslaught of rioters, shouting, "Hey! I got one!" Once in the crowd, Sibick allegedly robbed Fanone of his badge and radio and Young allegedly attempted to grab Fanone's service weapon.

Others in the mob also participated in the assault, including Daniel Rodriguez, who was captured on video shoving a stun gun into Fanone's neck during the attack. Rodriguez, who is charged separately and has pleaded not guilty, later sobbed while recounting the assault to the FBI and said, "My God. What did I just do?""

 

Trump justices accused of going back on their word on Roe – but did they?

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"Both Collins and Murkowski have said they support codifying Roe into law, but that proposal does not have the 60 votes necessary to overcome a Senate filibuster. Progressives are now calling on Collins and Murkowski to support a filibuster carveout to enshrine the protections of Roe into law.

“To salvage their legacy, Collins and Murkowski must join with Democratic senators to do whatever is necessary to protect Roe in federal law,” said Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. “No meaningful action will happen without a filibuster carveout now.”

But Collins and Murkowski have so far given no indication that they would support such a carveout. Unless they do, the court stands ready to overturn nearly 50 years of precedent and erase the national right to abortion access, even though a clear majority of the country would oppose that decision. A CNN poll released earlier this year found that 69% of Americans are against overturning Roe, while just 30% support a reversal.

If the court follows through with the draft decision, 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion. Those bans could force people to travel far from home to reach states where abortion is legal, seek medication illicitly or attempt to terminate a pregnancy through dangerous means. Many pregnant people will also be forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term."

 

'A crime scene': Former Trump official says new Kevin McCarthy tape is a 'bombshell'

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"The panel on MSNBC's Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace broke down the political and legal implications of a bombshell new audio recording showing how House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy worried that the 25th Amendment would take "too long" to remove Donald Trump from office following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The audio was released by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, The New York Times reporters who authored the new book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future.

"What the President did is atrocious and totally wrong," McCarthy says in the audio recording.

Wallace played the full clip, before then discussing it with the panel."

 

Recording of McCarthy and Liz Cheney discussing options to remove Trump from office after riot at Capitol.

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A few weeks after Trump's insurrection, McCarthy visited Trump and Mar-a-Lago and once again became a full-fledged Trump supporter.

McCarthy had originally defended Cheney against a bid to oust her but later changed his mind.


‘I Can Talk To Anyone’: McCarthy Defends His Visit To See Trump At Mar-A-Lago

 

Liz Cheney was removed from her position as Republican Conference Chair by a voice vote in May 2021.


Liz Cheney Ousted As GOP Conference Chair In Overwhelming Voice Vote

Liz Cheney: Kevin McCarthy's visit to Mar-a-Lago after Jan. 6 was "really stunning"