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January 24, 2018

lol.. Good example.. I just

just read what that "Shark" and trump business was all about..

Viva Los Sharkos!! Oh Fun.. that's Mueller on the Shark!

Brilliant, Wwcd

January 24, 2018

It's not only the rnc talking point..

I've seen it repeated ad nauseam by others.

I trust those who are making the point that the Dems saved CHIPs on Monday.

https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/955591607109259265

https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/955550657087500288

It sounds pretty good for those who don't have the numbers to get All that they actually want.

https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/955497772383424514



January 24, 2018

Is it ever.



Except here..

January 23, 2018

I need that.. Mahalo Leghorn

January 23, 2018

An another thing..

The reality of this shutdown standoff is that it’s hardly over. Democrats agreed to a continuing resolution that will keep the government open for 17 days. They took the Children’s Health Insurance Program off the negotiating table with a six-year extension of the program. And they gave up hardly any leverage to do so.
January 23, 2018

They obviously don't care

about the reality of what our Dems got.. only what they had no chance of getting.

Let's remember: 9 million kids' health insurance is at stake in this budget fight...

snip//

Parents of the 9 million children insured through the Children's Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, are panicking because funding for the program has ... States are scrambling to keep the program going so working-class kids don't los
e the ability to go to the doctor or get needed prescriptions.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/01/18/lets-remember-9-million-kids-health-insurance-is-at-stake-in-this-budget-fight/?utm_term=.0058e096a039

Mahlao Shenmue

January 23, 2018

Except the Democratic Base

is really African American Women.. they are the ones who get out and VOTE Consistently for the Democratic candidates.

I'm not sure who's "furious"?.. I see mostly reasoned reality posts on why this is a good step forward.

https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/955550657087500288

It sounds pretty good for those who don't have the numbers to get All that they actually want.

Thank you, Don, Joy, and Eric Boehlert!

https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/955497772383424514

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Now retired and living on Kaua'i. :)
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