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Playinghardball

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April 18, 2014

Only in America....

April 17, 2014

Here's Romney mailing his taxes (LMAO)


DNCpeep @DNCpeep
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Here's Romney mailing his taxes #uniteblue

5:10 PM - 16 Apr 2014


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April 17, 2014

This "militiaman" is aiming at law enforcement at Bundy ranch. Let that sink in. Then imagine...

....if he was black..


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This "militiaman" is aiming at law enforcement at Bundy ranch. Let that sink in. Then imagine if he was black.

7:03 PM - 16 Apr 2014


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April 17, 2014

Man, the sucks!


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It's Been 1 Year Since The #Senate Introduced Comprehensive #Immigration Reform.

Your Move, #House.

4:01 PM - 16 Apr 2014

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April 17, 2014

The Repeal Swindle Republicans are pretending to support Obamacare’s goals, but they don’t

For years now, undeterred by an imposing level of conservative schadenfreude, a handful of us have argued that the introduction of Affordable Care Act benefits in January would flip the politics of Obamacare, and the GOP’s repeal platform would collapse.

It’s April now and that worm is turning before our eyes, both on on Capitol Hill and in states across the country.

Republicans have replaced an unabashed “full repeal!” mantra with a deluge of weasel words meant to conceal the fact that “repeal” is still the beginning and end of their health-care reform agenda. It’s still the goal—they’re just a little ashamed of it now. And that places an onus on Dems (and reporters and anyone else who believes politicians should own the consequences of their policies) to be extremely explicit about the benefits Obamacare is conferring, and what an unvarnished rendering of GOP health policy would really look like.

More here: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117402/republican-position-obamacare-makes-no-sense-anymore

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April 17, 2014

Health insurance gains since last fall hit 12 million, survey shows

President Obama’s health law has led to an even greater increase in health coverage than previously estimated, according to new Gallup survey data, which suggest that about 12 million previously uninsured Americans have gained coverage since last fall.

That is millions more than Gallup found in March and suggests that as many as 4 million people signed up for some kind of insurance in the last several weeks as the first enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act drew to a close.

Just 12.9% of adults nationally lacked coverage in the first half of April, initial data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index indicates, the lowest rate since the survey began in 2008.

More here: http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-obamacare-12-million-insured-20140416,0,4218118.story#axzz2z8kb47wN

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