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Oh, yes !!! If you approve of my diary, I will donate my kickback money to the EB. (I needed to get bribed, because I am broke and can't send money to JtC for a while. But I also played the lottery, so ... soon I will be rich and the big money donor "La bohème-ian Donna Mimi" will shower you all. Great Lady, btw. /s
The violets and crocuses have started to bloom. Only 2 weeks until the first irrigation water will start filling the canals. A little early this year, there is a good snow pack in the mountains.
Short and sweet: Politico is reporting that mostly unnamed Democrats (although it sounds like both Coons and Manchin are in this group of approximately 6) are looking to cut a deal where they confirm Gorusch in exchange for...Republicans not eliminating the filibuster next time around, which is just about the most idiotic thing they could exchange their votes for.
If you were wondering if the anti-Trump Resistance was going to turn into the Tea Party Of The Democrats, wonder no longer.
I hope I don’t offend too many of you who use the 1% vs 99% meme but it really is not doing much. Trumps election might even suggest a negative impact but that is giving it too much influence.
Where to begin?
When the White House twists the truth we are all less safe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/susan-rice-when-the-white-house-...
Obamacare has a lot of problems. That's the good news.
The bad news is that Republicans have a solution: Eliminate health care for the poor.
The human mind is not as flexible as we might like to think. The most obvious place to see this is in the political sphere. Knee jerk responses to frames are the norm, not the exception. The most common place to see this is in the mass media. Political propagandists have known this for centuries.
