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A record-setter returns to Earth

A record-setter returns to Earth Source: A record-setter returns to Earth

FEMA Director scores big in prime time and Trump sells asshats for $40. In other news, Obama wasn’t president during Katrina. #Harvey 

Another great blogpost from Margaret & Helen!

If Only The Trump Presidency Could Be Counted In Dog Years. My Apology To Dogs. #ImpeachNow

DDT: Week Twenty-Four – Mostly Russia!

Federal Commission Wants All the Voting Registration Data

DDT: Week Twenty-Two – Russia, Other Bizarre Happenings

We are a nation disoriented

By Gilbert Schramm As someone recently said of the Trump spectacle that is now unfolding, “What an authoritarian wants is a disoriented population — a population that no longer can tell truth from falsehood.” Mission accomplished. Think about the big picture. Since the Bush administration, James Comey has been on the frontlines of the U.S. “war on terror.” Across the board, the GOP’s ill-advised…

HEALTH CARE IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on Trumpcare 2.0, which would leave over 23 million Americans without health care. It would slash over $800 billion from Medicaid and over 25 percent of the budget for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and cut funding for CHIP, which provides health insurance to over 8 million kids. In Oregon, health care cuts would undermine critical…