March 8-14, 2017: Climate Change is Real, the GOP Healthcare Plan is Lousy, and Fear the Toasters

 

3/8/17: The GOP healthcare proposal is so lousy the American Hospital Association, Catholic Health Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Children’s Hospital Association, American Medical Association and AARP all voice opposition.  

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Almost every major health organization hates GOP plan.

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Also: 

American Nurses Association

American College of Physicians

National Nurses United

National Physicians Alliance

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

American Academy of Pediatrics

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3/9/17: Congress, with both houses firmly in GOP hands, sees its approval rating “surge” to 23%.

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3/10/17: Bureau of Labor Statistics show the economy added 235,000 jobs in February, and unemployment dipped to 4.6%. Sean Spicer is asked if the president still believes the numbers are “totally fiction” and “phony,” as Trump insisted when Obama was adding an average of 214,000 jobs monthly in his second term. 

Spicer replies: “They may have been phony in the past, but it’s very real now [emphasis added].” (See: 4/8/17.)  

You had to be a moron to swallow that line. Many Trump supporters swallow it without a thought.

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3/11/17: Trump tweets: “We are making great progress with healthcare. ObamaCare is imploding and will only get worse. Republicans coming together to get job done!”

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3/12/17: Kellyanne Conway claims that surveillance of the Trump campaign may have involved “microwaves that turn into cameras.”  

Apparently, we also need to fear toasters.

Are you watching your food? Or is the microwave watching you?

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3/13/17: The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office announces that under the proposed GOP health care plan, 14 million fewer Americans will have insurance in 2018, 24 million fewer in 2026.  

It took seven years for Republicans to craft this gem.

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3/14/17: The cherry trees in Washington D.C. are expected to bloom earlier than ever. This is one of countless signs that climate change is real. The previous month, large swaths of Australia reported record high temperatures, including 113° F in New South Wales. (See also: 4/21/17; 4/22/17.)

Cherry blossoms come early.