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Andy Slavitt in a tweetstorm just now is letting us know that Mitch McConnell is ready to pull the trigger on killing the ACA and probably has the votes to do it. Check out the tweets in the following sceencap.  Andrew M. "Andy" Slavitt is a former...

In the book, Old Yeller fights off a bear. Today, he colludes with one.

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D. WI) re-election campaign: When flags were raised about Mylan’s outrageous EpiPen price hikes, their chairman, Robert Coury, said the following: Well, Mr. Coury —...

I originally posted this as part of a reply to another topic, but was encouraged to open a new diary, so here is my first full throated contribution on DK: There are many problems in the airline industry, air traffic controllers are not one them. ...

When Kansas Governor Sam Brownback launched his experiment, he told Kansans that it would be an injection of adrenaline and that the economy would come roaring back to life. But after 5 years, the economy struggles and the state budget is a disaster....

Whenever Carter Page appears for interview he is nervous and  grinning like a drug mule trying to reduce his sentence.  He certainly does not look like a criminal master mind and one can be forgiven for a moment to think that he is there in public for...

Trump wasn’t kidding about attempts to clamp down on leaks. His administration announced Monday that for the first time since his inauguration, they would be charging someone with violating the Espionage Act of 1917 for leaking documents that revealed...

None of them want to be left alone in a room with Donald Trump: WASHINGTON — The day after President Trump asked James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to end an investigation into his former national security adviser, Mr. Comey confronted Attorney...

The devil went down to Georgia: During the first debate ahead of the runoff to fill an open U.S. House seat in Georgia, the two candidates butted heads in a charged exchange about the effort to repeal Obamacare underway in Congress. Republican...

On this day in June Forty-Four

American troops went ashore

Though they were afraid

And some their lives paid

They overcame evil in war.

Hope some folks can put this to good use.

The Washington Post has made their official endorsements today in both the Democratic and Republican primaries in the upcoming Virginia Governor race. First on the Democratic side: The Northam-Perriello matchup, seen through a national prism, is...

John McCain: Maverick. So we’re told... *-* Every Sunday, McCain makes the rounds on Television, gives an addition soundbite of disdain: providing further evidence for the legend of the Republican Maverick. My parents taught me that actions...

As I mentioned in last week’s Top Comments diary , I was a first-time delegate for the Massachusetts Democratic Party Platform Convention last Saturday. BeninSC , Krotor , and Tara TASW all said I ...

In a clear signal that Trump’s brand is in big trouble, the company evidently plans to go downmarket, with plans to open a “patriotic” themed budget hotel chain called “American Idea.” As anyone in business knows, going downmarket is a big big risk...

Guest: Marilyn Marks of the Rocky Mountain Foundation... On today's BradCast, the release of a leaked NSA analysis of alleged cyberattacks on voter registration systems and attempted intrusions into the computers of local elections officials just...

The New York Times reports tonight that the day after Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end the Michael Flynn investigation, Comey confronted Jeff Sessions and said that he did not want to be left alone again with Trump, according to...

POLITIFORMERS: More than meets the pie! [ Part I - II - III - IV - V - VI ] Little did you know, but many of our most prominent politicians are actually super-powerful robots, hiding in our ...

Don Trump quit the Paris accord

Because with the right it's points scored

They stand in defiance

Of well-tested science

But facts can't for long be ignored.