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Obamacare repeal update — all about pre-existing conditions and more

As you know, the Republicans may be within one vote of repealing the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. And while Donald Trump claims that the GOP bill protects people with pre-existing ...

9/21/17 11:08am by John Aravosis 4

What religious right leader had an affinity for gay sex art?

How’s that headline for a teaser? In today’s podcast, Cliff Schecter I delve into a number of topics — primarily Obamacare repeal and Paul Manafort’s latest ...

9/19/17 5:28pm by John Aravosis 1

Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal to get 2 minutes of debate

One of the many things the Republicans aren’t telling you about their latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which will cut life-saving health care for millions of Americans, ...

9/18/17 2:16pm by John Aravosis 13

Trump tweets video physically attacking Hillary Clinton

Trump sold the Republican party out this week, twice. He needs to win back the Deplorables. Cliff Schecter predicted in our latest podcast that Trump would win back his base by promising ...

9/17/17 10:11am by John Aravosis 5

Fox Sports analyst Clay Travis tells female CNN anchor about his love of “boobs”

Unbelievable. Fox Sports analyst Clay Travis just told CNN’s Brooke Baldwin that he loves “boobs,” in a conversation about ESPN host Jemele Hill calling Donald Trump ...

9/15/17 3:34pm by John Aravosis 3

Time-lapse video of Hurricane Irma rolling by Miami

A neat time-lapse video of Hurricane Irma from Friday, September 8, 2017 at 3pm, to Monday, September 11 at 9am. With the election of Donald Trump, AMERICAblog’s independent journalism ...

9/14/17 10:28am by John Aravosis 0

“Ted Cruz & masturbation are not things you can take lightly”

Family-values conservative Ted Cruz is embroiled in a Twitter sex scandal, while the nation reels from the after-effects of the second major hurricane to hit the US in the past month. ...

9/13/17 1:31pm by John Aravosis 17

Four feel-good stories about Hurricane Irma

With all the harrowing stories from Hurricane Irma, I was noticing the occasional feel-good story as well. A reporter rescuing some dolphins; some people on a beach rescuing manatees; ...

9/11/17 2:42pm by John Aravosis 1

No, Hillary shouldn’t just shut up

Hillary Clinton’s new book criticizes Bernie Sanders, and has reignited a controversy over progressive unity, women’s rights, and whether the two are mutually exclusive. ...

9/8/17 9:35am by John Aravosis 91

Trump kills the DACA Dream

Donald Trump yesterday rescinded President Obama’s DACA policy that let undocumented kids who arrived in the US before the age of 16 to apply for two-year renewable amnesty. Trump ...

9/6/17 9:00am by John Aravosis 1

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