Author: Stephanie Moffat

Dan Rather Just Called Donald Trump A ‘Loser’ Legendary journalist Dan Rather blasted Donald Trump for his failure to pass the Republican Obamacare repeal bill out of the House on Thursday. Here is what Dan Rather had to say about Donald Trump’s recent failure: And in his criticism of Trump, Rather used one of the Donald’s favorite words: “loser.” “That’s a word that Donald Trump fears being called more than any other. It is a word that he has wielded with relish against his enemies. But if the health care bill goes down in defeat, and at this point...

24 Million Still Lose Coverage, Far Less Savings After Republican Changes: CBO Just after Republicans announce they would be canceling Thursday’s vote on the their Obamacare repeal bill, the Congressional Budget Office released a new report based on the revised Republican plan and the numbers aren’t good. The Congressional Budget Office found that the new version of the Republican health plan would still lead to 24 million Americans losing health insurance but also save much less money than the previous version. The revised plan would reduce the deficit by $150 billion over 10 years, down from $337 billion in...

Republican Senator Makes Sexist Joke About Mammograms As Republicans in the House desperately try to find the votes for their heavily criticized health care plan, they don’t seem to be getting any support from at least one of their colleagues in the Senate. Republican Senator Pat Roberts was asked about what are called “essential health benefits” that are guaranteed under Obamacare and he followed up with a tasteless joke about mammograms. Roberts said, “I sure don’t want my mammogram benefits taken away.” Roberts quickly faced condemnation from his Democratic colleagues who labeled the joke as sexist and insensitive. This is...

Only 17 Percent Of Voters Support Republican Health Plan: Poll On the day that Republicans in the House are planning to vote on their Obamacare replacement bill a new poll shows just how few Americans support the Republican plan.  And a strong majority of American voters oppose the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare the new poll finds. A new Quinnipiac University poll published Thursday found that 56 percent of voters disapprove of the Republican healthcare plan, and just 17 percent support it. Even among Republican voters, only 41 percent support the the plan while 24 percent oppose it. The poll also found that 46...

WATCH: McCain Calls Nunes’s Actions ‘Very Disturbing’   “No, I have not seen anything like it. And it’s very disturbing.” —John McCain on Nunes to @TODAYshow pic.twitter.com/3Pw6MZpy2Z — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 23, 2017 Senator John McCain on Thursday called House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes’s decision to bypass his own committee in order to brief the Donald Trump on information related to U.S. surveillance of his transition team was “very disturbing.” “No, I have not seen anything like that,” McCain said on NBC’s “Today” show. “And I am happy to say that, in the Senate Intelligence Committee, there’s a very good working relationship...