Author: Stephanie Moffat

CBO: Republican Health Plan Will Cause 14 Million To Lose Insurance Right Away The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has released its scoring of the Republican plan to replace Obamacare and according to their analysis, the impacts would devastating. How many people will lose insurance under the Republican health plan? The CBO estimates that 14 million people to lose their health insurance right away if it becomes law. And by 2026 that number would climb to 24 million by 2026. Under Obamacare 20 million people have gained coverage and the uninsured rate in the country has dropped to a record...

Golfer-in-Chief: Donald Trump To Go To Florida Resort Again This Weekend Donald Trump will return to his Mar-a-Lago resort this weekend, making this the fifth weekend he has spent in Florida since becoming president on January 20. It’s important to note that all presidents go on vacation and in recent history most have gone golfing. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, however Donald Trump seems to be pushing the limits of reasonableness. And Trump’s visits to Florida have already caused problems, including national security concerns for having sensitive meeting out in the open in front of the public. Trump’s press...

Congressman Lewis Condemns Steve King’s ‘Bigoted And Racist’ Tweet Civil rights icon John Lewis, Congressman from Georgia, has called out Iowa Republican Steve King for his “deeply disturbing” statements over the weekend. Congressman Lewis said that King’s controversial remark “ignores the truth about the history of this nation.” “Western civilization did not create itself. It was founded on traditions that emerged from Africa, Iran, China, Greece and Rome and other nations,” lewis said in his statement. “With the exception of Native Americans, we all came to this land from some other place in the world community, and this country...

Trump Tries To Blame Media For Making Obamacare ‘Look So Good’ One Monday, Donald Trump tried to blame the media for making his health plan look bad and for making Obamacare “look so good.” Hey Donald, the media isn’t making Obamacare look good. The reason Obamacare looks so good is that people know that your plan will cost millions of people their health insurance. “So the press is making it look so wonderful that if we end it, everyone’s going to say, ‘Oh, remember how great ObamaCare used to be? Remember how wonderful it used to be? It used...

Conway On Trump’s Lack Of Wiretap Evidence: Microwaves Are Watching Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway suggested in a new interview that Donald Trump could have been monitored in “any number of ways,” including microwaves turned into cameras. “What I can say is there are many ways to surveil each other,” Conway told the Bergen County Record. “You can surveil someone through their phones, certainly through their television sets — any number of ways.” As usual, Conway didn’t provide any back up for her claims. Conway was asked if she had any evidence to provide to back up Donald Trump’s claim that former President...