Author: Stephanie Moffat

CBO: Republican Health Plan Cuts Medicaid 35 Percent Over 20 Years

CBO: Republican Health Plan Cuts Medicaid 35 Percent Over 20 Years According to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, the Republican healthcare bill would cut Medicaid spending by 35 percent over the next 20 years. The updated report, which was requested by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) could make the GOP’s ObamaCare repeal effort even more difficult. The new analysis looks beyond the 10-year window of the original CBO score released Monday and analyzes the impact of the Republican bill’s lower spending cap on Medicaid after 2025. According to the CBO, “the differences between...

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GOP Operative Connected To Flynn Asked Hackers For Clinton Emails: Report

GOP Operative Connected To Flynn Asked Hackers For Clinton Emails: Report A new report indicates that Michael Flynn may have been connected to efforts to acquire stolen emails from Russian hackers. A longtime Republican operative named Peter Smith attempted to acquire emails he thought were stolen from Hillary Clinton’s private server by Russian hackers. And as part of his efforts, the Smith assembled tech experts, lawyers and a Russian-speaking investigator to acquire emails the group thought might have been stolen by Russians, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal report is the first to connect Flynn...

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Democrat Calls On Trump To Resign After Sexist Twitter Attack Of MSNBC Host

Democrat Calls On Trump To Resign After Sexist Twitter Attack Of MSNBC Host Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee on Thursday called on Donald Trump to resign over his sexist attacks on MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski. Jackson Lee said Trump’s tweets targeting “Morning Joe” host Mika Brzezinski crossed the line of acceptable behavior and make Trump unfit to remain in office. “I would argue that our responsibility is not to him, but to the American people,” she said. “And he should resign.” Jackson Lee was appearing with dozens of Democrats in front of the Capitol to denounce Trump’s remarks. She also...

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CNN’s Ana Navarro Calls Trump Is A ‘70-Year-Old Man-Baby’ Acting Like A ‘Mean Girl’

CNN’s Ana Navarro Calls Trump Is A ‘70-Year-Old Man-Baby’ Acting Like A ‘Mean Girl’ Ana Navarro just blasted Donald Trump over his sexist Twitter rant. [watch the video below] Republican strategist Ana Navarro on Thursday blasted Donald Trump for his sexist Twitter attack of MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski this morninng. “When I first saw the tweet this morning I was frankly disgusted. I thought to myself, this dude has such a fixation with women and blood. What is wrong with him?” Navarro told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “And then you remember that this dude, this disgusting dude, is the President of...

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New Poll Has Very Troubling Numbers For Donald Trump

New Poll Has Very Troubling Numbers For Donald Trump A new Quinnipiac poll released Thursday has some very troubling numbers for Donald Trump. Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to be extremely low at just 40 percent, with 55 percent disapproving of the job Trump is doing as president. However, the more troubling numbers come with a series of questions about Donald Trump’s personal qualities. Here are the key findings from the poll: 63  percent say that Donald Trump is not level-headed 57  percent say that Trump is not an honest person 54 percent say he doesn’t have good leadership...

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