Advance Apologies

The CBO says the Senate GOP healthcare bill would leave 22 million more without insurance
The Congressional Budget Office on Monday released its analysis for the Senate Republican healthcare bill on Monday, projecting significant coverage losses if the legislation were to become law.


Sorry to leave you with that visual of Trump's crotch that looks like a woman's crotch. How odd.



Dear Bob Mueller-
Please hurry.
America

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• CNN's Acosta: White House is blackballing us in press briefings 
• Trump declares Supreme Court decision on travel ban ‘a clear victory’
• Fox News host argues it is not a crime for Trump to collude with Russia in elections
• Turkish bodyguards in DC brawl can't attend G-20 summit in Germany

White House:  "The press can't bring cameras in here!  Who do you guys think you are, the Russians?"- Tea Pain

Maybe The Press Should Start Throwing Shoes At Spicer
The White House press secretary said during a Monday press briefing he was "not aware" of reports that President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, had a fractious meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
White House does not plan Ramadan event

Trump suggests he taped conversations w/Comey; now sez he never made tapes. I get that he's a shady crooked creep, but he sucks at that too! - Bette Midler

Fox News (Next Week) "Even if the Trump family actually laundered money with Russia, is that really a crime?" - Tea Pain



Republican Shenanigans

• Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court
• ‘It’s not a lie’: Kellyanne Conway won’t abandon deception that Trumpcare won’t kill Medicaid
• ‘These people don’t understand capitalism’: GOP rep. attacks Medicaid patients for not supporting tax cuts
• Ron Johnson: People with preexisting condition don’t deserve insurance like ‘somebody who crashes their car’
• White House does not plan Ramadan event
• Justice Neil Gorsuch supports President Trump's travel ban after refusing to say where he would stand on it
• Trump demands apology, accuses Obama of having 'colluded or obstructed'

When you awake to see Martin Shkrelli, Bret Michaels & Joe Arpaio trending & wonder which one Trump's nominated to replace Justice Kennedy. - John Fugelsang

Ivanka Vants To Be Alone On Political Stuff
Ivanka Trump is a senior adviser to the president of the United States. Which makes what she told "Fox and Friends" on Monday very, very odd.











Trump is 1st POTUS in decades not marking end of Ramadan with Iftar dinner celebrating end of the fast. 1st POTUS to host Iftar? Jefferson - Andrea Mitchell

US media reminds u that while only 1 party seeks to throw 24 mil off healthcare & privatize Social Sec, aren't both sides equally to blame? - John Fugelsang


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A Muslim model has become the first woman to appear in a hijab on the cover of Allure magazine. She also appears in a fashion spread entitled, “10 Hot Looks for When You’re Detained at the Airport.” - Conan O'Brien

Trump is tweeting about Hillary being crooked again. He always projects. I’m surprised he hasn’t called her orange. - Bette Midler



Rock The Voter News

• Obamas River Raft in Bali as Family Vacations in Indonesia
• Supreme Court rules church school has a right to tax funds for its playground

Conservative Trumpcare demands
*Uninsured wear cone hat
*Ban on cakes at gay weddings
*Photo of Pelosi included in cancellation notices. - LOLGOP




Here Comes The Aliens!
Anonymous, the global hacking collective, believes that alien life exists—and it thinks that NASA is about to confirm it.
The shadowy group made the claim in a 12-and-a-half-minute video published on an unofficial YouTube channel on Tuesday.

FACT CHECK ON THIS MEME I POSTED LAST WEEK

Sen. McConnell did not receive government funding, he did however receive significant help from the March of Dimes (originally created by President Roosevelt) and the warm springs center in Alabama that FDR built.

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Business/Tech News

• Oil Prices Up but Mood Is Still Down
• 'Like Bombs': Bankrupt Company's Air Bags Still Out There
• BMW Takes Aim at Trump While Adding Jobs In South Carolina For New X3 Crossover
• Amtrak names former Delta executive as next CEO

That fire in London shows what happens when "business" tries to loosen safety regulations like they are trying to do here! - Bette Midler

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Meanwhile, Back In California
U.S. wildlife officials gave crucial first approval Monday to California Gov. Jerry Brown's decades-old ambitions to build two massive tunnels that would re-engineer the water system in the nation's most populous state.

My kids think Edvard Munch is the guy who did a painting of the scream emoji.- Conan O'Brien

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Odd News

• Southwest Flight Diverted After Woman Attempts to Open Door
• A boom in midair - then 90 scary minutes on a plane that shook 'like a washing machine'
• 20-pound live lobster found in luggage at Boston airport
• Norwegians collect money to fix penis-shaped rock formation
• Albuquerque TV truck stolen while crew worked on crime story

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Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile. Wow. And to think that is near the bottom of the planet.

Peace.

#MAGA

Shifting Dollars From Poor to Rich Is a Key Part of the Senate Health Bill
The Affordable Care Act gave health insurance to millions of Americans by shifting resources from the wealthy to the poor and by moving oversight from states to the federal government. The Senate bill introduced Thursday pushes back forcefully on both dimensions.



Americans are learning the hard way.  If you allow your government to mess with Vladimir Putin you may lose your health insurance. - Richard W. Painter

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Shut Al-Jazeera, Isolate Iran: 13 Demands on Qatar to End Crisis
• Russian warships fire missiles at ISIS in Syria
• Who Is Spying on the US? German Intelligence Had American Surveillance Targets, Says Report
• London Fire Could Result in Manslaughter Charges, UK Police Say

President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is in the Middle East to broker a historic peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Kushner thinks real progress will start once both sides stop laughing. - Conan O'Brien

Hmm. Have The "Implants" Been Triggered Yet?
President Obama, angered by Russian hacking during the 2016 elections, authorized a covert cyber operation to deploy "implants" in Russian networks that could be triggered remotely in retaliation to any future cyber aggression by Moscow



Now here’s some news from my home country. In her latest speech her majesty the queen did not mention Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K., leading some to speculate that it may have been canceled. So apparently two can play this whole travel ban game. - James Corden

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump congratulates himself for influencing Comey's testimony with White House tapes ruse
• Never mind Trump and Russia: GOP still longs to investigate Obama, Hillary Clinton and Loretta Lynch
• Trump calls for unity while hosting congressional picnic
• Fact check: Trump makes misleading claims at Iowa rally
• GOP rep: No regrets for partly blaming Obama for lawmaker shooting
• Rick Perry wrongly downplays human role in climate change
• Jets owner Woody Johnson asked to be US ambassador to the UK
• NH fetal homicide bill unintentionally gives pregnant women impunity to murder
• Read the Senate Republican health care bill (full text)

Mitch McConnell wants to force a Senate vote on healthcare before July 4, because if there’s one day you want to take away people’s healthcare, it’s the day when they get drunk and set off fireworks. - Jimmy Fallon

Kellyanne Can't Spin Anymore. Her Comment Makes No Sense.
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, attempted to spin a question about Russian interference in the 2016 election by saying people who questioned whether Trump could win had actually meddled with the campaign.






In Israel, a court ruled that a religious man cannot force a woman to move seats on an airplane just because he’s afraid of having accidental physical contact with her. It was the landmark case of Israel vs. Mike Pence. - Conan O'Brien

Sounds Like Trump's White House Counsel Is On The Way Out
White House counsel Don McGahn has largely stepped back from managing Donald Trump's response to the expanding Russia investigation, but that hasn't stopped the president from lashing out at him about it anyway.

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"If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself." –Kris Kristofferson



Rock The Voter News

• Clinton tells supporters to speak out against ObamaCare repeal bill
• California Travel Ban Extended to Four More States Over Anti-LGBT Laws
• Sanders' wife hires lawyer amid bank fraud investigation

I would blame Nancy Pelosi for Ossoff's loss, but I'm not a sexist asshole who throws women under the bus when things don't go my way. - Charles Clymer

I'd Have More Respect For Bernie If He Stayed In The Democratic Party Instead Of Using It As A Stepping Stone To Run For President 
"I speak as the longest serving independent in American congressional history, the Democratic brand is pretty bad," Sanders told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "AC360.




BERNIE: The Democratic brand is WORSE THAN TRUMP.
Really? Worse than gutting health care & deporting DREAMERS? - Mikel Jollet

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Business/Tech News

• Oil marks longest streak of weekly declines since 2015
• Brexit: EU leader says UK offer could 'worsen situation'
• Sears to close 20 more stores as crisis continues
• Boeing Factory In South Carolina Where Trump 'Celebrated' Jobs Braces For Layoffs

I love money and all, but if you think your tax cut is worth people dying because they can't get healthcare, you might be a monster. - Danny Zuker

I'm So Old I Remember Mortgage Rates At 10% Under George H. W. Bush
Mortgage rates seem to be stuck in a holding pattern as they hover near yearly lows. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average slipped to 3.9 percent with an average 0.5 point...



Discovery Channel is promoting its upcoming Shark Week by promising to have Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps race a great white shark. But don’t tell him! It’s a surprise! - Seth Myers

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Odd News

• Johnny Depp jokes about killing Donald Trump in Glastonbury appearance
• Caught on dashcam: Car seat and baby fall from moving SUV
• Forget Planet 9—there's Evidence of a Tenth Planet Lurking at the Edge of the Solar System
• Dramatic video shows alleged road rage incident on California highway
• Big catch: Fisherman finds camera, returns it to owner

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Gaiola Bridge, Naples, Italy. Oh yeah, I'd trip crossing that bridge and WHAM on the rocks below.

Peace.

Trump: 'I just don't want a poor person' in Cabinet economic jobs

Trump: 'I just don't want a poor person' in Cabinet economic jobs
President Donald Trump offered an explanation Wednesday for why he has one of the wealthiest Cabinets in history.
"I love all people -- rich or poor -- but in those particular positions, I just don't want a poor person,"...



"A rich man is nothing more than a poor man with money." - W.C. Fields

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Canadian sniper 'kills IS militant two miles away'
• Islamic State claims a historic mosque in Mosul was destroyed by a US airstrike — but video evidence suggests otherwise
• Suspect in Flint airport stabbing attempted gun purchase, official says
• Edwardsville man charged with threatening to assassinate President Trump

Any rational person who has seen the classified information, as I have, knows @POTUS is lying when he calls Russian interference a hoax. - Rep. Ted Lieu

I Hope No Terrorists Read About This
The British government has estimated that 600 high-rise buildings across England may be covered in cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower, the 24-story apartment block that was gutted by a huge fire in west London last week.

Some say Steve Bannon is the real president, others say he's a Galapagos marine iguana. - Conan O'Brien



Israel Takes Trump's Lead
Journalists were prevented from photographing Jared Kushner on his arrival Wednesday in Israel, where he hopes to restart peace talks with Palestinian leaders.

Karl Marx may have said 'religion is the opium of the people' but he never had access to 800 cable channels & porn-on-demand. - John Fugelsang


Republican Shenanigans

• Republican senators' revolt puts health bill in jeopardy
• Senate GOP bill defunds Planned Parenthood for one year
• Steve Scalise is a victim of political violence — but that does nothing to excuse his hateful politics
• US intelligence chiefs say they did not feel pressured by Trump
• Trump: If Russia meddled in our election, why didn't Obama stop it?
• Lawsuit accuses Trump of violating federal records law
• Sarah Palin reduced to running right-wing clickbait site where she writes about 'hot' alpha males
• Alabama high school teacher pulls summer reading list of conservative authors after backlash

Reminder that the people who want to make it easier for the mentally ill to get guns want to make it harder for them to get healthcare. - John Fugelsang

Just When You Thought A Republican Couldn't Go Lower...
Police drag away protesters, some in wheelchairs, outside of Sen. McConnell's office after draft of Senate health care bill is revealed






America; where the Planned Parenthood shooter's too insane to stand trial for murder but not too insane to buy 4 SKS semi-automatic rifles. - John Fugelsang

Standing Ovation For Montana Democrats, Please!
Montana Democrats wanted newly elected Rep. Greg Gianforte from Big Sky Country to stand out on his first day on Capitol Hill, so they sent him a bright orange prison jumpsuit to wear.






An American President is using his Russian collusion scandal to cover for taking health insurance from 25 million citizens. So much winning! - Tea Pain


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Bloomberg May Be Right Except I'd Add It's The Hillary/Pelosi Haters That Have Divided The Democratic Party
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) says President Trump is likely to win reelection in 2020 because Democrats will be hamstrung by the deep fissures between the liberal and moderate wings of the party.



What no one's saying is what happens if Trump deliberately under-resources our cyberdefenses, then wins big in a midterm with Russian hacks. - Seth Abramson

Rock The Voter News

• Hillary Clinton sees no gain in favorability since losing the election 
• Some House Democrats say it's time for Pelosi to go
• Bid to legalize marijuana in Vermont goes up in smoke

This is basically the only thing Trump knows about Panama. He meets someone from Panama and says, “Hey — canal.” He meets someone from France and says, “Hey — baguettes.” He meets someone from Russia and says, “Hey — thanks for helping me with that whole beating Hillary thing.” - James Corden

Does Sean Spicer Ever Feel Guilty About Lying?
Donald Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer has pushed back against accusations that the White House is displaying a “lack of transparency” by holding fewer on-camera briefings, saying that reporters who ask “snarky questions” just “want to become YouTube stars”.

Pressers are briefings for America. On  9-11 DOD spox briefed reporters sitting on ground outside as Pentagon burned. Rumsfeld wanted that. - Barbara Starr, CNN


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The Senate bill, unveiled today, is not a health care bill. It’s a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America. - Barack Obama



Business/Tech News

• Crude Oil 42.75
• Qatar Airways interested in buying 10 percent stake in American Airlines
• $120 million fine proposed for travel-deal robocalls
• Comcast accused of cutting competitor's wires to put it out of business
• Amazon's Alexa Can Now Control Your Home Cameras

Give Trump a break. He's our first Russian president and he's new at this.- Tea Pain

Facebook Fraudsters
If you've never had your profile picture stolen - lucky you. But it's a serious problem, with fraudsters, trolls, and scammers often stealing the identity of others by harvesting the info they list publicly on Facebook

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Me, back in 2003. One of the better
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Odd News

• It's so hot in England, schoolboys are wearing skirts
• Ancient Egyptian's wooden toe is sophisticated prosthetic
• Genoa makes special airport waiver for famed pesto sauce
• 511 California surfers paddle out to set record
• Worker bit in tussle with would-be thief over stripper pole

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(I posted this before in 2009) This is a painting that was outside my hotel room at Casa Roland in San Jose, Costa Rica. Make of it what you will. I was quite amused. Photo/Lisa Casey

Peace.