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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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The Republican cabal is on the Eve of Destruction

The Republican cabal is ‘no longer a normal political party’ — it’s a ‘radical insurgency’

Noam Chomsky talks to teleSUR's Abby Martin (Screenshot/teleSUR English YouTube)
MIT professor Noam Chomsky told Truthout that, even if someone like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is elected president, the Republican cabal will retain the ability to stifle any attempts to move the US in a more progressive direction for years to come.

Republicans Celebrate Xmas By Voting To Take Healthcare Away From 17 Million Americans

mcconnell-cruzSenate Republicans got into the spirit of the season by voting 52-47 to take healthcare away from 17 million Americans.
The vote was party line with only moderate Republicans Collins (Maine) and Kirk (Illinois) voting against the bill. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) missed the final vote, but Sanders made his feelings clear days earlier on the Senate floor when he called the whole process a waste of time.
Wingnuts like FreedomWorks CEO Adam Brandon were ecstatic that Senate Republicans moved to take healthcare away from nearly 20 million Americans, “Under pressure from Lee, Cruz, Rubio, and wingnut agitators across the country, Senate Republicans finally got the message and acted to repeal the ObamaCare disaster. This bill would rid Americans of the most harmful aspects of the law and empower consumers to make decisions that are best for them and their families.”
The White House was quick to issue a veto threat and make sure that this legislation is DOA, “The Administration strongly opposes Senate passage of the Senate amendment to H.R. 3762. By repealing numerous, key elements of current law, this legislation would take away critical benefits and health care coverage from hard-working middle‑class families. The bill also would remove policies that are expected to help slow the growth in health care costs and that have improved the quality of care patients receive. The Senate amendment to H.R. 3762 detracts from the work the Congress could be doing to foster job creation and economic growth.”
The Obamacare repeal vote was so important to Senate Republicans because they are laying the groundwork for action if their nominee wins the White House in 2016.
Of course, voting to take healthcare away from 17 million people just made winning the White House more difficult, but logic stopped being a strong suit of the Republican cabal more than a decade ago.
The fact that Senate Republicans chose to hold this vote during the holiday season spoke volumes about their priorities. Tonight’s vote was an advertisement for how Republicans intend to harm working people if they take back the White House.
The victory that wingnuts are celebrating tonight is one of the main reasons that they will lose in 2016.


Here’s Ryan’s Nauseating Agenda For Congress, Try Not To Gag

The newly appointed wingnut Speaker of the House, Ryan, laid out the agenda for the wingnut Congress. You were likely expecting any agenda set by failed...

Trump Backs Down, Agrees To Debate After Failing To Extort $5 Million From CNN

Donald Trump Backs Down, Agrees To Debate After Failing To Extort $5 Million From CNNTrump caved, and will participate in the next Republican debate because he’s afraid people might be mean to him if he doesn’t.

Trump smears Washington Post writer

Trump smears Washington Post opinion writer: 'She is in love with Rubio'

Trump Is Proving a Master at Converting Hatred Into High Poll Numbers

Wingnut faces recall after saying the ‘real culprit’ in Colorado mass shooting is Planned Parenthood

A campaign is underway to recall Windholz, R-Commerce City, who stirred up national ire after blaming Planned Parenthood, rather than the shooter, for the murders that took place Nov. 27.

Israeli Terrorism Expert: Trump’s Call To Slaughter Terrorists’ Families Is A War Crime

Trump’s recent strategy to deal with ISIL — executing their families, whether or not they are involved in terrorist activities —...

Quick Hits

Texas drops request for restraining order to halt Syrian refugees
Man threatens massacre at Virginia mosque as fears of shooting backlash rise
FBI now investigating San Bernardino massacre as an act of terrorism
Republicans block two gun control measures after San Bernardino and Colorado Springs mass shootings
San Bernardino shooting victim had fled Islamic extremism
Public divided over whether mass shootings are terrorism -- unless a Muslim is involved

Missouri Democrat’s bill puts gun sales under same rules as abortions

Missouri Democrat Files Bill To Regulate Guns Just Like Abortion, Republican Heads Explode
Missouri state Rep. Stacey Newman (D) [YouTube]Turnabout is fair play and Republican gun fetishists are about to find that out the hard way.
"If we truly insist that Missouri cares about ‘all life’, then we must take immediate steps to address our major cities rising rates of gun violence," state Rep. Stacey Newman (D) said in a statement.

Congressional Staffer Arrested Entering Senate Building With Loaded Gun

Congressional Staffer Arrested Entering Senate Building With Loaded Gun

Senate Republicans Vote To Let Terrorists Buy More Guns

Senate Republicans Vote To Let Terrorists Buy More Guns

Terrorism Is Terrorism, Regardless Of Ideology

Wingnut election official tries to prove voter fraud vulnerabilities, violates voters’ privacy in the process

Vote via ShutterstockWingnut election official tries to prove voter fraud vulnerabilities, violates voters’ privacy in the process
You don’t get to break the law in order to prove the law was broken

NAACP challenges Alabama’s voter ID law as racially discriminatory, citing DMV closures

Anti-voter ID protest, via Creative CommonNAACP challenges Alabama’s voter ID law as racially discriminatory, citing DMV closures
The law has racially disparate effects, and appears to have been implemented with discriminatory intent.

What will happen if the Supreme Court redefines “one person, one vote”

The Supreme Court, via Wikimedia CommonsHere’s what will happen if the Supreme Court redefines “one person, one vote”
Short version: long-term Republican majorities.

Judicial elections are literally killing people

Court via Shutterstock
Judicial elections are literally killing people
Justice isn’t blind, and elections are fogging its windshield.

Scalia gets schooled by Reagan-appointed judge who perfectly points out his theocratic hypocrisy

Judge Richard Posner (chensiyuan)
A federal appeals court judge laid into Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for his “obsession” with the Court’s Obergefell ruling.