In a lot of ways they are working on all of that. Unfortunately, we still sort of live in a democracy and these republicans are also elected officials elected to serve and vote and make laws. So, either they can try to move towards some sort of compromise or just literally get nothing done because they don’t have the…

What a beautiful imaginary world that would be. I’m not picking on you, I want all those things too. I also know that unless every republican suddenly dies, it’s never going to happen. Sadly.

Seems it could be to keep the Rep rebels on side. If the Dems suddenly come out firing that all GOP people want to destroy ACA and so on then it completely puts off anyone in the GOP from maybe crossing the line.

I think you’re absolutely right - and it allowed McCain a perfect opportunity, after a an unbelievable insult from Trump to make a dramatic and public Fuck You statement. It also allowed the Senators to continue to play to type: can you imagine Lindsay Graham in the place of McCain on this vote, with the thumbs-down…

I think McCain’s vote no saved Lindsey Graham and Dean Heller from having to vote no. It was likely discussed, at least between Graham and McCain. One more was all that was needed and with McCain they had it. So they can still toe the line for their conservative base and not cause a problem for them in elections. I’ve…

Commented this below, but idk what it takes to get approval on Kinja, but I just wanted to say that had the procedural motion to move forward on debate failed, McConnell and co. could’ve gone back to the drawing board and come back with a bill and tried to pass it as a budget reconciliation bill with only 51 votes.…

Mother Nature’s put a great big target on his head. He’s almost certainly dying, and probably quickly, from the brain tumor. At this point, some crazy coming after him with a gun would probably be the lesser of two evils. He literally has nothing to lose.

The cynical perspective is that EVERYONE knows how bad this was and letting McCain, a man from a purple state who has a lot of sympathy right now because of the cancer diagnoses and will not live to the end of his term, be the deciding vote to give the other 49 Repubs cover to say they did what they said they would do…

Collins and Murkowski have stood by their principles and been open and vociferous throughout. Real heroines.

John, You (finally) did something right!

They seem to have begun. See the beginnings of the fraying via McConnell and Sasse’s statements about firing Jeff Sessions and replacing Bob Mueller from earlier today. No guarantees.

Here’s the thing about the Mooch: he’s not just coked-up, he’s irony-deficient.

Filed to: things you didn’t know you wanted until you read it.

They should apologize for all in their ranks booing Hilary and Obama during that speech

Oh man are people going to flip when they find out that, this whole time, the leaker has been John Barron.

This is everyone’s favourite Nice Guy PM Trudeau boasting about the fact he deliberately wanted to beat the shite out of an indigenous person.

We know Trump hates to be upstaged so how long is he going to be able to stand Scaramucci getting all this attention? I give it month before Trump starts trying to get him to quit.

The best comment about Scaramucci I’ve seen from any journalist so far:

THIS!

53 percent of black women didnt vote for Trump so there is that to celebrate.