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I think the best explanation is just that Trump genuinely believes a Tweet is all the order he needs to issue.

Kissinger and the Chiefs of Staff used to do that for Nixon, when ol’ Dick would get loaded on booze and Dilantin & make rambling late-night calls to bomb this-or-that country or target or person. “Yes, Mr President, I will set this in motion,” and then hang up & hope he sobers up soon.

“Sweetgreen: It’s Salad, Whaddaya Want From Me?”

I’m personally a supporter of Medicare-for-all and think it would overwhelming benefit Americans. But, I think there’s still work that needs to be done pitching the idea. I’m hopeful that the candidates who support this solution would address the concerns people show in the survey below.

Yeah, I’m getting tired of establishment types telling me what is and isn’t “realistic,” especially when pretty much every other developed nation on Earth has some degree of nationalized healthcare and doesn’t have a daily mass shooting.

I generally agree with that. Except I don’t agree that any Democrat with a pulse can beat Trump. The lesson of the Trump campaign and Trump presidency is that all the normal rules of politics still apply to him, and that cuts both ways. It means when he does unpopular things, he becomes more unpopular, and since he…

because making those ideas politically palatable requires those ideas being sold to the public as necessary. Recognizing the problem, and its practical and moral urgency, but being unwilling to stand behind a bold solution is bad.

It’s not about a fucking purity test. It is about a dishonest framing and being disappointed that certain candidates, including candidates I like (Brown) buy into that dishonest framing. Both Brown and Klobuchar seem to agree with the general idea that health care should be a basic right and understand that most other…

Well then, that’s definitely something those persons should take into consideration when they are volunteering, sending any donation money they may have, and voting in the primaries. But it’s crucial to remember that poll after poll shows that any Democrat with a pulse can beat Trump, because he’s so awful.

Implementing some fixes to the ACA is obviously more attainable than Medicare for All.

Just a reminder that the undercard match is today, at 2:30 pm, when Roger Stone must show cause why his bail should not be modified or revoked based on his insults and threats on social media directed at the judge presiding over his case.

This isn’t a surprise. I think Amy Klobuchar is being a coward in her pointless “realism” talking points and there’s no way she’ll be getting my vote in a primary. But if you’re asking me if I’d take her as President before Trump, you’re goddamn right I would.

We could just convert all the insurance premiums currently paid into a tax and cover a lot of it.

proposed opening the Medicare program to people as young as 50

Any change to health care that takes money away from insurance, pharma, etc., will be branded socialist, whether it’s a tiny tiny step like what centrist squishes are proposing or full on Medicare for All.

“...swaying any GOP reps to wake up and realize it’s time to cut anchor from this madness”

100% this. Any kind of behind the scenes stories he unveils about Trump’s character or additional sex payment cover ups will be gossip, but mostly pointless. Everyone knows he’s a thin skinned, egotistical dick who screws people physically and financially so nothing new there. But if he has actual details and a…

Something like 40% of Americans have decided not to care, but Cohen’s testimony won’t change that.

“And when he does, you’re going to hear personal, front-line experiences of memories, and incidents, and conduct, and comments that Donald Trump said over that 10-year time period behind closed doors that, to me when I first heard Michael tell me all this, even as much as I knew about Trump that was negative, was…