Day: December 19, 2016
Cuomo Booked 200 Hotel Rooms for Clinton Inauguration
200
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) “was so eager to celebrate Hillary Clinton’s presidential inauguration, he booked 200 hotel rooms in DC for family, friends and supporters of his possible future bid for the presidency,” the New York Post reports.
Half of Republicans Think Trump Won the Popular Vote
52%
Of Republicans said Trump won the popular vote, compared with only 7% of Democrats and 24% of independents, according to a new Qualtrics survey. Among Republicans without any college education, the share was even larger: 60%, compared with 37% of Republicans with a college degree. In reality, Hillary Clinton won 2.8 million more votes than Trump.
Most Expect Changes from Trump — But Not Necessarily the Right Kind of Change
68%
Of Americans believe Mr. Trump will change the way business is conducted in Washington, but one-third of that group—or about 20% of all adults—believe it will be the wrong kind of change, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Including the 32% who said business will continue as usual in Washington, more than half of Americans believe Mr. Trump will effect the wrong kind of change or none at all.
North Carolina: The New Political Reality
This isn’t just hardball politics. This is a fundamentally anti-democratic approach to government, one that says that when we win, we get to implement our agenda, and when you win, you don’t. … To put this in context, perhaps nowhere in the country have Republicans moved more aggressively to solidify power by disenfranchising their opponents as they have in North Carolina.
— Paul Waldman
When You Repeat Trump, You Help Trump
Without knowing it, many Democrats, progressives and members of the news media help Donald Trump every day. The way they help him is simple: they spread his message. … Think about it: every time Trump issues a mean tweet or utters a shocking statement, millions of people begin to obsess over his words. Reporters make it the top headline. Cable TV panels talk about it for hours. Horrified Democrats and progressives share the stories online, making sure to repeat the nastiest statements in order to refute them. While this response is understandable, it works in favor of Trump.
— George Lakoff
You’re Going to Miss Obamacare
Depending on where you live, up to one in three of you could find yourselves without insurance if Republicans are able to follow through on their threat to repeal Obamacare.
Here’s the problem. Without the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Obamacare’s official name, we would go back to allowing insurance companies to refuse to cover you if you ever had certain health problems. And it’s not just cancer or heart disease that falls into the “declinable pre-existing conditions” category. Do you, or does a loved one, have:
- Arthritis or other inflammatory joint diseases
- Diabetes
- Kidney disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Obesity (defined as a body mass index of 30 or higher, such as 5’9″ person who weighs at least 203 pounds)
- Parkinson’s disease
- Pending surgery
- Pregnancy
- Sleep anea
- Stroke
