by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 25.
- ‘Repeal and replace’ meets defeat (“GOP abandons health-care overhaul as Trump ultimatum fails to save it”)
- ‘The closer’? The inside story of how Trump tried — and failed — to make a deal on health care
- Trump and Ryan Lose Big (“The Republican answer to Obamacare? A legislative trainwreck.”)
- Republicans Land a Punch to Their Own Party’s Face
- Donald Trump is extremely bad at making deals (“Why is the health bill failing? Look at Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump eyeglasses, Trump Suits…” Again, anyone who voted for this guy – let alone was a spokesperson or cheerleader for this f***tard – is himself/herself a f***tard.)
- The Republican Party Cannot Govern (“As a result, healthcare is that much more affordable for a bit longer.”)
- Trump’s Triumph of Incompetence (“He has crafted an administration in his own image: vain, narcissistic and dangerous.” Anyone who voted for this is an imbecile and/or evil.)
- The TrumpRyanCare Debacle (“Despite their ceaseless attacks on Obamacare, Republicans leaders never had a workable replacement plan.”)
- Trump learns that dealmaking is not the same as leadership (How do we know he really “learned” anything from this debacle? Is this guy capable of learning?)
- Trump blames Democrats for his health care debacle (“But a deeply unpopular bill met its demise because House Republicans didn’t support it.”)
- The Health Care Bill Has Failed. Let the Finger Pointing Begin.
- Brace yourself, taxpayers: Trump’s plutocracy doesn’t come cheap (“Donald Trump ran for office as a man of the people, but his rich-and-famous lifestyle is costing Americans a bundle.”)
- It’s time for the feds to follow the Russian money
- The real way Republicans can deal with Obamacare? Actually fix it. (“Trump and the GOP shouldn’t react to their health-care failure by sabotaging the existing system.”)
- Watch Trump Call Obamacare Repeal “So Easy” (“Nobody can do that like me.” I have zero respect for anyone who believed Trump’s boasting, braggadocio and lies. None.)
- Authentic populist vs. bulls**t artist: Why Bernie Sanders is so popular and Donald Trump isn’t
- Trump Says He Never Promised to Quickly Repeal Obamacare. Here’s a Bunch of Times He Promised Exactly That. (Yep, that was actually a core promise of Trump’s 2016 campaign, to repeal Obamacare “FAST,” “IMMEDIATELY” etc.)
- The Real Winner of the Trumpcare Fiasco: America
- Let Us Now Appreciate Paul Ryan’s Utter Failure as a Political Leader (I keep thinking of all the idiot political “pundits” who touted Ryan as a great policy wonk, etc. It was absurd then, it’s even more absurd now.)
- White House launches damage control after health bill collapses (“‘This is 100 percent a Ryan failure,’ one senior administration official said after the Obamacare repeal bill was pulled on Friday.” Uh, no, as much as I can’t stand Ryan, this is VERY much a Trump failure as well.)
- Tax reform next? Maybe not. (“The GOP was counting on repeal of Obamacare and its nearly $1 trillion in taxes to help finance sweeping tax cuts.”)
- What’s Next for the GOP on Health Care? Apparently Nothing at All (“From a longer perspective, Republicans now understand how Democrats felt when the Clinton Health Plan went down to defeat in 1994. If it takes them half as long as it took Democrats to take another swing for the fences on health-care policy, we won’t soon see any vindication of the doomed effort that died today.”)
- Left out of AHCA fight, Democrats let their grass roots lead — and win (Dems should do that a lot more often!)
- Why Obamacare Defeated Trumpcare (“It is not possible to write a bill that meets public standards for acceptable health-insurance coverage within the parameters of conservative ideology. It is possible — just barely — to write a bill that meets public standards for acceptable health-insurance coverage within the parameters of liberal ideology.”)
- Why Steve Bannon Might Be the Winner of the GOP’s Health-Care Civil War (“Ryan has been weakened, the pro-Breitbart Freedom Caucus has been emboldened. It’s hard to see how the Republican health-care civil war hasn’t been a boon for Bannon.”)
- Is Political Gravity Finally Sinking Donald Trump?
- ‘I sense panic at the White House’: Journalist Louise Mensch explains how the Russia-Trump probe is coming to a head
- Why Trumpcare Failed (“You can’t unite a party that is fundamentally divided.” And one that has no serious ideas, is basically an insurgent/outlier/opposition party that can break things but not fix them, etc.)
- Leading Global Warming Deniers Just Told Us What They Want Trump to Do (The polar opposite – pun intended – of what’s needed.)
- House Intelligence Committee chairman abruptly cancels open hearing on Russia (“Key Democrat calls it an effort to ‘choke off public info.'”
- Corey Stewart’s No Good, Very Bad Week Hits Rock Bottom
- Virginia Judge Tees Up Travel Ban Argument for Top Court
- Judge in Virginia declines to block travel ban
- Editorial: Should Southwest Virginia secede from the rest of Virginia? (“The practical problem with secession – aside from the legalities and all that – is that Southwest Virginia is subsidized by the rest of the state. Yes, yes, we think we’re ignored by Richmond and in a lot of ways we are. Still, the fiscal reality is that Northern Virginia really subsidizes the rest of Virginia. If there’s any part of the state that should secede for bottom-line reasons, it’s Northern Virginia.” Yep, they’re heavily subsidized by Democrats, liberals, progressives, etc. yet they still vote Republican. Brilliant, eh?)
- Virginia senators seek to overhaul VA disability system
- Rep. Comstock would have voted against health care bill (Yeah, because after they knew the bill was going down, she got a free pass to cast a political vote. But don’t kid yourself, she gladly would have voted for the Trumpcare monstrosity if the circumstances had been politically advantageous for her to do so.)
- McAuliffe vetoes concealed guns for victims bill
- GOP chair slams Va. gubernatorial contender for calling rival a ‘cuckservative’
- Corey Stewart’s Reddit AMA went as you might expect
- How Virginia can avoid another injustice like the Norfolk Four (“The wrongfully convicted ex-sailors have their names cleared. But Virginia still has reforming to do.”)
- Tim Kaine Weighs In on Failed GOP Health Care Bill
- Ed Gillespie to attend campaign fundraiser with George W. Bush in Texas (Shweeeet! LOL)
- Kaine talks cybersecurity at Hampton University
- West Virginia OKs water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Reaction: Hampton Roads’ Congressional delegation on pulled health care vote
- Hampton Roads’ congressional delegation reacts to failure of GOP health care bill (“Rep. Scott Taylor, the only Hampton Road legislator who pledged to vote for the GOP bill, said he was disappointed.” Democrats had better have a strong candidate against his moron next year.)
- Editorial: Governor McAuliffe’s charter-school veto is simply McAwful (Again, I’m only including this crap to demonstrate how horrendous, far right wing, etc. the Republican Times-Disgrace is.)
- Virginia Supreme Court refuses to overturn Anthony Burfoot suspension
- Another firing in Norfolk treasurer’s office renews mystery of who’s in line to replace Anthony Burfoot
- Sheriff Bill Watson says Portsmouth’s Democratic leaders are “crooked as a snake”
- Springtime seesaw weather is here, so it’s warm today, cooler tomorrow
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