Friday News: Republicans Celebrate Their Pyrrhic “Victory” in Harming Basically ALL Americans; We Need to Defeat ALL of These @#$!@ers

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 5. Also, check out the video and look into the faces of evil. Or is it the “banality of evil?” Not sure, but it’s really, really bad.

• GOP health-care plan faces uncertain fate in Senate (“Widespread disagreement remains among Senate Republicans about how to proceed. The Senate’s rules-keeper cannot even review the legislation until the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office submits its official estimate, which could take several more weeks to complete.”)
• House Republicans just passed a bill that would take health insurance from millions (“Zombie Trumpcare just came to life — and this time, it’s even worse.”)
• AHCA is a betrayal of all the GOP’s promises on health care (“It does the opposite of what they say.”)
• Trump’s health care victory could be a Pyrrhic one (“He’s setting up bigger policy and political problems for himself and his party down the road.”)
• Under the AHCA, heavy periods could once again become a preexisting condition (“States could allow insurers to charge people with preexisting conditions more on the individual market.”)
• The GOP voted to strip health care from millions and the media covered it like a sporting event (“It’s a life-and-death matter — and not just for congressional careers.”)
• 6 things in Trumpcare that Trump promised he would never do (“The GOP’s health care bill breaks all of their promises to Americans.”)
• Every Republican who voted for this abomination must be held accountable (Here in Virginia, we need to work to defeat every Republican who voted for this monstrosity – Scott Taylor, Tom Garrett, Bob BADlatte, Morgan Griffith, Rob Wittman, Dave Brat. See you at the polls in November 2018!)
• This is what Americans will really dislike about the House ‘Trumpcare’ bill
• Betrayal, carelessness, hypocrisy: The GOP health-care bill has it all (“House Republicans narrowly pass an incoherent bill that reneges on the party’s promises.”)
• Is the G.O.P. ‘Staring Death in the Face’ After Repeal? (“As they derided Republicans on Thursday after a narrow vote to roll back Obamacare, Democrats glimpsed a mirror image of their own politically disastrous health care experience in 2010.”)
• The Trumpcare Disaster (“Republicans rammed their health care-destroying bill through the House. Let’s hope the Senate will stop it.”)
• Cohen: Macron and the Defense of the Republic (“What French voters can say on Sunday is: ‘You will not have my hatred.’ I believe they will. And if they do, the world should thank them.”)
• Krugman: What’s the Matter With Europe?
• How Trump makes dictators stronger (“Expect the world to look elsewhere for moral leadership.”)
• How Democrats lost their way — and how they can find it again (“A new book suggests that the party should build a fairer United States while reaching out to the angry voters who elected President Trump.”)
• ‘The White House just couldn’t let this go’ (“The inside story of how Trump and the Republicans got Obamacare repeal through the House. (Hint: It wasn’t pretty.)”)
• Cruel Old Party (“The GOP’s passage of Trumpcare is one of the most callous things the party has ever done.” Anyone who voted for this is either craven or evil.)
• After All That, Paul Ryan Got the Cruel, Radical Health Reform Bill He’s Always Wanted
• Trump’s latest order encourages pastors to get political — here’s why it might backfire (“Americans are already ditching churches they find too repressive — Trump’s new order could accelerate the trend”)
• Trump delegates authority over ‘religious liberty’ to notorious racist (“The Hobby Lobby wars have a new general.”)
• Senate GOP rejects House Obamacare bill
• Look at These Republicans Celebrating a Bill That Will Gut Health Care for Millions
• This Is The Horrific Violence Trump Is Forcing Central American Refugees To Return To
• Hillary Clinton to launch political group as soon as next week
• Concealed Carry Reciprocity: Why a Virginia Democrat’s Opposition Matters
• Virginia pipeline project sparks a flare-up at Democratic debate for Va gov (“Northam wouldn’t take a position; Perriello strongly opposed”)
• This Democrat’s ad shows Republicans crushing Obamacare. Literally. (“Ambulance crushing commercial in Virginia governor’s race offers early peak into how Democrats could hammer GOP.” Yep, that’s exactly how to do it. Democrats across the country, check out this ad.)
• Northam, Perriello clash over pipelines, taxes at Roanoke debate
• Watch a Virginia Democrat Crush an Ambulance to Make a Point About Republicans and Affordable Healthcare
• Voting for Obamacare Cost Him His Job. Now It Might Be His Ticket Back. (“Why Tom Perriello thinks the Democrats’ comeback starts in Virginia.”)
• Northam, Gillespie campaigns distort words of TV news reporters (“Democrat Ralph Northam’s gubernatorial campaign sent an email Wednesday that quoted NBC4 Washington journalist Tom Sherwood calling Northam ‘just right’ for the job.”)
• Va. climate protesters say Dominion gas pipeline requires ‘mountaintop removal’ (“The energy company says the Atlantic Coast Pipeline will require ‘grading’ but not destruction of ridgelines.” What’s badly needed in this state is a “grading” of Dominion Power itself. Heh.)
• Gillespie releases first ad in GOP gubernatorial primary, touts tax cut benefit that rivals doubt (Gillespie lies and lies and lies some more. Also panders.)
• Uncertainty and a wide partisan divide over health care vote in Virginia
• Democratic candidate for legislature apologizes for ‘offensive’ social media posts (“House Democratic Leader David Toscano of Charlottesville and Caucus Chair Charniele Herring of Alexandria issued a written statement Thursday calling Brock’s comments disrespectful and unacceptable.” I agree with Toscano and Herring; these posts were “disrespectful and unacceptable.” I encourage everyone to support Kelly Fowler for this nomination!)
• Salem Del. Greg Habeeb apologizes for tweet mocking candidate Chris Hurst (Yeah, a “lighthearted political comment,” riiiiight.)
• McAuliffe Announces $8.4 Million in Housing Loans
• The Swamp Suburb (“As goes Fairfax County, so goes Virginia?” This “swamp” metaphor really needs to die.)
• Editorial: A wake-up call for Southwest Virginia (“The numbers may vary but, the reports said the same thing: Each utility expects to burn less coal, and deploy more wind and solar energy.”)
• Alexandria council passes 6 percent residential property tax increase (“Schools, sewers and infrastructure will benefit, officials say.”)
• Editorial: You’re cleared of a crime. Can the government keep your money anyway? (It absolutely should NOT be allowed to do that. I mean WTF, how is that not wildly unconstitutional?)
• Morning rain may cause travel troubles, afternoon storms also a risk