I will henceforth generally ignore 45's tweets on or about health care delivery in the United States.
They are (like he is, generally). . . impotent. Increasingly isolated, and acting alone, he will be able to do next to nothing. But I did want to mention that if he thinks expanding the ways in which employers may deny women family planning coverage is going to help him win any broader changes in the ACA of 2010 -- he is mistaken. See below, from the venerable Gray Lady, overnight:
. . . .In a statement on Saturday, Mr. Schumer said: “The president wanted to make another run at repeal and replace, and I told the president that’s off the table. If he wants to work together to improve the existing health care system, we Democrats are open to his suggestions. A good place to start might be the Alexander-Murray negotiations that would stabilize the system and lower costs.”
Senators Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, and Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, have held on-again, off-again talks about a bipartisan plan to stabilize the insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act, which have been roiled, in part, by the persistent uncertainty over the fate of the law. . . .
An aide to Mr. Schumer said the timing of Mr. Trump’s call was particularly awkward, given that the administration had just announced rules to expand the right of employers to deny women coverage for contraception on religious grounds — a move widely condemned by Democrats.
The Trump administration, the aide said, needed to stop sabotaging the law before bipartisan negotiations could begin. . . .
Up early (with my youngest, and his significant other, in tow), for the running of the Chicago Marathon in a few. . . and so -- onward, with a grin! That I am able to grin at the buffoon living at 1600 Pennsylvania is a victory in and of itself. There is nothing to take seriously about this man, or his temporary hold on that office.
UPDATED @ Noon CDT: by mid-morning Sunday -- as if to confirm my headline, the REPUBLICAN Senator Bob Corker, from the great (if today soggy) State of Tennessee tweeted -- in direct reply to some nasty lies tweeted by 45 this morning, thus: ". . .It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning. . . .
12,132 replies 54,162 retweets 133,989 likes. . . ." That's his own party, speaking to him, gentle readers.
And (truly trivial update number two!) it appears the Veep doesn't understand free expression -- nor 18 U.S. Code § 227: Mike Pence decided to make a big show of walking out of the Niners/Colts game (and then tweeted about it!), because some of the players took a knee -- during the anthem, with their hands over their hearts. Aside from his disingenuous mischaracterization of the reasons for the kneeling (i.e., the "why" they are doing it) -- he shows himself unfit for high office, day by day. Listen to the cast of "Hamilton", sir. Really. Listen.
| ..... | . . . .“We, sir — we — are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights. . . .
We truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us”. . . . |
Out, cold.
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