PastaJoe

You have it backwards. The Dems have said from the start that they would work with the Repubs to fix the long term problems with the ACA. It's the Repubs who insist that it has to be completely repealed and replaced. 7 years of trying to repeal and they still can't come up with a viable alternative. The dog caught the car and doesn't know what to do with it. And if Trump compromises with the Dems and repairs instead of repeals, he will be breaking his promise to his voters on the scale of Bush's "Read my lips, no new taxes". So Trump and the Repubs have painted themselves into a corner.

Sean Spicer actually had the nerve to embarrass himself by offering Trump's explaination for suddenly taking credit for good job numbers now, when he dismissed them when Obama was president: "I talked to the president prior to this, and he said to quote him very clearly: 'They may have been phony in the past, but it's very real now.'" You cant make this up! It's like a running back running the ball from his own 1 all the way to the other team's 1, then the fullback comes in and runs 1 yard for a TD and takes credit for the winning drive. Pure arrogance.

There are too many promises to list in one post that Trump made to his voters that he has already broken, 64 in the first month alone according to one count, and there are sure to be more to come. Feel free to add to the list. https://thinkprogress.org/trump-broke-64-promises-in-his-first-month-in-office-5470f2c337e1#.irk3vax2n But to just mention a few at the forefront now are those related to Trumpcare. He promised his supporters that the replacement bill would lower costs, improve care, and everyone who wanted healthcare would be covered. No have access to, but covered. In addition there would be no cuts to Medicaid. But the Trumpcare bill he supports "100%" does none of those things, and is actually a huge tax cut for the wealthiest. His talking heads are already out trying to downplay the CBO estimate (run by a Republican appointee) because they know the numbers are going to be the opposite of what Trump promised. And the ironic part is that this Trumpcare bill will actually hurt Trump voters more than Clinton voters, especially those in rural areas who depend on more government subsidies.

Where in the world is Rex Tillerson? If he had his way we'd still be wondering, having broken precedent and trying to go on his first major visit to China without the press. The excuse was that they were trying to cut costs. But of course the news agencies pay the government for the reporters that fly on the flights with Secretaries. And of all places, China is where the free press should be embraced by our government officials as a symbol of democracy. And then we have the issue of this White House's lack of vetting. To not have known or disregard that Flynn was a paid agent for a foreign power, and still appoint him to one of the most sensitive positions in government is inexcusible. And if not for a story from the free press that exposed his lieing about his Russian connections he would probably still be in that position. It raises the question of who else is in this administration who hasn't been fully vetted. No wonder they wanted to fast track nominees through Congress without having devulged all the requested information.

Hey nutbag (the phrase you used to describe your type), I was responding to someone who was complaining about how much the investigations into the Trump-Russia scandal were going to cost taxpayers as a reason they shouldn't go forward. It's called pointing out the irony.

True, he didn't destroy his credibility every week by making crazy tweets that required push back with facts.

Having a QB that can win with players that would be average on other teams allows them to keep alot of cap room. If someone wants too much money, they let them leave and replace them with another average player with a modest salary who then becomes better than average due to Brady. And then they can make the occasional big move like Gilmore.

Trying to force Bills to overpay or lose? He'll do great playing with a lead when the opponents are forced to pass.

Remington Arms Co. reportedly is laying off about 120 workers at its gun manufacturing plant in Herkimer County. WIXB950 said Wednesday that employees at the Ilion factory, Herkimer County's largest employer, reported that approximately 120 workers "are being shown the door." The radio station said a company letter addressed to employees stated that 122 union positions were being cut from Ilion and 16 workers were being laid off from the Remington's plant in Lexington, KY. CEO James Marcotuli blamed slowing orders and increased inventory for the cuts, the station said. The Washington Post reported earlier this week that gun sales nationwide have slowed dramatically since Donald Trump's election as president. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/remington_arms_laying_off_120_in_upstate_new_york_report.html#incart_river_home Thanks Trump. If only we still had Obama to finish taking away everyone's guns and restore demand.

The Jets sure look like they're tanking.

Yeah, the threat of Tyrod making a bad pass forced the coaches to call more running plays.

If it's common logic, why haven't they done it for so many years?

Another heroic run to 8-8. In 2 years we'll be saying, "If only they had picked...".

He said they were dreaming about happiness in this land (where they were slaves!). You don't think they were thinking about how could they get back to the land, life, and family they were kidnapped from? Get real. And then Carson further embarrassed himself by proselytizing to the government employees. I expect the HR dept. would remind him that you can't promote religion on the job to subordinates. “We live in a nation where a lot of people are trying to get rid of God,” Carson said. “I think that is a big mistake. Think about the fact that our founding document, the Declaration of Independence, talks about certain inalienable rights given to us by our creator, aka God.” “The Pledge of Allegiance to that flag says we are one nation under God,” he added. “Every coin in our pocket, every bill in our wallet says, ‘In God we trust.’ On the walls of many of the courts in our land it says, ‘In God we trust.’ So if it’s in our founding document, and our pledge, and our courts, and it’s on our money, but we’re not supposed to talk about it — what in the world is that?” http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/ben-carson-slaves-immigrants-235730

Most recent poll Job Approval Fav/Unfav (Quinnipiac) Trump 41 / 52 http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html As of March 8, 2009, Obama's Favorable approval rating was at 62%. http://www.gallup.com/interactives/185273/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx Most recent poll Favorabliity Fav/Unfav (Quinnipiac) Trump 43 / 53 Most recent Direction of Country (Monmouth) Right direction 36 Wrong direction 56

Ted and Heidi Cruz are having dinner at the White House today with Trump. The main course must be swallowing their pride.

The House Select Committee on Benghazi alone cost $6.8 million of taxpayers money. And that was just one of 10 congressional committees investigating Benghazi. So yeah, there's a precedent for witch hunts on one issue.

I wanted to see a zombie clown. I have a feeling that when Sasha and Rosita go after Negan, Eugene will do something to save him. I think he really embraces his new environment, and in the long term wants to replace Negan as the leader.

The Trump administration wants to gut the Coast Guard and make deep cuts in airport and rail security to help pay for its crackdown on illegal immigration, according to internal budget documents reviewed by POLITICO — a move that lawmakers and security experts say defies logic if the White House is serious about defending against terrorism and keeping out undocumented foreigners. The Office of Management and Budget is seeking a 14 percent cut to the Coast Guard's $9.1 billion budget, the draft documents show, even as it proposes major increases to other Department of Homeland Security agencies to hire more border agents and immigration officers and construct a physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. The budget numbers mark the most detailed breakdown yet about how President Donald Trump envisions restructuring DHS to meet his pledge to halt illegal immigration and deport some of the millions already here. Overall, DHS would get a 6 percent boost to its budget, to $43.8 billion. But to help pay for that, the administration would slice the budget of the Coast Guard and cut 11 percent in spending from the TSA — reductions that critics say would weaken safeguards against threats arriving by sea or air. OMB also wants to cut 11 percent from the budget of FEMA, which oversees the national response to disasters such as floods and hurricanes. “It is ignorant of what constitutes national security," said retired Adm. James Loy, a former Coast Guard commandant who served as deputy homeland security secretary and TSA administrator under President George W. Bush. "They simply don’t understand the equation.” Loy and others argue that hiring more border agents and building a wall are likely to increase the need for guarding ports and coastlines. And they contend that the Coast Guard, which intercepted more than 6,000 illegal migrants in 2016, is already overtaxed in interdicting illegal drugs and people from Central and South America while defending ports of entry from terrorist attack. Under its current budget, they say, it can’t afford to buy the new helicopters and ships it needs. "As you harden the land border you open up the maritime border," argued Stephen Flynn, a retired Coast Guard commander who is director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University. "It makes no sense. You are going to have this balloon effect." http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-coast-guard-budget-235750

Just to put this issue to bed, since Trump insisted on proof: The National Park Service on Monday released hundreds of ground and aerial photographs that its staff shot of President Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. The agency also released photos of the swearing-ins of former president Barack Obama four and eight years ago. And it’s pretty clear that the crowd size at the 45th president’s inaugural was smaller than at the swearing-in of the 44th. The discrepancy is clear in the two photos displayed here, which show the Mall shortly before Obama and Trump were sworn-in around noon eight years apart. The 2009 and 2017 photos were taken one hour — and eight years — apart, with Obama’s crowds massing in the photo about one hour earlier than Trump’s audience. A Park Service official said four of the images were forwarded to the White House after Trump made an unusual call to Acting Park Service Director Michael T. Reynolds the day after his inauguration. The newly minted president demanded that Reynolds produce the images taken by agency photographers, The Washington Post reported in late January. Trump believed the photos might prove the media lied in its reporting. The images are the official record of the federal government — and they contradict Trump’s claim that more than 1.5 million supporters crowded onto the Mall to watch him take the oath of office. Photos taken by news outlets during the inauguration also showed a crowd size smaller than Obama’s during his first inauguration in 2009 — about two-thirds smaller, according to several estimates by experts. The Washington Post and other news outlets sought the official images after Trump boasted of his inauguration crowd size and his press secretary, Sean Spicer, accused the media of doctoring photographs to show angles with small numbers of attendees. Spicer also called Trump’s inauguration “the most viewed in history.” The official images — which show attendees up close, Park Service police monitoring crowds, protesters on the ground as well as aerial photographs shot from government helicopters — show the crowd in attendance is sparser than the president said, and certainly thinner than the crowd that Obama drew in 2009. “I’m assuming they show exactly what the rest of the world knows,” said Keith Still, a mathematician and crowd expert at Manchester Metropolitan University in England who analyzed the news footage from the Trump inauguration. Still had not seen the Park Service images released Monday. “It was a very large crowd,” Still said. “It was also a third of the Obama crowd in 2009.” That estimate is shared by other crowd experts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/03/06/here-are-the-photos-that-show-obamas-inauguration-crowd-was-bigger-than-trumps/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_powerpost-photos-855pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.da5720bc0026

If you didn't see a problem with his statement, that's part of the problem. Imagine if one of your family members were kidnapped, shipped overseas in chains, and sold into slavery. You think the slave would be thinking about how their descendants would benefit from their new location? I think they would have more pressing issues to think about.

I don't hate people, I disagreed with most of his policies. I supported his decision to invade Afghanistan and still do, and his outreach to Africa to reduce diseases like AIDS. His biggest flaw was letting those around him convince him to invade Iraq, which destabilized the region and gave us the situation we're still in. But compared to Trump he was a reasonable moderate Republican who didn't make decisions to satisfy his narcissism.