I didn't write this thread title, I'm just quoting a really intelligent and talented poster on the last Trump thread

[BiglyBadgers]

New thread!

Interesting take.

Mattis's progress

That should, of course, read 'Mattis's progress'. The app still has a problem with apostrophes in links it seems.

“He certainly has got a tough job, but it sometimes feels like he forgets that we won the election,”

Not Trump, surprisingly. Mattis, it seems. Maybe the person was a bit confused.

I've just started, by the way, an interesting collection of short stories called 'The Accusation', written under the pseudonym of 'Banji' and apparently smuggled out of NK under extremely difficult conditions.

I'll let you all know how I get on with it.

SanFran, that tweet sounds like someone told him he better offer condolences and then he pouted and grumbled and wrote a half-assed statement.

California is da shiznit! www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/21/1645814/-California-proposal-would-pull-public-investments-from-companies-bidding-on-Trump-s-wall

Bwahahahahaha!
www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/22/1646156/-Awwww-Defense-Secretary-Mattis-is-giving-the-GOP-the-sadz

Ok I promise this is my last dailykos link for the evening, but it's a doozie.... www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/22/1646236/-Breaking-Rep-Schiff-I-have-seen-more-that-circumstantial-evidence

I was wondering where the heck everyone is, and just looked up the time difference and I now realize my UK friends must be fast asleep. :)

(The Hill) Re: two Bill Mitchell retweets Trump has sent today. They are odd, self-serving, and - odd. And obviously trying to twist the truth.

thehill.com/homenews/news/325354-trump-retweets-radio-host-bill-mitchell-he-always-ends-up-being-right-after

From The Daily Show Facebook page

The thing with Trumpcare is that to the English it sounds like something you buy in pastel packaging for help with a nasty case of trapped wind.

I am looking forward to seeing how the vote goes today. If he loses it will be a huge blow for them.

Trumpcare - Make Guts Great Again.
MGGA

Someone earlier was commenting on the recent increase in the death rate of Russian officials. The Daily Beast has an article on this you might be interested in

www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/23/was-a-magnitsky-lawyer-defenestrated-for-embarrassing-putin.html?via=desktop&source=twitter

One down....

Fukumoto, 33, the youngest Hawaii legislator to serve as House minority leader, said divisive campaign rhetoric during the 2016 elections convinced her the Republican Party no longer reflected her political values or the interests of her state's diverse population.

Hawaii lawmaker resigns from Republican Party to join Democrats
www.reuters.com/article/us-hawaii-lawmaker-idUSKBN16U0B5?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=58d38fc104d3016c770c4e98&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Thanks for the article on the Russian death rates. :)

That's why Trump was asked about Putin being a "killer".

I like the title. "Defenestrated".

Uh oh. Here we go again...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has directed U.S. diplomatic missions to identify "populations warranting increased scrutiny" and toughen screening for visa applicants in those groups, according to diplomatic cables seen by Reuters.

He has also ordered a "mandatory social media check" for all applicants who have ever been present in territory controlled by the Islamic State, in what two former U.S. officials said would be a broad, labor-intensive expansion of such screening. Social media screening is now done fairly rarely by consular officials, one of the former officials said.

Exclusive: U.S. embassies ordered to identify population groups for tougher visa screening
www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-visas-exclusive-idUSKBN16U12X?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

Lweji Well, I hope Trump is defenestrated soon, just not in a gory fashion, as I'm a lovely person.

Maybe just out of a ground floor window. A minor defenestration

Traditional defenestration often ended up in the dung heap, sounds ideal for Trump

"mandatory social media check" for all applicants who have ever been present in territory controlled by the Islamic State

Even if they were fighting against ISIS?

I wish they had conducted similar tough screening on Presidential candidates and Administration nominees.

I like the word defenestration I need to use it more in everyday conversation

Mattis seems quite decent. He met with the Finnish Defence Minister to basically reassure him that it doesn't matter what Trump says, the US is still going to support Europe and cooperate properly.
Interesting to find out that in military training in the US they study what the Finns did during the Winter War - trendsetters those Finns were

It figures:

Late G.O.P. Proposal Could Mean Plans That Cover Aromatherapy but Not Chemotherapy

www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/upshot/late-gop-proposal-could-mean-plans-that-cover-aromatherapy-but-not-chemotherapy.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

It's a problem with defining or not what an insurance plan should include or not. Obamacare defines minimum cover standards

GOP don't seem to agree, instead, people should choose covers that "suit them".

"Mark Pauly, a professor of health care management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, who tends to favor market solutions in health care, said that while the Obamacare rules are “paternalistic,” it would be problematic to offer subsidies without standards. “If they’re going to offer a tax credit for people who are buying insurance, well, what is insurance?” he said, noting that you might end up with the government paying for plans that covered aromatherapy but not hospital care. “You have to specify what’s included.”"