A statue of a young girl staring down the Wall Street bull just appeared – a day before #IWD2017 pic.twitter.com/uz2TM3cblm — AJ+ (@ajplus) March 8, 2017 … Much the same as the charging bull, the little bronze girl by artist Kristen Visbal was put up in the wee hours of the morning as “guerilla art,” …
Open Thread: See, You’re Getting Smarter Already!
.@SavannahGuthrie: “Can we just pause you right there? … access to health care is not the same as health care” pic.twitter.com/H7z1mpZ6Y3 — Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 7, 2017 Good for Ms. Guthrie, pushing back on this vital distinction. Also note that Budget Chief Mulvaney slips up a bit, citing ‘a dramatic increase — improvement — …
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A Day Without Women?
pic.twitter.com/enDNE3Bezj — Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) March 8, 2017 If I were a True Progressive(tm), I probably wouldn’t be writing this (although, in my defense, for me it’s the end of Tuesday rather than the beginning of Wednesday). Yes, I enjoy putting these posts together — since it’s unpaid labor, Cole could hardly fire me for …
Horrorshow Open Thread: Repub Healthcare Prop Comedy
I just can't get over this argument. "Look at the size. This is the Democrats. This is us." pic.twitter.com/0lPfRxFvMf — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 7, 2017 Remember the ‘tube sock full of dog turds‘ I mentioned earlier? I think someone hit Sean Spicer across the back of the head with it. "Our hard constraint on …
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Open Thread: The Voters of Iowa, They’re Not Sending Their Best People
Video of that contentious exchange earlier between @ChuckGrassley and @alfranken during Rosenstein hearing https://t.co/U7uMzv1fkL — Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) March 7, 2017 Good for Senator Franken, and shame (as though they could feel any) on the Repubs. Per the Washington Post: A tense moment erupted Tuesday between Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Al Franken …
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Open Thread: The GOP Manufacturing Its Healthcare Sausage
GOP Rep. Chaffetz: Americans may need to choose between "new iphone… they just love" and investing in health care https://t.co/5Hxwn2uOl5 — New Day (@NewDay) March 7, 2017 … if by ‘sausage’, you mean ‘used tube sock full of dog turds and broken glass.’ The Washington Post Wonkblog rebuts (in case you need a link for …
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread
(Jeff Danziger’s website) . Apart from protesting Ryan’s pathetic attempt to destroy the ACA… and the President-Asterisk’s administration’s second attempt at a Muslim ban — what’s on the agenda for the day? Can't do full analysis until tomorrow. But GOP now basically accepts logic of ACA – just determined to offer an inferior version — …