Category: Web Briefing
Schneider: The ‘invisible primary’ has begun
Non-college educated whites have not voted for a Democrat for president in more than 50 years. https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/451852-the-invisible-primary-has-begun
ObamaCare Abortion Payment Rule Races Enrollment Deadline
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/obamacare-abortion-payment-rule-races-enrollment-deadline
President Directs Agencies to Expand HSA and FSA Rules
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/president-directs-agencies-to-expand-hsa-and-fsa-rules
Whatever Happened to ObamaCare?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/whatever-happened-obamacare-223743487.html
Kamala Harris Says ‘Medicare for All’ Wouldn’t End Private Insurance. It Would
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/harris-keeps-tripping-her-medicare-080000049.html
Gingrich: Kamala Harris will be the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee because She will Win the Dem Radical and Gender and Racial Primaries
https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-will-2020-democratic-nominee-why-newt-gingrich-has-been-saying-that-all-year-1447226
Embracing Medicare for All Will Put the Democratic Party on Life Support
https://www.thedailybeast.com/embracing-medicare-for-all-will-put-the-democratic-party-on-life-support
“I’m proud to be working with AOC and so many other Democrats to pass Medicare for All, debt-free college, and a Green New Deal,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/05/agenda-america-needs-sanders-fires-back-after-biden-attacks-medicare-all-and-other
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson warns US elections could become more like Iran’s
https://apnews.com/0c6962ba64b74c459b3cac060e322087
LA Times: Did the 6.4 and 7.1 Earthquakes Relieve Pressure on the Fault Lines? No.
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-did-california-earthquake-relieve-earthquake-stress-20190705-story.html Relatively speaking, places on the southwest side of the San Andreas fault — such as Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara — are inching toward Alaska. Places on the other side of...
Venus Williams Reacts to Stunning Wimbledon Loss as 15-Year-Old Coco Gauff Praises Her ”Idol”
https://www.eonline.com/news/1053670/venus-williams-reacts-to-stunning-wimbledon-loss-as-15-year-old-coco-gauff-praises-her-idol
Biden Returns to Campaign Trail With Strong Defense of ObamaCare
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-04/biden-returns-to-campaign-trail-with-strong-defense-of-obamacare
Harris-ish: Keeps Tripping Over Her ‘Medicare for All’ Fuzziness
https://www.bgov.com/core/news/#!/articles/PU3JJD6S9728
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: Our Asylum Laws Are ‘Vague, Lax, And Being Gamed — ‘It Pains Me’ But Trump is Right
Fareed Zakaria: Our asylum laws are ‘vague, lax, and being gamed’ “Given President Trump’s mean spirited and often bigoted attitudes on immigration, it pains me to say this, but he is right, that the...
Sen. Kennedy: Someone needs to tell AOC ‘the voices in her head are not real’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sen-kennedy-someone-needs-to-tell-aoc-the-voices-in-her-head-are-not-real
Bernie’s backers get antsy
Since the beginning of the race, Morning Consult polls have repeatedly shown that Sanders is the second choice of a plurality of Biden voters.
For Dems, It’s All About Race
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/03/tucker_carlson_the_modern_democrat_party_sees_racism_everywhere.html
Hunting Huawei’s Hidden Back Doors: How do you find hundreds of vulnerabilities hidden in millions of lines of firmware code?
Hunting Huawei’s Hidden Back Doors
CNN Poll: Democrats’ Healthcare, Immigration Extremism Opposed By Large Majorities of Voters
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/07/03/cnn-poll-democrats-healthcare-immigration-extremism-opposed-by-large-majorities-of-voters-n2549367
All the Different Alternative Meats You Can Throw on Your Grill, Explained
All the Different Alternative Meats You Can Throw on Your Grill, Explained How good is it for the world? It’s way better for the environment than an animal-based burger. “The University of Michigan did a life cycle...
Since he’s Not a Black Liberal, Media Ignore Attack on Asian Journalist by Antifa Left-Wing Shock Troops
Unlike Smollett, there is video of the attack
Running from the establishment could be dangerous for Democrats
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/451428-running-from-the-establishment-could-be-dangerous-for-democrats Democrats’ debates showed, and primary polling quantifies, their establishment’s decline. The fall has been precipitous and appears to be accelerating. It has been half a century since the party has been so unabashedly liberal. While...
Rep. Justin Amash Quits Republican Party
https://www.yahoo.com/news/justin-amash-quits-republican-party-independence-100000076.html
NEWSFLASH: Liberal Media Tells Dems to Stop Taking Unpopular Positions
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/democratic-candidates-taking-unpopular-stances-progressive-trump-private-insurance-decriminalize-border.html
Former Google Engineer: CEO Sundar Pichai Lied to Congress About Blacklists
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/07/02/former-google-engineer-ceo-sundar-pichai-lied-to-congress-about-blacklists/
Outgunned Politically by Trump, Democrats Call Tech Help Desk for 2020 Race
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-02/silicon-valley-invests-in-startups-to-help-elect-democrats?srnd=premium
The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/02/keane-fox-news-iran-trump-1394148
Quinnipiac University National Poll: Biden 22, Harris 20 and Warren and Sanders at 14 and 13 — but Despite Drop, Biden Seen as Best Bet Against Trump
https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2631
USA Today: Biden 24, Harris 16, Warren 13, Sanders, 9
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/02/iowa-kamala-harris-surges-and-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-suffer/1626346001/
Politico: Buttigieg Out Raises Sanders by millions in money chase
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/02/sanders-buttigieg-campaign-money-1394884
Poll: Americans Oppose giving Health Care to Illegal Immigrants
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/likely_voters_say_hell_no_to_democrats_free_health_care_for_illegals_rasmussen.html Nearly 7-in-10 likely voters 40 to 64-years-old said they opposed taxpayer-funded health care for illegal aliens in their state, while almost 8-in-10 Republican voters said they too opposed such a plan. Even with...
Lyft Gets Medicaid Certification in Quest to Address Social Determinants of Health
Lyft Gets Medicaid Certification in Quest to Address Social Determinants of Health
Post-Debate Dem Voter Poll: Warren, Harris and Booker Make the Most Gains, Beto Takes the Biggest Loss
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-kamala-harris-electability-poll_n_5d18ca8ae4b03d61163d2743
The 2020 Democratic primary is suddenly wide open
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/01/joe-biden-democrats-2020-1390739
Trudeau gets the Cold Shoulder at G20
LMAOOOOO PATHETIC pic.twitter.com/JawT8Ulskj — Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 30, 2019
Canadian Imam Preaches that Someone who Rapes and Murders but Prays, is More Godly than Non-believers
Here is a sample of what's preached by some Mullahs in many mosques of Canada and the USA. The Islamic cleric proclaims from the pulpit that a murderer and a rapist are better in...
CNN Poll: Harris and Warren rise and Biden slides 10 points after first Democratic debates
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/politics/2020-democratic-candidates-poll/index.html
What did the Executive Order on Health Care Price Transparency Do?
https://www.mwcllc.com/ideas/updates/articles/2019/6/healthcare-transparency-what-did-executive-order-do
Sullivan: The Democratic Candidates Are in a Bubble on Immigration
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/_pages/cjxg9ymru007yl6y6zstts42l.html
Cory Booker bashes Joe Biden over ‘kid wearing hoodie’ remark
https://nypost.com/2019/06/29/cory-booker-bashes-joe-biden-over-kid-wearing-hoodie-remark/
MarketWatch: Trump’s plan for health-care pricing could expand HSAs
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-money-saving-workplace-benefit-could-expand-under-trumps-plan-for-health-care-pricing-2019-06-28
‘Nobel Prize in stupidity’: Holocaust survivor wants AOC out of Congress
There are few remaining survivors of concentration camps. Ed Mosberg is one of them. And the 93-year-old from Morris Plains, NJ, has no time for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s statements last week, when she called...
Trump becomes first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea, Meets Kim Jong Un at the DMZ
https://www.reuters.com/video/2019/06/30/trump-meets-kim-becomes-first-president?videoId=568525056
What Vice President Biden Should Have Said to Senator Harris
Notwithstanding your declaration that you have concluded that I am not a racist, your comments imply and are infused with the language that you are, in fact, calling me a racist. And when you...
All Democrats Agree Illegal Immigrants Should Get Health Care Coverage
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/06/27/all_dem_candidates_raise_hand_when_asked_if_illegal_immigrants_should_get_health_care_coverage_at_debate.html
Kamala’s attack on Biden was months in the making: she and her advisers assiduously plotted the attack — and how to capitalize on it afterward
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/28/kamala-harris-joe-biden-debate-1390383
Vox: Bernie Sanders is winning the internet. Will it win him the White House?
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/6/25/18753934/bernie-sanders-video-2020-facebook-twitter-debate
The Dem-on-Dem Race War Continues
https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1144387728831909889/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Faocs-chief-of-staff-deletes-tweet-attacking-blue-dog-caucus-as-new-southern-democrats
Scarborough: First Round Of Debates Was A “Disaster” For Democratic Party, “I Hope People Weren’t Watching”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/06/28/joe_scarborough_first_debate_was_a_disaster_for_democratic_party_i_hope_people_werent_watching.html?jwsource=cl
Eat Your Vegetables — er, Meat: Arby’s test meat made to look like Vegetables
Arby’s Tests Meat Products That Look Like Carrots
Amazon’s Alexa started calling man a ‘SH**HEAD after he cancelled his Amazon Prime subscription
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/9390172/alexa-insults-man-cancelled-amazon-prime-subscription/
Joe Biden urges building on Obamacare instead of adopting Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/27/biden-urges-building-on-obamacare-instead-of-adopting-medicare-for-all.html
Washington D.C. Streets Were Deserted During the Democratic Presidential Primary Debate
It was quieter than if you venture out during the Superbowl.
Supreme Court decides federal judges cannot block gerrymandering
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/27/supreme-court-decides-that-courts-cannot-block-gerrymandering.html
AOC learns to play the insider’s game
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/27/ocasio-cortez-pelosi-congress-1385112
What Can I Use My Health Savings Account For?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jbrewer/2019/06/26/what-can-i-use-my-health-savings-account-for/#781d2e8e100f
Poll: Presidential Tulsi Gabbard Wins Dem Debate, Beto Clear Loser
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7186581/Internet-poll-shows-Tulsi-Gabbard-hands-winner-Democratic-debate.html
The President Gives NBC a Nerple by Tweet
Thank you @MSNBC, real professionals! @chucktodd @maddow pic.twitter.com/7ZCkcUQ4yA — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2019
Vogue: 36 Hours With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
https://www.vogue.com/article/36-hours-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-primary-anniversary?verso=true
AOC: If we Nominate Biden, we will Lose to Trump — the Price of “the dude in the diner” is too high
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/aoc-democrats-will-lose-to-trump-if-biden-is-nominee?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_Breaking%20News%20Alert_06/26/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_B “That’s my frustration with politics today, that they’re willing to give up every single person in America just for that dude in a diner,” she told Vogue. “Just so that you can get this very...
Health care price transparency a sticking point in Ohio budget negotiations
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/06/health-care-price-transparency-a-sticking-point-in-ohio-budget-negotiations.html
WaPo: Trump transparency order seeks to rewrite health-care campaign script
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2019/06/25/the-health-202-trump-orders-hospital-price-transparency-seeking-to-rewrite-health-care-campaign-script/5d111de0a7a0a47d87c56e30/?utm_term=.04cc4be0d223
So, there is this…
“Toomin’s ruling also allows the special prosecutor to delve into Foxx’s own handling of the case, meaning that Foxx and her people may also be questioned, under oath.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-jussie-smollett-special-prosecutor-kim-foxx-kass-20190621-5sxrf5ez75hvxbigzbo6qxoj3u-story.html
Activists say they’re accepting nothing less than Medicare for all
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/movement-medicare-activists-policy/story?id=63887338