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Old 01-04-2018, 05:24 AM   #16
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You must be nominating for the #FAKENEWS awards to be given Monday. You had to go back to April for that one. It's 2017 though so I guess it still qualifies.

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Old 01-04-2018, 05:28 AM   #17
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The important thing to SissyLips is the attention he gets.

Sometimes we hear it at the candy racks ....

....just before the registers at the grocery store!
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Old 01-04-2018, 06:00 PM   #18
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/breitba...eud-1515100110

breitbart thinking of ousting bannon.

however, I think the book is a dem plant to make bannon look bad.

Breitbart Owners Debate Ousting Bannon Amid Trump Feud

Former White House strategist’s longtime benefactors, billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, are distancing themselves from him

By Julie Bykowicz, Janet Hook and Rebecca Ballhaus
Updated Jan. 4, 2018 5:47 p.m. ET

President Donald Trump’s growing feud with Steve Bannon is threatening the former White House strategist’s leadership of the conservative Breitbart News website and upending Mr. Bannon’s plans to wage “war” on party incumbents he deemed insufficiently loyal to the White House agenda.

Mr. Trump said Mr. Bannon has “lost his mind” and that he has “nothing to do with me or my presidency,” a response to Mr. Bannon’s numerous incendiary comments—including insults about the president’s family—in a new book about the first year of the Trump administration.

Mr. Bannon’s longtime benefactors, billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer, are actively distancing from him even before the expected release of Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” according to two people close to the Mercers.

They and other Breitbart News Network LLC board members on Thursday were debating whether to oust Mr. Bannon as chairman, with many supportive of the move, according to a person familiar with the exchanges. Among the considerations are Breitbart’s contractual relationships with other entities, including Sirius XM radio, that involve Mr. Bannon.

Staffers at Breitbart, which Mr. Bannon has called his “killing machine,” described a “chaotic” day at the company, with writers—many personally recruited by Mr. Bannon—wondering whether he would last the day.

Asked Thursday whether Breitbart should oust Mr. Bannon, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said: “I certainly think that it’s something they should look at and consider.”

Mr. Bannon and his representatives didn’t respond to requests for comment. On two recent radio shows, Mr. Bannon expressed support for Mr. Trump. He said Thursday morning, “nothing will ever come between us and President Trump and his agenda.”

On Thursday, Mr. Trump acknowledged Mr. Bannon’s more complimentary tone. “He called me a great man last night, so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick,” Mr. Trump told reporters.

The quarrel between the onetime political partners also is raising doubts about whether Mr. Bannon will have a financial benefactor for his run at establishment Republicans, a project that he has said is ultimately aimed at toppling Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.)

After leaving the White House in August, Mr. Bannon returned to the helm of Breitbart News and toured the world speaking to groups about populism. Mr. Bannon also formed a nonprofit group to raise money for use in political races and policy fights and had been set to launch the project in the coming weeks.

The group, called Citizens of the American Republic, was registered in Virginia on Nov. 21, but beyond testing out a website since taken down, Mr. Bannon appears to have done little with the group.

Ed Rollins, a strategist for Great America PAC, a pro-Trump super PAC, said the Trump-Bannon feud will marginalize Mr. Bannon. His own group, he said, is unlikely to continue its plans to work with him on campaigns.

“Bannon could have been a force and very helpful on campaigns,” Mr. Rollins said. “Money people are only going to go with people they think are tied to Trump, and he’s lost that.”

Mr. Bannon’s move into political strategy hit an early roadblock when he backed Roy Moore in the race for the Alabama Senate seat vacated by now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Mr. Moore lost last month in an upset to a Democrat after being accused of sexual encounters with teenagers decades ago.

Tensions between Mr. Bannon and the Mercers—who have backed numerous Bannon ventures—have been simmering for months. Mr. Mercer resigned in November as chief executive of his hedge fund and sold his stake in Breitbart to Rebekah Mercer. In his resignation letter, he wrote that his views didn’t always “align” with Mr. Bannon’s but that he had “great respect” for him.

After reading about Mr. Bannon’s extensive quotes in Mr. Wolff’s book, the Mercers were “shocked and horrified,” according to one person familiar with their views.

Ms. Mercer phoned the White House on Thursday to assure Mr. Trump’s team that the Mercers still support the president, said a White House official. Later in the day, she released a rare public statement rebuking Mr. Bannon.

“I support President Trump and the platform upon which he was elected,” Ms. Mercer said in the statement. “My family and I have not communicated with Steve Bannon in many months and have provided no financial support to his political agenda, nor do we support his recent actions and statements.”

Doug Deason, a Texas-based GOP donor who has said he admires Mr. Bannon as a “brilliant guy” who played a critical role in getting Mr. Trump elected, said the former chief strategist’s ego has gotten the better of him. He said that would likely doom him with donors.

“He doesn’t have any credibility out there with anyone in the big donor class,” Mr. Deason said. “If you support the president, you can’t support Steve Bannon. Anyone who was even considering giving him money—I can’t imagine they would do that now.”

Indeed, Dan Eberhart, a GOP donor and chief executive of a Colorado-based drilling services company, said he is rethinking plans to back Mr. Bannon’s political projects.

“If he’s not President Trump’s wingman on the outside, I really don’t know what Steve Bannon’s constituency is,” Mr. Eberhart said.

Candidates who very recently touted Mr. Bannon’s support have begun distancing themselves, including Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kelli Ward, who appeared with Mr. Bannon at a campaign rally in October.

“Steve Bannon is only one of the many high-profile endorsements Dr. Ward has received,” said Ward spokesman Zachery Henry, who declined to comment on whether she would welcome another campaign visit by Mr. Bannon.

Bannon-backed candidates are being pushed by their opponents to disavow him.

Rep. Evan Jenkins, who is running for the Senate GOP nomination in West Virginia, called on his rival Attorney General Pat Morrisey to “immediately disavow Bannon’s support.”

Morrisey spokeswoman Nachama Soloveichik put out a statement emphasizing the candidate’s support for the president over his alliance with Mr. Bannon, saying he “does not support these attacks on President Trump and his family.”

However, some GOP challengers were wary of openly repudiating Mr. Bannon. Danny Tarkanian, who is running against one of the GOP’s most vulnerable senators, Dean Heller of Nevada, said he still welcomed Mr. Bannon’s support while casting himself as a Trump loyalist.

“If Mr. Bannon chooses to support me in our effort to repeal and replace Dean Heller with someone who will truly have the President’s back, I welcome his support,” Mr. Tarkanian said.
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R. Texas) said the falling out with Mr. Bannon would be good for the party’s chances in 2018.

“Mr. Bannon was out recruiting candidates who were un-electable in the general election,” Mr. Cornyn told reporters Thursday. “We can get back to work nominating good electable candidates.”

The Trump-Bannon feud has one person claiming victory: Mr. McConnell. Shortly after Mr. Trump’s Wednesday statement denouncing Mr. Bannon, Mr. McConnell’s campaign team tweeted an image of the Senate majority leader, sitting behind a desk, grinning broadly.
—Michael C. Bender and Kristina Peterson contributed to this article.

Write to Julie Bykowicz at julie.bykowicz@wsj.com, Janet Hook at janet.hook@wsj.com and Rebecca Ballhaus at Rebecca.Ballhaus@wsj.com
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Only a dumbass would believe that bullshit.


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No, it is not. The ACA has not been replaced or repealed. Without the mandate health insurance premiums will go up next year. However, the subsidy to help the policyholder pay for the premium will be available next year. This means if you are a family of 4 and make less than $95,000 you will be eligible for a subsidy from the government. You can take that to the bank.

Why are Kushner and Trump meeting with the lead guy for Obamacare at the White House. Care to explain that one?

When the ACA initially passed, weren't the subsidies supposed to go away after a few years and the penalty was supposed to increase bigly?
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Go fuck yourself.
She can't even do that!
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Old 01-05-2018, 08:35 AM   #23
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Who should I believe .... SissyLips Bannon or Trey Gowdy?
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Old 01-05-2018, 08:37 PM   #24
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When the ACA initially passed, weren't the subsidies supposed to go away after a few years and the penalty was supposed to increase bigly?
According to the link below, the tax credit subsidies for premium do not end and continue year after year. In 2017 the penalty for not having health insurance is $695 per adult, $347 per child or a total of $2085 whichever is less. With the tax reform bill that just passed this goes away April 2019 (for the tax year 2018).

https://obamacarefacts.com/insurance...m-tax-credits/
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Further down in the link it was revealed that Kushner is consulting with Zeke Emanuel on health care policy. I wonder if Kushner knows that Emanuel was the lead guy for Obamacare. Which is what Trump wants to repeal and replace. From the link.

The White House and Bannon did not respond to emails seeking comment.

One senior Trump aide said that Bannon was also frustrated with Kushner “continuing to bring in Zeke Emanuel to discuss health care options,” for instance. The aide said Emanuel has had three White House meetings, including one with Trump.

In 2009, conservatives called Emanuel “Dr. Death” for advocating for end-of-life consultations during the crafting of the Affordable Care Act. (He is also the brother of Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.)
Probably not a bad move. Consult in a guy who knows all the ins and outs of a bad policy and then do just the opposite, lol.


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