March 24, 2017

All-male White House health bill photo sparks anger

Source: BBC




All-male White House health bill photo sparks anger

2 hours ago





There is a familiarity about this photo, and it could have been taken in many boardrooms around the world - men gathered around a table making plans and cutting deals.

But the lack of women here, among a group of conservative Republicans discussing their healthcare bill with the vice-president, struck a particular nerve.

That's because one of the points under discussion was whether the new bill should mandate that health insurance plans provide "essential benefits" including maternity services.

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So the reaction was swift when Vice-President Mike Pence tweeted the photo, with the words: "Appreciated joining @POTUS for meeting with the Freedom Caucus again today This is it. #PassTheBill"........................

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39375228

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Bad optics Trumpy--but we know your attitude on women!



Democratic Senator Patty Murray was one of the first to respond, making an ironic observation.

March 24, 2017

Nunes Backs Down From Assertion Trump Was Monitored

Source: NBC



BREAKING News
Mar 24 2017, 12:48 pm ET
Nunes Backs Down From Assertion Trump Was Monitored

by Ken Dilanian and Ali Vitali

The chairman of the House intelligence committee has backed down from his dramatic assertion that Donald Trump and his aides were "monitored," by U.S. spies a claim the Republicans have cited this week in emails to loyalists.

Rep. Devin Nunes told reporters Friday he can't be sure whether conversations among Trump or his aides were captured in the surveillance that has become a source of controversy since Nunes made it public in two news conferences this week.

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Nunes continued to refuse to say how he had learned about the surveillance, including whether his source was in the White House.



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Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nunes-backs-down-assertion-trump-was-monitored-n738151

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Nunes has no shame.

Just remember also that Numes said Wednesday that he spoke to Paul Ryan,-before he went to the Wh. Ryan is in this DEEP!



https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/845298459297157120

March 24, 2017

SCHIFF says.... says it's time for a 9/11-style independent commission on Russia.

RogelioGarcia Lawyer? @LawyerRogelio 1h1 hour ago

SCHIFF says Ryan must decide if NUNES should B removed as committee chair; says it's time for a 9/11-style independent commission on Russia.

https://twitter.com/LawyerRogelio/status/845306436804640769

March 24, 2017

No difference: Saudi Arabia VS U.S. White House making decisions for Womens Health Care

https://twitter.com/thebigotbasher/status/845310161765961728

March 24, 2017

Planned Parenthoods President: "Its Time For Ivanka To Stand For Women"

Source: buzzfeed




Planned Parenthood’s President: "It’s Time For Ivanka To Stand For Women"

The health care bill up for a vote in the House of Representatives Friday would defund the non-profit.
Originally posted on Mar. 24, 2017, at 8:50 a.m. Updated on Mar. 24, 2017, at 10:36 a.m.



Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards urged Ivanka Trump on Friday to step into the debate over the Republican health care bill.

The president’s daughter’s silence on the way the legislation would affect women has been “deafening,” she said, and that “it’s time for Ivanka to … stand for women.”

Ivanka is currently on a ski vacation with her family in Aspen. The bill, which would remove federal requirements to provide services like maternity care, and would block federal funding for Planned Parenthood, is scheduled to go for a vote later Friday.

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“Any woman who votes for this bill is betraying every woman in America,” she said. “Women will not just lose their healthcare, but lose their lives over this bill.”.............................

Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/cecile-richards-interview-buzzfeed-news?utm_term=.yqmoRg3nX#.wh1REmDWn

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Richards knows Ivanka will be silent today. Makes Ivanka look foolish.

March 24, 2017

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March 24, 2017

Pro-Trump mouthpiece-National Inquirer portrays Flynn as scapegoat, Russia 'spy'

Dan De Luce? @dandeluce

Dan De Luce Retweeted Ken Dilanian

Pro-Trump mouthpiece portrays Flynn as scapegoat, Russia 'spy'


https://twitter.com/dandeluce/status/845301832947773442


https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/845271731900223488

March 24, 2017

Senator Patty Murray: Republicans shouldnt change the rules, they should change the nominee.

Senator Patty Murray?Verified account @PattyMurray 1m1 minute ago

If Judge Gorsuch can’t get 60 votes, Republicans shouldn’t change the rules, they should change the nominee. http://bit.ly/2nvIlDW #SCOTUS



https://twitter.com/PattyMurray/status/845301435193528321

March 24, 2017

Trumps Treasury Secretary MNUCHIN on Trump:

The world has gone mad!



AMC Retweeted
Justin Green?Verified account @JGreenDC 40m40 minutes ago

MNUCHIN on Trump: "He's got perfect genes. He has incredible energy and he's unbelievably healthy."


https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/845259219423182848

March 24, 2017

Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower

Amy Siskind ?Verified account @Amy_Siskind

I'm sure it's a coincidence that Russian organized crime operates out of Trump Tower. And banks in Cyprus again.

https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/845245779958730753












Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story-fbi-wiretap-russians-trump-tower/story?id=46266198

By Brian Ross
Matthew Mosk

Mar 21, 2017, 7:40 AM ET

Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
WatchFBI director refutes Trump's wiretapping claim



There, indeed, was an FBI wiretap involving Russians at Trump Tower.

But it was not placed at the behest of Barack Obama, and the target was not the Trump campaign of 2016. For two years ending in 2013, the FBI had a court-approved warrant to eavesdrop on a sophisticated Russian organized crime money-laundering network that operated out of unit 63A in Trump Tower in New York.

The FBI investigation led to a federal grand jury indictment of more than 30 people, including one of the world’s most notorious Russian mafia bosses, Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov. Known as the “Little Taiwanese,” he was the only target to slip away, and he remains a fugitive from American justice.

Seven months after the April 2013 indictment and after Interpol issued a red notice for Tokhtakhounov, he appeared near Donald Trump in the VIP section of the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. Trump had sold the Russian rights for Miss Universe to a billionaire Russian shopping mall developer. .....................................