This will be quick and it will mostly be about Health Care…
- Matt Yglesias tells us what Trump promised to do about Health Care and what the current G.O.P. plan does. Not that long ago, when Obama or Clinton had said one thing and done another, even some of their supporters would have howled about broken promises and a total lack of integrity on the part of the man who broke them. But Trump can promise not to cut Medicaid, then cut Medicaid and his backers don't see what the problem is.
- Jonathan Chait, like Yglesias above, notes that the White House and the Republicans are trying to rush this thing through before anyone really knows the fine details, before the CBO and other experts have a chance to evaluate its true impact and before effective protests can be mounted against it. Gee, I wonder why.
- Sarah Kliff explains more about what the bill would do and what it would not do.
- Nate Silver, who was righter about the 2016 election than some admit, makes a pretty convincing case that the James Comey letter cost Hillary the presidency. And in yesterday's hearings, Comey made a pretty unconvincing case that he didn't do something very, very wrong.
- Chauncey DeVega argues that the underlying theme of the Republican Party is becoming that America would be a better place if poor and sick people just died. I don't agree that's how most Republicans feel but I do think the perception is trending.
Stephen Colbert issued a slight apology for his language but no regrets for insulting Donald Trump. I don't think anyone should apologize for insulting Donald Trump until he changes his policy of never apologizing to anyone for anything. And I just got a text that the House has passed the measure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Amazing that this is probably being cheered by a lot of people who are about to lose their affordable care.