After years of anticipation, Trump and the GOP have finally begun to unveil their healthcare agenda - and to paraphrase CBS' chief Les Moonves: it might not be good for America, but it sure will be good for the insurance companies!

Jonathan Cohn at the Huffington Post explains that this proposal "would change the rules for insurers that sell coverage through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges or directly to individuals".

But even more telling is the move to shorten open enrollment periods which The Hill reports is "intended to cut down on sick people gaming the system and driving up costs".

But isn't this rule just an admission that our healthcare system is designed to be difficult to access, so people are forced to "game it"?

-Thom

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Friday's Daily Stack 

Article: "State Dept. carries out layoffs under Rex Tillerson" by Margaret Brennan, Kylie Atwood.

Tweet: "RT- Today's news conference & coverage is not chaos. It's careful strategy. Please read & share w/ anyone in the #Resistance. Be prepared." by Alt Dept of State.

Article: "A Jewish Reporter Got to Ask Trump a Question. It Didn't Go Well." by Laurie Goodstein.

Article: "Trump asks black reporter to schedule meeting with Congressional Black Caucus" by Mary Bruce, John Parkinson, Katherine Faulders.

Article: "Exclusive: Classified Memo Tells Intelligence Analysts to Keep Trump's Daily Brief Short" by Ashley Dejean.

Survey: "Mainstream Media Accountability Survey" by Trump Make America Great Again Committee.

Video: Tapper: Trump's presser was unhinged.

Article: "White House Blasts "False" AP Report That 100,000 Troops Will Round Up Illegal Aliens" by Tyler Durden.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Book: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.

Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Article: "Trump weighs mobilizing up to 100,000 National Guard troops for immigration roundups: memo" by Garance Burke, AP.

Book: "They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Mayer.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "FCC Eliminates Fairness Doctrine in Rules Shake-Up" by Paul Bond, 8/22/2011.

Article: "Sturmabteilung" (Brownshirts).

Article: "Journalists at Inaugural protests charged with felonies" by Mike Snider.

Article: "Prosecutors drop charges for 5 arrested on at Trump's inauguration" by AP.

Law: Posse Comitatus Act (1878).

Site: Common Dreams

Site: Alternet

Site: OpEdNews

Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.

Article: "Beer Hall Putsch" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Stephen Miller (political advisor)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alumni draft open letter, raise money in protest of Trump advisor Stephen Miller" by Adam Beyer and Claire Ballentine.

Article: "Open Letter to Stephen Miller" by Duke University alumni.

Article: "Alan Berg" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mentally ill, and armed: Congress just voted to let mentally impaired people own guns" by Carter Sherman.

Article: "Trump's Repeal of Stream Rule Helps Coal at the Expense of Climate and Species" by Nicholas Kusnetz.

Article: "House G.O.P. Leaders Outline Plan to Replace Obama Health Care Act" by Robert Pear and Thomas Kaplan.

Article: "Republican Health Proposal Would Redirect Money From Poor to Rich" by Margot Sanger-Katz.

Article: "Most Americans aren't financially ready for a $1,000 emergency" by AOL.

Article: "Justice Department joins Medicare Advantage fraud lawsuit against UnitedHealth" by Shelby Livingston.

Article: "Why Did ICE Arrest & Imprison a 23-Year-Old DREAMer and DACA Recipient Living Legally in the U.S.?" by Democracy Now!

Article: "Farmers need seasonal workers - and an immigration solution" by Jim Colbert.

Article: "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization by Patrick J. Buchanan.

Video: "Ronald Reagan States' Rights Speech in Philadelphia, MS", August 3, 1980.

Article: "Mississippi civil rights workers' murders" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump, Jr. makes curious campaign detour" by Rachel Maddow.

Site: Our Revolution

Article: "Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, 2017, February 23-26, 2017.

Article: "Full Transcript and Video: Trump News Conference", 16 Feb 2017.

Article: "Trump Talks Jobs At Boeing Plant In South Carolina" by Bill Chappell.

Article: "Whip (politics)" by Wikipedia.

Video: Alex Jones Officially Endorses Donald Trump.

Video: David Duke, KKK support Donald Trump.

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann

Site: Aden Forecast.

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Patrick Gavin 

Article: "Trump denies his presidency is in chaos, goes off on the press" by Justin Duckham.

Article: "Trump voters applaud press conference" by Kayleigh McEnany.

Article: "In 77 Chaotic Minutes, Trump Defends 'Fine-Tuned Machine'" by Michael D. Shear, Maggie Haberman And Glenn Thrush.

Article: "Donald Trump returns to campaign trail with another rally in Orlando Florida" by Rachael Revesz.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Tweet: "@Thom_Hartmann Funny you should mention CD 49 Issa. We are holding an empty chair town hall Tuesday night." by Lisa Mojica.

Article: "Senate confirms Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator in mostly party-line vote" by Tom DiChristopher.

Article: "Donald Trump emails plea to supporters to 'keep media accountable'" by Gavin Fernando.

Article: "Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump on Leak Concerns" by Shane Harris and Carol E. Lee.

Article: "CBS CEO: "...may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS"" by Lee Fang.

Article: "Saudi Arabia debating shape of Aramco ahead of IPO: sources" by Rania El Gamal.

Site: Arcadia Power.

Article: "Tesla's gigafactory is go! Elon Musk's megafactory in the Nevada desert begins battery production" by Mark Prigg.

Article: "Net metering in Nevada" by Wikipedia.

Article: "House Republicans Vote to End Rule Stopping Coal Mining Debris From Being Dumped in Streams" by Matthew Daly and Kevin Freking.

Law: "H.J.Res.38 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule." by Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6].

Article: "Strongest storm in years taking aim at Southern California" by Hailey Branson-Potts.

Article: "Frustrated airport officials threaten to ditch TSA and outsource" by Katie Link, May 12, 2016.

Article: "Who Owns Private Prisons? Most Likely, You!" by Amy Orr, Apr 3rd, 2015.

Article: "Cost of EpiPen: One senator's daughter is Mylan CEO, another's needs drug" by Eugene Scott.

Site: OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting

Article: "Monopsony".

Article: "Democratic National Committee Membership Roster 2016 - 2020".

Quote: "Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't." - Pete Seeger.

Article: "Woody Guthrie Wrote Angry Songs About Donald Trump's Dad" by Katie Reilly.

Video: Woody Guthrie-This Land Is Your Land.

    

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