The Long ObamaCare Repeal Con Comes to a Dramatic End (For Now): ‘BradCast’ 7/28/2017

Also: GOP and Trump still playing voters for morons, Priebus is out; 'The Mooch' unleashed; More evidence Dems still denying vaping science...

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On today’s BradCast, an insane week in D.C. ends with a dramatic flourish (or two). [Audio link to show follows below.]

Unprecedented chaos besetting U.S. Senate Republicans over the past week, amidst their 7-year quest to kill the Affordable Care Act, came to a suspenseful and dramatic close late on Thursday night and early Friday morning — as the ailing Sen. John McCain joined Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins to defeat the last of the GOP proposals drafted in haste in hopes of repealing ObamaCare. At least for now. If there’s one thing you can count on, Republicans will continue to treat their voters like suckers and morons.

And, an insane, profanity-filled tirade of a phone call to a reporter by Donald Trump’s new White House Communications Director results not in the firing of Anthony Scaramucci, but with the firing of Trump’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.

In the meantime, while Democrats, to their credit, were successful in their efforts to save health care coverage for tens of millions of Americans, their efforts to prevent the use of vaping devices, which might otherwise help save the lives of half a million Americans each year, suffers a setback as the FDA delays restrictions on e-cigarettes and yet another new scientific study finds vaping is one of the most effective ways to help smokers quit.

Finally, speaking of science deniers, our latest Green News Report with Desi Doyen details U.S. Coast Guard plans to prepare for six feet of sea level rise and the GOP chair of the U.S. House Science Committee argues that climate change will actually be “beneficial”. But, never fear, we’ve got quite a bit of good news in today’s GNR as well!…

The BradCast with Brad Friedman 7/28/2017
The Long ObamaCare Repeal Con Comes to a Dramatic End (For Now): ‘BradCast’ 7/28/2017  |  Also: GOP and Trump still playing voters for morons, Priebus is out; 'The Mooch' unleashed; More evidence Dems still denying vaping science...   · · · · ·   The Long ObamaCare Repeal Con Comes to a Dramatic End (For Now): ‘BradCast’ 7/28/2017  |  Also: GOP and Trump still playing voters for morons, Priebus is out; 'The Mooch' unleashed; More evidence Dems still denying vaping science...
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    actblues said on 7/30/2017 @ 8:19am PT: [Permalink]

    Hate to break the bad news, but McCain is a Democrat now, and with this democrat corruption soon it will be revealed the math in Obamacare was written to fail.
    IF only the price for someone who walked in with NO INSURANCE was the exact same as someone on Welfare gets, the cost would come down to the point where everyone could pay cash for treatment, and you would not need insurance. But unlike a gallon of gas, the hospitals break existing UCC law, and this is the way corrupt democrats and republicans want it.

    Jail for all the hospital CEO’s and doctors who preach HCLF diet, perpetuating sickness and death..

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    Laura Roslin said on 7/30/2017 @ 11:20am PT: [Permalink]

    Wish you would cover the saga of the Awan Brothers, Debbie Wasserman Schultz’ IT guys.

    Mainstream media not covering this but doesn’t hesitate to yell #Russia Russia 24X7 when there’s a real proven scandal/crime:

    How secure were Wasserman Schultz emails or other members of congress? Wasserman Schultz’s own IT aid Imran Awan, a Pakistani – has been “accused of stealing equipment from members’ offices without their knowledge and committing serious, potentially illegal, violations on the House IT network.”
    Imran Awan had Wasserman-Schultz password to her iPad.
    (per DNC emails at wikileaks)

    Officially, “Imran Awan has been charged with bank fraud but it is unclear whether that charge is just a placeholder for other charges that are yet to come.’ ~ Zero Hedge.

    The Daily Caller has done extensive investigating on this issue along with providing quotes by House IT aids, court docs and a list of congressmen served by Imran Awan’s firm.

    ? 7/25/2017 Wasserman Schultz’s Top IT Aide Imran Awan Arrested At Airport After Transferring $300k To Pakistan From House Office.
    ? Imran Awan, a Pakistani-born IT aide, had access to all emails and files of dozens of members of Congress, as well as the password to the iPad that Wasserman Schultz used for Democratic National Committee business before she resigned as its head in July 2016.
    ? House IT Aides Fear Suspects In Hill Breach Are Blackmailing Members With Their Own Data
    ? the Awan crew is “accused of stealing equipment from members’ offices without their knowledge and committing serious, potentially illegal, violations on the House IT network.”
    ? 2/4/17: House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised By Rogue IT Staff
    ? 2004 Imran Awan was first employed in 2004 by former Democrat Rep. Robert Wexler (FL) as an “information technology director”,
    ? 2005 began working in Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office.
    ? 2009 Awan’s firm worked as computer administrators for dozens of Democrats in the House of Representatives, many who were serving on the intelligence, homeland security and foreign affairs committees
    ? the Awans appeared at one time or another on an estimated 80 House Democrats’ payrolls.

    Daily Caller (all articles) A Continuing DCNF Investigative Group Series including court documents
    https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws....wanseries.html

    Awan had Wasserman Schulz iPad password used for DNC business before she resigned as it’s head.
    http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/...e-the-country/

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2...t-legal-advice

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