January 23, 2017 7:10 AM
Morning Reads — Rise Up Out Of Bed Edition
Did you hear? We have a new president. Just in case you haven’t heard. It’s a pretty big deal.
Jimmy Carter, at 92, was just on the video board yelling, "Rise Up."
— Jeff Schultz (@JeffSchultzAJC) January 22, 2017
- President Trump sings the praises of Gov Perdue.
- The Republican Obamacare replacement would convert Medicaid to block grants.
- Meet the Republican governors who don’t want to repeal all of Obamacare.
- Trump’s first weekend in office could have been better.
- Pray for those in southwest Georgia that were affected by the terrible storms.
- Georgia conservatives move to end the death penalty.
- The Falcons will face the Patriots in Super Bowl LI.
- I won’t even argue with anyone on this: The opposite of alternative facts is fiction.
- The Clintons are charting a path forward after Hillary’s loss.
- Congressman Lewis spoke to the protesters in Atlanta.
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Will Kremer
Will is an active member of the Georgia Republican grassroots. He previously served as Chairman of the Georgia Association of College Republicans, 2nd Vice Chairman of the 7th District Republican Party, and Treasurer of the Forsyth County Republican Party. Promise Land = Forsyth County.
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“. . . when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out.”
Facts are for other people.
That quote is a GOP establishment quote, and you can bet the minority governing the country will do everything in its power to manipulate the alternative reality that it created.
The Great Trumpkin lies about inauguration crowd size within hours of the oath of office. Even Fox News questioned Trump’s honesty. No worries, sycophants Preibus and Conway explained the lies were “alternative facts.”
What I see happening is that certain media will be identified as being ‘friendly’ to the administration (nothing new), and those outlets will get better access, others shunned. The difference is it will end up being Breitbart, Newsmax, The Washington Times, and Drudge; as long as they are willing to repeat lies that’s the only criteria. It’s the beginning of a propaganda department and heck, they are halfway there: Breitbart and the New York Observer are on the WH staff!
I think we are in some sort of post Godwin’s Law, or maybe a corollary: Even if you can’t bring up Nazi’s you can bring up fascism, because evidence so far indicates it’s going to be hard to avoid.
I’m pretty sure that Breitbart can safely be considered the propaganda arm of the Trump administration since Steve Bannon is actually in the white house.
And the New York Observer is owned by Jared Kushner, Trump’s “most trusted advisor”.
Nothing to worry about. I’m sure it will all work out OK.
Quibble:
>”the opposite of ‘alternative facts’ is fiction.”
I don’t think that’s what you meant. Please replace “opposite” with “definition.”
Medicaid should be funded through block grants. Give the states a fixed amount (for basic care) based on population and let them run the program. If Kasich or any governor wants to expand services then the state can fund it.
States are better at budgeting than the Feds so let states handle year to year fluctuations.
>year to year fluctuations
It’s illegal for Georgia to pass a budget that goes into debt. And if the state’s receipts start to dip below the expenditures, the Gov has to call the GA back into session to deal with it by making cuts.
So ACP’s right – if there’s a recession, services must by law be cut. The question will be “where?”
Correct, it’s all about priorities which is why we have elected representatives. They make those decisions.
I view the 17 million added to Medicaid between 2013 and 2016 as a failure. How many more do you want to add to the Medicaid rolls or do you want everyone on Medicaid?
Of course they want everyone on Medicaid. That’s the whole point. Then you have single-payer government run heath insurance.
Sorry but it’s not “affordable health insurance”. It’s a welfare program that requires little or nothing from the recipient.
The “federal government is paying 95% of the cost”. The federal government is us, the taxpayers, not some amorphous entity.
And yes 67 million on Medicaid and five million in CHIP is a failure. I like block grants because states will do all the negotiations with providers. States won’t need to use gimmicks like a ” bed tax” to obtain more “federal money”. States will decide who gets on the program and will be able to institute co-pays.
As you can see we have a basic disagreement as to the role of government in healthcare.
I thought Medicaid was already administered by the states.
block grants ironically trade state flexibility in spending for inflexible budget constraint. some states will be manage better than others. so tough to predict and control health care costs regardless.
Dems disparaging Trump as an illegitimate President…..
“We can’t let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty. Our nation is totally divided! ”
Tweet by Trump 11:29PM 6 Nov 2012 that the GOP says we ought to all rally around, on Obama elected by an actual majority without any Russian interference.
Jody Hice introduced this session’s “Life Begins at Fertilization” bill, H.R. 586. Cosponsored by the rest of the Republican delegation of Georgia… Except Price.
Yes, if one believes in states’ rights, Congress should not be doing much either way on the abortion issue. That is the way it was before ROE….
Constitutional rights still outweigh states’ rights? Isn’t that why we fought that little war?
Constitutional rights outweigh states’ rights? Yes. But the word “abortion” is not mentioned in the Constitution.
actually, there are much more nuanced looks that should be given with regard to the federalist apportionment of power, and applicability of the federal constitution to state action.
Right to privacy pretty much covers the situation.
Lots of things aren’t mentioned in the Constitution.
Abortion. Internet. Email.