Tag Archives: health care reform

Rep. Tim Ryan Calls For GOP To Denounce Teabaggers Over Slurs And Attacks

Don’t hold your breath, Congressman. Freepers react:-“Someone should have thrown a high heel at Barney. Maybe an Air Jordan at Lewis.”-“You freaking libtards keep pushing this… and you are gonna WISH all we were doing was calling you names! It’s almost time, and thank god our side is armed and ready.”-“Two scum destroying the USA. Keep shoutin’!!!!!!”

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Teabaggers “Storm” U.S. Capitol

A huge crowd of Tea Party protesters attempted to “storm” the U.S. Capitol and Congressional office buildings this afternoon, prompting DC police to close the buildings. Teabaggers also hung “Don’t Tread On Me” and “American Revolution II” flags from the outer balcony of the Capitol. Reactions to the building closures on Free Republic: – “Looks like the commie ‘RATS are …

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Rep. Anthony Weiner SLAMS GOP For Presenting Hoax Documents

And as a bonus, he shuts down crazy-face homophobe Virginia Foxx. Dream ticket: Weiner/Grayson 2016.

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Teabaggers Threaten Gun Violence Over Health Care Reform

“If Brown can’t stop it, a Browning can!” Teabaggers continue to threaten violent revolt over health care reform. Via ePluribus Media: This is the type of violence that the Republicans and their anti-American supporters have been striving for ever since the Obama Administration took office with the pledge to clean up the GOP’s mess. In attendance and apparently proud to …

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Teabaggers: “Barney, You Faggot!”

At the behest of wingnut Rep. Steve King (R-IA), teabaggers are flooding the office buildings of Congress today. And things are getting very ugly. Things seem to be getting pretty heated in the Capitol with crowds of anti-Reform/Tea Party activists going through the halls shouting slogans and epithets at Democratic members of Congress. As our Brian Beutler reports, a few …

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HCR Update: Dems Drop Deem & Pass

The magic number is 216. Cross your fingers, kids.

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HCR Bill Ditches LGBT Health Provisions

The reconciled health care reform bill posted by the House is stripped of previously included provisions addressing LGBT concerns, such as the taxation of employee partner benefits. The HRC is disappointed, but supports the bill. While we are saddened that the House has abandoned provisions that would make care more accessible and affordable to our community, we recognize that the …

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DC: The Teabaggers’ Last Stand

NewLeftMedia lets the teabaggers speak for the themselves. The results are as you’d expect.

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Mrs. Witten

[Below is a very short story I wrote for the blog five years ago. I was reminded of it tonight during a rerun of Keith Olbermann’s epic hour-long rant on health care reform. So here’s a rerun of my own.] Rite Aid Pharmacy, Grand Central Terminal There’s a woman in line ahead of me who has just handed over a …

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Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli: I’m Suing The Feds Over Health Care Reform

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has announced that he will be suing the federal government to block the implementation of the health care reform bill in his state. Cuccinelli has long said he was examining the legal issues and suggested he would likely file suit. Brian Gottstein, a spokesman for the office, said this afternoon that a lawsuit is now …

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Jon Stewart On Teabagger “Revolution”

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Interrupt-A-Rama: Obama Goes On Fox To Defend Health Care Bill

The president made a rare appearance on Fox News yesterday to debate his health care bill with Bret Baier. You should watch this, if only to make a count of how many times Baier interrupts him.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann: If Health Care Reform Passes, Don’t Pay Your Taxes

Rep. Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann says that if the president’s health care reform bill passes, Americans should not pay their taxes. “But mark my words, the American people aren’t gonna take this lying down,” Bachmann later said. “We aren’t gonna play their game, we’re not gonna pay their taxes. They want us to pay for this? Because we don’t have …

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GOP Rep Says He’d Support Single Payer

Wait, what?

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Insurance Company Investigated HIV+ Clients To Find Reasons To Drop Coverage

Last year the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Assurant Health must pay their customer Jerome Mitchell a settlement of $10M for wrongly canceling his coverage because he’d become HIV-positive. An investigation into Assurant’s inner workings has revealed an extensive campaign to find any reason to cancel the insurance of others with HIV. Previously undisclosed records from Mitchell’s …

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Rep. Michele Bachmann Repeats Death Panel Lie: Grandma Isn’t Shovel Ready

Crazy Eyes Bachmann also appeared at today’s teabagger rally against health care reform, telling the crowd that her favorite sign was “Grandma Isn’t Shovel Ready.”

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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX): Demons Have Invaded The U.S. Capitol

At a Tea Party rally in Washington DC today, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) declared that demonic forces are behind the health care reform bill. Speaking shortly after he riled up a crowd at Tuesday’s Tea Party protest, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) declared that “demons” – yes, demons – have invaded the capital (and likely the souls of Democrats), forcing lawmakers …

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Obama Lobbies Kucinich On HCR

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Nancy Pelosi: No Public Option In House Version Of Health Care Reform Bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the final version of the health care reform bill that she is sending to the Senate will not include the public option. “We’re talking about something that is not going to be part of the legislation,” Pelosi said, noting “with sadness” that the public insurance option won’t be part of legislation. “I’m quite …

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GOP: If HCR Passes, We Will Repeal It

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