Obamacare Survives AGAIN, Republicans Bail on Supporting Police
The David Pakman Show - June 18, 2021
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Obamacare Survives Supreme Court AGAIN
The Supreme Court with a 7-2 decision ruled against taking up a case that sought to strike down the Affordable Care Act. The case originated out of Texas and was backed by several other Republican-led states. The plaintiffs argued that because the 2017 tax bill had a provision in it that struck down the individual health insurance mandate, it made the entirety of the 2010 Obamacare law unconstitutional. Justice Stephen Breyer, speaking on behalf of the court, wrote that “neither the individual nor the state plaintiffs have shown that the injury they will suffer or have suffered is ‘fairly traceable’ to the ‘allegedly unlawful conduct’ of which they complain.” Four out of six of the court’s conservatives sided with the three liberal justices. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the majority opinion and wanted to hear the case.
This marks the third occasion that the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act. The ACA was signed into law eleven years ago and, at this point, it is completely enmeshed with the rest of our health care system. That’s in part why Republicans were unable to repeal Obamacare despite having control of the House and Senate at the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency. The ACA is simply no longer an appendage that can be clipped off. Overturning it now would be a complete disaster not only for the patients who would lose coverage, but also for health care providers and insurers. This could very well mark the end of the Republican crusade against Obamacare, as they now divert their attention to the Biden administration. And that’s great news for the millions of Americans who are able to get health insurance because of Barack Obama’s signature achievement.
21 Republicans Voted Against Medals for Trump Riot Police
There are twenty-one Republicans who voted against awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Metropolitan and Capitol police officers who defended lawmakers on January 6th. The final vote was 406-21 and the list of GOP representatives who voted against the bill was full of familiar names. They include, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, and Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Some of the lawmakers who opposed the legislation said they did so because it called the rioters a "a mob of insurrectionists.” Clearly, they felt as though their far right constituents wouldn’t like that depiction. Congressman Massie’s excuse was that calling the event an “insurrection” could complicate ongoing prosecution against some of the people trespassing that day. Representative Greene said she voted against the bill because it called the Capitol building a “temple.”
These same Republicans who voted against awarding medals will go back to their districts claiming they “back the blue” and that their communities are protected by a “thin blue line.” But in this case, they found it politically advantageous not to support the police officers who defended the Capitol because they thought it would make Donald Trump and his supporters look bad. This is grifting — but instead of it being done in the media space, it’s being done by these far right politicians. What makes this even more egregious is that the bill was an opportunity for lawmakers to thank the officers who protected their lives specifically. The lives of everyone in the Capitol were at risk that day, and that includes Democrats and Republicans members alike. It couldn’t be more obvious that these 21 Republican lawmakers don’t deserve to be in their positions of power.
From yesterday’s show:
Tucker Carlson Wildly Claims FBI Behind Trump Riots
Tucker Carlson on his show recently has been single-boosting a baseless and wild conspiracy theory that FBI agents were complicit or even participated in the Capitol riots on January 6th. Carlson said on his program a few nights ago: “strangely, some of the key people who participated on January 6th have not been charged. Look at the documents. The government calls those people ‘unindicted conspirators.’ What does that mean? Well it means that in potentially every single case they were FBI operatives.” The word “potentially” is doing a lot of work there. Tucker doesn’t provide any evidence that this actually happened. We know about some off-duty police officers who stormed the Capitol that day. We also know about some veterans and active duty military who were involved in the attacks. But, Tucker built an entire argument on a supposition that the FBI were insiders in the attack and, because he has zero evidence, it collapses like a house of cards under the least bit of scrutiny.
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--Caller discusses euthanasia
--Caller wants a progressive intellectual revolution
--Caller is a doctor whose own family doesn't believe him on the vaccine
--Caller talks about the dangers of anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers
--Audience Question: What happens next in Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu out as prime minister?
--Audience Question: What would happen if you abolished the minimum wage?
--Audience Question: What happens next if we find out COVID came from a lab?
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David ....
Don’t you have some dumb citizens over there ...
Anyone who believes the proper gander put out via Fox and your Republicans must so stupid ...
Yes Joe Biden put you back on the map ...
But those who can’t critically think are still the joke of the world ..
Actually Great Briton was well served now when you look back .
Yes you got independence .. but at what cost