I enjoyed today’s rebuke of Trump from the sport world but, tonight, the stress tears are starting to build. The coming week is going to be the worst since the Orange Menace walked into the White House.
1. The revised Graham Cassidy healthcare bill tax cut for the insanely rich is being released tomorrow and, as impossible as it seems, it is even WORSE than before.
Remember, it is the previous version of the bill being scored by the CBO. So now, even when those numbers prove dismal, the GOP will say they are no longer valid.
A new and even more disastrous bill with unknown consequences that is expected to be voted on this week before the reconciliation window closes. We can’t take our eye off the ball. They have until the 30th to get this nightmare through. We must fight them tooth and nail.
2. Puerto Rico continues to be the worst natural disaster in US history. Our fellow citizens are in dire straits and no-one in authority is paying attention. Moreover, the media isn’t paying attention. Across all five network political shows this morning, a total of 60 seconds was spent ‘discussing’ what is happening on the island. That. Must. Change. Millions of lives hang in the balance.
3. Trump has just unveiled his new travel ban and unlike the previous one, this one aims to bar people from selected countries permanently.
I could continue adding to the list: the church shooting in Tennessee today, the news that Kushner has been using private emails, the ongoing Russia investigation, Trump’s continued reckless blustering about North Korea, the fact that neo-Nazis won seats in the German government for the first time in 65 years…
So. Yeah. It is going to be an overwhelming week. It is going to be hard to know where to focus.
Be kind. We need each other.