American Medical Association Announces Opposition To Republican Health Bill   The nation’s largest medical organization has come out against the Republican health care bill. On Monday the American Medical Association announced its opposition to the Senate health care bill. The AMA’s CEO James Madara wrote a letter saying the bill would violate the AMA’s core principle that doctors “first, do no harm.” For the AMA Medicaid cuts were the main concern however they also raised the issue with smaller subsidies and waivers of benefits “will expose low and middle income patients to higher costs and greater difficulty in affording...

Trump Approval Rating Back Down To Near-Record Lows Donald Trump’s job approval rating continues to hover at near-record lows, according to Gallup. The poll found that Donald Trump’s approval rating is just 36 percent. At the same time, a whopping 58 percent of Americans say they disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president. Donald Trump’s job approval rating has remained at record lows compared to all other presidents that Gallup has polled on. Trump hit an all-time low in the Gallup poll on March 28 with 35 percent approval. Since then, Trump has fallen to 36 percent approval...

Trump Pushing For Big Meeting With Putin: Report Trump Is Pleading With His Staff To Let Him Meet With Putin. Donald Trump is pushing his staff for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit next month in Germany, according to a new report. According to The Associated Press, not all of Trump’s advisers think the meeting would be a good idea. The group of skeptics includes officials in the State Department and on the National Security Council. The AP report cited current and former administration officials who told the news service that Trump wants media...

Al Franken Perfectly Explains The Meanness Of GOP Health Bill (Video)   [watch the video below] Senator Al Franken on Monday got straight to the heart of the fundamental meanness of the Republican health care plan. During an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Franken called the plan “cruel” because it would take health care away from 750,000 people in exchange for tax cuts for just 400 of the wealthiest taxpayers. “The top 400 hundred people in terms of tax cuts here, the amount of money they’ll get in tax cuts would pay for Medicaid for 750,000 people,” Franken said....

Supreme Court Upholds Block On Trump Muslim-Ban, Will Hear Case In October BREAKING: Donald Trump’s Muslim-Ban Just Suffered A Major Setback At Supreme Court. The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear the case of Donald Trump’s Muslim-ban. However, possibly even more importantly, the high court upheld lower court rulings blocking the ban from taking effect until the Supreme Court decides on the case. However, the high court upheld lower court rulings blocking the ban from taking effect until the Supreme Court decides on the case. The Trump administration did have a partial victory, however, because the Supreme Court...

Jared Kushner Received Massive Loan From Russian-Linked German Bank   Donald Trump’s son-in-law received a massive load from a German bank with ties to Russia and Trump just before the election. The Washington Post reported Sunday evening that Kushner’s real estate company received a $285 million loan a month before Election Day from Deutsche Bank which has also lent millions to Donald Trump. According to the report, “Kushner’s association with Deutsche Bank is among a number of financial matters that could come under focus as his business activities are reviewed by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is...

74 Percent Of Americans Have A Favorable Opinion Of Medicaid Medicaid Has An Astronomically High Approval Rating.  Senate Republicans this week revealed their long-awaited Obamacare repeal bill. And one of the most important aspects of the bill is the massive cuts that Republicans want to make to Medicaid. Medicaid is the government-run health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans. With about 75 million Americans receiving healthcare through the program, Medicaid is the largest health insurance provider ing the country. The Republican bill would include over $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid. And while everyone is aware of the popularity of Medicare, the government-run health...

Koch Brothers Planning To Spend $400 Million On 2018 Election Koch Brothers Promise Massive Spending Assault In 2018 Election.  Charles and David Koch’s political organization plans to spend $400 million supporting Republican candidates and conservative causes in the 2018 election. According to a Fox News report, Tim Phillips, who leads the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity, said “Three-hundred million to $400 million for this cycle for politics and policy — we believe we’re headed to the high end of that range.” “What we’re urging Republicans in the House and the Senate to do is to be bold, to go big,”...

Senator Grassley Runs Away After Being Confronted About GOP Health Bill At Airport Republicans Are Literally Running Away From People Who Want To Talk About Health Care. [watch the video below] Republican Senator Chuck Grassley was confronted by an activist at the airport and his reaction was…priceless The activist who works with the Center For American Progress was attempting to speak with Grassley about the newly released GOP health care bill, but as the video shows Grassley is having none of it. Grassley quickly gets up from his seat and runs away. Watch the incident here: More of this. pic.twitter.com/nG2aB7rNOS...

10 Facts About Medicaid That You Should Know Medicaid is the government health insurance for low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. And the Republican health bill, unveiled by Senate Republicans Thursday, includes dramatic cuts to the program. In fact, the GOP Obamacare repeal bill cuts Medicaid funding by over $800 billion. So as Republicans in Washington consider throwing millions of people off their health insurance plans, we thought it would be helpful to review some basic facts about Medicaid. Here are 10 facts abut Medicaid that you should know: Fact #1: Medicaid provides health...