Trump’s Top Medicaid Official Comes Out Against Trumpcare The top ranking Medicaid official in the Trump administration came out publicly to oppose Donald Trump’s health plan. Andrey Ostrovsky who is the chief medical officer for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services announced in a Twitter statement that he is opposed to the Republican health care bill. “Despite political messaging from others at HHS, I align with the experts from American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Medical Association in opposition to #AHCA,” Andrey Ostrovsky, wrote on Twitter. Despite political messaging from others at HHS, I align...

Trump Campaign Aide, Roger Stone Was In Contact With Russian Hackers: Report Longtime Donald Trump friend and campaign consultant,Roger Stone, communicated with the the Russian hacking group that has been identified by United States intelligence officials as the guilty party behind the hacking of emails during the 2016 election. Mr. Stone, who is currently under FBI investigation for his connections to Russia, used private Twitter messages with the hacker known as Guccifer 2.0 during the 2016 presidential campaign, according The Smoking Gun. “Though “Guccifer 2.0” maintained that he was a lone “hacktivist” committed to “fight all those illuminati,” a...

‘The Russian Connection’ Maddow Raises Scary Questions About Who Is Running Our Government Rachel Maddow continues to follow the Trump-Russia story and it seems that every day we find new confirmation that in fact a tremendous amount of the bombshell Trump dossier actually checks out. Part One: On Wednesday night’s show, Rachel Maddow reviewed new information that connects the Trump campaign and Russia. Maddow noted that with every passing day, new aspects of the bombshell Trump dossier seem to be verified. Maddow also covered how exactly the Republican Party platform in 2016 suddenly removed a policy position that the...

Ohio Governor John Kasich Speaks Out Against Trumpcare Ohio Governor John Kasich joined the growing list of Governors from both sides of the aisle who are voicing their unhappiness about the new Republican health plan. In Ohio, nearly 700,000 people have gained coverage through Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. “Phasing out Medicaid coverage without a viable alternative is counter-productive and unnecessarily puts at risk our ability to treat the drug addicted, mentally ill, and working poor who now have access to a stable source of care,” Kasich said in a statement Wednesday. Gov. John Kasich on repeal and replacement of Obamacare:...

WATCH: Bernie Sanders: Trumpcare ‘Absolute Disaster’ Senator Bernie Sanders, during an appearance on MSNBC, tore into the Republican health plan. Sanders described Trumpcare as an “absolute disaster.” Sanders noted what others have also pointed out about the Republican plan, that the people who will be hurt the worst by Trumpcare are older Americans, especially low-income seniors.  Sanders also highlighted what the AARP noted about a 64-year-old making $25,000 will pay $7,000 more per year for health insurance under Trumpcare than they currently pay with Obamacare. Sanders also made the case that the Republican plan is not so much a health plan...

U.S. Authorities Investigating Russian National With Close Ties To Paul Manafort A new report in Politico finds that a Russian-Ukrainian national who has been called “Paul Manafort’s Protege” is being investigated by U.S. authorities for his role in the Russian election interference on Trump’s behalf. According to the Politico report, “The operative, Konstantin Kilimnik, came under scrutiny from officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the State Department partly because of at least two trips he took to the U.S. during the presidential campaign, according to three international political operatives familiar with the agencies’ interest in Kilimnik.” Kilimnik...

Flynn Lobbied For Turkey While Advising Trump Campaign Disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn just notified the Justice Department retroactively, that he did work that may have benefited the government of Turkey. Flynn notified the government on Wednesday that it had done work for a company named Inovo BV in the Netherlands run by Turkish businessman Kamil Alptekin. Michael Flynn worked for the organization with close ties to Turkey from August through mid-November and Flynn’s company received $530,000 for its work. Flynn was an adviser to the Trump campaign at that time. According to The Hill: On Sept....

Susan Collins: Obamacare Replacement Won’t Be ‘Well-Received’ In Senate Republican Senator Susan Collins said on Wednesday that the House Republican plan for replacing Obamacare won’t be “well-received” when it gets to the Senate. “I do not think it would be well-received in the Senate,” Collins told Yahoo News’ Katie Couric when asked if the bill was dead on arrival in the chamber. “I want us to slow down and take more time to be sure we get this right,” she told Couric. Collins also noted her strong support for helping low-income people which includes maintaining Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. “We...

Powerful Photos From ‘A Day Without A Woman’ Events Around The Country Large crowds turned out in cities around the country for A Day Without A Woman events. Here are powerful photos from around the country.   Powerful photos of the ‘Day Without a Woman’ strike outside the Trump hotel in New York City https://t.co/LiqFCWXp28#InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/EmjRkjLh9d — McSpocky™ 👽 (@mcspocky) March 8, 2017   From wearing red to shutting down entire school districts, here's what "A Day Without a Woman" looks like https://t.co/w929cGUe7x pic.twitter.com/tPIk7sFX4K — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 8, 2017   The “Day Without a Woman” strike is...

Majority Of Americans Want Jeff Sessions To Resign: Poll A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday revealed that 51% of voters think Sessions should resign, compared to 42% who want Sessions not to resign. And 50% of voters believe Sessions lied under oath, while 40% don’t think Sessions lied about meeting with the Russian ambassador. According to Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, “The gavel comes down hard on Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He lied and he should quit because of it, say Americans, who are clearly very concerned about the Russian affair and all the administration...