The guy who flew a drone onto the White House grounds was sloshed, making it the third most dangerous thing ever visited upon the White House by a drunk (the first two being “Boris Yeltsin ordering pizza in his underwear” and “Ulysses S. Grant’s presidency”). Mike Pence gave up on his dream of a state-sponsored news agency, which his a shame considering no other governor looks more like a Fox News anchor. And Mike Huckabee finds it off-putting when women swear in meetings more than when men do, though given his policy positions, most women probably would be offended by anything Mike Huckabee would want to call a meeting about. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Tuesday, January 27th, 2015:
OBAMACARE NEARING ENROLLMENT GOAL – At that point, Phase Three will be complete and all citizens will be expected to hand over their guns, sports trophies and any financial securities they may own. Their complimentary “Welcome To The New World Order” audio CD, recorded by President Obama and Sandra Bernhard, should arrive shortly thereafter in the Commumail. Jeffrey Young: “More than 9.5 million people have signed up for private health insurance coverage this year using the Obamacare exchanges, the Department of Health and Human Services disclosed Tuesday, putting the program within striking distance of meeting its enrollment targets. The deadline to choose a health insurance plan on the Affordable Care Act’s exchange marketplaces like HealthCare.gov and Covered California is Feb. 15. Federal officials projected at least 10.3 million would be enrolled by that date, and that at least 9 million would have this form of health coverage by the end of the year. The new figures do not reflect how many enrollees have paid for their insurance, which is the final step to securing coverage. With the technical failings of HealthCare.gov and several state-run health insurance exchange websites behind them, the marketplaces mostly are managing this year’s sign-up period smoothly. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 42 percent of enrollees through mid-January — 3 million people — are new to the exchanges.” [publication]
The guy who crashed his quad-copter “drone” on the White House grounds was drunk, it turns out.
DEMS DEMAND CLEAN DHS BILL – That is, one without the Republican rider that rudely asks millions of people to leave the country, probably via Spirit Airlines. Elise Foley: “The entire Senate Democratic caucus signed a letter Tuesday afternoon to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressing support for Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who has called for a ‘clean’ bill to fund DHS — meaning one that has no riders attached, including the legislation approved earlier this month in the House…. In December, Congress approved funding through the end of the fiscal year for every department except DHS, which was funded only until the end of February. That decision was made because Republicans hoped to use the DHS bill to block policies advanced by the president that could allow up to 5 million undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S. temporarily and work legally. Republicans say the executive actions were unconstitutional and an overreach of Obama’s authority.” [HuffPost]
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@nickbaumann: What we really need is an explainer of that Jonathan Chait article.
@rgay: So much struggle for the white man. Feeling so much for his burden this morning. Hugs.
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