Day 151: Save our health care

Another day down...

• Republicans are trying to push their crappy health care bill through the senate before the July 4th recess. Presently, the entire thing is a secret. They are refusing to allow Democrats ten hours to review the bill before less than 20 hours of debate before a vote, in what can only be described as a brazenly undemocratic sham. A reminder that the Obamacare vote in the senate had 25 days of debate, with numerous Republican amendments being discussed and adopted. Democrats have responded by withholding consent in all senate operations. Please contact your Senators. (I'm sorry for being a broken record.)
• In what is going to be a diplomatic nightmare, US coalition forces shot down a Syrian plane. Russia responded sharply, warning that aircraft in certain airspaces will be treated as targets.
• In a patronizing display of bullshit, Trump met with the President of Panama, and made public remarks that the US did a good job building the Panama Canal.
• Essentially everybody just resigned from the President's Advisory Council on HIV/Aids. Basically, the administration wasn't listening to them and was actively undermining them. None of this is normal or good.
• Rick Perry, Secretary for Energy, has gone on the record disputing human involvement with climate change. Apparently CO2 is harmless, folks. Further evidence that this administration is dangerously incompetent.
• The State Department just fucked over students in its fellowship program. Just read the first few paragraphs of this article. This is absolutely pathetic, particularly when you have the creme de la creme wanting to work with you.
• The White House is suppressing the release of information by declining to hold any press briefings. This is completely unacceptable from the government, who only govern because of We the People.
• The White House is pushing House Republicans to defang the Russian sanctions bill that the Senate passed last week.
• Remember Manafort? Apparently he had even more meetings that we should be worried about...
• ICE continues to be terrible.