Day 152: A Promise

So, we've been promised a health care bill on Thursday. Pigs may fly. Here's an update on what's been leaked about it so far. There appears to be troubled among Republican senators regarding how to treat opioid addiction, too.

In other news:

• Republicans held the day in special elections in South Carolina and Georgia. The special election in Georgia had huge sums of money thrown at it, but John Ossoff fell short 5% in a very high turnout election. The South Carolina election had a much lower turnout, and had the democrat trailing by only 3%.
• Despite strong concerns that the national security apparatus had regarding Flynn, the new CIA director was happy to tell him CIA secrets... This all looks shady for Pompeo.
• Fresh from shooting down a Syrian plane, the US has now shot down a Syrian drone. This seems to be escalating.
• Tillerson has decided he wants to work with Russia on... wait for it... cyberwarfare and cybersecurity. I don't understand, and I think he's got some strong articulating to do.
• And finally, Pruitt is still cleaning up at the EPA, dismantling as much of it as he possibly can. They're not going to be able to do their jobs at all, soon. "This says to me that they do not want objective science."