Day 175: Zombiecare

While Donny is still in the news today, we also have a zombiecare bill coming back from the dead. Let's see what there is...

• Republicans have unveiled their revised healthcare bill (BBC's hyper-non-partisan analysis). Politico reports that two senators have already defected - from the left and right. The bill continues to be complete and utter garbage.
• Trump is trying to justify his son's treason by calling it "opposition research", saying that "most people would have taken that meeting". No, most people in that situation would be calling the FBI... PSA: Donny Jr is 40 years old. He is not a "young man".
• Trump's lawyers discovered the infamous emails three weeks ago, as a result of amending Kushner's security clearance request. There is no way that Trump only found out about them a couple of days ago.
• A judge has just dramatically expanded the definition of "close relative" for the purpose of Turnip's travel ban (so I'm being juvenile - sue me). This will almost certainly go back to the Supreme Court.
• Trump is on a crusade to slash legal immigration. All of their talking points are demonstrably mendacious garbage.
• Why was a Russian money-laundering case involving more than $230 million dismissed without explanation by the DOJ? Inquiring minds want to know!
• The White House has stated (I almost wrote "honestly believes"!) that it is being as transparent as humanly possible. Also, I'm a unicorn.
• Trump is in France. As far as I can tell, nothing concrete has come out of this visit.
• Here's a deconstruction of Trump's Reuters interview. I think the translation is pretty spot on.
• Pence's press secretary won't say if his boss met with Russians. It's a freaking Russian nesting doll!
• An important read: Why is this administration so dysfunctional? The purpose is to break things. Every thing.
• Holy fuck. Session's speech yesterday? He compared the anti-LGBT "crusade" to the civil rights movement.