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@JeffMordock "Looming" is the wrong word in your article when you write about blockade of Straight. It's already underway.

@EWErickson ICE capturing and then imprisoning a 5-year old is not a good look. It has nothing to do with liberal media. It's called human nature. You're too inside-the-beltway, Erick.

Next: "Donald J. Trump Lincoln Memorial."

@SenMullin There's a simple reason, as you say “It’s amazing to me that the Democrats can say this is our fault when it’s Obamacare that’s failing. It’s laughable, right? But somehow, they’ve been able to pin it on us." Most Obamacare recipients live in GOP states and districts.

Why will Trump (quietly) sign the bill to extend Obamacare? Most beneficiaries of Obamacare - who today face huuuge increases in their health insurance payments in 2026 - live in Republican-held congressional districts. Oh, and all House Reps are up for re-election in 2026.

@CortesSteve Great column about Catholics, Trump and the economy. Your suggestion - "Level with people and show authentic concern" - however, is literally impossible for him to follow. He has a long history of doing just the opposite on a number of issues. Including the economy.

#1 question in the next 19 days: Chris Stirewalt at The Hill writes: "Trump concludes that he has to support an extension of ObamaCare to keep his party in the game for 2026, is he ready to be the guy who admitted defeat on one of his greatest frustrations from the first term?"

In 2015 during his first presidential campaign, Donald Trump said on CNN he said he would repeal Obamacare and replace it with "something terrific." Ten years later, Trump has still not forwarded a plan to replace Obamacare. He lied to America ten years ago and again today.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), informally as Obamacare, was signed into law 15 years, 9 months ago. Ten years ago, Trump promised a "terrific" new health care plan to replace Obamacare. Tomorrow the Senate will vote on at least two health care plans, not one created by Trump.

As enrollment in ACA continues to grow and with only days before the Senate votes on a Democrat bill to extend Obamacare for three years, Republican senators are fighting over at least four (Scott, Moreno, Cassidy and Hawley) different bills. Look for Trump to back an extension.

Facing a Senate-promised deadline this week and a deadline of Dec. 31 for a jump in costs for 22 million, the GOP in Congress still – 15 years after the bill was first passed - have no replacement for Obamacare. Again, I predict TACO Trump will accept an extension of the ACA.

Nazis yesterday, the USA in 2025: In 1981, the popular film, Das Boat, featured the horrific scene of WWII German submariners killing survivors after attacking an Allied ship. And today ...

Will the Republican win in the Tennessee congressional district trigger an extension of Obamacare? (The GOP candidate won on Tuesday by 9% in a district his predecessor won by over 21%.) Will Republicans in the House and Senate in competitive 2026 seats now force a “yes” vote?

@MaryRooke_ You make so many good points about dealing with health care until you write, "Their only option is to temporarily extend these subsidies to buy time to put forward a plan." The problem is Republicans have been complaining for 15 years...and doing nothing to fix it.

@RepEricBurlison It's so easy to say, "Obamacare bad!" It's so hard - as you've proven for 15 years - to say, "Here is a better way."

Biden’s expiring subsidies aren't the bulk of rising premium costs—taxpayers will still cover most of the bill. The truth is, the Affordable Care Act has never made healthcare affordable. Obamacare is broken, and America needs an off-ramp.

@NMalliotakis You're right and you're wrong. You state Obamacare is "not a problem Republicans created, and so Republicans on their own will not be able to resolve it.” But Obamacare was passed 15 years ago and Donald Trump has been promising ever since a "terrific" replacement.

@RepAndyHarrisMD My favorite quote from your interview today on Fox regarding the GOP effort to replace Obamacare: "We do need some time to develop these policies." Huh? Congress approved Obamacare in March, 2010. In other words, you've had 15 years to "find a solution."

Senile or just plain nuts? Today's headline: "Trump fires off over 160 Truth Social posts in frenetic, late-night blitz."

@ighaworth You said it perfectly: "we should look in the mirror." The $38 million debt is not Trump's fault, or Biden's fault, or Democrats' fault or Republicans' fault. It is our fault. (Just like drug addiction in U.S. It's not Mexico's or Venezuela's fault. It is us. Alone.)

Ten years after Trump promised a plan to replace Obamacare, we're all still waiting...and waiting. House Republicans are now saying, The Hill reports, they are finally working on a plan while Senate GOP is promising a vote. Believe me, TACO Trump will cave for an ACA extension.