MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Team Trump Prepares the Shiv for Mitch McConnell: ‘He Needs To Go.’
By artappraiser on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 11:48pm |The rush to assign responsibility for Trumpcare’s failure is taking place before it even occurs.
By Lachlan Markay, Asawin Sebsaeng, Gideon Resnick & Sam Stein @ thedailybeast.com, 7:45 pm
The Trump White House is gearing up to lay blame for a series of likely failures this week squarely at the feet of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), according to sources in and outside of the administration.
On Tuesday, Republican primary voters in Alabama are poised to reject Trump and McConnell’s preferred pick for the seat, Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL). The next day, a Republican-authored last-ditch attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare is almost certain to go down to defeat, if it comes to a vote at all.
The dual setbacks could have profound ramifications throughout the party, forcing it to reckon with a Republican electorate deeply upset with its inability to move an agenda and its own inability to get that agenda moved [....]
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-prepares-the-shiv-for-mitch-mcconnell-he-needs-to-go
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