I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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Apparently why she 'returned' after leaving the first time.
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Sad, but true. No hero's here. They are in a corner so having to save themselves they cross the Loon's line.
BUT only because.
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Kristi Noem is on Face the Nation and evades the questions being asked, cuts Margaret off and goes off on tangents not related to the contents of her book. Margaret was attempting to interview her about the contents of her book and she talked non-stop in response about how she has been attacked by interviewers and others. She is a whack job, is defending why she shot her dog and the goat, and keeps touting how important her book is to the American public to read to understand why the Biden government is lying to the public. She questioned why Margaret has not called out Biden's lies. How could SD ever elect this nut job? She needs to lay off the Botox because her face doesn't move.
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Haven't given myself much tv time this weekend. There will be plenty of 'takes' when court starts over tomorrow. Seems like it is going to be really difficult to do much with things as they stand for the Loon. All that have testified so far have owned up to the truth saving themselves just proving that 'honor' among thieves doesn't hold up well when you know you're the 'sacrifice'. The Loon doesn't seem to notice that he is being un-ceremoniously tossed as far under the bus as you can go.
Then again, that is just where he puts all of his enablers if they look away from him for one moment (thinking Bill Barr here) so turnabout is a fair thing.
None of my sympathy will spend a second being wasted on any of them. I've always had to reap what I've sown, so it is not mirth on my part to see them cut up short, but just a small sense of justice finally showing up.
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All’s I can figure is Hope Hick’s loyalty to Trump is steeped in the patriarchy. She was no doubt raised to prioritize and elevate men. Men were attracted to her feminine good looks, and she used that to gain power. She does the biding of Republican men, she gets rewarded. She doesn’t realize how they are using her. Too many women still fall into this trap.
I have no sympathy for Trump when Hope Hicks said she thought he didn’t want his “family” to be hurt by the revelations that he was bonking porn stars. For one thing, he could have chosen not to do it. He could haven chosen to be loyal to Melania. He has to answer for his actions. He could have thought about his family’s feelings before screwing the women.And for another thing, Melania probably knew about it way before Hope Hicks did! I’m sure she knew Don’s habits. She just looked the other way while counting her money and getting her hair done. She was probably glad he was getting it somewhere else and not bothering her for it.
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Totally agree with your last sentence divinemrsm. There was a time she probably used her body to entice other men on her way to meeting a rich society but who would want him to touch them? She got the son she wanted to secure a future payout and I am sure there is now a "no-touch" policy in place.
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If I were married to Donald Trump (which would mean that I was certifiably insane), I'd pay out of my own money for someone else to have sex with him……
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Love it Ruth!!!!!
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ROFLAMO, Ruth. Even if it meant taking out a loan!
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Ruth, I'm laughing with everyone else. Divine was quite right in her descriptions. The Trumps are leeches, and each had something the other wanted. It was always more of a 'business' arrangement I do think. And you ladies are so right. Frankly, I couldn't get drunk enough to go near the orange farting freak. I don't even let my mind dwell because I want to enjoy the rest of my evening.
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It is quite the nauseating thought, isn’t it?
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Hahaha! I’m loving all the comments
Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19, including Evers, Pelosi and Ledecky
Here’s a nice recap of Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees. It brings tears to my eyes, in a good way. Especially Nancy Pelosi.President Biden gave the nation’s highest civilian honor Friday to former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh and others.
Azi Paybarah/WaPo
President Biden on Friday gave the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people — with recipients covering nearly every corner of American life, including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Olympic champion Katie Ledecky, Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh and, posthumously, civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
During a ceremony held at the White House on Friday, Biden said he had the “extraordinary honor to bestow the nation’s highest civilian honor to 19 incredible people whose relentless curiosity, inventiveness, ingenuity and hope have kept faith in a better tomorrow.”
On Friday, Biden introduced all the nominees with brief descriptions of their work and contributions to the nation.
Biden joked that he was forced to write short introductions or else, “we’d be here for 12 hours.”
“[There is] much more to say about them,” Biden said. “But you all know how incredible they are.”
In 2017 President Barack Obama surprised Biden, his vice president at the time, by awarding him with a Presidential Medal of Freedom. A stunned Biden immediately turned away from the crowd that had gathered to watch the ceremony and wiped his face and eyes with his handkerchief. “I had no inkling,” Biden said after the medal was draped around his neck.
During his presidential tenure, Biden has awarded the medals to a range of figures, including Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, inventor Steve Jobs and Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nursein New York who treated patients during the pandemic.
This year’s 19 honorees are:
- Mike Bloomberg: The founder of a successful financial services company who served three terms as mayor of New York. He left City Hall at the end of 2013 and briefly sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 (in a field that included Biden). Bloomberg, Biden said on Friday, “revolutionized our economy” and “transformed how we consume information.”
- Gregory J. Boyle: A Jesuit Catholic priest who founded Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention and rehabilitation program based in California. During his remarks, Biden said Boyle’s “service as a Jesuit priest over four decades reminds us of the power of redemption, rehabilitation, and our obligation to those who have been condemned or counted out.”
- Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.): The longtime House member, who stepped down from Democratic leadership in the chamber this year, was a pivotal supporter of Biden’s during the 2020 presidential primary. Biden said during the ceremony that he would not be standing there as president if it weren’t for Clyburn. “We’re a great nation … because we have good people like Jim Clyburn,” Biden said. “Of my fellow Americans, Jim is the best.”
- Elizabeth Dole: A former Republican senator from North Carolina, she also served as transportation secretary under President Ronald Reagan, labor secretary during the George H.W. Bush administration and as president of the American Red Cross. A few years after her husband Robert J. Dole’s final White House bid, Elizabeth Dole sought the 2000 Republican presidential nomination before bowing out of the race in 1999 to endorse the eventual winner, George W. Bush. Biden on Friday said Elizabeth Dole was a “true partner” who was a “fierce advocate for military families and their caregivers.”
- Phil Donahue: A journalist and former television talk show host who spent nearly 30 years on the air, Donahue helped change the genre by popularizing audience participation during his program. Biden said Donahue “steered the nation’s discourse.”
- Medgar Evers: The World War II veteran and civil rights activist fought to desegregate Mississippi. A white supremacist fatally shot the 37-year-old Evers in his driveway in 1963. He was 37. Evers, Biden said during the ceremony, worked “tirelessly to end segregation.” His daughter, Rena, received the medal in his honor.
- Al Gore: After serving two terms as vice president to Bill Clinton, the Democrat and environmental activist won the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election but lost the race to George W. Bush following a closely contested recount in some parts of Florida and a controversial decision by the Supreme Court. Gore went on to make “An Inconvenient Truth,” an Oscar-winning documentary about the dangers of climate change. Biden said Gore will be remembered “for many reasons.” “Among them will be your honesty, your integrity and the legacy of your service,” he said.
- Clarence Jones: The lawyer and longtime civil rights activist helped writeMartin Luther King Jr.’s landmark 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech. Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, once lauded Jones as “the ultimate inspiration” who helped “bend the arc of history toward justice and freedom.” Jones, Biden said on Friday, helped “define the enduring ideas included in the dream that will be [forever] engraved in the ethos of America.”
- John F. Kerry: In more than 40 years of public service, Kerry served as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, secretary of state during the Obama administration and as Biden’s climate czar. Before being elected to office he fought in the Vietnam War and later spoke out against it. He also ran for president in 2004, falling to Republican incumbent George W. Bush. Biden on Friday said Kerry is a “patriot [of] the highest order.” “You’re the real deal, John,” he said.
- Frank Lautenberg: The Democrat served five terms as senator from New Jersey, the longest senatorial tenure in the state’s history. He died in 2013. On Friday, Biden — who worked with him in the Senate — said Lautenberg will be remembered as a “tireless advocate for consumers, public health and safety.”
- Katie Ledecky: The swimmer won seven Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, more than any other woman in the sport. Biden, in his remarks Friday, joked about Ledecky’s plans to compete at this summer’s Olympics at age 27 — an age that some consider “old” in the sport. The president, who has been criticized for running for office again at 81, told Ledecky that “age is just a number.” “Don’t let age get in your way,” he said.
- Opal Lee: The educator and civil rights activist is known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” for her efforts to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Decades after a mob of 500 white supremacists set fire to Lee’s childhood home as the 12-year-old Lee and her family fled, she was at the White House in 2021 as Biden signed into law legislation establishing the Juneteenth holiday. “We’re a better nation because of you,” Biden told Lee on Friday.
- Ellen Ochoa: The onetime director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center also was the first Hispanic woman to fly to space. Biden said Ochoa, the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants, proved “what it means for every generation to dream.”
- Nancy Pelosi: The congresswoman from California led House Democrats for two decades and became the first woman elected House Speaker, a position she stepped away from in 2023. Pelosi continues to serve in Congress, where she’s represented a San Francisco-area district for more than 30 years. Biden said that, on Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, Pelosi — who was then House speaker — “stood up for extremism with absolute courage.” “History will remember you, Nancy, as the greatest speaker of the House of Representatives,” Biden said to wide applause.
- Jane Rigby: The NASA astrophysicist became a senior project scientist in 2023 of one of the world’s most powerful telescopes. She also grew up in Delaware, Biden’s home state. In his remarks Friday, Biden said the result of Rigby’s work is “breathtaking.”
- Teresa Romero: The president of the United Farm Workers was the first Latina woman to lead a national union in the United States. Romero, Biden said, has “made life better for thousands of farmworkers who put food on our tables.”
- Judy Shepard: She co-founded an organization to reduce hate crimes after her son, Matthew, was killed in a violent anti-gay attack in Laramie, Wyo., in 1998. The foundation she began was instrumental in the 2009 passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which broadened the definition of a hate crime. Shephard’s advocacy, Biden said on Friday, is “a reminder that we must give hate no safe harbor, and we can turn it into purpose.”
- Jim Thorpe: The first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal later became a hall-of-fame football and baseball player. He died in 1953. In his remarks, Biden said Thorpe “showcased unparalleled athleticism” and transcended racial barriers.
- Michelle Yeoh: After a decades-long Hollywood career, Yeoh last year became the first Asian artist to win best actress at the Academy Awards for her role in the offbeat action comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Biden said Yeoh “has shattered stereotypes and glass ceilings to enrich [and] enhance American culture.”
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I believe that life is given us so we may grow in love, and I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the color and fragrance of a flower--the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence. Helen Keller
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Wonderful & very deserving recipients! Thanks for sharing the article, Divine!
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*News Release: Tim Scott’s application to join the South Carolina Chapter of
The Brotherhood of the Ku Klux Klan is still on hold, until such time as
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John Kirby is great at his job. He doesn't slip up when reporters try to restate their questions. I feel so confident in US part of negotiations due to Kirby and Antony Blinken!
Haven't listened to much about Trump trial, honestly, I don't care! Whatever happens, nothing will change my opinion of that "east end of a horse going west!" I do have faith in the justice system!
devinemrsm, great article! Thanks for sharing!
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Here’s one more article I wanted to share from the WaPo (Washington Post). I can’t remember if I posted it here last week. It’s about one of President Biden’s signature achievements, lowering Medicare prescription prices. Reading comments about the article in the WaPo, people wonder why this isn’t bigger news. It’s already making a difference for seniors and will continue to make even more of a difference the next few years. I’m sharing it here because it’s important we bring this up in conversations with others who may be unaware of these positive changes, and to show them how President Biden is on the side of the working class. I tell people this is one reason I’m voting for President Biden.
Opinion: Monumental changes to prescription drug prices for seniors are coming
Leana S. Wen/WaPo
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, one of President Biden’s signature achievements, prescription drugs are set to become substantially more affordable for seniors. Yet many Americans seem unaware of just how monumental these changes will be.
Here are six things to look for:
1) Drug price negotiation. For the first time in history, Medicare can now negotiate directly with manufacturers. For the initial round of negotiations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chose 10 drugs that treat common health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
Each of these medications costs consumers in the United States three to eight times what people pay in other countries. In 2022, Medicare paid an eye-popping $46.4 billion for them. The impact to consumers is equally staggering. As CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure told me, “Some of these drugs are thousands of dollars per year for people who depend on them to live.”
It will take some time for negotiated prices to take effect. Assuming the federal government prevails in the lawsuits filed by pharmaceutical companies, CMS expects lower prices to be in place in 2026.
But that’s only the beginning. Fifteen more drugs will be selected for 2027 and then 20 per year from 2029 and thereafter. The lower prices are projected to savethe federal government $100 billion over the next several years. Crucially, this means that the negotiations won’t just benefit people who are on these specific medications; the savings are passed along, indirectly, to everyone on Medicare.
2) A cap on out-of-pocket spending. While the IRA’s price negotiation provision has garnered the lion’s share of media attention, this change will have the most direct consequence for most seniors. In 2025, everyone with Medicare’s prescription drug benefit, called Part D, will pay no more than $2,000 per year out of pocket for medications.
CMS projects that nearly 19 million seniors will save an average of $400 per year. But this number alone does not tell the full story. Brooks-LaSure shared with me that she recently met a woman with leukemia. “She’s spending $12,000, which was 13 percent of her gross income, just for one drug,” she said.
I myself have treated patients who chose not to fill medications because out-of-pocket costs were too high. I’ve met spouses who delayed retirement and caregivers who worked extra jobs just so they could cover their loved one’s prescription costs.
This should not happen. The $2,000 maximum will be a huge step toward health-care affordability.
3) Lower prices for insulin. This provision has already been implemented. The IRA capped the cost of insulin at $35 per month for Medicare beneficiaries, allowing about 4 million seniors with diabetes to save around $761 million per year.
This change has resulted in a welcome “spillover effect,” with at least three major drugmakers voluntarily agreeing to cut their insulin prices for people with private insurance outside of Medicare.
4) Free vaccines. This has also already been implemented: All adult vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are now free for everyone with Medicare Part D.
This is expected to save the average senior nearly $70 per year. Some may save substantially more. For example, as Brooks-LaSure explained, the shingles vaccine can cost as much as $300.
5) Inflation penalty for drug manufacturers. A lesser-known but also noteworthy change is that drug companies now have to pay a rebate to Medicareif they increase prices faster than inflation. Those rebates will transfer to consumers, saving as much as $3,500 per dose in the next year, CMS reports.
Brooks-LaSure believes this program will discourage drug companies from rapidly increasing their prices. Like the insulin cap, the spillover effect could benefit people with other types of insurance.
6) Extra help for the most vulnerable. The IRA provides an income-based subsidy for Medicare enrollees. This, Brooks-LaSure said, is the least understood and least utilized aspect of the IRA’s prescription drug reforms.
The reason is because, unlike the other provisions, people need to actively opt into the program to benefit. But for people who depend on Social Security benefits and do not have other sources of income, she told me, the program “can result in significant savings — on average, a couple of hundred dollars a year.”
As many as 3.6 million seniors who are eligible for this program are not yet enrolled. Those who think they might qualify should connect with a caseworker by calling 1-800-Medicare. And everyone not yet signed up for Part D should enroll to take advantage of all the new policy changes.
That 1 in 5 older adults report not taking their prescribed medications because they are too expensive is an indictment of our health-care system. No one should have to choose between paying for medicines and affording food and rent. It’s unfortunate that the Biden administration hasn’t been given more credit for its effort to address this problem, especially because it is already helping seniors in tangible ways.
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Is anyone else besides me having trouble getting into BCO on their phone? I can log in, but can't get to my favorites, and I can't post anything on any thread. I've turned my phone off & back on, reset my password etc.
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Divine. that was a wonderful article. I've wondered because I heard it before previously — if at times Biden is not getting the credit he has earned because sometimes things have to wait for a length of time before they can be instituted.
Even if that be the case, Pres. Biden doesn't get the acclaim that he so honestly and rightly deserves. I don't know why we are not louder. When we don't speak up enough times the other side starts taking credit for things they voted no on.
I also think since the Loon came on the scene especially, he and the Reps. produced so much chaos and confusion that I'm not sure anyone kept up well. Seems like we are still not. So much of life ends up not well explained on our side. We really do need to be better at keeping up the tally sheet w/o the destructive chaos.
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This man is disgustingly dangerous and shouldn't be a part of our government.
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Hmmm, how many Trump geniuses are there.
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Arrivederci.
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I don't have a lot of respect for her. She got away from him, then just HAD to come back. Apparently, she wasn't getting enough stroking in her new position.
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No problem.
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