Yet More Stunning Heartlessness and Callousness from the Congressional GOP Just Now, Today

Check out these two articles from The Hill today. First this one.

Senate GOP to propose cutting unemployment benefits in coronavirus relief plan

So the GOP made sure they gave big, fat tax cuts to the already-wealthy in the nation but now want to cut unemployment benefits from this. the worst, most killing pandemic and also worst economic crisis since the Great Depression because, I guess, the unemployed make and have too much money?

Not done there, of course, they add this little beauty.

Kudlow: GOP plan will include 'increased business deductions for meals and entertainment'

Check that out.

That's their priorities just now, the GOP, Republicans.

They want to make sure they hand out yet more tax cuts to businesses for meals and entertainment just now----but cut unemployment benefits.

During this killing pandemic, with millions unemployed.

You're welcome, America.

Thanks, Republicans.

See you at the polls this November.

Response Number Two to Trump's Attack On the People of Puerto Rico Today

This second one is from political commentator, professor, and author, Robert Reich. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton.

The disaster in Puerto Rico continues unabated, and the response from the Trump administration is woefully inadequate. So what does Trump do? He spends another weekend at his golf resort in New Jersey, and blames the messengers.

Trump’s first target this morning was Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan Puerto Rico: "The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump," he tweeted just after 7 a.m. Trump then turned to the news media: "Fake News CNN and NBC are going out of their way to disparage our great First Responders as a way to 'get Trump.' Not fair to FR or effort!," He followed that tweet up with: "The Fake News Networks are working overtime in Puerto Rico doing their best to take the spirit away from our soldiers and first R's. Shame!" Trump did all of that before 8 a.m. on the East Coast.

Our morally disabled president is incapable of hearing criticism, even when human lives are at stake.

Links:

Robert Reich

Robert Reich - Wikipedia

Trump attacks hurricane-ravaged Puerto Ricans as lazy

On Twitter, Trump attacks mayor of San Juan for 

'poor leadership'

Republicans, Their AHCA, aka "Trumpcare", at Last

Cut health insurance coverage for 23 million Americans?

Slash Medicaid?

Make it harder for the elderly to get health insurance?

Make it harder for the disabled to have health insurance?

Make it harder for America's Veterans to have health insurance?

Make it harder for women to have health insurance?

Make it harder for families to have health insurance?

Take away the mandate for those with pre-existing conditions to get and have health insurance?

But give yet more tax cuts to the already-wealthy?

Really?

This is who we are?

This is who we want to be?

Tell us how this isn't oligarchy and plutocracy, both.

Fortunately, there is this.

Four GOP senators say they can't vote 

for Republican health care bill

And it only takes 4 Republicans defecting to kill it. There's no telling how many more won't be able to back it, as word of this nightmare gets out.

One last note. Check out what happened at the very cowardly and heartless Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office today, too.

Capitol Police drag disabled protesters out of wheelchairs during Trumpcare protests

This is not going to go well. It's not going to go well for them. How every Republican in Congress isn't already running from this thing, this health care nightmare, is anyone's guess.

I will be very, very surprised if this bill of theirs, the Republicans, isn't DOA.

Already.

Links:

Here's the simplest takedown of the Republican scheme to take away health care from millions

Senate's health care bill shreds Medicaid 

and essential health benefits

The people who will be hurt the most 

by Trump's Medicaid plan

Many Republican senators are unhappy about the AHCA draft