We’re looking for donated items to fill our auction baskets for this year’s Defending Democracy Blue Jean Gala. Visit this link to find out more: Fundraiser Auction Items Needed! FEDERAL: Healthcare stuff Now that the most recent efforts to repeal and replace (or just repeal) the Affordable Care Act have failed, Read more
Has this been a great weekend or what? It’s nice to have a bit of a breather over the health care shenanigans in DC. It doesn’t mean we can let our guard down, but for a few moments we can do the happy dance. If you’d like to send a Read more
I think we’re all suffering from a little resistance fatigue. At least I know I am. It seems like every day there’s some new embarrassment or horror coming down the pipe. Lately health insurance has been at the forefront. When you have medical conditions that are not treatable by taking Read more
Let’s start with a statement from poor, put upon Thom Tillis: Well, that was three paragraphs of lies. I am shocked that a partisan hack like Thom Tillis would stretch the truth for his own ends. Tillis is doubly complicit. He was party to the denial of Medicaid expansion Read more
Senate Majority Leader and angry turtle Mitch McConnell has said that he wants to hold a vote on Trumpcare today. This vote absolutely must fail. If Americans have any hope at all of being able to afford to visit their doctors in the future this vote must fail. Whatever it Read more
FEDERAL: Trump administration scraps Obamacare signup assistance in 18 cities – “Two companies — McLean, Virginia-based Cognosante and Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA — will no longer help with the sign-ups following a decision by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (which falls under DHHS) officials not to renew a final option year Read more
Don’t forget today is the last day to file to run for municipal office in your town. The filing period ends at noon. Go to the Randolph County Board of Elections at 158 Worth St. Asheboro to file your paperwork. FEDERAL: Well, we knew it would be back. Republicans Read more
FEDERAL: It’s dead….for now. But… Mitch McConnell refuses to pull the plug on stalled Obamacare repeal plan – autostart video The opposition that trickled out into the public Tuesday reinforced a painful reality for many Republicans to swallow — that after years of railing against Obamacare, Read more
