pacino wrote:passports tell an interesting story

CalvinBall wrote:dems holding the floor for 24 hours to protest devos

thephan wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:dems holding the floor for 24 hours to protest devos

Will it work, or will it cause potential swing votes to fall to the partisan line? It is sad that a PoS candidate like her has gotten to here.

thephan wrote:

pacino wrote:passports tell an interesting story

Ppre-911 that number was a lot lower (6M v +18M issued). I think there was a bit of a rush to assert citizenship, and that is the only document that is effective for the majority of Americans. I could be wrong because the passport is valid for 10 years, and our short attention span likely washed out some percentage of those holders. Then again, you people in PA cannot get on a plane with your current drivers license in 11 months (Jan. 2018, I actually though it was this year). You apparently have friends:

Alaska
California
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
New Mexico
South Carolina
Washington state
Puerto Rico
Guam
the U.S. Virgin Islands

The number swings back with that 10 year cycle with a little drop off.

Hilariously I saw this related to a "new" law called RealID. The REAL ID Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109–13, 119 Stat. 302, was enacted May 11, 2005, so new seems to be a relative term. You'd think we were Chinese (time has a whole other meeting in China).

Youseff wrote:I've know a few people that aren't necessarily black bloc, but have caused chaos with them, and I wouldn't describe really any of them as physically imposing figures.

HHS has already submitted a proposal of new rules to OMB. And while officials have not said publicly what’s in that proposal, industry consultants and lobbyists told The Huffington Post that HHS has been considering the following three changes, among others:

1. Insurers would have more leeway to vary prices by age, so that premiums for the oldest customers could be 3.49 times as large as those for younger customers. Today, premiums for the old can be only three times as high as premiums for the young, which is what the Affordable Care Act stipulates. According to sources privy to HHS discussions with insurers, officials would argue that since 3.49 “rounds down” to three, the change would still comply with the statute.

2. People who want to apply for coverage mid-year, outside of open enrollment, would have to provide documentation of a qualifying life change ― such as a divorce or lost job ― before coverage begins. Presently, insurance kicks in for such people right away, as soon as they apply for it, subject to verification afterward.

3. Insurers could cut off coverage for people who are more than 30 days late on premiums. Presently, lower- and middle-income consumers who qualify for the law’s tax credits get a 90-day grace period.

Mr. Trump understands that attacking the media is the reddest of meat for his base, which has been conditioned to reject reporting from news sites outside of the conservative media ecosystem.

For years, as a conservative radio talk show host, I played a role in that conditioning by hammering the mainstream media for its bias and double standards. But the price turned out to be far higher than I imagined. The cumulative effect of the attacks was to delegitimize those outlets and essentially destroy much of the right’s immunity to false information. We thought we were creating a savvier, more skeptical audience. Instead, we opened the door for President Trump, who found an audience that could be easily misled.

thephan wrote:This must stop!

President Trump is now speculating that the media is covering up terrorist attacks - WaPo

More of what you are saying. So sad.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/06/president-trump-is-now-speculating-that-the-media-is-covering-up-terrorist-attacks/?utm_term=.479eb19cfbc3