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Who brought you federal protections that guarantee insurance company vultures can’t engage in pre-existing condition abuse? Democrats.
Who made sure the insurance companies can't shut off the spigot to your health care just because their bean counters think you've had enough? Democrats.
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Who made sure preventive, aka “essential” services like checkups and colonoscopies are included in your monthly premium at no extra cost? Democrats.
Who brought you the right to keep your kids on your health insurance policy until they're 26? Democrats.
Federal exchange enrollment ends in three weeks.
Who made sure every state has the ability to expand Medicaid, giving the poorest residents affordable access to health insurance, many for the first time in their lives? Democrats.
Who headed up the first state governments to expand Medicaid? Democrats.
Who still wants to abolish all of the above? Republicans.
Who isn’t going to let them? Democrats.
Who’s going to expand the ACA once Joe Biden is sworn in? Democrats.
When does the 2021 ACA federal exchange enrollment period end? December 15.
Note: Here’s what you can expect C&J-wise for the rest of the week: regular C&J tomorrow, special Thanksgiving edition Thursday morning, no C&J Friday, though we’ll probably post a "Who Won the Week" poll in the diaries, and we’ll be back in the saddle Monday. We wish you a reasonably sane and safe holiday. And remember: if you don’t get the long end of the wishbone, the person who did is an enemy of the people and the whole thing was rigged by Hugo Chavez. [Re-checks notes.] Yup, that’s what it says here: Hugo Chavez. —Mgt.
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By the Numbers:
57 days!!!
Days 'til Biden-Harris inauguration day: 57
Days 'til President-elect Biden starts announcing his cabinet picks: 0
Increase in early and absentee voting among Asian-American and Pacific Islanders in the top 13 most-competitive swing states this year: 300%
Number of turbines that'll be floated across a 16-mile area off the coast of Maine within 5 years to become America's first offshore wind farm dedicated to researching the industry's effects on wildlife and the fishing industry: 12
Number of world records American swimmer Caeleb Dressel broke Saturday: 2 (100 meter butterfly, 50 meter freestyle)
CHEERS to our next top diplomat. Well, doggone it, I tried my best to convince President-elect Biden that what America really needs in a Secretary of State is a doddering old oil company CEO who needs five naps a day, or an End Times fanatic whose #1 mission in life is to gather all the Jews in Israel so God can wipe them out and bring about the Rapture. Sorry to say, our State Department is going to have to get used to being lorded over by Tony Blinken, a guy with experience, common sense, stamina, dedication to the job, and a sterling reputation as a bringer-together-of-nations. Even worse, according to The Guardian he's kinda…cool:
After four years of an administration that has separated migrant children from their parents and kept them in cages, Blinken’s arrival at the state department will mark a dramatic change, to say the least.
True fact: Blinken was in the room where it happened. That’s him in the back peering over Chief of Staff Bob Daley’s shoulder as President Obama’s raid on the Bin Laden compound was carried out.
He went to school in Paris, where he learned to play the guitar and play football (soccer), and harboured dreams of becoming a film-maker. Before entering the White House under Barack Obama, he used to play in a weekly soccer game with US officials, foreign diplomats and journalists, and he has two singles, love songs titled Lip Service and Patience, uploaded on Spotify.
All those contacts and the urbane bilingual charm will be targeted at soothing the frayed nerves of western allies, reassuring them that the US is back as a conventional team player. Theforeign policy prioritiesin the first days of a Biden administration will be rejoining treaties and agreements that Donald Trump left.
When Rex Tillerson left, I couldn't have cared less. When Mike Pompeo is finally forced out of State in less than two months, I expect you'll be among the first to shout, "Good riddance." But I think we'll be sad when this new guy eventually leaves after years of faithful service and international fence-mending. In other words: Blinken, you'll miss him.
P.S. More Democratic superheroes have joined The Avengers:
But those are stories...for another day.
JEERS to taking your life in your hands: holiday travel edition. Thanksgiving is looming like a 20-pound platter of mashed potatoes, but AAA predicts—and we hope they're right—that the pandemic will mean fewer travelers screaming, cursing and smelling kinda gamey between now and next Tuesday:
With health and government officials stressing that staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from getting sick, AAA anticipates at least a 10% drop in travel—the largest one-year decrease since the Great Recession in 2008.
If you must travel for Thanksgiving, the CDC recommends that you stay at home.
For Americans who make the personal decision to travel for the holiday, it is important to know the risks involved and ways to keep yourself and others safe. In addition to CDC guidance, travelers should also be aware of local and state travel restrictions, including testing requirements and quarantine orders.
AAA anticipates Thanksgiving air travel volume will be down by nearly half of prior years—to 2.4 million travelers. This would be the largest one-year decrease on record. [A]s a precaution, wipe down your seat, armrest, belt buckle and tray table using disinfecting wipes.
If you'll be among the road-trippers, please be safe, wear a mask, and practice common-sense driving etiquette: use your right hand for texting and your left hand for flipping the bird.
CHEERS to common sense backed by science. On today's date in 1859, Darwin's The Origin of Speciesby Means of Natural Selection was published. As proof that the theory works in reverse, more Americans believe in creationism today than evolution. Even the one-celled amoebas are rolling their eyes.
JEERS to cultists doing what cultists do. According to a new poll, 66 percent of Republicans say they support the idea of Donald Trump running for president again in 2024. But if you look at the crosstabs it's not so rosy. His support drops to 58 percent if he dies.
CHEERS to "Old Rough 'n Ready." And Happy birthday to "#12" Zachary Taylor, who became president in 1849. Odd fellow:
Taylor was one strange-looking dude. Given his thick trunk, long, spindly arms, and a face like shoe leather, he bore an unsettling resemblance to an orangutan.
General Bedhead
Old Rough and Ready may have been at home in the saddle, but he needed help getting into it—his legs were too short and bow-shaped to do it alone.
His hat of choice was a broad-rimmed, floppy thing woven of palmetto leaves, which—along with a mismatched set of rags that he frequently passed off as clothes—led some people to mistake their president for a farmer. —From Secret Lives of theU.S.Presidents by Cormac O'Brien
He ruled the national roost for a whopping 1 year and 126 days until he became "Old Gastroenteritis" and died from some combination of a) tainted water, b) tainted cherries, or c) tainted iced milk. You know the drill...pay your respects and move along. Taint nice to stare at dead folks.
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Ten years ago in C&J:November 24, 2010
CHEERS to Mission Accomplished...no, no, I mean that in a good way! Starting next Tuesday, Senators will get some extra time to review what the troops have to say about allowing gay soldiers to serve openly in our armed forces. The Pentagon's report on the repeal of 'Don’t Ask Don't Tell' (Verdict: Thumbs up!) is going to be released one day early. Or, as gay servicemembers call it: 16 years, 11 months and 7 days too late.
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And just one more…
CHEERS to the calm before the calm. After going through all the regular alphabet names and half of the Greek alphabet names, there are only 7 days 'til the end of this god-forsaken Atlantic hurricane season for the U.S. Let's check in and see if NOAA thinks anyone should be building arks:
Ignore the yellow X. It’s the Trump family’s future burial plot.
Nope—all clear, at last. Let’s just quietly tiptoe along and speak no more of it. And for God’s sake, someone tell everyone in the Caribbean to cancel their spinning classes for a week. That’s how these things start.
Have a tolerable Tuesday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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