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Populism, real and phony

… Trump’s Cabinet choices show which way the wind is blowing. Both his pick as budget director and his choice to head Health and Human Services want to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and privatize Medicare. His choice as labor secretary is a …

Populism, real and phony

… Trump’s Cabinet choices show which way the wind is blowing. Both his pick as budget director and his choice to head Health and Human Services want to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and privatize Medicare. His choice as labor secretary is a …

Jim Carrey slams STD claims

The 54-year-old actor has been caught in an ongoing legal battle since Brigid Sweetman – the mother of his late ex-girlfriend Cathriona White – filed a lawsuit claiming that her daughter took her own life after she realized the star had given her three sexually transmitted diseases . Now, the ‘Bruce Almighty’ star has filed his own response, claiming that because the STDs were reported to have happened two years prior to Cathriona’s death, they had no impact on her eventual suicide and should therefore be thrown out of court.

Trump to meet with Boeing, Lockheed Martin CEOs on Wednesday

Dec 21 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was set to meet on Wednesday with Dennis Muilenburg, the chief executive of Boeing Co, and Marillyn Hewson, the CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp, two defense contractors he has questioned over project costs, a transition official said. Dec 21 A U.S. jury in Ohio on Wednesday ordered DuPont to pay $2 million to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from one of the company’s plants, according to the plaintiff’s lawyer Robert Bilott.

Activists Defend ACA, March To Republican Party Headquarters

A small but boisterous group marched from Capital Community College to the Connecticut Republican Party headquarters on Pratt Street Tuesday afternoon, chanting, singing and protesting what they called “President-elect Donald Trump and his allies’ massive attack on every aspect of our families’ health care.” Once they arrived at the statewide GOP headquarters about 5:30 p.m., organizer Dan Durso rang the bell to the GOP office several times, but no one answered.

A fiscal hawk to OMB

President-elect Donald Trump has named Rep. Mick Mulvaney as his director of the Office of Management and Budget, signaling his intent to slash spending and address the deficit as president. Mulvaney, 49, was elected to Congress in 2010 in the wave that brought a cohort of younger, staunchly conservative members into the House.

Trump immigration plan could cost the U.S. billions

President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to overturn an executive order that provides temporary protection from deportation to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children could cost the country tens of billions of dollars, a new study finds. Put in place by President Obama six years ago, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has helped hundreds of thousands of young people – known as the DREAMers – come out from the shadows and get valid driver’s licenses, enroll in college and legally secure jobs.

California push to cover illegals under Obamacare may fail

Time is running out for the administration to approve California’s push to allow illegal immigrants to use its Obamacare exchange, likely dooming the effort as President Obama prepares to hand the reins over to President-elect Donald Trump. The 2010 health law specifically banned illegal immigrants from signing up for Obamacare, with Capitol Hill Democrats fearing at the time that it was too politically charged.

California push to cover illegals under Obamacare may fail

Time is running out for the administration to approve California’s push to allow illegal immigrants to use its Obamacare exchange, likely dooming the effort as President Obama prepares to hand the reins over to President-elect Donald Trump. The 2010 health law specifically banned illegal immigrants from signing up for Obamacare, with Capitol Hill Democrats fearing at the time that it was too politically charged.

The new OMB’s director’s first order of business? Standing up to Trump.

AS THE federal government has grown, so has the power and responsibility of the White House-based agency charged with keeping tabs on spending, revenue and regulation. The director of that agency, the Office of Management and Budget, is much more than the president’s bean-counter; he or she is a key player on policy, as well as, traditionally, the voice of fiscal responsibility both within the executive branch and in the public arena.

Nation-Now 27 mins ago 9:59 p.m.’SNL’ imagines a Boston-themed Dunkin’ Donuts ad

If you ever wondered what it would have looked like if the Good Will Hunting boys had hit up Dunkin’ Donuts on their way to work one morning, now you know. Thanks, SNL! Casey Affleck , clad in a flannel jacket and Boston Bruins hat, irritated the staff during a commercial set in Beantown by insisting that if he stuck his cigarette out the door, it didn’t count as smoking in the restaurant.

Trump action on health care could cost Planned Parenthood

One of President-elect Donald Trump’s first, and defining, acts next year could come on Republican legislation to cut off taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood. Trump sent mixed signals during the campaign about the 100-year-old organization, which provides birth control, abortions and various women’s health services.

Democrats

… cuts. Schumer promised “some heck of a hearing” for Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), President-elect Trump’s nominee to be Health and Human Services secretary. Schumer and Sanders both pointed out that while Trump campaigned on a promise to not touch …