Pragmatic Liberal

NJ Nomad, Dad, Husband, Seminary Dropout, Pragmatic Liberal -- views expressed are my own -- BigData, CRM, Personalization, eCommerce leading for years

[Claire McCaskill @clairecmc]

Pretty sure we have just discovered an earmark for Hillsdale College/Betsy DeVos courtesy of Pat Toomey. https://t.co/U3XhlFsZgi Language inserted to exempt them from endowment taxation.

[Richard Hine @richardhine]

Trump on Thursday: WE'RE SAYING MERRY CHRISTMAS AGAIN!

Mueller on Friday: MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[The Associated Press @AP]

AP sources: Ex-deputy national security adviser KT McFarland is the Trump transition official referenced in court documents who discussed US sanctions, response to Russia with Flynn. https://t.co/7mu2BJYAQB

[Andrea Mitchell @mitchellreports]

.@SenBobCorker is a no on taxes: "at the end of the day I am not able to cast aside my fiscal concerns and vote for legislation that I believe based on the information I currently have could deepen the debt burden on future generations" But with Collins GOP has 51 votes to pass

[Stephen Colbert @StephenAtHome]

Non-hypothetical question: are you insane? https://t.co/BXTNJssIHT

[The Hill @thehill]

Federal prosecutors: Flynn coordinated Russia contacts with Trump officials at Mar-a-Lago https://t.co/xYZ0FtOUWk

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

Is there a single person on earth who thinks Trump didn't know at the time Flynn was discussing sanctions w Kislyak?

[The Hill @thehill]

Dems: Erik Prince refused to answer some questions in Trump-Russia interview because transcript would be public https://t.co/7tSPGQZZwB

[The Hill @thehill]

#BREAKING: Treasury Inspector General investigating if Mnuchin actually analyzed GOP tax plan https://t.co/CjtKTefyHW

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

This “tax bill” is being used to take health care away from 13 million Americans, mostly over the next three years. This bill should be considered a health care repeal bill, not a tax bill. Chart below is via the CBO report. #GOPTaxScam #VoteNo

[Will Drabold @WillDrabold]

OVERHEARD FROM SENATE FLOOR: “We’re going to add more taxes to the bill to make it revenue neutral,” said SEN CORNYN shortly before Corker, Flake, Johnson let bill advance.

[Jonathan Capehart @CapehartJ]

What the............?! https://t.co/cvfO7AqJLL

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

When Reagan slashed taxes for the rich in 1981, economic growth went down by 1.9% the following year and the unemployment rate increased. The 1981 tax cut was so "successful" that Reagan had to increase taxes 11 times after that.

[Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel]

OK Roy, but I'm leaving my daughters at home! P.S. - wear that cute little leather vest https://t.co/scweglm2Fg

[ABC News Politics @ABCPolitics]

Rep. Schiff on Sessions' interview with House Intel Committee: "I asked the attorney general whether he was ever instructed by the president to take any action that he believed would hinder the Russian investigation and he declined to answer the question." https://t.co/3sRHUcXJL2

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

Just left the floor where I continued to make the case for going back to to the table to negotiate a tax reform bill that actually helps middle class families. This bill adds over a trillion dollars in debt & does nothing for America’s infrastructure

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Hear me out. But here’s a crazy idea.

If you don’t have a final version of a massive tax/education/healthcare/environment overhaul bill—and if you don’t think scoring of that bill is right because the bill isn’t finalized–maybe, just maybe, wait a few days to vote on the bill.

[Conan O'Brien @ConanOBrien]

President Trump didn’t pardon the whole turkey, just the white meat.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: California sheriff says gunman tried to get into rooms at elementary school to shoot more kids, but lockdown saved lives.

[John Fetterman @JohnFetterman]

We’re so close to hitting 500 grassroots contributions on the first day of this campaign. Will you help put us over the top? >> https://t.co/HBgxyOEjPl #TeamFetterman