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1. What is the top issue for voters headed into the 2018 midterm elections?

Jobs? Immigration? Russia?

Nope. It’s healthcare.

But why is it attracting so little media coverage?

It's not an accident

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2. Republicans, if they are able to maintain control of Congress, are planning to renew their efforts to repeal Obamacare.

But Obamacare repeal is very unpopular, so they keeping quiet.

"Repeal is like fight club. First rule is not to talk about it."

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3. In the meantime, the Trump administration is quietly doing anything and everything to undermine the law

Brookings found that, without Trump's sabotage, Obamacare premiums would be going DOWN 4.3% next year

Instead, they are increasing as much as 30%

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4. For health care, the state level elections matter a lot too. There are still a bunch of states that haven't taken advantage of Medicaid expansion.

Louisiana expanded Medicaid and two years later, the uninsured popular was CUT IN HALF

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5. Even states that have already expanded Medicaid can counteract, in part, Trump's sabotage. New Jersey pass their own individual mandate, allowing them to reduce premium increases from 12.6% to 5.8%.

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TRUMP: "At the request of Democrats it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall."

What Democrat has requested a border wall made of steel?
TRUMP: "The border wall would very quickly pay for itself."

Absolutely no evidence of this. Trump cites the cost of illegal drugs, most of which come through official ports of entry.
TRUMP: "The wall will also be paid for indirectly by the great new trade deal we have made with Mexico."

This is not true. And the deal hasn't even been approved by Congress.
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A total and humiliating capitation to a president with no interest in the truth.

The news media is supposed to inform the public.

They are now being used to disseminate government propaganda.
REMEMBER: When Obama wanted to address the nation on immigration, the networks refused to air it because they believe it would be "overtly political."

What a joke.

goo.gl/a8SSgT
The idea that a Democratic rebuttal or fact-checking will make this better is insulting.

If I break my arm and a doctor gives me a cast, I'm thankful.

If a doctor breaks my arm and hands me a band-aid, it's not a favor.
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Any network that airs this live is knowingly participating in a disinformation campaign
Some conflicting info, but @JenniferJJacobs of Bloomberg says the networks will air this live

This show just how deeply the mainstream media misunderstands Trump and his tactics

@JenniferJJacobs This is what happened when Obama gave a primetime address on immigration in 2014
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🥒PeckersPickle🥒

If Trump won by illegal means, can he be indicted or impeached?

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