Glenn Beck and Fox News control the media side of the tea party movement. No racism here, of course. Nope.

The bill will cost $940 billion over the first 10 years and reduce the deficit by $130 billion during that period. In the second 10 years -- so, 2020 to 2029 -- it will reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion. The legislation will cover 32 million Americans, or 95 percent of the legal population.

This is great, of course. Now it's up to the Democrats to pass the thing and then the very important work of making sure voters know about these praise-worthy details.

Adding... More:

1. CUTS THE DEFICIT Cuts the deficit by $130 billion in the first ten years (2010 – 2019). Cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second ten years.

2. REINS IN WASTEFUL MEDICARE COSTS AND EXTENDS THE SOLVENCY OF MEDICARE; CLOSES THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG DONUT HOLE Reduces annual growth in Medicare expenditures by 1.4 percentage points per year—while improving benefits and lowering costs for seniors. Extends Medicare’s solvency by at least 9 years.

3. EXPANDS AND IMPROVES HEALTH COVERAGE FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES Expands health insurance coverage to 32 million Americans Helps guarantee that 95 percent of Americans will be covered.

4. IS FULLY PAID FOR Is fully paid for – costs $940 billion over a decade. (Americans spend nearly $2.5 trillion each year on health care now and nearly two-thirds of the bill’s cost is paid for by reducing health care costs).

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Plus, the death of the kill-biller movement. Lots of healthcare stuffs.

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Rush - "Limelight"
Live from Exit... Stage Left

Previously undisclosed records from Mitchell's case reveal that Fortis [now known as Assurant] had a company policy of targeting policyholders with HIV. A computer program and algorithm targeted every policyholder recently diagnosed with HIV for an automatic fraud investigation, as the company searched for any pretext to revoke their policy. As was the case with Mitchell, their insurance policies often were canceled on erroneous information, the flimsiest of evidence, or for no good reason at all, according to the court documents and interviews with state and federal investigators.

Rat bastards of the worst order. Not only do the Republicans want to preserve this system, they want to allow it to get worse.

It must be a nightmare, clinging to beliefs that are regularly refuted by empirical facts, embracing myths of a country which only exists in the febrile Right Wing imagination, cringing in fear of contrived boogie men and having the world look upon you with a mixture of amusement and pity.

Because that is the reality of being a Republican today.

In order to maintain a semblance of relevance, a Republican must ignore the haunting truth behind their desperately embraced identity: fear of becoming obsolete in an increasingly progressive world. Clinging to those dependable dinosaurs Guns and Religion (as well as dinosaurs themselves---the ones that walked the earth 6000 years ago) the modern Republican party is a veritable curiosity shop of bygone beliefs, the kitsch without the cute.

What a waste of passion and faith, their surges of populist zeal ending up being about as effective in the end as an outbreak of acne.

And for the rest of the sentient world such a phenomenon is viewed with sadness, like seeing a once able athlete turned into a drooling yet lethal lummox, the glory days far, far behind.

The scourge which has brought the Republican party to its knees (and not a few bought-and-sold Democrats) is greed, of course. It is as virulent as anything Michael Crichton could have cooked up, its variations are manifold and gain entry under any number of guises: as fear, as gaudy celebrity, as hoary American archetypes.

Decades of impersonalization masquerading as technology have robbed Americans of their once inherent understanding of liberty's tenuous grasp in a turbulent world. They have been assured by corporate wolves that there is no need to be vigilant over the flock; their security is in good hands (cue the evil laughter).

And so the spectacle continues news cycle after news cycle, packaged reality after manufactured crisis, a theme park of Democracy, America the ride. It is non-stop thrills guaranteed to distract from the real action taking place in board rooms and think tanks.

The hell of it is, the Republicans (or broken down into sub categories of the Scared, the Marginalized, the Willingly Ignorant and the Patriotic) could have truly mattered if only their leaders had not succumbed to their baser impulses, the ones which used to be more closely associated with cavemen but which now, today, fully define the party of Lincoln.

How many times did the Republicans use it the last time they controlled Congress, 2005-06? More than 35 times! And the Democrats? They complained about it then too, though to the best of my knowledge there were no claims of treason.

The Republicans have no shame. No dignity.

A thousand people have donated over $16,000 to Dennis since yesterday to thank him for standing up for what he believes in. We’ll be asking him to return it.

Yeah okay. Because there aren't any other progressive priorities that this money will serve, right? Ridiculous.

Augustana - "Hotel Roosevelt"

Dem leadership staff is highlighting a series of numbers from 1962 on President John F. Kennedy’s proposal. In July of that year, a Gallup poll found 28% in favor, 24% viewing it unfavorably, and a sizable 33% with no opinion on it — showing an evenly divided public.

A month later, after JFK’s proposal went down, an Opinion Research Corporation poll found 44 percent said it should have been passed, while 37% supported its defeat — also showing an evenly divided public.

Also in that poll, a majority, 54%, said it was a serious problem that “government medical insurance for the aged would be a big step toward socialized medicine.”

Call your representative in Congress and tell them to not panic.

(Also, sorry for the light blogging. I'm locked into the Los Angeles vortex.)

They're framing the Sanders amendment -- the nationwide community healthcare centers -- as some sort of weird earmark or kickback just for Vermont. Which is absolutely untrue. They're also failing to clarify that the reconciliation sidecar will eliminate the Ben Nelson deal.

Actually, this raises a potential political counterpoint to be used against the Republicans. If any Republicans vote "no" on the sidecar, they're actually voting to preserve the Ben Nelson Medicaid deal -- the Cornhusker Kickback and the other nicknamed compromises.

In a stunning display of Biblical specificity not seen since the face Jesus's mother Mary was seen on the underside of Pat Robertson's barcalounger, the entire state of Texas has been Raptured, with the exception of the city of Austin and actor Thomas Hayden Church.

Governor Rick Perry removed all his clothing moments before, telling reporters "I won't be needing these anymore!". When asked what he'll do when he and the millions of other right wing morons reach Heaven, the Governor (or as one reporter referred to the denuded Republican afterward as "Rock Perky") replied "I'm gonna ride me one of them dinosaurs. And even though I won't have pants or a saddle, in Heaven I am certain there is no chaffing."

Since the Texas State Board of Education amended social studies, history and economics textbooks to reflect an ultra-conservative point of view, the signs that Rapture was imminent began to appear. Piggly Wigglys all over the state began to slash prices on all foods with Olestra in them, bouffant hairdo's on older Texas matrons spontaneously burst into an ectoplasm-like flame which defied extinguishing and the acne-ridden faces of born again teenagers began to leak ambergris.

The remaining damned gathered for miles around to watch the mass ascension of the Lone Star Staters and, as the last naked putz vanished into a layer of stratocumulus, a cheer rose up which could be heard all the way to Rhode Island and parts of Haiti.

Plans for the now vacated expanse of land include the possible relocation of Israel or just allowing things to grow there again.

So what. I don't see what the big deal is. They're still voting, and if they want to vote against the Senate bill, they can vote "no" on both. At this point, there are so many votes on the record anyway, I can't imagine that merging two votes into one will make or break political fortunes.

By the way, Kelly O'Donnell told Chuck Todd this morning that "deem and pass" defies "reality." Uh-huh. It's a rule that can be used. They're not making shit up. This is just as real in terms of parliamentary rules as, say, the filibuster and cloture.

Stars - "Your Ex-Lover is Dead"