DHS Declines To Investigate Voting Machines, Trump's Health Care Curveball, And 'Morning Joe' Hits Back

June 30, 2017 Top Stories --------------------------------------------------------------- [Were Voting Machines Actually Breached? DHS Would Rather Not Know]( The Gist: Pressure to examine voting machines used in the 2016 election grows daily as evidence builds that Russian hacking attacks were broader and deeper than previously known. And the Department of Homeland Security has a simple response: No. [Curveball! Trump Suddenly Endorses Obamacare Repeal And Delay]( The Gist: As the Senate struggles to come up with a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare that wins the approval of 50 Republican senators, GOP Sen. Ben Sasse on Friday morning suggested repealing the Affordable Care Act now and devising a replacement later. President Donald Trump quickly jumped on board. [‘Morning Joe’ Co-Hosts Hit Back At Trump In Op-Ed: He’s ‘Not Well’]( The Gist: The co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Mika Brzezinksi and Joe Scarborough, published an op-ed in the Washington Post on Friday morning declaring that President Donald Trump is “not well” and that he should stop watching their show. From The Reporter's Notebook --------------------------------------------------------------- [TPM's Tierney Sneed reports]( that Senate Republicans warming up to Sen. Ted Cruz's idea to let insurers set stingy plans as part as their health care overhaul, but say they need to fix it to prevent a death spiral. Sen. Mike Rounds floated imposing a ratio between the stingier and more comprehensive plan to avoid adverse selection. "I like Ted’s idea as long as we have a connection between the essential health benefits pool rate and his proposal for multiple other plans," Rounds told reporters Thursday. "There has to be a ratio between the two that you maintain, otherwise you’ll run everybody out of that plan that’s healthy and into the less expensive plans. And then you’d end up with the federal government subsidizing that plan rather than premium dollars.” Agree or Disagree? --------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Marshall: "Whether it is the ‘disgusting-ness’ of the intimate acts of women’s bodies – menstruation, a woman urinating – or this more general shame and humiliation of being seen bleeding or injured it comes back to the same thing: [Trump’s focus on humiliation]( the shame of being among the dominated as opposed to those doing the dominating. For Trump, the entire economy of human relations is reduced to this dichotomy. It is a snapshot of the brutal and abusive whirlwind the whole country is caught up in." Say What?! --------------------------------------------------------------- “It’s time that somebody looks at the camera and looks at him and calls him up and says, 'Listen, you crazy, lunatic 70-year-old man-baby, stop it. You are now the President of United States, the commander-in-chief, and you need to stop acting like a mean girl.'” - CNN commentator and Republican strategist Ana Navarro on Thursday [giving President Donald Trump a comprehensive dressing-down]( over his attack on “Morning Joe” host Mika Brzezinski’s appearance. BUZZING: Today in the Hive --------------------------------------------------------------- From a TPM Prime member: "Sarah Huckebee Sanders lies? Really? All we have to do is see who she is trying to defend, the Liar in Chief. But, we must remember, that all she has to do is bring in her Christianity and every thing that she says must be the truth. Sarah is not a very smart woman and appears not to even understand when Trump offends and pisses all over women and stands up there and supports and defends the indefensible. IMO, any woman that supports and voted for this man needs to go get her head examined." Related: [White House: Trump Didn’t Go Too Far In Attack On ‘Morning Joe’ Host’s Looks]( Have something to add? Become a [Prime]( member and join the discussion [here](. What We're Reading --------------------------------------------------------------- Hot Mic Records Troubling Conversation About Solar Regulations ([Billings Gazette]( NASA Denies That It’s Running a Child Slave Colony on Mars ([The Daily Beast]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](