Best breakdown of the Senate bill I have seen so far.

The Senate GOP hid the meanest things very deeply in its Obamacare repeal bill. We found them

Vox's Ezra Klein, as usual, does an excellent job of summing up how fucked up this bill is:
The Senate health bill: poor people pay more for worse insurance

Just give it to them. Let it pass.

The moderate 3 or 4 Republicans and the Democrats will get zero credit with Trump Nation for trying to mitigate the more horrific parts of the bill. “It’s not working because we didn’t get everything we wanted in it” will be said quite loudly, and those who voted for Trump will agree with that, because that’s what they do.

If, however, the bill passes in its entirety, there will be misery, on a massive scale. The people will suffer. If this bill passes with no input from the left, the cause-and-effect relationship will be as clear as it ever can be.

Just let it pass. It may be the only way to open their eyes.

Or it may not be enough. In which case, we’ll finally know exactly where we stand.

Well it is the quickest way to healthcare reform...and the highest body count.

I just hope my body doesn't end up on that pile.

And Today in the daily Trump circus...

Trump confesses to witness tampering and then tries to convince us That he ‘wasn’t very stupid’

And in the new era of open and honest government...When almost everybody carries a recording device in their pocket.

With cameras banned, CNN sends sketch artist to White House briefing

Saw this on another forum :

18 U.S. Code § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant

(b) Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward another person, with intent to—
(1) influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding;
(2) cause or induce any person to—
(A) withhold testimony, or withhold a record, document, or other object, from an official proceeding;

Looks like a duck to me.

Some analysis on the witness tampering/intimidation angle from WaPo:
Could Trump’s White House tapes ruse actually get him in legal trouble?

tl;dr/paywalled- technically a case can be made on witness tampering, especially considering statements made by Gingrich and Trump himself suggesting the whole point behind the tapes ruse was to influence Comey's testimony.
But any such charges, like the obstruction of justice charge, are at the discretion of Congress. So, probably not gonna happen.

I'm predicting it'll pass the Senate, then get bogged down again in the House. Freedom Caucus and moderates who got cajoled into passing it last time will have second thoughts.
If it does make it to Trump's desk, this is a total recipe for insurance death spiral, as premiums skyrocket and people lose incentive to maintain coverage. Blue states may maintain something that resembles Obamacare, but everywhere else insurance markets will crash and millions will be left with nothing. And that's when we start talking single payer...

It depends when the CBO score comes out before or after the vote?
Taking a vote without a score on something this big should be criminal.

CBO score I believe is expected early next week, but what difference will that make to the Republicans and Trump? Despite the CBO saying 20+million would lose insurance the House still manged to pass the first version. They'll make some excuse that the CBO score is wrong but the truth is they don't give a fuck about the CBO or the people who'll lose insurance.

This comes down to what 4 or 5 senators do. And that will be decided by what they fear most a primary challenge from the right or a general election...and their conscience

Ha. Conscience. That's rich.

I certainly hope it doesn't come down to that.

And in the real world the Russian story takes on more significance. If somebody can post the WAPO story please do they won't let me in...something about paying them.

Rachel Maddow reviews some of the highlights of a lengthy, eye-opening report from The Washington Post about the reaction of the Obama administration to the news that Vladimir Putin was directing a cyberattack on the U.S. election.