#jeffery dunham

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Jack: If it's 90 proof or better, I'll drink it from a fookin' tin can.

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Although Devon Dunham confessed to fatally shooting former Hardeeville volunteer fire chief Ernest Martin Stevens in a public parking lot in 2017, a Jasper County jury found him not guilty of murder Thursday.

Dunham breathed an audible sigh of relief through his face mask after hearing the verdict and softly fist-bumped his attorney.

The jury deliberated less than two hours.

Stevens, 77, was shot to death just before 9 a.m. Aug. 10, 2017, while sitting in the driver’s seat of his Ford F-150 truck in the Argent Square parking lot near his home off Ulman Street in Hardeeville.

Dunham, 28 and living at Hardeeville at the time, was arrested related to the killing a day later in Savannah. His trial started Tuesday in Ridgeland on charges of murder and possessing a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

Because he was not found guilty of murder, he could not be found guilty of the latter charge.

Throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, 19 witnesses were called, including neighbors who saw or heard the shooting, law enforcement officers involved in the investigation and arrest, and experts who reviewed evidence such as a 9 mm handgun, spent bullets, the autopsy report, footprints at the scene and Dunham’s confession to police.

THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS

During closing arguments on Thursday, 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone wove together a story of a frustrated Dunham searching for a ride when he came across Stevens.

“... He sees a target,” Stone said. “A 77-year-old man alone with a running truck. What great fortune for Devon Dunham, a vulnerable elderly man by himself.”

Stone alleged Dunham walked up to Stevens, told him to give him the truck, then unloaded all eight rounds in his 9 mm handgun when Stevens tried to drive away.

“He shot Mr. Stevens because he was losing his ride,” Stone claimed, adding here’s no argument of the facts because “most of what I told you Devon Dunham told you” in his admission to police.

Dunham’s defense attorney, Beaufort-based Jeffery Stephens, said Dunham wanted a ride but felt threatened by Stevens, and that’s when he began firing shots.

He also said Dunham “is not the best communicator,” which may have affected how he explained what happened to Hardeeville officers after his arrest. By the time Dunham admitted to shooting Stevens, he had been handcuffed to a wall in the interview room for six hours and was “sleep deprived,” his attorney said.

The defense began arguing that race, Dunham being a Black man and Stevens being white, could have played a part in the incident, but Stone objected and the judge agreed to not allow the theory.

Dunham’s lack of “intent to harm means it’s not murder,” Stephens said.

Devon Dunham:

Ernest Martin Stevens:

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i wish to go to las vegas. i wish to spend copious amounts of money and then to cool off with jeffery dunhams famous puppet performances

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Taylor is literally willingly friends with people who STILL regularly commit sexual harrasment and/or assault, Todrick Hall & Lena Dunham! Lena kissed Brad Pitt against his will just last December & Todrick has been taken to court by at least one of his victims! Taylor's friends with sex abusers & a Harvey Girl, Blake Lively, OFC she knows *everything* about Weinstein, Taylor probably has hella deets on David Geffen, if not also Jeffery Epstein's antics, with her secretly shady connections too!

I can’t even imagine the tea Taylor and Blake Lively have. That’s a duo I need to have dinner with.

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Other examples: peak Jew, because Harvey Weinstein and Jeffery Epstein and the like. That's antisemitism. Peak gay because of Jeffery Dahmer and Lena Dunham and others. That's homophobic. But as soon as you see shitty behaviour from trans people and the movement that the ones who just go about their everyday life don't even really support or take part in, suddenly it's ok to say all trans people are the same and evil and gross and delusional.

Just say you're a bigot. Just say you allow the actions of a vocal minority to colour your opinion of a diverse and nuanced group.

"peak trans" is so unabashedly stupid as a way to excuse bigotry.

If someone told you that they've "peak black"ed, that they see all black people as rapist criminal unintelligent subhumans because of the actions of BLM, would you say "oh yeah you have a fair point" or "dude that's racist as hell, you know that black people are not wholly represented by the bad parts of BLM"?

Apply that to trans people.

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This is 3 for 1 book!

Pub Date: September 24, 2019

***ARC  was provided to me by Net Galley and the Publisher for a fair and honest review***

Story 1: A Christmas Abduction

Author: Madeline Hunter

Overall rating: 4/5 

Heroine (Caroline Dunham): 3/5 Her family was slighted in more ways than one and she has a propensity for revenge. She has been managing her father’s horse farm for the past two years and is rather good at it. 

Hero (Baron Adam Thornhill): 4/5 He has a reputation in London for being an inebriated rake but he is trying to be a better man. 

Plot: 3.5/5 Caroline kidnaps Adam Thornhilll, a baron who she believes has slighted her family. He takes to being held hostage for the holidays very well and even starts falling for his pretty guard. They both realize that they have been wrong about the other and want to make amends. 

Personal Review: A story of loss and revenge that has a cute ending. Good, quick holiday themed read. I would read more from this author in the future. 

Story 2: A Perfect Match

Author: Sabrina Jefferies

Overall rating: 4/5 

Heroine (Cassandra Isles): 4/5 She wants her wealthy but dim witted cousin settled in a good marriage before she reveals that she is also an heiress. To society she is the poor relation so she can be sure that she won’t be troubled with fortune hunters again.

Hero (Lord Heywood): 4/5 Heywood is a soldier and would like to leave that life behind and settle his inherited estate. But he needs a wealthy wife so that he can tend to the property because he hasn’t been able to earn enough in the army. 

Plot: 4/5 Heywood and his friend Douglas and had gotten through the war because of Douglas’ sister’s regular letters. Before returning to England, Heywood is so charmed by them that he clears it with Douglas to marry Kitty if she’ll have him. The pair learn that an old enemy of theirs, Mr. Malet was seeking revenge in the form of Kitty’s hand. Heywood picks up both Kitty and her cousin Cass from a ball in the nick of time and whisks the girls to his family estate. They are snowed in and secrets are revealed. Heywood finds he wants Cass but can’t have her if he also wants to do right by his estate since she isn’t an heiress. Will love matter more than his dream?

Personal Review: I loved this little story. I had read some of Jefferies’ work before and love this overall series. Cass and Heywood are well written characters and have very defined motivations for their actions.

Story 3: One Wicked Winter’s Night

Author: Mary Jo Putney

Overall rating: 3/5 

Heroine (Diana Lawrence): 3/5 She has traveled the world over and has finally come back to England to settle. She’s almost thirty and believes herself to be very firmly on the shelf

Hero (Anthony Raines, Duke of Castleton): 3/5 He lived under the thumb of his father for so long and believed love to be lost to him. 

Plot: 3/5 Diana and Anthony had shared a love long ago and have now surprisingly found each other in a ballroom. When she refuses to acknowledge their attraction, Anothony steals away with her beloved cat. Will she meet his terms to get Panda back?

Personal Review: Putney really loves explanation points. It was almost distracting. But the story was short and sweet.

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"Is Audrey Murdick married to anyone? Murdick, who has an estimated total total net worth of around $60 million, is in a marital relationship with her boyfriend turned husband Jeff Dunham and has kids with him, Jack Steve and James Jeffery Dunham.

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“Dancers Teachers + Choreographers LUIGI.” OFF JAZZ - LUIGI (Eugene Louis FACCIUTO), Longstaff, Jeffery Scott. Bartenieff Fundamentals and Developmental Movement Patterns. 2004.

“History of Jazz Dance.” Jazz Dance - History of Jazz in a Dance Form, www.dancefacts.net/dance-list/jazz-dance/.

“Jazz Dance.” Dance Connection Rochester, www.danceconnectionrochester.com/dance/jazz-dance.

“Katherine Dunham - Katherine Dunham Biography.” Katherine Dunham - Katherine Dunham Biography, kdcah.org/katherine-dunham-biography/.

Semko, Elizabeth, et al. “Gus Giordano.” Dance Advantage, 10 Aug. 2015, www.danceadvantage.net/giordano-jazz-dance/.

Semko, Elizabeth, et al. “Matt Mattox.” Dance Advantage, 7 Oct. 2015, www.danceadvantage.net/matt-mattox/.

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Just when you thought it was safe to relax, for no further new TV shows were coming to humbly request your eyeballs, The CW decided to start premiering most of its shows this week.

The tiny network — home to some of TV’s best shows, like Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — traditionally waits for October to debut its series, where they can premiere slightly outside of the biggest crush of fall TV season. But with the network expanding to Sunday nights for the first time this fall, it’s got more new series to flaunt than usual, to say nothing of all of its returning shows.

Thus, this week, we offer thoughts on The CW’s new high school drama All American, as well as its reboot of the venerable witch show Charmed. Finally, we have thoughts on HBO’s new series from Girls producers Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, Camping, which also marks Jennifer Garner’s return to TV.

Few of these shows are great, and as critics, we often have limited information on whether they’ll get better. (It’s rare to impossible for broadcast networks, especially, to send out many episodes for review beyond the first couple.) But there’s something in all of these shows worth checking out, especially if you’re a particular fan of their genres.

(A note: We’ve only given ratings to shows where we feel we’ve seen enough episodes to judge how successful they will be long-term.)

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Who doesn’t like a teen drama about a boy from an underprivileged background getting a hand up into the world of the rich and comfortable? It’s been the story of many, many teen soaps over the years, but perhaps most famously on The O.C., where Chino-born Ryan Atwood found himself suddenly living among the spoiled and pampered denizens of Orange County.

The CW’s new series All American takes that format and mixes it with Friday Night Lights for one of the strongest new dramas of the fall. It has its rough edges, but there’s something hard to beat about a good-hearted kid discovering the excesses of money and power, while those who have the money and power discover just how much they have in common with the new kid.

At the center of All American is Spencer (winning British newcomer Daniel Ezra), a football star at South LA’s public Crenshaw High. Spencer is black, and he comes from a majority-black neighborhood. (He’s also based on the real NFL player Spencer Paysinger.) When a coach for a Beverly Hills high school — played by Taye Diggs, who I never thought would make a great Coach Taylor but makes a great Coach Taylor — turns up to offer Spencer a chance at a role on a higher-profile team, Spencer worries about betraying his community before eventually realizing going to Beverly Hills could cement his future.

You can sort of see where this is going from there, but creator April Blair shows a refreshing willingness to keep the story moving throughout the first three episodes, unveiling a healthy dollop of plot twists and soapiness, while also giving her characters a whole lot of heart. Indeed, the twist at the end of the pilot takes the show from “pretty good” to “something I’ll give at least a season to figure itself out.”

There are issues here and there (the ensemble is perhaps a little too large for a show this young, and there’s way too much music to drive every emotional point home), but All American is an intriguing stew of teen soap tastes that taste great together. —Todd VanDerWerff

All American debuted Wednesday, October 10, on The CW and is available on the network’s website. Future episodes air Wednesdays at 9 pm on The CW.

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For whatever reason, The CW’s new spin on Charmed has been embroiled in controversy over its status as a reboot starring brand new actors, rather than a revival starring the show’s original cast. And, sure, the original series has die-hard fans, and in a climate where seemingly every other popular show from the ’90s is being revived just as it was back then, it’s not hard to imagine a world where that happened with Charmed, too.

But if those disgruntled Charmed fans tune in to the new version, they’re likely to find a show that, despite a pilot that’s a bit of a mess, has the right elements in place to become just as fun as that earlier series (if not more fun — that original show could be a bit of a mess itself). Most importantly, Jessica O’Toole, Amy Rardin, and Jennie Snyder Urman (of Jane the Virgin fame), who developed this new Charmed, have nailed the single most important element of the show: the casting.

To make a show about three sisters who are witches — and so much more powerful when together than when apart — you really need three actors who simultaneously exude raw supernatural power and a sisterhood that feels real, not assembled right before shooting the pilot. (Even if you know that’s what happened.) And Madeleine Mantock, Melonie Diaz, and Sarah Jeffery absolutely seem like sisters, with all the attendant benefits and baggage that relationship carries.

Plus, revamping this show to be about a Latina family offers a subtly powerful twist on the idea of those without traditional political power having untapped reserves of raw power. The pilot could do more with this idea (and the series hopefully will), but at least the sisters never feel like they’ve been made Latina to score empty diversity points.

The pilot gets stuck trying to do too much, establishing the sisters’ powers and setting up a longer mystery about an unsolved murder and offering up a #MeToo metaphor as its monster of the week. But with this cast (including a very game Rupert Friend as guardian angel Harry) and smart writers behind the scenes, Charmed will hopefully find itself very quickly. —TV

Charmed debuts Sunday, October 14, at 9 pm Eastern on The CW.

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Watching the four episodes of Camping that were sent out for review, I couldn’t help but think of another recent HBO series: Vice Principals. The shape of that series wasn’t immediately apparent in the first couple of episodes, and what it ended up being was vastly different from (and better than) what its beginning suggested. It rewarded the viewer for watching through to the end.

It seems as though Camping might fit a similar bill, though I would hesitate to presume that it’ll pull off the same gambit. Created by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, and adapted from the British series of the same name, Camping doesn’t really make any progress in the first half of its season.

The reasons to watch are apparent from the start: The cast is absolutely stacked, with Jennifer Garner simultaneously playing to type and against type as Kathryn, who works day in and day out to make her life as flawless and meticulously ordered as her Instagram account. David Tennant is perfectly cast as her husband, Walt; he’s as easygoing as Kathryn is wound-up, as embodied by his lankiness and penchant for bucket hats.

Filling out the rest of the group of friends (just imagine quotation marks around the word) out camping in celebration of Walt’s 45th birthday, there’s Ione Skye, Chris Sullivan, Janicza Bravo, Brett Gelman, Arturo Del Puerto, Juliette Lewis — there’s not a weak performance in the bunch.

Unfortunately, that’s not quite enough. By the season’s halfway point, Camping seems to be fixated on showcasing people behaving badly — whether on their own or due to outside influence — without necessarily having a larger point to make. It’s thin ice for any series to skate on, but even more so when a series asks its audience to invest in characters written to be annoying or self-involved. These people are poison to each other — why keep watching them?

A few moments shine — again, the cast is terrific, and manages to find bits of truthfulness in the way these characters tear at each other — but without a firm sense of plot or structure to keep it all together, the show falters. —Karen Han

Camping debuts Sunday, October 14, at 10 pm Eastern on HBO.

As mentioned, basically everything on The CW is back this week. (Some shows — notably Jane the Virgin — are being held for midseason, of course.) That includes the final season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Friday at 8 pm), which kicks off with a bang, as Rebecca Bunch finds herself in prison. A happy ending to this saga might seem a stretch at this point, but we’d settle for a “mostly okay” ending, honestly.

If you love streaming shows, this is a hectic week, too. Netflix brings the terrific new cooking docu-series Salt Fat Acid Heat (Thursday), based on the book of the same name, and the superbly spooky Haunting of Hill House (Friday). Amazon, meanwhile, launches the first season of Mad Men creator Matt Weiner’s The Romanoffs (also Friday), while the new streaming service DC Universe unveils the gritty Teen Titans reboot Titans (whaddaya know, it’s debuting on Friday). We’ll have full reviews of some of these in the days to come.

If you’re a fan of podcast hosts, HBO launches its TV version of Pod Save America (Friday at 11 pm) and ABC launches The Alec Baldwin Show (Sunday at 10 pm), should you require a TV version of something originally designed to appeal to your earballs.

Finally, if you’re me (Todd), then the only thing you care about is adult swim’s Harvey Birdman: Attorney General (Monday at midnight), a brand new special reuniting the voice cast of the original Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, one of the great, silly spoofs of the 2000s. Sing it with me now! Whooooooo is the man in the suit? Whooooooo is the cat with the be-eak!

Original Source -> This week in TV: a teen drama to check out, a new spin on Charmed, and Jennifer Garner

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U.S. senators reach bipartisan deal on Obamacare, Trump indicates support

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U.S. senators reach bipartisan deal on Obamacare, Trump indicates support

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators on Tuesday reached a bipartisan agreement to shore up Obamacare for two years by reviving federal subsidies for health insurers that President Donald Trump planned to scrap, and the president indicated his support for the plan.

The deal worked out by Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray would meet some Democratic objectives, including reviving the subsidies for Obamacare and restoring $106 million in funding for a federal program that helps people enroll in insurance plans.

In exchange, Republicans would get more flexibility for states to offer a wider variety of health insurance plans while maintaining the requirement that sick and healthy people be charged the same rates for coverage.

The Trump administration said last week it would stop paying billions of dollars to insurers to help lower-income Americans pay medical expenses, part of the Republican president’s effort to dismantle Obamacare, former Democratic President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.

The subsidies to private insurers cost the government an estimated $7 billion this year and were forecast at $10 billion for 2018. Trump’s move to scuttle them had raised concerns about chaos in insurance markets.

Trump hoped to make good on his campaign promise to dismantle the law when he took office in January, with Republicans, who pledged for seven years to scrap it, controlling Congress. But he has been frustrated with their failure to pass legislation to repeal and replace it.

Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, extended health insurance coverage to 20 million Americans. Republicans say it is ineffective and a massive government intrusion in a key sector of the economy.

The Alexander-Murray plan could keep Obamacare in place at least until the 2020 presidential campaign starts heating up.

“This takes care of the next two years. After that, we can have a full-fledged debate on where we go long-term on healthcare,” Alexander said of the deal.

It is unclear whether the agreement can make it through Congress.

Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, said it had “broad support” among senators in his party, but it was harder to gauge possible support among Republicans.

Moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins, who helped sink earlier Obamacare repeal legislation, voiced backing for the new plan, but conservative Republicans may be less welcoming.

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), flanked by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), speaks to reporters on following a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, threw his weight behind the effort. In an interview with Reuters, Sanders said Alexander was a “well-respected figure” known for bipartisanship and that the Tennessee senator’s reputation would help propel the legislation through the Senate.

The willingness of Sanders, a liberal champion, to offer his support of a deal with Republicans that could allow states to change some Obamacare requirements provided a boost to the Alexander-Murray effort. ”We are going to overturn what Trump is trying to do,” Sanders said.

Schumer urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring the plan to a vote on the Senate floor and urged the House of Representatives to take it up then as quickly as possible so Trump can sign it.

TRUMP STILL SEEKS LONG-TERM SOLUTION

Trump, during comments at the White House, suggested he could get behind the Alexander-Murray plan as a short-term solution.

In remarks later at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, Trump commended the work by Alexander and Murray, but said: “I continue to believe Congress must find a solution to the Obamacare mess instead of providing bailouts to insurance companies.”

Trump said earlier he wanted lawmakers, once they completed a major tax reform effort, to again take up broader legislation that failed in the Senate last month that would divvy up federal healthcare money as block grants to states.

Murray is the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Alexander is its chairman.

She said the two were able to find common ground on the steps aimed at stabilizing the insurance markets created under Obamacare and to “help protect families from premium spikes as a result of the sabotage we have seen from this administration.”

According to a document seen by Reuters, the plan would make it easier for states to get waivers approved that would allow them to offer cheaper healthcare plans, including catastrophic health plans, which cover a limited set of benefits and are currently only available to those under 30.

Shares of U.S. hospital operators, including Tenet Healthcare Corp and HCA Healthcare Inc, moved higher after news of the deal. Tenet shares closed 5.3 percent higher, while HCA rose 2.2 percent. Shares of some U.S. health insurers also extended their gains on the day, with Anthem Inc finishing up 1.9 percent and Centene Corp gaining 3.2 percent.

Analyst Brian Tanquilut of global investment banking firm Jefferies, who focuses on hospital companies, said that if the deal is passed in Congress, it should stabilize the Obamacare insurance exchanges and improve their viability.

“Hospitals will avoid a potential spike in bad debt and charity care next year,” Tanquilut said. “This is obviously a good step. It’s bipartisan and guaranteed for two years.”

Reporting by Yasmeen Abutaleb and Richard Cowan; Additional reporting by Roberta Rampton in Washington and Lewis Krauskopf in New York; Writing by Will Dunham and Jeff Mason; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Peter Cooney

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U.S. senators reach bipartisan deal on Obamacare, Trump indicates support

http://ryanguillory.com/u-s-senators-reach-bipartisan-deal-on-obamacare-trump-indicates-support/

U.S. senators reach bipartisan deal on Obamacare, Trump indicates support

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators on Tuesday reached a bipartisan agreement to shore up Obamacare for two years by reviving federal subsidies for health insurers that President Donald Trump planned to scrap, and the president indicated his support for the plan.

The deal worked out by Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray would meet some Democratic objectives, including reviving the subsidies for Obamacare and restoring $106 million in funding for a federal program that helps people enroll in insurance plans.

In exchange, Republicans would get more flexibility for states to offer a wider variety of health insurance plans while maintaining the requirement that sick and healthy people be charged the same rates for coverage.

The Trump administration said last week it would stop paying billions of dollars to insurers to help lower-income Americans pay medical expenses, part of the Republican president’s effort to dismantle Obamacare, former Democratic President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.

The subsidies to private insurers cost the government an estimated $7 billion this year and were forecast at $10 billion for 2018. Trump’s move to scuttle them had raised concerns about chaos in insurance markets.

Trump hoped to make good on his campaign promise to dismantle the law when he took office in January, with Republicans, who pledged for seven years to scrap it, controlling Congress. But he has been frustrated with their failure to pass legislation to repeal and replace it.

Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, extended health insurance coverage to 20 million Americans. Republicans say it is ineffective and a massive government intrusion in a key sector of the economy.

The Alexander-Murray plan could keep Obamacare in place at least until the 2020 presidential campaign starts heating up.

“This takes care of the next two years. After that, we can have a full-fledged debate on where we go long-term on healthcare,” Alexander said of the deal.

It is unclear whether the agreement can make it through Congress.

Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, said it had “broad support” among senators in his party, but it was harder to gauge possible support among Republicans.

Moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins, who helped sink earlier Obamacare repeal legislation, voiced backing for the new plan, but conservative Republicans may be less welcoming.

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), flanked by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), speaks to reporters on following a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, threw his weight behind the effort. In an interview with Reuters, Sanders said Alexander was a “well-respected figure” known for bipartisanship and that the Tennessee senator’s reputation would help propel the legislation through the Senate.

The willingness of Sanders, a liberal champion, to offer his support of a deal with Republicans that could allow states to change some Obamacare requirements provided a boost to the Alexander-Murray effort. ”We are going to overturn what Trump is trying to do,” Sanders said.

Schumer urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring the plan to a vote on the Senate floor and urged the House of Representatives to take it up then as quickly as possible so Trump can sign it.

TRUMP STILL SEEKS LONG-TERM SOLUTION

Trump, during comments at the White House, suggested he could get behind the Alexander-Murray plan as a short-term solution.

In remarks later at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, Trump commended the work by Alexander and Murray, but said: “I continue to believe Congress must find a solution to the Obamacare mess instead of providing bailouts to insurance companies.”

Trump said earlier he wanted lawmakers, once they completed a major tax reform effort, to again take up broader legislation that failed in the Senate last month that would divvy up federal healthcare money as block grants to states.

Murray is the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Alexander is its chairman.

She said the two were able to find common ground on the steps aimed at stabilizing the insurance markets created under Obamacare and to “help protect families from premium spikes as a result of the sabotage we have seen from this administration.”

According to a document seen by Reuters, the plan would make it easier for states to get waivers approved that would allow them to offer cheaper healthcare plans, including catastrophic health plans, which cover a limited set of benefits and are currently only available to those under 30.

Shares of U.S. hospital operators, including Tenet Healthcare Corp and HCA Healthcare Inc, moved higher after news of the deal. Tenet shares closed 5.3 percent higher, while HCA rose 2.2 percent. Shares of some U.S. health insurers also extended their gains on the day, with Anthem Inc finishing up 1.9 percent and Centene Corp gaining 3.2 percent.

Analyst Brian Tanquilut of global investment banking firm Jefferies, who focuses on hospital companies, said that if the deal is passed in Congress, it should stabilize the Obamacare insurance exchanges and improve their viability.

“Hospitals will avoid a potential spike in bad debt and charity care next year,” Tanquilut said. “This is obviously a good step. It’s bipartisan and guaranteed for two years.”

Reporting by Yasmeen Abutaleb and Richard Cowan; Additional reporting by Roberta Rampton in Washington and Lewis Krauskopf in New York; Writing by Will Dunham and Jeff Mason; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Peter Cooney

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Your Friday Morning Roundup

Put aside the protests and the Zeke Elliott situation, actual NFL football returned last night. And it was fun to watch if you hate the Patriots.

The Andy Reid-led Chiefs took care of the defending Super Bowl champs, 42-27. That’s the most amount of points the Pats have given up under Bill Belichick. And Reid did a really good with time management? Weird world.

Anyway, Alex Smith, who could be entering his last year as the team’s starter with Patrick Mahomes behind him, went 28-for-35 with 368 yards passing and four touchdowns. Rookie running back Kareem Hunt had himself a night after fumbling his first carry in the NFL. He ran for 148 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown, and also caught five passes for 98 yards and two scores. He set an NFL record for yards from scrimmage in the first game of his career with 239. The Eagles play the Chiefs in KC next Sunday.

Tyreek Hill made seven catches for 133 yards and a touchdown, but left the game in the fourth quarter with cramps.

Star safety Eric Berry was carted off the field after suffering an Achilles injury. Looks like it could be a tear.

#Chiefs coach Andy Reid said star S Eric Berry has a potential Achilles tear. They'll know more tomorrow… but horrible news after a big W.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 8, 2017

Tom Brady went 16-for-36 with 267 yards passing, and Mike Gillislee scored all three of New England’s touchdowns on 45 yards rushing.

Andy Reid put up 42 points and 536 yards on the Super Bowl champion Patriots. My god. Next week should be fun.

The Roundup:

Eagles’ owner Jeffrey Lurie held an impromptu press conference where he discussed clickbait, Kelly Green jerseys (better happen), and having dinner with Andy Reid.

The Eagles also unveiled their new hype video for the season. Thumbtack. Thumbtack. Thumbtack. Kyle ranked all the yearly hype videos. If you give a crap, here’s mine:

5. 2016 (solely because it included St. Joe’s Prep, my high school’s (La Salle) archrival

4. 2014

3. 2015

2. 2017

1. 2013

Tim McManus went on a car ride with Carson Wentz and asked him a few questions.

Zach Ertz is going to break out this year, finally, and more valuable fantasy advice from fantasy guru Jim.

Alshon Jeffery’s cleats are fire.

These are the personalized "AJ XIII Cleats" Alshon Jeffery will be wearing this weekend #Eagles http://pic.twitter.com/mkqweL0uWy

— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) September 7, 2017

He also won’t chirp at Josh Norman on Sunday.

Finally, check out Sean’s first Eagles Mailbag post.

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Some not-so-good news regarding Joel Embiid from Howard Eskin on 94 WIP yesterday:

“He’s not ready for five-on-five play, according to the Sixers. But what I understand is, his agent wants a new contract before he — remember he’s eligible to get a new deal. Now, if you’re the Sixers you can’t give him a max deal until you see that he can play, how many games he can play during the season.

“But my understanding, part of the reason that they’re saying — whoever it is that is saying that he’s not ready for five-on-five play, is because — and Joel Embiid, I don’t think worries about the money, but they listen to their agents. And the agent wants a new contract.”

Brett Brown on WIP – article from Liberty Ballers – said Eskin’s report is BS.

Training Camp will take place from September 26 until September 29 in Camden. One practice per day.

Amir Johnson said some more promising things about Ben Simmons after a community event at the Strawberry Mansion PAL Center:

Was going back over Amir's comments from today.

There was also this: "I truly believe that Ben is going to be the future of this league."

— Brian Seltzer (@brianseltzer) September 7, 2017

Did we see a glimpse of a new red jersey yesterday? Our good friend Conrad Burry made some predictions:

Took a stab at some predictions…I actually don't mind the wacky art deco font. Maybe it'd be alright if they re-drew it cleaner. http://pic.twitter.com/KASlHlRLMS

— Conrad Burry (@conradburry) September 7, 2017

To add to the intrigue, CEO Scott O’Neil gave some input about the funky 70s wordmark in a Tweet two years ago:

I actually like those u? https://t.co/S9Nh0UY6TR

— Scott O'Neil (@ScottONeil) April 17, 2015

EuroBasket updates:

FINAL: 107 – 69

Saric – 22MIN / 18PTS / 10REB / 3AST

— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) September 7, 2017

Furkan Korkmaz (Turkey) got a rebound in eight minutes of play in Turkey’s loss to Latvia.

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The Phillies played a game last night as well. They lost to the Nationals 4-3.

Odubel Herrera extended his hit-streak to 20 games, and Jorge Alfaro hit his second big league homer. Aaron Nola gave up three runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings.

Phillies and Nationals do battle again tonight at 7:05. Jake Thompson takes the mound for the Phils against Max Scherzer. God bless.

Scott Kingery and Tom Eshelman were the recipients of this year’s Paul Owens Awards, given to the team’s top minor league player and pitcher.

Meanwhile, former pitcher Brett Myers has a new music video. Not gonna lie, he’s kind of good. Him and Kyle had a weird Twitter exchange:

Thanks… wasn’t bashing you (really). Just not my scene. The song itself isn’t bad

— Kyle Scott (@CrossingBroad) September 7, 2017

Maybe u should come down and hang and see how we have a good time then u might change ur mind

— Brett Myers Music (@BackWoodRebel39) September 7, 2017

Can we talk about the girl in the Yankees shirt though?

— Kyle Scott (@CrossingBroad) September 7, 2017

I didn't like that either but I don't tell them what to wear…she was actually there to keep an eye on my youngins while we shot the video

— Brett Myers Music (@BackWoodRebel39) September 7, 2017

Fair enough.

— Kyle Scott (@CrossingBroad) September 7, 2017

By the way it's at 2300 views and climbing..I just released it at 11pm last night but thanks to u it's gonna keep going up! Seriously thanks

— Brett Myers Music (@BackWoodRebel39) September 7, 2017

By the way just to correct u on the Military issued Belgium Malinois…the dog is actually a German Shepherd…he wants to meet u http://pic.twitter.com/FlYi8vnPF9

— Brett Myers Music (@BackWoodRebel39) September 7, 2017

He should take that as compliment!

— Kyle Scott (@CrossingBroad) September 7, 2017

No he doesn't he's not Belgium he's German! lol Shepherds are larger than the malinois

— Brett Myers Music (@BackWoodRebel39) September 7, 2017

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The Flyers officially announced their training camp would open up next Friday in Voorhees. A complete roster is attached.

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Villanova head coach Jay Wright unveiled Nova’s tribute patch to Rollie Massimino.

In honor of those who came before us… http://pic.twitter.com/xskiNw3AdC

— Jay Wright (@VUCoachJWright) September 7, 2017

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In other sports news, the Cleveland Cavaliers officially introduced Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, and Ante Zizic after acquiring them from Boston. Sam Hinkie also broke his short Twitter silence, retweeting “Isaiah’s” Players Tribune piece:

Real talk. So good. https://t.co/FvWBekIsdL

— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 6, 2017

Roger Goodell says he’s not a “football expert” on a show nobody watches. I’m not kidding on that second part either:

Source (who or may not be based in Bristol, Conn): The debut of FS1's "First Things First" had a 0.0 rating in 46 out of 56 metered markets.

— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) September 6, 2017

Oregon’s football uniforms for Saturday that were designed by young cancer survivors is fantastic.

"I really think that this is the most important uniform Oregon has ever worn." – Todd Van Horne, Nike Creative Director #StompOutCancer http://pic.twitter.com/8jXgHBObgG

— Oregon Football (@oregonfootball) August 24, 2017

The Browns continue to Brown:

UPDATE: Myles Garrett has been diagnosed with a high ankle sprain. His status will be updated in a couple weeks. http://pic.twitter.com/YvBM4HXnPc

— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) September 7, 2017

Officially, #Browns coach Hue Jackson says S Calvin Pryor is being released for "an "internal matter." Crazy, days before the opener.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 7, 2017

Free agent kicker Josh Brown has been suspended six more games for domestic violence. He was suspended for one game last year.

Lenny Dykstra is trying to get with Lena Dunham, apparently.

Ohio State will wear LeBron Soldier cleats for their game against Oklahoma Saturday night.

An African World Cup qualifier is getting replayed after a referee from the match was issued a lifetime ban by FIFA.

Tweet of the year:

Should've named it Hurricane Roberto Aguayo. Would've missed Florida wide right and sailed right into the Atlantic

— LiTiRilla (@LiTiRilla) September 5, 2017

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In the news, the lawsuit that wanted parking on the Broad Street median has been thrown out and can’t be refiled. Great move by the judge.

Meek Mill explains how much Allen Iverson meant to the city of Philadelphia.

Equifax says about 143 million customers may have been affected by a cyberattack.

Kyle: FUCK EQUIFAX. Seriously. Fuck them. You lose the social security information for HALF of America? Worse, three of their executives sold their stock the days before this came out. How is that legal? The whole credit industry is such a farce. I spent a full year before we bought our new house playing their game, trying to get my credit one level up to save on my mortgage. Opening new lines of credit – I didn’t need – and strategically making purchases and paying them right away all because an algorithm liked it. Worse, there are multiple algorithms depending on the type of credit you’re seeking, so the number you get in your report isn’t what most creditors see unless you pay more for the industry-specific scores – which I did – adding to the mysterious nature of it all. Who would’ve thought that a few agencies having the most important data for all functioning adults in the country could be dangerous? Now some hacker has all of my info – and yours, too! – and Equifax just shrugs about it. Meanwhile, God help you if you missed a student loan payment in 2014 and want a good mortgage rate. Seriously, fuck them. Fuck that whole industry.

Amazon is looking for a location for their second North American headquarters. Mayor Jim Kenney, with puns, has one suggestion:

We think Philadelphia would be a PRIME location for Amazon that would make people SMILE! Look forward to submitting a proposal! https://t.co/l60Wn5BVdg

— Jim Kenney (@PhillyMayor) September 7, 2017

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