As we send this, the GOP senators are finally revealing the long-awaited Obamacare repeal bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is still pressing for a vote before the July 4th recess. Analysts are already pouring over language. We guess it doesn’t really matter how the president feels about the bill. Sans any continuity, he can celebrate with his party on the White House lawn one day and call it mean the next. We’ll be watching the votes -- whenever they happen. At a rally in Iowa yesterday, Donald Trump responded to criticism that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and others in his Cabinet are too rich by saying he doesn’t want poor people in charge of the economy. Wonder how he feels about incompetent people in charge of the government? Here’s what we’ve got today:
- The CBC says nah to the president. But they say so much more.
- Meet the Navajo activist fighting racist NFL mascot.
- Barack Obama responds to North Korea criticism.
- Latino LGBTQ Long Beach Mayor talks diversity in politics.
- We've got Van Jones like you've never seen him before. Check out our throwback.
- Congressmen Rubén Gallego (D-AZ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) want answers from Defense Secretary James Mattis.
- DCCC Chair Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) rallies the troops.
- Rev. William Barber banned from NC legislative building.
- People of color see a slight rise in boardrooms.
- Cornell Belcher joins NBC News.
- The Maryland gubernatorial race just got more crowded. Enter Rushern Baker.
- Jeh Johnson at odds with DNC over Russian hacking.
- Important update on that Kamala Harris playlist -- Too Short was shorted.
- Ben's Chili Bowl unveils new mural.
- A Black billionaire offers advice. We've got the story in Blah Blah Blogs.