Washington DC

The New York Times discusses the lack of enthusiasm among performers to appear at Trump's inauguration (link). Trump pretends not to care:

Mr. Trump has maintained that he does not want A-List celebrities at his inauguration. (“I want the PEOPLE!” he tweeted in December.)

Trump wants the "PEOPLE!"? Well, maybe he should go here...

Sorry if this place is getting to sound like WalMart-City but Lord knows they're in the news a lot and they are, after all, "America's Largest Employer"!

Inspiring message from the One Nation rally in DC. More here...

David Waldman over at the Orange Satan nicely defines the frustration House members must feel living in an era:

I'm not quite sure why people are making a big deal about MSM maven Mark Halperin recognizing what many of us have been calling the 'Mighty Wurlitzer' for years:

Jonathan Chait quotes a TNR account of Obama choosing to go all out on health care reform rather than piecemeal as recommended by Emanuel and Biden, among others:

This is how Greg Sargent put the successful passage of HCR in his 'Morning Plum' for today:

A new era in American politics dawns this morning, in the wake of the House's successful passage of the reconciliation fix last night. The first major progressive legislative achievement of the 21st Century has now been achieved.

I like the sound of that!

-- Shameless admiration bordering on sycophancy --

On whether there'll be some side agreement in order to appease the anti-Abortion Dems in order to get their support for HCR:

Nancy Pelosi: "I haven't heard any of that. What I have heard is that this bill is about health care, not about abortion..."

The HCR bill currently being considered in the House is not all we wanted -- far from it -- but it's a good first step.

Pass. The. Damn. Bill.

But he thinks as well. (Yeah, I know, scary stuff.)

[h/t ThinkProgress]