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Now I'll blame our leadership here in the house.

They have papered over these differences for weeks.

Little Bama Caries dead.

It's a dead healthcare plan.

It's not even a healthcare plan, frankly.

But finally we can dispense of this notion that they got the votes, right?

Because here we are and they don't have the votes.

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast, the show about Donald Trump, the president who wants you to know

that whatever it is, it'll be terrific and it'll be great.

I'm Jim Albuy, Slate's Chief Political Correspondent in your host for today's show.

If you pay attention to the news for a living, and maybe even if you don't,

this has been a ridiculous week, a ludicrous week even.

On Monday, FBI director James Coney confirmed the existence of an investigation into the Trump

campaign. On Wednesday, House Intelligence Committee chair Devon Nunez through Washington

and Tchaios when he revealed that intelligence agencies had picked up information from Trump

and his associates. It didn't vindicate the president to claim that he had been wiretapped.

The information was incidental, meaning neither Trump nor his associates were targets,

but it muddy the waters in a spectacular way.

And at the same time as all of this, House Republicans were rushing to complete and pass their

healthcare bill, the American Healthcare Act. Objections from the most conservative members of the

House forced lawmakers to go back to the drawing board, essentially rewriting the entire bill,

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