Official Trump Shutdown Thread

[DMX7]

Begin.

[boutons_deux]

y'all really stupid fucks

Trump Voters Believe Trump Will Still Build the Wall, and Mexico Will Pay For It

By a three-to-one margin most people who voted for Donald Trump believe he will still build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it, :lol

the level of confidence that Trump voters have that he will keep his biggest campaign promise has been mostly stable over the past two years. :lol

building the wall is tied with “draining the swamp” for first place. :lol

Thirty nine percent of poll respondents said those

are the top two priorities they want Trump to accomplish during his presidency. :lol

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/12/22/trump-voters-believe-trump-will-still-build-the-wall-and-mexico-will-pay-for-it.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politi cus+USA+%29 (https://www.politicususa.com/2018/12/22/trump-voters-believe-trump-will-still-build-the-wall-and-mexico-will-pay-for-it.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politi cus+USA+%29)

Holy shit, you stupid mofos fuck up America by voting Repug

[Chris]

Another Schumer shutdown from Team #Resist :tu


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[boutons_deux]

How Trump’s government shutdown affects the average American

Even a "partial" government shutdown does damage. Trump promised to own the fallout.

Almost 400,000 federal workers are furloughed without pay,

and the shutdown

impacts basic government functions like
tax collection,
transportation, and
even domestic security —
including border security.

The partial shutdown closes a number of important federal agencies:

Departments of Agriculture,
Homeland Security,
Interior,
State,
Housing and Urban Development,
Transportation,
Commerce, and
Justice.

Federal workers — who aren’t concentrated in D.C. but working at agencies and offices across the country — are often hit hard by shutdowns.

Thousands of federal workers make less than $45,000 a year, and going without a paycheck or several could force those households to dip into savings.

about 420,000 federal workers who are considered essential will be forced to work without pay, including

42,000 Coast Guard staffers and
thousands of U.S. Forest Service firefighters,
air traffic controllers, and
railroad safety inspectors,

Most food safety inspectors (https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2018/01/essential-food-safety-inspections-continue-during-shutdown/) — those who are responsible for catching the next E. Coli outbreak (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/12/20/wegmans-cauliflower-recall-fresh-vegetable-mixes-may-have-e-coli/2373494002/) — will be forced to work without pay.

https://thinkprogress.org/how-trumps-government-shutdown-affects-the-average-american-008df9bd6ec8/

[boutons_deux]

Dems MUST "hold", no matter what the damage, and force Trash and the Repugs to FOLD

Otherwise, Trash and Repugs will see that govt shutdowns "works" for them.

[Thanos]

Another Schumer shutdown from Team #Resist :tu


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A deal was in place before Indian Giver Trump backed out.

it’s the Trump ShutdownPERIOD

[boutons_deux]

States help run U.S. National Parks in federal government shutdown

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-budget-parks/states-help-run-u-s-national-parks-in-federal-government-shutdown-idUSKCN1OL07G?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F +US+%2F+Top+News%29

[tlongII]

Build the wall.

[Pavlov]

Build the metal slat fence.FIFY

[monosylab1k]

Build the wall.

:lmao old pussy who doesn’t live anywhere near the border being scared shitless of illegal fruit pickers.

[Chris]

mono doesn't give a shit about dead Americans as a result of illegal immigration. mono wants more blood and more chaos. What a specimen.

[Pavlov]

mono doesn't give a shit about dead Americans as a result of illegal immigration. mono wants more blood and more chaos. What a specimen.Nah, he just thinks the slat fence is a waste of money.

[monosylab1k]

mono doesn't give a shit about dead Americans as a result of illegal immigration. mono wants more blood and more chaos. What a specimen.

Don’t @ me faggot

[tlongII]

:lmao old pussy who doesn’t live anywhere near the border being scared shitless of illegal fruit pickers.

Why do you want to shut down the government?

[monosylab1k]

Why do you want to shut down the government?

Why do you hate America?

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Based on Trump’s detailed diagram of his slat wall, here is some advanced mathematics

https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/daCzxV2RAcXhRVrVO64sgwH1Gr0=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PJYAPHPM35CGLMJFJUFJ2IZ2VI.jpg By our calculations:


The slats are about 10 inches wide.
The gaps are nine inches.
The fence is 341 inches tall — or about 28.4 feet — with 13-inch spikes on top.


which leaves 1,366.8 miles.

The result?

We need about 4.6 million steel slats to cover that ground.

At a height of 28.4 feet and a presumed thickness of one inch, each slat requires a bit less than 2 cubic feet of steel.

For all of the slats, we’d need about 9 million cubic feet of steel.
As CNBC notes, that

steel is a lot pricier (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/-trump-tariffs-would-make-a-steel-slat-border-wall-much-more-costly.html) than it was a year ago, thanks to the tariffs Trump imposed on foreign steel.

At the beginning of 2018, this barrier would have cost 25 percent less.

Most drugs that cross that border illegally already come through (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/25/the-1-reason-why-trumps-wall-wont-fix-the-drug-problem/) ports of entry

What’s more, a barrier with nine-inch gaps seems like it might allow for pretty easy transfer of bulky packages, without having to throw them 28 feet in the air to clear the wall.

an nine-inch gap wouldn’t necessarily keep people out

a prisoner in a jail in Tennessee escaped (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333395/Skinny-inmate-escapes-prison-squeezing-cell-bars.html) his cell by covering himself with grease and squeezing between bars set 4.5 inches apart.

In China, people who pass through a gap of 5.9 inches at a restaurant eat for free (https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2018/05/29/want-a-discount-try-squeezing-through-narrow-metal-bars-in-this-chinese-restaurant/).

Update: A civil engineer wrote in to note that, at current prices of $160 per cubic foot,

the steel alone would cost about $1.5 billion --

excluding steel that would need to be used to extend the slats into the ground.

She also noted that a 1-inch-thick wall wouldn’t be terribly sturdy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/23/based-trumps-detailed-diagram-his-slat-wall-we-did-some-advanced-mathematics/?utm_term=.eee1b0f8ec4d

[Chris]

Don’t @ me faggot

I didn't @ you dumb faggot :lol

[monosylab1k]

I didn't @ you dumb faggot :lol

Don’t @ me faggot

[Chris]

Don’t @ me faggot

Quit stealing my shit.

[monosylab1k]

Quit stealing my shit.

Don’t @ me faggot

[Pavlov]

Why do you want to shut down the government?Why did Trump shut down the government?

[tlongII]

Why did Trump shut down the government?

$5B

[DMC]

I did read someone here said that the walls that already exist near high population areas are ok, but new ones wouldn't be effective. Why are the ones in high population centers effective then?

[Pavlov]

$5BAfter he turned down $23B?

Art of the deal....

[DMX7]

1076935303158476800

#AlertTheDaycareStaff :rollin

[rmt]

Good riddance - Corker's pretzel twisting of Obama's Iran deal is akin to Roberts/Obamacare.

[ElNono]

The latest hissy fit from a guy that basically only cares about himself.

This is basically akin to the toddler that grabs the ball and goes home when shit doesn’t go his way.

What a gigantic pussy, smh

[Spurtacular]

The latest hissy fit from a guy that basically only cares about himself.

This is basically akin to the toddler that grabs the ball and goes home when shit doesn’t go his way.

What a gigantic pussy, smh

Meltdown post.

[ElNono]

Cool story...

[AaronY]

Quit stealing my shit.
memba det time you stole my price is right losing horn schtick

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[boutons_deux]

White House: Trump Would Accept Less Money For Border Wall

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney placed the offer at between Trump’s $5.7 billion request and $1.3 billion Democrats are offering.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-trump-less-money-border-wall_us_5c2053f6e4b05c88b6fa3e8b?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__122418&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__122418+CID_a6a82cdd 8c28e68620304050fa242b84&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=AP&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__122418

[boutons_deux]

Lindsey Graham Doubles Down On Wall Funding: ‘We’re Not Going To Give In’


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham_us_5c1f1061e4b05c88b6f96284?utm_medium=emai l&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__122418&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__122418+CID_a6a82cdd 8c28e68620304050fa242b84&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__122418

[boutons_deux]

The GOP Ends Its One-Party Rule In Shambles

The government is literally shut down as Republicans get ready to hand over the House to Democrats.

Former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.), who left Congress in 2017 and recently gave up his party affiliation (https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/10/15/former-congressman-quits-gop/), said the Republican Party’s unified control of government was “defined by remarkably damaging wins and complete capitulation of separation of powers.”



"Congress spent two years behaving as a political committee of the president,


not a branch of government empowered with independence by the Constitution."



ACA turned out to be far more popular than they anticipated and repealing it was far harder (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-congress-obamacare-win-midterms_us_5bdc9b23e4b04367a87c7a5b) than expected as well ― despite controlling both chambers of Congress.



Congress’ biggest legislative accomplishment was passing the new tax law, but it fell far short of what was promised.

There were deep, permanent cuts for corporations, and a more modest cut for individuals that expires at the end of 2025 (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-tax-bill_us_5b99781ae4b0162f4733a701).

The tax bill was not as popular as Republicans expected, and they largely abandoned it as a campaign message.



https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-one-party-rule-ends_us_5c1bf632e4b08aaf7a86858b?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__122418&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__122418+CID_a6a82cdd 8c28e68620304050fa242b84&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__122418

[Winehole23]

y'all forgot to mention the emergency session related to cheese called just before the shutdown.

[DMX7]

If our national deficit this year really is $1Trillion at a time when unemployment has been low for multiple years, then I'm not sure those corporate tax rate cuts are going to stay permanent. With an economy this strong, a well run government might even be running surpluses right now as was the case in the late 1990's.

[DMX7]

Dems MUST "hold", no matter what the damage, and force Trash and the Repugs to FOLD

Otherwise, Trash and Repugs will see that govt shutdowns "works" for them.

That's clearly the calculation that's being made. Time is on their side to boot.

[Winehole23]

If our national deficit this year really is $1Trillion at a time when unemployment has been low for multiple years, then I'm not sure those corporate tax rate cuts are going to stay permanent. With an economy this strong, a well run government might even be running surpluses right now as was the case in the late 1990's.Democrats vote to repeal a tax cut?

:lol

[Winehole23]

Also the Dems would have to beat Trump in 2020.

Who's your pick to emerge victorious from the Democratic Party clown car?

[DMX7]

Also the Dems would have to beat Trump in 2020.

Who's your pick to emerge victorious from the Democratic Party clown car?

They are way too many possible candidates right now. Beto may be a serious contender.

[boutons_deux]

They are way too many possible candidates right now. Beto may be a serious contender.

Beto, like Bernie, will blocked by center-right / neoliberal / self-preserving Dem/Clinton establishment

[Winehole23]

Beto is a center right candidate. Just look at his voting record.

He comes from one of the most Democratic districts in the country, and still votes with Trump 30% of the time.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/20/beto-orourke-congressional-votes-analysis-capital-and-main

[DMX7]

Beto, like Bernie, will blocked by center-right / neoliberal / self-preserving Dem/Clinton establishment

After what happened last time?

[Winehole23]

After what happened last time?The habit of punching left is strongly ingrained.

The first casualty is policies popular in the party and outside of it, the second is centrist/corporate Dem candidates in general elections.

There are good reasons the Dems lost 1000 seats nationwide in the last decade, favoring the priorities of the corporate donor class and other rich folks over the broader public is one of them.

[Spurminator]

Beto is a center right candidate. Just look at his voting record.

He comes from one of the most Democratic districts in the country, and still votes with Trump 30% of the time.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/20/beto-orourke-congressional-votes-analysis-capital-and-main

Honestly I hate articles like this. A congressman's voting record on bills that contain certain legislation is not necessarily a predictor of his potential platform in a different office, particularly the office of President. There's more nuance to voting on legislation. You have to consider what may have been in it for his district.

[Spurminator]

(No offense to you, as you didn't write it.)

[boutons_deux]

After what happened last time?

yes Beto or Bernie can't break the power of the Dem establishment

[Winehole23]

That's fair, a local voting record might not predict what a national candidate runs on.

Likewise, his/her campaign might not faithfully reflect the priorities of the officer, once elected.

Looking at the voting record might not be reliably predictive, but the significance isn't zero either. The hunch that Beto is a malleable centrist rather than a committed populist might explain the enthusiasm two years away from the election, inside the beltway and among big money donors.

[Chris]

memba det time you stole my price is right losing horn schtick

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No, but I do remember the time you told me the Constitution gives us separation of Church and State.

[Winehole23]

What is the First Amendment, Alex?

[spurraider21]

No, but I do remember the time you told me the Constitution gives us separation of Church and State.
it does

The First Amendment includes:


Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

then Thomas Jefferson said


Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.

The Supreme Court has taken that exact quote from Thomas Jefferson and said this:


Coming as this does from an acknowledged leader of the advocates of the measure, it may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment thus secured.

In another case, the Supreme Court also said this:


In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect "a wall of separation between church and State."

[Chris]

it does

The First Amendment includes:



then Thomas Jefferson said



The Supreme Court has taken that exact quote from Thomas Jefferson and said this:



In another case, the Supreme Court also said this:

Nah....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billflax/2011/07/09/the-true-meaning-of-separation-of-church-and-state/#3b01602b5d02

[spurraider21]

Nah....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billflax/2011/07/09/the-true-meaning-of-separation-of-church-and-state/#3b01602b5d02
is Bill Flax a greater authority than Thomas Jefferson and the US Supreme Court

[spurraider21]

Another Schumer shutdown from Team #Resist :tu


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This is the Trump Shutdown Thread

[Chris]

This is the Trump Shutdown Thread

Well played :tu

[Chris]

is Bill Flax a greater authority than Thomas Jefferson and the US Supreme Court

I just look at history.

[Splits]

I am a Christian, a patriot and a defender of liberty who tries to keep a sense of humor through the madness. I live in Cincinnati, Ohio and work in the banking industry. I'm blessed with a beautiful wife who homeschools our three children.

:lmao of course

[Will Hunting]

:lmao of course
:lmao those kids have no hope, they’ll grow up as retarded bible bots who will believe shit like the world is only 5,000 years old.

[spurraider21]

I just look at history.
Cool. Check out the history of how the Supreme Court has held the establishment clause of the first amendment acts as a separation of church and state

[spurraider21]

Well played :tu
:lol you set yourself up nicely tbh

[Winehole23]

Why even have a written down Bill of Rights if you can ignore the very first one because"history" trumps it?

[AaronY]

No, but I do remember the time you told me the Constitution gives us separation of Church and State.
Yeah, i think i learned that in first grade or something. surprised no one ever told you about it

[monosylab1k]

:lmaoanother classic Chris self-own

[DMX7]

Good God, Chris. You are dumb.

[vy65]

Chris, you don’t get to talk law no mo.

What a genuine fucking retard.

[AaronY]

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[Chris]

Read the link. Hugo Black. Until then...you can go back and fuck your mother some more.

Merry Christmas!

[boutons_deux]

it does

The First Amendment includes:



then Thomas Jefferson said



The Supreme Court has taken that exact quote from Thomas Jefferson and said this:



In another case, the Supreme Court also said this:

... is why the TX SBOE Christian Taliban / Supremacists took TJ out of the TX history books.

[vy65]

:lol hiding behind Forbes “legal” articles written by a bible thumping home schooler

Maybe Santa will bring you the ability to have your own take

[Spurminator]

I don't care about Supreme Court established precedent, check out this Tomi Lahren tweet that totally proves my point.
- Chris

[BD24]

So Chris has terrible reading comprehension and is fucking terrible at math as well.

Is there any subject area where you aren't a fucking retard Chris?

[AaronY]

Read the link. Hugo Black. Until then...you can go back and fuck your mother some more.

Merry Christmas!
hahaha

anyways merry christmas my man

[Winehole23]

what a difference 22 minutes makes.

1077261588439146496

[boutons_deux]

Trump’s Christmas message to Democrats:

Government shutdown will last ‘until we have a wall’

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-christmas-message-to-democrats-government-shutdown-will-last-until-we-have-a-wall

[Isitjustme?]

Trump’s Christmas message to Democrats:

Government shutdown will last ‘until we have a wall’

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-christmas-message-to-democrats-government-shutdown-will-last-until-we-have-a-wall





Great news for Democrats tbh

[boutons_deux]

‘He’s messing with people’s lives’: Bitter federal workers pound Trump for shutdown over a ‘a temper tantrum for a wall’

federal workers are waking up on Christmas morning wondering when they will see their next paychecks and how they will feed their families — and they are blaming it all on Donald Trump (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/side-hustles-and-family-loans-help-federal-workers-weather-the-shutdown/2018/12/24/fb9b91fe-07a4-11e9-85b6-41c0fe0c5b8f_story.html?utm_term=.c185e143ff29).

“It’s an issue that everyone is going to dig their heels in,” Contreras said. “The wall is irrational and impractical, and Democrats are not going to back down so we’re stuck in this situation and the people who are suffering are people working in these facilities living paycheck to paycheck.”

“Trump is throwing a temper tantrum for a wall,” she said. “What’s the wall going to do? He just wants to say, ‘I delivered my promise.’ But he’s messing with people’s lives.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/hes-messing-peoples-lives-bitter-federal-workers-pound-trump-shutdown-temper-tantrum-wall/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

How many assholes in Trash's cult base are out of work because of Trash's govt shutdown?

[FrostKing]

For Christmas, we're getting THE WALL

America wanted it and Trump is delivering

[vy65]

For Christmas, we're getting THE WALL

America wanted it and Trump is delivering

We? I thought you lived in Poland???

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Kock Bros faithful little whores

Freedom Caucus Chair to Federal Workers Who Might Get Furloughed:

'Tough Shit,' Basically (https://splinternews.com/freedom-caucus-chair-to-federal-workers-who-might-get-f-1831242976)

it looks like thousands—perhaps hundreds of thousands (https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/dec/20/what-can-we-expect-during-government-shutdown/)—of federal employees might be furloughed without pay.

Not that GOP Rep. Mark Meadows, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, seems to really care.

“It’s actually part of what you do when you sign up for any public service position,” :lol

they know they would be required to work and even in preparation for a potential shutdown those groups within the agencies have been instructed to show up.”

https://splinternews.com/freedom-caucus-chair-to-federal-workers-who-might-get-f-1831242976?utm_source=splinter_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-12-25

If only Congress people who have their pay cut (not reimbursed) for every day of their shutdowns.

[boutons_deux]

"Shutdown money": Trump really thinks he can keep the money he's stiffing federal employees (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/24/1821508/--Shutdown-money-Trump-really-thinks-he-can-keep-the-money-he-s-stiffing-federal-employees)

YOU CANNOT withhold a government employee’s wages and keep it.

Trump is so delusional that

he thinks the money he’s not paying them is going into some sort of slush fund

that he can then use to build the entire pointy (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/23/1821266/-New-advances-in-pointy-enable-Trump-s-bold-new-border-fence-design) wall.

Perhaps in his warped mind,

he is fantasizing about using his “crack” attorneys

to intimidate 800,000 federal workers in court

out of the back pay they are owed.

(I’m sure Giuliani would at least try, if asked.)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/24/1821508/--Shutdown-money-Trump-really-thinks-he-can-keep-the-money-he-s-stiffing-federal-employees?utm_campaign=trending

[boutons_deux]

Nancy Pelosi hilariously mocks Trump as his border wall degenerates into little more than a ‘beaded curtain’


Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the likely House Speaker come January when Democrats take over the chamber, joked that Trump’s border wall has been reduced from a cement barrier to a “beaded curtain,” (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/25/government-shutdown-donald-trump-democrats-odds-over-border-wall/2409226002/)

“He says ‘we’re going to build a wall with cement and

Mexico’s going to pay for it’

while he’s already backed off of the cement –

now he’s down to, I think, a beaded curtain or something,” Pelosi told USA Today.

“I’m not sure where he is.”

“That loser couldn’t even get Mexico to pay for a beaded curtain,” journalist Joshua Holland wrote,

“and you can get ‘em cheap down there.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/nancy-pelosi-hilariously-mocks-trump-border-wall-degenerates-little-beaded-curtain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[boutons_deux]

Shutdown hits poor hardest: Food stamp office cut by 95 percent

Department of Agriculture says the office that helps the neediest with food relief has been virtually shut down

SNAP benefits are expected to remain available in January and Child Nutrition programs are expected to continue into February, if the shutdown continues.

But the status of WIC, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations is uncertain.

The Department of Agriculture suggested that states will have to turn to local resources if necessary,

we will be maintaining key services we provide to keep people safe. That includes meat, poultry, and processed egg inspection services. :lol

https://www.salon.com/2018/12/26/shutdown-hits-poor-hardest-food-stamp-office-cut-by-95-percent/

food inspections? :lol

even without the shutdown, Trash/Repugs/BigAg had said that BigAg could "inspect itself" :lol which ALWAYS fails.

[boutons_deux]

Shutdown set to extend into new year after Congress punts on budget, border votes

Washington Thursday all but gave up on resolving the partial government shutdown before the New Year,

as lawmakers were told not to expect votes this week and signs of negotiations were nonexistent.

On Capitol Hill, the hallways were quiet and leadership offices were shuttered.

At the White House, President Trump retreated from public view and tweeted recriminations at Democrats.

The standoff over Trump’s demands for funding for his border wall left some 25 percent of the government without funding and

hundreds of thousands of government workers stranded at home,

facing the possibility that they will miss paychecks if the situation continues.

Trump on Thursday blamed Democratic “OBSTRUCTION of the desperately needed Wall.”

House Democrats announced in a press release that, “It’s day 6 of the Trump shutdown, and the impact of the shutdown is becoming more apparent.”

Trump tweet on Thursday claiming most furloughed workers are Democrats :lol

prompted criticism from some Democrats who argued that federal workers are not the partisans the president has made them out to be.

“This is outrageous,” Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) said in a tweet (https://twitter.com/MarkWarner/status/1078274580043714560).

“Federal employees don’t go to work wearing red or blue jerseys.

They’re public servants.

And the President is treating them like poker chips at one of his failed casinos.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-claims-without-evidence-that-most-of-the-people-not-getting-paid-in-partial-government-shutdown-are-democrats/2018/12/27/afbc992a-09cc-11e9-88e3-989a3e456820_story.html?utm_term=.bc927894a461&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-claims-without-evidence-that-most-of-the-people-not-getting-paid-in-partial-government-shutdown-are-democrats/2018/12/27/afbc992a-09cc-11e9-88e3-989a3e456820_story.html?utm_term=.bc927894a461&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1)

[Spurs Homer]

Latest poll:

47% say Trump is to blame for the shutdown

33% says Dems are to blame.

:lol:lol

Let's boil this down;

33% of Amerikkkans watched Trump in the Oval office tell Chucky and Nancy that he alone was responsible and that he would not blame them. These 33% Amerikkkans saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears.

Now

Trump tells those 33% Amerikkkans: "who you gonna believe? Me - or your lying eyes and ears?"


Those 33% (many on this board - you know who you are :lol:lol)
still believe Trump over their lying eyes and ears.

The Cult.

[boutons_deux]

How low will Trump go before Republicans flee?

at the onset of the shutdown that “39 percent of registered voters — including 80 percent of Republicans — approved of the president’s job performance,

while 56 percent — including 90 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of independents — did not.”

His numbers in this poll haven’t been this bad since Charlottesville. :lol

Voters not only blame Trump for the shutdown;

they also think he’ll never get his wall:


Forty-three percent of registered voters said Trump was mostly to blame for the shutdown,

compared with roughly one-third who blamed Democrats and 7 percent who chose Republicans in Congress.

Seventy-three percent of Democrats and a 41 percent plurality of independents blamed Trump for the shutdown,

while about two-thirds of Republican voters said Democrats were mostly to blame.



Sixty-four percent — including 54 percent of Republicans! — think he’s unlikely to get the wall.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/27/how-low-will-trump-go-before-republicans-flee/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.728699934252&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

[Winehole23]

we already know the answer to that, boutons. Republicans will never abandon Drumpf.

if Obama had done ANY of this shit he'd have long since been out on his ear, but them's the breaks: impeachment is pure politics.

[boutons_deux]

Trump's lawyers are using the government shutdown to delay emoluments lawsuit

The president is trying to protect himself against charges that he using his office to personally profit

https://www.salon.com/2018/12/27/trumps-lawyers-are-using-the-government-shutdown-to-delay-emoluments-lawsuit/

[boutons_deux]

‘His leverage is going down — not up’:

GOP consultant admits Trump is losing his shutdown fight

Republican consultant Margaret Hoover told CNN on Thursday that President Donald Trump was losing leverage on a daily basis in his shutdown battle, and

would inevitably lose.

“There’s just absolutely nothing in our experience that he would ever take the bait to actually act like a real leader in this regard.”

Trump might be in a “win-win position with his most ardent supporters”, but that everyone else loses.

“America loses, the DACA kids lose, the Democrats lose,” she said.

“Look, his leverage is going down, not up.

Every day this goes on, it’s a day closer that Nancy Pelosi takes the gavel in the House of Representatives.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/his-leverage-is-going-down-not-up-gop-consultant-admits-trump-is-losing-his-shutdown-fight/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[boutons_deux]

Trump claims he shut down the government to have a 2020 campaign talking point

His 2020 reelection slogan is “promises made, promises kept.”


https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump)
Donald J. Trump
(https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump)✔@realDonaldTrump
(https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump)
(https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump)This isn’t about the Wall,

everybody knows that a Wall will work perfectly

(In Israel the Wall works 99.9%).

This is only about the Dems not letting Donald Trump & the Republicans have a win.

They may have the 10 Senate votes,

but we have the issue,

Border Security. 2020!

27.7K (https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1078412737603096576)
4:10 PM - Dec 27, 2018 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1078412737603096576)

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/trump-claims-shut-government-2020-campaign-talking-point/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[Winehole23]

this is a sample letter @USOPM posted on Twitter for furloughed employees:

se

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DvcD2IBVsAAmFJT.jpg:large

[boutons_deux]

Shutdown Leaves Government Contractors Without Work And Likely No Back Pay

While federal employees will likely get retroactively paid, many contractors will not.

Many government contractors ― from food workers and janitors to security services and computer software developers ― depend on federal funds for their wages.

Since the shutdown, some have seen their jobs furloughed (https://twitter.com/fmsinc/status/1078013830058233856) or have received “stop work orders,”

meaning they’re out of work until the government is up and running again.

government contractors in all likelihood will not (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/government-contractors-shutdown_n_4117963.html).

In previous government shutdowns, federal employee salaries were suspended,

but lawmakers later proposed that they get paid retroactively (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/these-service-members-will-work-without-paychecks-during-the-government-shutdown_us_5c23b4a7e4b0407e907f558f), even if they weren’t working.

But that hasn’t applied to government contractors in the past,


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/government-contractors-shutdown-wages-lost_us_5c255621e4b08aaf7a8ed79a?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__122818&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__122818+CID_c02020d2 551427cd4e307bd0ce375d4a&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__122818

There's $Ms right there that Trash can spend on his fucking wall.

[Spurs Homer]

we already know the answer to that, boutons. Republicans will never abandon Drumpf.

if Obama had done ANY of this shit he'd have long since been out on his ear, but them's the breaks: impeachment is pure politics.

It is called racism and white supremacy.

White man president= criminal, traitor, sexual offender, liar, thief, = OK

Black man president= none of the above, zero scandals, = "git a rope!"

[boutons_deux]

we already know the answer to that, boutons. Republicans will never abandon Drumpf.



A lot of Repug politicians want him gone, but, like Trash himself, they fear Trash's cult mob which is also the Repug base, so this is another instance, like the fucking Constitution, where minority governs.

[boutons_deux]

Democrats weigh options for ending shutdown, and more billions for Trump's wall isn't among them (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/28/1822096/-Democrats-weigh-options-for-ending-shutdown-and-more-billions-for-Trump-s-wall-isn-t-among-them)

a senior Republican aide doesn't get what Trump's doing, as

he "can not get out of here without folding in some way,

since he won't be getting the $5 billion he's asking for.

Why isn't he folding before the Dem majority takes over, and before

it seems like he's folding to Pelosi?" :lol

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/28/1822096/-Democrats-weigh-options-for-ending-shutdown-and-more-billions-for-Trump-s-wall-isn-t-among-them?detail=emaildkre

[Trill Clinton]

Remember when trump would have rally's and he would get the crowd riled up and say "who's gonna build the wall!" and they'd all shout back "Mexico!!!!"http://i66.tinypic.com/2yw683k.jpg

fast forward to today and all these dummies either have amnesia or are just playing dumb out of spite. when are trump supporters going to grow some cajones and hold him to his promises?

[boutons_deux]

Big Mouth Trump during 2013 government shutdown:

Fire Obama, because ‘problems start from the top’ (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/28/1822103/-Big-Mouth-Trump-during-2013-government-shutdown-Fire-Obama-because-problems-start-from-the-top)

Hasselback:

Who’s getting fired?

Who’s gonna bear the brunt of the responsibility, if indeed there is a shutdown of our government?


Trump:

Well, if you say who gets fired, it always has to be the top.

I mean, problems start from the top

and they have to get solved from the top and

the president’s the leader and he’s gotta get everyone in a room and he’s gotta lead.

And, he doesn’t do that,

he doesn’t like doing that,

that’s not his strength.

And, that’s why you have this horrible situation going on in Washington.

It’s a very, very bad thing :lol baby talk!

and it’s very embarrassing worldwide.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/28/1822103/-Big-Mouth-Trump-during-2013-government-shutdown-Fire-Obama-because-problems-start-from-the-top?detail=emaildkre

[FlAVaK]

1079042616946319360

[Winehole23]

the correspondence of contradicting DJT tweets from the past for each of his tweets as POTUS, approaches one.

[boutons_deux]

Team Trump Gleeful That Shutdown Will Hijack Pelosi’s Big Moment

The president’s aides see a debate being waged on his issues, not hers, and they couldn’t be happier.

President Donald Trump and his close allies have begun feeling more confident about the political perch they occupy.

In their eyes, a prolonged stalemate will likely fracture voters along traditional partisan lines, and

the ultimate outcome will be a debate waged largely on the president’s terms.

Increasingly, they see an upside in forcing likely incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi to have to spend the first days, if not weeks, of the next Congress

engaged in an argument over border wall funding rather than her preferred agenda:

a mix of sweeping ethics and

election reforms and

congressional oversight.

And they continue to believe that

a conversation around immigration and border security is in the president’s best political interests.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-gleeful-that-shutdown-will-hijack-pelosis-big-moment?ref=home (https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-gleeful-that-shutdown-will-hijack-pelosis-big-moment?ref=home)

Dems must Never Give An Inch

When Trash's base starts suffering from penalties, "payment declined", $37 overdraft fee, evictions, foreclosures, repossessions, it will be

"in the president’s best political interests."

My bet? The Dems will fold

[Trill Clinton]

https://twitter.com/RonBrownstein/status/1078082315006337025

[Winehole23]

the wall is his white whale; he's Captain Ahab.

[boutons_deux]

the wall is his white whale; he's Captain Ahab.

check out big literary brain on Whine Hole

[Winehole23]

check out boutons with sand in his drawers about something

[vy65]

Call me Ishmael

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/bigleaguepol/status/1078969881717075968

[Spurminator]

Not sure what's sadder, having so little integrity as to write a headline like that, or being the kind of retard who shares it.

[koriwhat]

i don't understand why any of congress gets even 1 day off per yr. we're paying their salaries so fuck their free time!

[Pavlov]

i don't understand why any of congress gets even 1 day off per yr. we're paying their salaries so fuck their free time!So you feel the same way about Trump?

The armed forces?

[koriwhat]

So you feel the same way about Trump?

The armed forces?

as far as i am seeing atm trump isn't vacationing in hawaii rn like your hopeful SoTH. as well, how much of trump's salary have we paid thus far? did you forget a little something something pavTheFag?

last time i checked our armed forces didn't end up becoming millionaires on $100+k salary like most of congress. fuck congress!

ps: i am entertaining you rn but i want nothing to do with you. why keep quoting and replying? fuck out of here you fucking stalking ass faggot!

[Pavlov]

as far as i am seeing atm trump isn't vacationing in hawaii rn like your hopeful SoTH. as well, how much of trump's salary have we paid thus far? did you forget a little something something pavTheFag?We pay his salary. He works for us and has taken many vacation days in the past two years.


last time i checked our armed forces didn't end up becoming millionaires on $100+k salary like most of congress. fuck congress!But we pay their salaries. That's the on criterion you stated. If you want to want to excuse Trump and the armed forces, you're allowed to -- but you'll need to be specific about it to avoid hypocrisy.

Also, the border patrol is currently working and most definitely NOT being paid by us.

What about them?

[pgardn]

Mitch the turtle goes dormant.

The sneakiest reptile on the earth.

[DMX7]

Mitch is MIA. What a great leader.

[boutons_deux]

Trash freezes Federal pay for 2019

[boutons_deux]

Trump screws farm country again with shutdown (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/28/1822159/-Trump-screws-farm-country-again-with-shutdown)



https://images.dailykos.com/images/626643/story_image/GettyImages-1025365878.jpg?1546030003Remember Individual 1's pre-election bribe to farmers (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/24/1783156/-White-House-plans-12-billion-pre-midterm-payoff-to-keep-farmers-happy-after-Trump-s-tariff-hit-job),

the $12 billion in emergency aid that was supposed to save them after his trade war with China?

It was already doing little to help (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/19/1814029/-Trump-s-12-billion-farm-bail-out-hasn-t-come-close-to-making-up-for-his-tariff-damage), but

now it appears to be yet another casualty of Trump's shutdown.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is in charge of making those direct payments, and after this week,

those payments will be suspended (https://apnews.com/2fb9cb380e0345dab2aee3858229112d).

Any farmers who haven't already certified production are just going to have to wait until the agency is back to work.

It's not just these payments, either.

Farm loans and disaster assistance processed by the USDA will be halted, too.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/28/1822159/-Trump-screws-farm-country-again-with-shutdown?detail=emaildkre

[boutons_deux]

Amid shutdown, government helps fund Trump's private New Year's party (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/29/1822281/-Amid-shutdown-government-helps-fund-Trump-s-private-New-Year-s-party)

government spending data shows that the Secret Service paid Grimes Events & Party Tents Inc. of Delray Beach, Florida, $54,020 on December 19th for “TENT RENTAL FOR MAL.”

An employee of the company confirmed to Quartz that it is providing tents for the annual for-profit bash at Trump’s “Winter White House” in Palm Beach.

The Secret Service spent just over $26,000 on an array of accessories for Mar-a-Lago’s New Year’s Eve party in 2017, which was attended by both Trump and Melania.

Though

it’s never not going to be a conflict of interest when the president has taxpayers subsidize a for-profit party at his private club,

$54,000 for tents feels especially egregious given that

the government is currently running under a partial shutdown that has deprived approximately 800,000 federal workers (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/us/government-shutdown-stories.html) of their paychecks.

Trump selling access to the White House through his private club is an outrage every day of the week,

but when

he’s leveraging government funds for private profit

at a time when hundreds of thousands of middle-class federal employees are worried about paying their mortgages and feeding their children

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/29/1822281/-Amid-shutdown-government-helps-fund-Trump-s-private-New-Year-s-party?utm_campaign=trending

If Obama had used govt funds to fill his personal bank account with $Ms ...

[Trill Clinton]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1079164464245719041

https://twitter.com/CharlesPPierce/status/1079055437184552961

https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol/status/1079093375108894723

[boutons_deux]

Mitch the turtle goes dormant.

The sneakiest reptile on the earth.

are you assuming "good faith" towards govt by the Repugs? :lol

The oligarchy/Repug strategy is to fuck up govt so Americans will hate govt, won't interfere, but even support Repugs, as Repugs defund govt (pay for oligarchy's tax cuts) into dysfunctionality, eg, HUD, EPA, State, IRS, FDA, FCC, FEMA, etc

So Repugs are quite unperturbed by the shutdown.

What if voters blame Repugs?

Repugs know that the fucked up Constitution, gerrymandering, voter suppression, counting fraud will always give Repugs a reliable base and enough Congress people to scorched-earth OBSTRUCT the Dems.

If the Repugs actually fail to block something progressive by the Dems, the Repugs will simply undo it all when they get back in power, as they've been doing to Obama's stuff.

[Winehole23]

to show his spite for government, Trump just froze federal pay, denying Federal employees a scheduled 2% raise.

the reason he cited was that the deficit his tax cut caused made the raises "fiscally unsustainable."

[Winehole23]

when Trump refers to the swamp one immediately thinks of the corporate lobbyists he has made into department heads, but what he means is people who go to work everyday and do their jobs.

[pgardn]

are you assuming "good faith" towards govt by the Repugs? :lol

The oligarchy/Repug strategy is to fuck up govt so Americans will hate govt, won't interfere, but even support Repugs, as Repugs defund govt (pay for oligarchy's tax cuts) into dysfunctionality, eg, HUD, EPA, State, IRS, FDA, FCC, FEMA, etc

So Repugs are quite unperturbed by the shutdown.

What if voters blame Repugs?

Repugs know that the fucked up Constitution, gerrymandering, voter suppression, counting fraud will always give Repugs a reliable base and enough Congress people to scorched-earth OBSTRUCT the Dems.

If the Repugs actually fail to block something progressive by the Dems, the Repugs will simply undo it all when they get back in power, as they've been doing to Obama's stuff.

First
No Mitch is not acting in good faith, he wants nothing to do with something he might get blamed for.
So The dealmaker goes dormant.

And then second

GFY


Sound familiar?

[boutons_deux]

Little Bitch McC leaves the scene of the crime and scurries back to KY

[boutons_deux]

Trump just got hit with a major lawsuit from his own federal workers

one of the largest unions representing government employees has taken a very litigious American approach to the situation and filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration asserting the illegality of requiring people to work without pay.

The American Federation of Government Employees union (AFGE) released a statement today announcing its lawsuit (https://www.afge.org/publication/american-federation-of-government-employees-and-kalijarvi-chuzi-newman--fitch-sue-the-government-over-shutdown/) as the shutdown has extended well into its second week.

The law firm representing the union, Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, is claiming that this practice is not within the legal authority of the government to continue.


“Approximately 420,000 federal employees are continuing to work, but don’t know when they will get their next paychecks.

This is not an acceptable way for any employer, let alone the U.S. government, to treat its employees.

These employees still need to pay childcare expenses, buy gas, and incur other expenses to go to work every day and

yet, they are not getting paid.

It is a blatant violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act,” a partner at the firm, Heidi Burakiewicz, said in the release.


https://washingtonpress.com/2018/12/31/trump-just-got-hit-with-a-major-lawsuit-from-his-own-federal-workers/

[boutons_deux]

Trump Rejects Democratic Funding Plan That Seeks to Reopen Government Without Wall Money

Democrats have settled on a plan.

Shortly after the party takes control of the House of Representatives

Thursday they will vote on a package of measures to reopen the federal government (https://www.ft.com/content/b810a914-0ddb-11e9-a3aa-118c761d2745).

The plan essentially involves two bills that split funding for the Department of Homeland Security and border security with the goal of ensuring that those that enjoy bipartisan support can make it through.

The New York Times explains (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/politics/government-shutdown-democrats-house.html):

The first includes six bipartisan spending measures that would fully fund agencies like the Interior Department and the Internal Revenue Service through the end of the fiscal year in September.



The second would extend homeland security funding at current levels through Feb. 8, including $1.3 billion for fencing but no funding for Mr. Trump’s border wall — a provision that renders it dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled Senate.


The move is in large part

designed to put Trump in a corner (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-promise-of-a-wall-may-not-be-fulfilled-as-advertised/2018/12/30/9872c2e0-0c96-11e9-8f0c-6f878a26288a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.602332c0f988) and

pressure him to cave or

take responsibility for keeping a large part of the federal government shut

over the president’s demand for wall money. For now, it seems the president isn’t willing to budge.

In the middle of tweetstorm that included lots of New Year vitriol, Trump also used the first day of the year to make clear that he would not support the Democratic plan to reopen the government without money for a wall along the border with Mexico.

“The Democrats, much as I suspected, have allocated no money for a new Wall. So imaginative!” Trump tweeted (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1080109395357380613). :lol

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/trump-rejects-democratic-funding-plan-to-reopen-government-without-wall-money.html

[boutons_deux]

National Parks Getting Trashed During Government Shutdown

Filth spreads as overused restrooms and trash bins are locked, causing public health concerns.

Some National Parks are being

overwhelmed by trash, vandalism, human feces and destructive off-roading

while most personnel are gone during the government shutdown, according to reports from remaining workers and visitors.

“It’s so heartbreaking.

There is more trash and human waste and disregard for the rules (https://www.apnews.com/e28b313197bb46bebef0faca24b333ed)than I’ve seen in my four years living here,” Dakota Snider, 24, who works in California’s Yosemite National Park, told The Associated Press.

“It’s a free-for-all.”

Some visitors were seen dumping bags of garbage from their cars at Yosemite.

Two campgrounds and a redwood grove were

closed because of “human waste issues and lack of staffing (https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm),”

a park statement said.

People were using the spots as open-air bathrooms

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/national-parks-trashed-in-government-shutdown_us_5c2aeee2e4b08aaf7a931f9c?utm_medium=em ail&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__010219&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__010219+CID_10c4064a 014c0213eb0fcb2c79fc43cd&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__010219 (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/national-parks-trashed-in-government-shutdown_us_5c2aeee2e4b08aaf7a931f9c?utm_medium=em ail&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__010219&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__010219+CID_10c4064a 014c0213eb0fcb2c79fc43cd&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__010219)

:lol Same as unregulated Wall St!

America the Beautiful is really America Lord of the Flies

in history

"when they talk about the government shutdown,

they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States,

who the president was at that time.

They’re not going to be talking about who was the head of the House, the head the Senate,

who’s running things in Washington.

So I really think the pressure is on the president."

========

"You have to get everybody in a room.

You have to be a leader.

The president has to lead.

He has to get (the Speaker of the House) and everybody else in a room,

and they have to make a deal.

You have to be nice and be angry and be wild and cajole and

do all sorts of things, but you have to get a deal.

"And, unfortunately, he has never been a dealmaker.

That wasn't his expertise before he went into politics and it's obviously not his expertise now.

But you have to get the people in a room and you have to get a deal."

https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2018/dec/14/blog-posting/did-trump-criticize-obama-during-2013-government-s/

[boutons_deux]

GOVERNMENT TELLS FURLOUGHED WORKERS TO UNCLOG TOILETS FOR RENT AS TRUMP RANTS AND RAVES OVER BORDER

The fate of hundreds of thousands of federal employees rests with a president who still doesn’t understand basic facts.

with furloughed employees sharing their fears on Twitter using the hashtag #ShutdownStories.

Office of Personnel Management has tried to help, sharing a series of sample letters it suggests using (https://twitter.com/USOPM/status/1078309890832166912) as “a guide when working with your creditors during this furlough.”

Here’s an excerpt from one of them:


I am a Federal employee who has recently been furloughed due to a lack of funding of my agency.

Because of this, my income has been severely cut and I am unable to pay the entire cost of my rent, along with my other expenses...

I will keep in touch with you to keep you informed about my income status and I would like to discuss with you

the possibility of trading my services to perform maintenance (e.g. painting, carpentry work) in exchange for partial rent payments.


https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/government-tells-furloughed-workers-to-unclog-toilets-for-rent?mbid=nl_th_5c2aa2513d61e72ce895cba7&utm_source=nl&utm_medium=email&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=vyf_hive_news_20190102%20(1)&bxid=MzI5MjgzNzg1MjQ4S0&hasha=992d608214b505003aa04bf10a595031&hashb=542eb31d958e85ddd5a4c3ccf3faae18526a77bd&spMailingID=14884936&spUserID=MzI5MjgzNzg1MjQ4S0&spJobID=1560076524&spReportId=MTU2MDA3NjUyNAS2

Trash's AmeriKKKa

[ducks]

Illegal aliens commit 37% of America's homicides despite only accounting for 3.5% of the population

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/bigleaguepol/status/1080628310659481600

"Sources say that the meeting got off to a bad start, with Republicans accusing Democrats of interrupting Homeland Security officials."

[spurraider21]

1079042616946319360
:lmao that vid

[ducks]

Gidley: 'Scary' that Dem plan to reopen government spends more on foreign aid than border security

[boutons_deux]

From 'Depleted' Food Stores to Understaffed Health Clinics, Native Americans 'Among Hardest Hit' by Trump Shutdown

"The longer the D.C. stalemate lasts, the more dire their situation becomes."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/02/depleted-food-stores-understaffed-health-clinics-native-americans-among-hardest-hit?cd-origin=rss

[Winehole23]

Illegal aliens commit 37% of America's homicides despite only accounting for 3.5% of the populationthat's simply a lie

[Winehole23]

ONLY ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL AND DEPARTMENTS

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6550067/Feds-funds-reopen-landmark-bell-tower-attached-Trumps-DC-hotel-despite-shutdown.html

[ducks]

https://video.foxnews.com/v/5985473970001/?#sp=show-clips

[boutons_deux]

Here’s Nancy Pelosi’s plan to corner Trump and trap Mitch McConnell using his own legislation

Pelosi plans to introduce and pass the same funding bill that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) shepherded through the Senate by voice vote (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/politics/government-shutdown-threat.html)two weeks ago —

which happens to not include funding for Trump’s wall!

By passing this bill in the Senate but blocking it in the House (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/ryan-says-trump-will-not-sign-senate-passed-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown.html) on Trump’s order,

Republicans boxed themselves in.

They cannot easily claim that their own bill they just voted for in the Senate is soft on border security.

Nor can they pin the blame on Pelosi for not retaking up the alternative House bill (https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/678602214/senate-approves-temporary-funding-bill-house-likely-to-act-today-avoiding-shutdo)

that included Trump’s wall funding, because that bill was rejected by the Senate (https://www.vox.com/2018/12/20/18150263/house-republicans-trump-border-wall-government-shutdown).

That leaves McConnell with two choices.

He can bring the original bill to the floor for near-certain passage, after which Trump will be forced to either surrender or veto it and once again (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/12/21/18151603/trump-shutdown-democrats-republicans) take credit for the shutdown.

Or,

he can block the bill from going to a vote at all, and share the blame with Trump for the shutdown as,

in the other chamber of the Capitol,

Pelosi and House Democrats cast themselves as the sole adults who are trying to get the government reopened and back to work.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/heres-nancy-pelosis-plan-corner-trump-trap-mitch-mcconnell-using-legislation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[boutons_deux]

‘Trump is afraid of his base’ and won’t open government because the ‘Right beat the daylights’ out of him: Chuck Schumer


https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/chuck-schumer-trump-is-afraid-of-his-base-and-wont-open-the-government-because-the-right-beat-the-daylights-out-of-him/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[DMX7]

Here’s Nancy Pelosi’s plan to corner Trump and trap Mitch McConnell using his own legislation

Pelosi plans to introduce and pass the same funding bill that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) shepherded through the Senate by voice vote (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/politics/government-shutdown-threat.html)two weeks ago —

which happens to not include funding for Trump’s wall!

By passing this bill in the Senate but blocking it in the House (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/ryan-says-trump-will-not-sign-senate-passed-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown.html) on Trump’s order,

Republicans boxed themselves in.

They cannot easily claim that their own bill they just voted for in the Senate is soft on border security.

Nor can they pin the blame on Pelosi for not retaking up the alternative House bill (https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/678602214/senate-approves-temporary-funding-bill-house-likely-to-act-today-avoiding-shutdo)

that included Trump’s wall funding, because that bill was rejected by the Senate (https://www.vox.com/2018/12/20/18150263/house-republicans-trump-border-wall-government-shutdown).

That leaves McConnell with two choices.

He can bring the original bill to the floor for near-certain passage, after which Trump will be forced to either surrender or veto it and once again (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/12/21/18151603/trump-shutdown-democrats-republicans) take credit for the shutdown.

Or,

he can block the bill from going to a vote at all, and share the blame with Trump for the shutdown as,

in the other chamber of the Capitol,

Pelosi and House Democrats cast themselves as the sole adults who are trying to get the government reopened and back to work.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/heres-nancy-pelosis-plan-corner-trump-trap-mitch-mcconnell-using-legislation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29




Are Americans really tracking this that closely to know what's going on with all that legislative maneuvering?

[RandomGuy]

1079042616946319360


Heh. Funnier than the accordion video.

[RandomGuy]

Here’s Nancy Pelosi’s plan to corner Trump and trap Mitch McConnell using his own legislation

Pelosi plans to introduce and pass the same funding bill that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) shepherded through the Senate by voice vote (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/politics/government-shutdown-threat.html)two weeks ago —

which happens to not include funding for Trump’s wall!

By passing this bill in the Senate but blocking it in the House (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/ryan-says-trump-will-not-sign-senate-passed-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown.html) on Trump’s order,

Republicans boxed themselves in.

They cannot easily claim that their own bill they just voted for in the Senate is soft on border security.

Nor can they pin the blame on Pelosi for not retaking up the alternative House bill (https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/678602214/senate-approves-temporary-funding-bill-house-likely-to-act-today-avoiding-shutdo)

that included Trump’s wall funding, because that bill was rejected by the Senate (https://www.vox.com/2018/12/20/18150263/house-republicans-trump-border-wall-government-shutdown).

That leaves McConnell with two choices.

He can bring the original bill to the floor for near-certain passage, after which Trump will be forced to either surrender or veto it and once again (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/12/21/18151603/trump-shutdown-democrats-republicans) take credit for the shutdown.

Or,

he can block the bill from going to a vote at all, and share the blame with Trump for the shutdown as,

in the other chamber of the Capitol,

Pelosi and House Democrats cast themselves as the sole adults who are trying to get the government reopened and back to work.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/heres-nancy-pelosis-plan-corner-trump-trap-mitch-mcconnell-using-legislation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29




Republicans keep own-goaling themselves.

It is fun to watch.

[RandomGuy]

Are Americans really tracking this that closely to know what's going on with all that legislative maneuvering?

Not really.

What it boils down to is quick, easy to understand soundbites. "Democrats voted on a spending bill to re-open the government. Republicans won't vote on it in the Senate"

Democrats voted to re-open. Republicans refuse to even vote.

Simple. Quick. Easy to magnify and define the narrative.

[boutons_deux]

Senior Trump Administration Officials Set to Receive $10,000 Raises During the Shutdown

Because of a pay freeze that is set to expire during the government shutdown, Cabinet secretaries, deputy secretaries, high-ranking administrators, and Vice President Mike Pence

are all scheduled to receive raises of $10,000 or more on Saturday,

officials are worried about the appearance of granting raises to high-paid officials while lower-level federal workers struggle with finances.

Pence, for example, will see his pay bump up from more than $230,000 to about $243,000

Cabinet secretaries will go from more than $199,000 to over $210,000.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/government-shutdown-trump-administration-raises.html

[Will Hunting]

Hundreds of TSA workers are now calling out sick.

This shutdown isn’t going to last. The economy is going to start cratering once people can’t travel and you’ll start seeing Republicans like Cocaine Mitch pressuring Trump to fold.

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1080948539814043650
https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1080948543190376449

[Pavlov]

https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1080948539814043650
https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1080948543190376449:lol acting like there's $14 billion stuffed in a mattress in Mexico.

[Chris]

:lol acting like there's $14 billion stuffed in a mattress in Mexico.

What do you know about it?

[Pavlov]

What do you know about it?I know it's not stuffed in a mattress in Mexico.

[boutons_deux]

Trump Says He Is Willing to Close the Government for “Years” to Get His Wall

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1070046571667120129/7dStKuMb_bigger.jpg (https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins)Kaitlan Collins
(https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins)✔@kaitlancollins
(https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins)
(https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins)Chuck Schumer says President Trump told him he’s prepared to keep the government shut down for months or even years.

12:36 PM - Jan 4, 2019 (https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1081258149888360449)


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/trump-shutdown-could-last-years.html

[boutons_deux]

Trump Threatens To Declare A National Emergency To Build His Wall

“We could call a national emergency

because of the security of our country.

Absolutely.

No, we can do it.

I haven’t done it. :lol

I may do it. :lol

I may do it. :lol

But we could call a national emergency and

build it very quickly and

that is another way of doing it.”

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/01/04/trump-threatens-to-declare-a-national-emergency-to-build-his-wall.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politi cus+USA+%29

Talk is cheap, like his tacky ass, makeup, hair.

[Winehole23]

Trump declaring a state of emergency to build the wall?

Yea or nay?

Is it a national emergency only a wall can fix? Two years of Republican rule apparently didn't.

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1081294139138879488

[boutons_deux]

Yahoo News
(https://twitter.com/YahooNews)✔@YahooNews
(https://twitter.com/YahooNews)
(https://twitter.com/YahooNews)President Trump says the government will not open until border issue is solved:

"It's a problem of terrorists, you know,

I talk about human traffickers,

I talk about drugs,

I talk about gangs..."

"They drive right in and they make a left" :lol

1:37 PM - Jan 4, 2019 (https://twitter.com/YahooNews/status/1081273349433524224)

[boutons_deux]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49497912_2504695062956866_5289427987970654208_n.pn g?_nc_cat=1&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=64f24dbc083bf9564236cfb942c8d94f&oe=5CD80C41

[ElNono]

Trump declaring a state of emergency to build the wall?

Yea or nay?

Is it a national emergency only a wall can fix? Two years of Republican rule apparently didn't.

It’s an emergency because Mexico didn’t want to pay for it

[spurraider21]

its an emergency because trump turned down a 25 billion offer from schumer?

[boutons_deux]

The U.S. Government Shutdown Is Screwing Up the World's Biggest Weather Conference (https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-us-government-shutdown-is-screwing-up-the-worlds-bi-1831491938)

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) will host the largest annual gathering of the world’s largest weather nerds this weekend. But a key group of constituents will be notably absent.

The shutdown over Trump’s border wall (https://splinternews.com/trump-sticks-by-his-wall-tantrum-and-shuts-down-the-gov-1831275836) means federal scientists have had to cancel their trips to this year’s confab in Phoenix, and their absence could have reverberations long after the federal government reopens for business.

the annual AMS meeting is an extremely significant week for the weather enterprise,”

“It’s where connections are made, ideas are sparked, projects initiate, and students and early career professionals have the opportunity to connect with potential employers.”

few other conferences draw together such a wide cross section of scientists and sectors. We’re talking meteorologists, climate scientists, atmospheric researchers, social scientists, satellite geeks, radar nerds, and a host of other experts from the federal, university, private, and broadcast worlds. All of those worlds are built on top of federal data and research.

. An estimated 500-700 federal employees (https://associationsnow.com/2019/01/government-shutdown-takes-toll-weather-conference/) could be forced to bail on the conference that normally attracts roughly 4,000 attendees, potentially causing the rest of the enterprise to begin to wobble.

“The AMS meeting is a critical forum for science, policy development, collaboration and professional development,”

“It’s a fact that a decent portion of today’s meteorologists and atmospheric scientists could end up working for the federal government, and it’s frustrating that federal employees can’t be with students to share their perspectives about their lines of work,”

https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-us-government-shutdown-is-screwing-up-the-worlds-bi-1831491938?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

Fuck Trash, fuck Repugs to hell

[boutons_deux]

Trash wants to call the shutdown a strike, which is associated of course with Labor, not Management

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-wants-to-call-the-shutdown-a-strike-he-has-it-completely-backwards_us_5c30fe1fe4b0d75a98314121

Trash's brain is totally fucked as are his emotions, vocabulary, articulations.

a total PIECE of SHIT, voted in by 60M Americans.

[boutons_deux]

Sean Hannity Tells Trump to Continue Shutdown ‘Straight Through the State of the Union’

Hannity says Trump could take his case directly to the American people in the annual address at the end of January

https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Sean-Hannity-Tells-Trump-to-Continue-Shutdown-13511195.php

Just Do It! :lol

[ElNono]

:lol nobody watches TV anymore... he probably has a bigger audience on Twitter than for the SOTU

[boutons_deux]

The Rot Runs So Deep

It seems conceivable, though highly unlikely, that there’s an innocent explanation for

the National Parks Service decision to keep a small site tied to President Trump’s hotel open (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/feds-find-money-for-national-park-site-tied-to-trump-hotel)

while everything else is closed or unstaffed.

Assuming it is what it looks like,

another example of the federal government being harnessed to the personal finances of the President,

it will be just a more minor example of what we’ll learn far more about in the years to come.

There is so little transparency in this administration,

so much corruption that has become commonplace,

that I don’t think we can really even imagine just how deep it all runs.

there’s every reason to believe that

the whole country’s foreign policy is being harnessed to the President’s personal financial interests as well.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-rot-runs-so-deep?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29

as in Trash's personal financial interest in pleasing Pootin to keep that pee tape hidden

[boutons_deux]

Loser Trash folding, of course

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown/white-house-signals-some-compromise-in-ending-u-s-government-shutdown-idUSKCN1P00E5?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reu ters+Politics+News%29

[ducks]

What do the American People think about spending $716 Billion/year on defense and running 800 military bases abroad?

It doesn’t matter what we think.

[Winehole23]

That's not a compromise, that's a steel barrier.

[ducks]

That's not a compromise, that's a steel barrier.
Do you have wall in your house ?
Do you have a fence (wall ) around your yard?

[ElNono]

Walls and fences never stopped home invasions, tbh

[Chris]

Walls and fences never stopped home invasions, tbh

^low iq post

[boutons_deux]

Enough Is Enough. The Air Lines Pilots Association Writes Trump A Letter Telling Him To Get Real (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/5/1823903/-Enough-Is-Enough-The-Airlines-Pilots-Association-Writes-Trump-A-Letter-Telling-Him-To-Get-Real)

the president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, representing 61,000 pilots, wrote a candid letter to his nibs, breaking down the reality of the situation.

Basically, in human terms, the safety and security of the entire airspace system is in jeopardy and its workers are unfairly being asked to put themselves in egregious financial straits, from which they may never recover.

So the pilots are asking Trump to stop the shutdown “immediately.” Here’s the letter: (http://www.alpa.org/-/media/ALPA/Files/pdfs/news-events/letters/010219-shutdown-trump.pdf)

the disruptions being caused by the shutdown are threatening the safe operations of this network.

When any of their responsibilities are placed on pause due to a shutdown there are safety, security and efficiency gaps that immediately emerge.

are fewer safety inspectors than are needed in order to ensure the air traffic control infrastructure is performing at its peak levels

oversight activities that either stop or are significantly reduced.

safety issues that put passengers and airline crews at risk.

The shutdown is a significant stumbling block in the FAA’s efforts to ensure the safety of the airspace from those drone operators who may be operating in an unsafe manner.

air traffic controllers, airspace system maintenance personnel, and the airline passenger security workforce are being asked to work unpaid.

The pressure these civil servants are facing at home should not be ignored. At some point, these dedicated federal employees will encounter personal financial damages that will take a long time from which to recover,if at all.

===

"This problem of call outs is really going to explode over the next week or two when employees miss their first paycheck," a union official at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport told CNN.

"TSA officers are telling the union they will find another way to make money. That means calling out to work other jobs."
Trump is cornered like a rat right now, whether he has the sense to realize it or not. He’s not going to get his wall,

and every day the shutdown continues, there are going to be more call outs at TSA, airports will become increasingly dysfunctional, and there will be more letters from figures in other industries affected by this folly, you can count on that.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/5/1823903/-Enough-Is-Enough-The-Airlines-Pilots-Association-Writes-Trump-A-Letter-Telling-Him-To-Get-Real

[boutons_deux]

others furloughed or forced to work without pay.

In particular, it has wreaked havoc on our national parks, with reports of overflowing human waste, uncollected trash, damage to hiking trails, and even three deaths (https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2019/01/04/three-dead-national-parks-shutdown-wears/?utm_term=.d0ad84264223) reported as of yesterday, all due to the lack of policing and supervision. Iconic landmarks and museums on the National Mall have been shuttered or have gone unstaffed, and the American public has been denied access to them.

Yet a single rather obscure historical site (https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/feds-find-money-for-national-park-site-tied-to-trump-hotel) has somehow managed to remain open and fully staffed:

the clock tower in the federal building that houses the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

As reported by the Associated Press (https://www.apnews.com/a92b044703354064a34217492c5a0923):


Smithsonian museums are closed.

There are no federal staffers to answer tourists’ questions at the Lincoln Memorial.

And across the United States,

national parks are cluttered with trash.

Yet despite the federal government shutdown,

a historic clock tower at the Trump International Hotel remained open Friday for its handful of visitors,

staffed by green-clad National Park Service rangers.

According to the AP, its ranger staff often outnumbers the tourists.


The Trump administration appears to have gone out of its way to keep the attraction in the federally owned building that houses the Trump hotel open

and staffed with National Park Service rangers, even as other federal agencies shut all but the most essential services.


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/6/1823931/-Why-is-this-national-historic-site-at-Trump-s-D-C-hotel-open-and-fully-staffed

[boutons_deux]

'Fear. It's just plain, flat-outfear.' Trump's shutdown sends federal workers to food pantries (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/7/1824167/--Fear-It-s-just-plain-flat-out-fear-Trump-s-shutdown-sends-federal-workers-to-food-pantries)

“The lunches that are missed and the shopping that is missed, people are staying at home, and that really hurts our small-business community.”

One furloughed IRS employee is considering becoming a plasma donor to supplement her partner’s income during the shutdown.

A food pantry has opened to furloughed workers, and a case manager there says that what she sees is “Fear. It’s just plain, flat-out fear.”

One longtime IRS employee described going to the food pantry as “kind of embarrassing,” but with no paycheck and a disabled adult son to support, “I have to.”


“I’m really angry at the president,” she said. “How can he do this to his own people?” :lol

Welcome to Donald Trump’s America.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/7/1824167/--Fear-It-s-just-plain-flat-out-fear-Trump-s-shutdown-sends-federal-workers-to-food-pantries?detail=emaildkre

Trash doesn't have "his own people", he has cult mob of duped suckers

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1082457302458925063

[Pavlov]

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1082457302458925063

They should get a chance to respond -- though their use of complete sentences and truthful statements will probably trigger you.

[hater]

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1082457302458925063

:lmao nobody wants to see more than 2 minutes of those mummies moving their dentures around their mouths :lol

[Chris]

:lmao nobody wants to see more than 2 minutes of those mummies moving their dentures around their mouths :lol

:lol

[Chris]

:cryThey should get a chance to respond:cry

Respond to what? Trump hasn't even said anything yet, and TeamResist already wants to control the narrative. You and your ilk are some really sick people.

[Pavlov]

Respond to what? Trump hasn't even said anything yet, and TeamResist already wants to control the narrative. You and your ilk are some really sick people.:lmao Qhris is afraid of words from mean ol' Chuck and Nancy.

[Spurminator]

Respond to what? Trump hasn't even said anything yet, and TeamResist already wants to control the narrative. You and your ilk are some really sick people.

See, the way this works is Trump gives his address first, and then the Dems, you know, respond to it.

[Pavlov]

See, the way this works is Trump gives his address first, and then the Dems, you know, respond to it.BUT WHY SHOULD THEY WANT TO RESPOND WHEN HE HASN'T EVEN SAID ANYTHING YET?????

[ElNono]

:lmao nobody wants to see more than 2 minutes of those mummies moving their dentures around their mouths :lol

Schumer is actually younger than Trump...

[Pavlov]

:lol hater doesn't remember Trump's saying "Gohdblesshemeriffffur" det one time.

[LkrFan]

^low iq post

1081918332545187840

[Chris]

^Combat veteran is scared of guns?


https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2F6L015gM EW3pFC%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1

[Pavlov]

^Combat veteran is scared of guns?


https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2F6L015gM EW3pFC%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1Not near as frightening as fake bone spurs.

[Spurminator]

Telling quote.

1082480494581825536

[Pavlov]

Telling quote.

1082480494581825536I mean why isn't Obama in GITMO already?

[Winehole23]

No, those are the people he always intended to hurt.

[spurraider21]

^Combat veteran is scared of guns?


https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2F6L015gM EW3pFC%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1
Do you think being a combat veteran makes you invulnerable to bullets?

[Trainwreck2100]

Trump declaring a state of emergency to build the wall?

Yea or nay?

Is it a national emergency only a wall can fix? Two years of Republican rule apparently didn't.

declares national emergency, look the walls being built, opens the government, then gets blocked and it "wasn't his fault" And we do this shit all over again.

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1082506646616592384?s=21
https://twitter.com/realsaavedra/status/1082514656583856129?s=21

yup

[Will Hunting]

Telling quote.

1082480494581825536
Yeah I have zero sympathy for those trailer trash retards. They got exactly what they voted for and now they get to sleep in the bed they made for themselves.

[FrostKing]

No, those are the people he always intended to hurt.
Not the colored?

Glad we are making progress.

[Pavlov]

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1082506646616592384?s=21
https://twitter.com/realsaavedra/status/1082514656583856129?s=21

yup"Yup" what?

[boutons_deux]

Trash on delayed loop

"Trash words ..."

network: that's a lie

"Trash words ..."

network: that's a lie

"Trash words ..."

network: that's a lie

[boutons_deux]

TRUMP DIDN’T REALIZE A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WOULD SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT

The people in charge apparently “recognized only this week the breadth of the potential impact.”

In February 2016, Donald Trump (https://www.vanityfair.com/people/donald-trump#intcid=dt-hot-link) the candidate had no idea (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team) he was required by law to put a transition team in place to initiate preparations to run the federal government.

after he had clinched the nomination, he still didn’t get that the people he’d begrudgingly allowed Chris Christie (https://www.vanityfair.com/people/chris-christie#intcid=dt-hot-link) to hire for the job had to be paid, and tried to shutter the whole operation because he thought transition workers were “stealing” his money.

In November, after he had won the election, President-Elect Slow-on-the-Uptake fired everyone who’d been manning the transition team, threw their work in the trash, and decided, per Michael Lewis, that he was going to handle things “more or less by himself,”

In the words (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team) of his own campaign chairman-turned-senior adviser,

Trump didn’t “know anything,” and worse, he didn’t “give a shit.”

And apparently, not much has changed since then, only now, he’s like, y‘know, the actual president.

two weeks after Trump shut down the government over his ridiculous border wall, the administration—only then!—“recognized . . . the breadth of the potential impact” of the president’s actions.

In other words,

the people in charge of the most powerful nation in the world evidently had no idea that the government actually does stuff,

and that when it runs out of money, that stuff ceases to function:

Food stamps for 38 million low-income Americans would face severe reductions

and

more than $140 billion in tax refunds are at risk of being frozen or delayed if the government shutdown stretches into February,

widespread disruptions that threaten to hurt the economy. . . .

The partial shutdown has cut off new funding to the Treasury Department and the USDA,

leaving them largely unstaffed and crippling both departments’ ability to fulfill core functions.



The potential cuts to food stamps and suspension of tax refunds illustrate the compounding consequences of leaving large parts of the federal government unfunded indefinitely—

a *scenario that became more likely Friday when President Trump said he would leave the government shut down for months or even years unless Democrats gave him money to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

(https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/trump-didnt-realize-a-government-shutdown-would-shut-down-the-government?mbid=nl_th_5c33e99fef10e32ca1332936&CNDID=43758549&utm_source=nl&utm_medium=email&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=vyf_hive_news_20190108%20(1)&bxid=MzI5MjgzNzg1MjQ4S0&hasha=992d608214b505003aa04bf10a595031&hashb=542eb31d958e85ddd5a4c3ccf3faae18526a77bd&spMailingID=14917314&spUserID=MzI5MjgzNzg1MjQ4S0&spJobID=1560603104&spReportId=MTU2MDYwMzEwNAS2)That

Trump, whose mental impairment is made obvious every time he opens his mouth (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-approval-rating-europe-polls-white-house-oval-office-border-wall-a8708746.html) or sends out a tweet (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1080088373451206656),

wouldn’t understand the impact of a government shutdown is entirely wholly unsurprising.

raw-dogs a porn star first (https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/26/trumps-alleged-failure-to-use-condoms-with-stormy-daniels-karen-mcdougal-raises-questions-concerns/) and evaluates the potential risks after,

Senior administration officials . . . [told The Washington Post] they were

focused now on understanding the scope of the consequences
and determining whether there is anything they can do to intervene.

, without a deal, thousands of other government functions remain

beholden to the whims of a guy who doesn’t know his ass from his elbow.

And, as he’s made abundantly clear, he couldn’t care less (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/trump-shutdown-mostly-democrats) if federal employees—currently being advised to unclog toilets for rent (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/government-tells-furloughed-workers-to-unclog-toilets-for-rent)—go unpaid, a point of view that presumably extends to whether or not

38 million Americans lose their food stamps,

or thousands of people get evicted because,

oops (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/as-shutdown-drags-on-trump-officials-seek-novel-ways-to-cope-with-its-impacts/2019/01/06/96c54a50-11ee-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html), a Department of Housing and Urban Development program expired on January 1.

To be fair,

the administration only realized a couple days ago that

a government shutdown resulted in a shutdown of the government,

so it probably needs some time to hammer things out.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/trump-didnt-realize-a-government-shutdown-would-shut-down-the-government?mbid=nl_th_5c33e99fef10e32ca1332936&CNDID=43758549&utm_source=nl&utm_medium=email&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=vyf_hive_news_20190108%20(1)&bxid=MzI5MjgzNzg1MjQ4S0&hasha=992d608214b505003aa04bf10a595031&hashb=542eb31d958e85ddd5a4c3ccf3faae18526a77bd&spMailingID=14917314&spUserID=MzI5MjgzNzg1MjQ4S0&spJobID=1560603104&spReportId=MTU2MDYwMzEwNAS2 (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/trump-didnt-realize-a-government-shutdown-would-shut-down-the-government?mbid=nl_th_5c33e99fef10e32ca1332936&CNDID=43758549&utm_source=nl&utm_medium=email&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=vyf_hive_news_20190108%20(1)&bxid=MzI5MjgzNzg1MjQ4S0&hasha=992d608214b505003aa04bf10a595031&hashb=542eb31d958e85ddd5a4c3ccf3faae18526a77bd&spMailingID=14917314&spUserID=MzI5MjgzNzg1MjQ4S0&spJobID=1560603104&spReportId=MTU2MDYwMzEwNAS2)

[hater]

Schumer is actually younger than Trump...

And Looks like the granddad in Tales From the Crypt :lol

[pgardn]

And Looks like the granddad in Tales From the Crypt :lol

A little orange highlight and losing the glasses would change all that.
But just a touch of orange. Whip a wig into shape, bingo.

[Winehole23]

Not the colored?

Glad we are making progress.Trump has a long history of stiffing people who work for him.

[Trill Clinton]

https://twitter.com/KevinReuning/status/1082446862681022464?s=19

I wonder what Americans she thinks Trump should be hurting?

[Will Hunting]

https://twitter.com/KevinReuning/status/1082446862681022464?s=19

I wonder what Americans she thinks Trump should be hurting?
People like the person who said that are just hateful individuals who incessantly blame others for how bad their life is.

What a stupid motherfucker for thinking Trump gives a shit about their trailer trash panhandle town.

[Trill Clinton]

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1082658747086983168?s=19

[BD24]

Yeah I have zero sympathy for those trailer trash retards. They got exactly what they voted for and now they get to sleep in the bed they made for themselves.
This x100. Same goes for all of the farmers that thought trump was going to be there hero as well.

[Trill Clinton]

TSA agents not giving a single fucc at the checkpoints since they're not getting paid smh

[hater]

TSA agents not giving a single fucc at the checkpoints since they're not getting paid smh

How many ppl will die?

[Trill Clinton]

How many ppl will die?

26

Imagine the pounds of weed and guns making it past TSA right now.

[hater]

26

Imagine the pounds of weed and guns making it past TSA right now.

26 how?

Regarding your 2nd stament. How many ppl will die?

[Trill Clinton]

26 how?

Regarding your 2nd stament. How many ppl will die?

Okay let me change my answer to 22.

2nd statement answer: natural causes

[hater]

Okay let me change my answer to 22.

2nd statement answer: natural causes

22? How?

Regarding your 2nd statement, so they were gona die anyway....

[hater]

Okay let me change my answer to 22.

2nd statement answer: natural causes

22? How?

Regarding your 2nd statement, so they were gona die anyway....

[FrostKing]

Legit question: why are so many LAX employees black and not mexican? I would guess it is 20 to 1 ratio.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

cool thread:

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[boutons_deux]

Federal workers in Washington aren’t the only ones going without pay




Where the shutdown could have the biggest impact





Number of federal employees in agencies affected by the shutdown per 100,000 workers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/shutdown-federal-worker-impact/federal-workers-by-state-large.jpg?v=12

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/shutdown-federal-worker-impact/?utm_term=.b147d0231e77

[Trill Clinton]

That was a very low energy speech

[hater]

That was a very low energy speech

Well it was about a wall :lol

[boutons_deux]

Defeated Trump Admits His Immigration Address Was PointlessTrump admitted to news anchors that his Oval Office speech and his trip to the border were and are a pointless waste of time.
The New York Times reported: (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/politics/donald-trump-speech.html)

Yet privately, Mr. Trump dismissed his own new strategy as pointless.

In an off-the-record lunch with television anchors hours before the address,

he made clear in blunt terms that he was not inclined to give the speech or go to Texas, but

was talked into it by advisers,

according to two people briefed on the discussion who asked not to be identified sharing details.

“It’s not going to change a damn thing, but I’m still doing it,”

Mr. Trump said of the trip to the border, according to one of the people, who was in the room.

The border trip was just a photo opportunity, he said.

“But,” he added, gesturing at his communications aides, Bill Shine, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway,

“these people behind you say it’s worth it.”
This Explains Why Trump’s Speech Was So Terrible

Disconnected and disinterested Trump gave the speech from the Oval Office because

the president thought that the idea was a waste of time, and he was right.

The speech was a waste of time.

Trump put zero effort into it,

just as he does every single time he is forced to do something that he doesn’t want to do.

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/01/08/trump-defeated-wall.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politi cus+USA+%29

:lol

What a fucking FARCE! And he bent the stupid, fucking networks over to carry his BULLSHIT live, and then comment on it all night, and for days.

[pgardn]

How many ppl will die?

The same number as the illegal votes in the election?

Was that two or 3 million ?

[pgardn]

How many ppl will die?

So you don’t think the TSA is necessary.
Good to know.

[Winehole23]

1083004437801680896

[Winehole23]

1082993699896864768

[Winehole23]

That was a very low energy speechhave you noticed that DarrinS no longer complains about teleprompters?

[Winehole23]

1082874009170182146

[spurraider21]

lol democrats offered a deal with border security funding a long time ago and white house rejected it.

[boutons_deux]

That was a very low energy speech

I posted an article where Trash said his staff told him to do the speech AND visit the border, both of which he thought were bullshit.

[baseline bum]

Chuck & Nancy should demand a reinstatement of the individual mandate plus add the public option and then the baby can get his $23 billion wall. Not like Trumptards would turn on Trump for making Obamacare way better with a public option.

[hater]

Chuck & Nancy should demand a reinstatement of the individual mandate plus add the public option and then the baby can get his $23 billion wall. Not like Trumptards would turn on Trump for making Obamacare way better with a public option.

Shhh why insert genius logic nto this conversation

Inbeen saying they should negotiate something good hut they dont want to :lmao

They will end ip losing the wall debate in the end and get nothing in return :lmao

Hillary :lol

[boutons_deux]

Racist Stephen Miller reportedly wrote the hate speech that Trump gave last night (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/8/1823506/-White-nationalist-Stephen-Miller-wrote-the-hate-speech-that-Trump-will-give-tonight)

https://images.dailykos.com/images/556169/story_image/GettyImages-935326368.jpg?1529615928

Republican administrations seem to thrive on the Big Lie.

For Donald Trump, the lie has been the supposed horrible menace of undocumented immigrants invading and threatening our country, poised to terrorize our homes.


White House aide Stephen Miller reportedly has a hand in writing President Donald Trump’s Tuesday prime time address advocating for a wall on the Mexico border.

CNN contributor April Ryan, a White House correspondent, said on Monday that her Republican sources had confirmed thatMiller is writing the speech.

Miller is known for his role in crafting the president’s controversial travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries.




He is the chief architect of the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy and

the impetus behind its child-kidnapping scheme. (https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-immigration-reform-architect-stephen-miller-operates-beyond-oversight-ncna931111)
To Miller, immigrants are apparently “insurgents,”

and his cruel policies and corrosive rhetoric (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/02/stephen-miller-vs-jim-acosta-sent-the-white-house-press-briefing-completely-off-the-rails/?utm_term=.0a5e216b6301) clearly reflect that disdain,

from spearheading executive orders banning foreign nationals and refugees from Muslim countries (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/15/stephen-miller-new-trump-travel-ban),

to orchestrating the ongoing family separation crisis at the border (https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2018/06/19/stephen-miller-architect-family-separation-border-must/q7u4GAtQUdbrs1DSMgx0MI/story.html) with his zero-tolerance policy,

to his fervent support for President Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship (a proposal he’s been forcefully pursuing since early 2016 (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/10/the-intellectual-origins-of-trumps-chilling-immigration-plan)).

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/8/1823506/-White-nationalist-Stephen-Miller-wrote-the-hate-speech-that-Trump-will-give-tonight?detail=emaildkre

Miller, Trash's very own Heinrich Miller, with Nielsen as head of the brutal Gestapo / Schutzstaffel

[Winehole23]

lol democrats offered a deal with border security funding a long time ago and white house rejected it.that deal involved DACA, which never got anything but lip service from DJT.

[CosmicCowboy]

that deal involved DACA, which never got anything but lip service from DJT.

As I remember it, the offer was for the DACA's to get permanent US residence but Democrats demanded it be full citizenship. That is why the deal blew up. Am I remembering it wrong?

[Winehole23]

I don't recall.

How much money for border security did Trump leave on on the table? Something like $25 billion, if I recall.

[Winehole23]

What a card sharp, raising the stakes for a much smaller pot.

Do you think it's fair for DJT to play with the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers this way?

[spurraider21]

As I remember it, the offer was for the DACA's to get permanent US residence but Democrats demanded it be full citizenship. That is why the deal blew up. Am I remembering it wrong?
i dont know the specifics of the daca part, but the white house rejected it because they also wanted to include changes to family migration and the diversity lottery in the deal

democrats basically offered border security for daca, but white house demanded border security, family migration + lottery reform for daca

[baseline bum]

i dont know the specifics of the daca part, but the white house rejected it because they also wanted to include changes to family migration and the diversity lottery in the deal

democrats basically offered border security for daca, but white house demanded border security, family migration + lottery reform for daca

Family migration = good for Trump's wife and her parents

Bad for people of the wrong skin color

[boutons_deux]

that deal involved DACA, which never got anything but lip service from DJT.

ethnic-cleanser Miller probably dictated to Trash NEVER to agree to Dreamer / DACA

[boutons_deux]

Trump walks out of shutdown talks when Democrats reject funds for his border wall

A day after calling for a bipartisan compromise to resolve the partial government shutdown,

President Trump stormed out of a White House negotiating session Wednesday

when Democratic leaders refused to agree to his demand for taxpayer funds to build a southern border wall.
“Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time,” Trump tweeted afterward.

He said he asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) if they would agree to end the shutdown, now in its 19th day, in return for funds for a wall or steel barrier, one of his major campaign promises.


“Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!,” the president tweeted.


Democratic leaders accused the president of throwing a temper tantrum.


"The president slammed the table, asked Speaker Pelosi if she would support his wall and when she said no, he walked out and said,

'We have nothing to talk about,' " Schumer said.

"He didn't get his way and he just walked out of the meeting."

Pelosi said a wall will not resolve the problems currently experienced at the border

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-congress-shutdown-20190109-story.html

Dems SKEWERING the obese orange pig, making him squirm, squeal :lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo&list=RDyURRmWtbTbo&start_radio=1&t=10

[rmt]

i dont know the specifics of the daca part, but the white house rejected it because they also wanted to include changes to family migration and the diversity lottery in the deal

democrats basically offered border security for daca, but white house demanded border security, family migration + lottery reform for daca

Iirc, the family migration part was to prevent the ones who broke the law (the DACA parents) from themselves getting a pass and to break the cycle/incentive of sending/bringing kids and eventually their parents.

Even though NOW the number crossing the border is reportedly lower, the difference is in WHO is crossing - the children (non-Mexicans) who change the way in which they are processed. Before, was Mexican adults. Now, accompanied by or unaccompanied minors - resulting in overwhelming facilities/judges/resources instead of deportation.

[LkrFan]

They should get a chance to respond -- though their use of complete sentences and truthful statements will probably trigger you.

:lol

[LkrFan]

^Combat veteran is scared of guns?


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Hell n:lol

https://media.giphy.com/media/1cic2HrJDNAoo/giphy.gif

:lmao

[Chris]

Hell n:lol

https://media.giphy.com/media/1cic2HrJDNAoo/giphy.gif

:lmao

Carry on soldier :tu

[LkrFan]

Carry on soldier :tu

:lol

[LkrFan]

22 Rep seats are up for grabs in 2020. 800K federal workers are not getting paid. I wonder how many have high school children that are watching Mamma or Daddy and Mamma struggling to pay bills because of Trump's shutdown? Any chance their children will vote Rep when they turn 18? Peep this out:
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Trump is fucking up your party Chris (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1656). Are you ready for the Senate to flip in 2020? It's gonna happen. And your boy Trump will be the reason.

[Chris]

Not my party. Not a Republican, but I proudly voted for Trump.

[LkrFan]

Not my party. Not a Republican, but I proudly voted for Trump.

Fair enough. So you agree that there is a strong possibility that the Senate - and Presidency - will turn blue in 2020?

[LkrFan]

Also, I predict that once the Senate turns blue, they will go after Kavanaugh. His days as a Justice are numbered too. :tu

[Chris]

Fair enough. So you agree that there is a strong possibility that the Senate - and Presidency - will turn blue in 2020?

I disagree. I think Trump wins easily in 2020 against whatever creature the Democrats decided to prop up (Biden,Beto,Warren) The Senate will likely remain red for quite some time.

[Chris]

Also, I predict that once the Senate turns blue, they will go after Kavanaugh. His days as a Justice are numbered too. :tu

Yeah that ship sailed once they figured out they couldn't Roy Moore him out of contention. You're going to have to live Special K.

[LkrFan]

I disagree. I think Trump wins easily in 2020 against whatever creature the Democrats decided to prop up (Biden,Beto,Warren) The Senate will likely remain red for quite some time.

I bet you didn't think the House would flip either :lol

[LkrFan]

Yeah that ship sailed once they figured out they couldn't Roy Moore him out of contention. You're going to have to live Special K.

We'll see :lol

[Chris]

I bet you didn't think the House would flip either :lol

It was consensus that the Dems were going to take the House well before the election.

[spurraider21]

Not my party. Not a Republican, but I proudly voted for Trump.
who was the last democrat candidate you supported for the presidency or congress?

[BD24]

I bet you didn't think the House would flip either :lol
He didn't I'm sure you can go find a quote of him staying the house would stay red if you care enough.

His revisionist history now is that of course it was going to flip blue, everybody knew it, everybody talked about it.

[BD24]

who was the last democrat candidate you supported for the presidency or congress?
File that away in questions Chris will never answer.

[boutons_deux]

Trash pandering for BigOil campaign $Ms

Trump administration working on Arctic oil leases despite shutdown

the Trump administration is continuing to push for the expansion of oil drilling on sensitive, federally owned lands in Arctic Alaska.

The Alaska Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the Interior Department,

was scheduled to hold a meeting on Wednesday night in Wainwright, an Inupiat village on the Arctic coast,

over a plan to expand oil development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

The Trump administration has pushed to move quickly on lease sales in the ANWR, which it won approval to drill in through the passage of tax legislation in 2017 after decades of prohibition.

Alaska’s crude oil production has been sagging for years. The state produced more than 2 million barrels of oil a day (bpd) in 1988,

but as of October, the most recent data available, it produced 487,000 bpd, according to the U.S. Energy Department.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/trump-administration-working-arctic-oil-leases-despite-shutdown/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[LkrFan]

He didn't I'm sure you can go find a quote of him staying the house would stay red if you care enough.

His revisionist history now is that of course it was going to flip blue, everybody knew it, everybody talked about it.

Yeah, I'm not falling for his shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! :lmao

[Winehole23]

Chris was a red wave dittohead.

dude is a straight up liar.