2023 Republican Government Shutdown: Same Shit, Same Story

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

It will be interesting to see how this vote in the Senate goes.  #LoyaltyTest 

 

 

Edited January 20, 2019 by Hugo Stiglitz

[hayden_horn 11,365]

1 hour ago, retread said:

I'm sure the federal workers and contractors are adjusting - Cheeto

Meanwhile his golfing buddy....

 

I was to understand that he flew commercial. 

Damn, trump, you stupid. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

How is it all this stupid?

Safe to say Trump and McConnell are the biggest crisis actors on the planet.

[DixonHur 11,395]

This is either some serious 5D chess or I'm missing something.

How can you claim security is the reason you shut down the government, while literally refusing to fund Homeland Security?

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

2 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

How can you claim security is the reason you shut down the government, while literally refusing to fund Homeland Security?

This is about POWER.  

Truth, facts, and reason don’t exist in the current world of the GOP. 

[SameSame 1,705]

5 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

 

Somebody get Garry some US citizenship with the quickness.  I'd rather have him as our next President.

[Bama Chick 28,596]

I’m LOVING all the Democrat women that have stepped up and are at the forefront of calling Trump out.

You just know he hates that - nothing worse than a “mouthy” woman.

And while AOC is great on Twitter, the Schatz/Murphy duo are the best buddy comedy duo by far. Their individual Twitter games are good but together, they’re golden.

[WhatTheBuck 28,808]

33 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

Their individual Twitter games are good but together, they’re golden.

You just piqued Trump's interest. 

[Bama Chick 28,596]

Fuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuu, Mitt.

“TRUMP CONCERNS ME GREATLY!!!!”

“I will vote as he wishes every single time.”

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13,588]

Today in history, one year ago today-

 

McCaskill (D-MO): I don’t want one moment to pass with there being any uncertainty of any soldier anywhere in the world that they will be paid for the valiant work they do on behalf of our national security...I ask for immediate consent.

McConnell (R-KY): I object.

[retread 2,951]

^ As usual, Turtle cites past history to justify his jackass objection

00:40

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4710215/mccaskill-military-amendment

['stache 21,892]

Nancy will lose this round. The fake “I don’t like Trump” people who pretend to be “centrist” will say this is proof that Nancy and House Dems are “far left extremists.” They will call this an actual compromise offer. It isn’t but it takes some explaining. It’s brilliant actually by Trump. Most of our electorate won’t actually consider facts, just soundbites. He offered a “compromise” and Nancy said no. That’s all the mouth breathers need for #demshutdown. Thanks for the fight Nancy but our country is literally too stupid to care.

[Message Board User 12,396]

 

[Post Oak 20,279]

I worry its gonna take a plane crash 

[David Dennison 18,951]

56 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Nancy will lose this round. The fake “I don’t like Trump” people who pretend to be “centrist” will say this is proof that Nancy and House Dems are “far left extremists.” They will call this an actual compromise offer. It isn’t but it takes some explaining. It’s brilliant actually by Trump. Most of our electorate won’t actually consider facts, just soundbites. He offered a “compromise” and Nancy said no. That’s all the mouth breathers need for #demshutdown. Thanks for the fight Nancy but our country is literally too stupid to care.

She has a 30 point spread blaming Trump and the Republicans.

She's got a ton of room and she knows it.

She's not going to negotiate until the government is open.

[WhatTheBuck 28,808]

18 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

So...he offered pretty much dick.  Looks a lot like his sumptuous spread for Clemson.

He did offer to let them give him everything he was demanding. Such a great negotiator. 

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20,516]

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity

[4th&Five 41,601]

 

[WhatTheBuck 28,808]

The 53 minute double post. That's something you don't see every day. 

['stache 21,892]

Delete: tapacrap

[happyfunball 481]

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

The 53 minute double post. That's something you don't see every day. 

His ctrl C + ctrl P across forums and he forgot that he posted that talking point already

[Doc Sam Beckett 5,797]

3 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

 

 

A picture of Pence dreaming about dicks should be in the dictionary next to "empty suit" 

[Post Oak 20,279]

3 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

 

I actually like Chris Wallace.   Good question

[WhatTheBuck 28,808]

Pence is an idiot. And he has the charisma of a turnip. If Trump were to be removed from office, a President Mike Pence would never win reelection. There's a reason he wasn't part of the field of Republican candidates In the last presidential primaries 

[bad_teammate 13,225]

homina homina homina

[Michael Knight 12,995]

4 hours ago, Post Oak said:

I worry its gonna take a plane crash 

The TSA is a useless apparatus that had only served to increase the inconvenience of travel. They have nothing to do with security

[Anastasis 23,487]

4 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

The TSA is a useless apparatus that had only served to increase the inconvenience of travel. They have nothing to do with security

Agree, but the FAA being down is quite a different story.

 

[DixonHur 11,395]

15 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

The TSA is a useless apparatus that had only served to increase the inconvenience of travel. They have nothing to do with security

I do think it's been odd that the TSA gets all the press when the air traffic controllers are also not getting paid, but way more important IMO.

Edited January 20, 2019 by DixonHur

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

The tone deaf irony is almost overwhelming 

 

[DixonHur 11,395]

1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The tone deaf irony is almost overwhelming 

 

They're right you know, I'd almost forgotten about the 1%...thank God Trump came to their rescue

Edited January 21, 2019 by DixonHur

[Horn Dog 9,952]

And the bigots and neonazis...we had almost forgotten about them

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,528]

2 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

And the bigots and neonazis...we had almost forgotten about them

Some I assume are good people....

[Francisco 2.0 32,432]

Meanwhile, some House GOP members have plans:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/21/weve-got-to-keep-digging-house-gop-revives-longshot-fbi-probe-1115133

 

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House Republicans were sent into the purgatory of the minority after their midterm drubbing. But they are still pressing ahead with longstanding probes into the FBI and DOJ — even though they lack much power to do anything about it.

Barely three weeks into the minority, a band of Trump loyalists says they want to revive the remnants of an investigation that formally concluded last year, which they believe shows that federal law enforcement officials weaponized their biases against President Donald Trump in 2016 while he was a candidate for president.

 

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Yet the group, led by Reps. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), won’t have a single tool at their disposal to compel testimony or demand documents, and not nearly enough manpower to keep up with the work.

“We’ve got to keep digging for the truth no matter what,” Jordan said, confirming that he is working with a handful of Republicans to continue the work of a joint effort with the Judiciary Committee that former chairmen Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte pursued last year.

 

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Collins said he has already directed several of the Judiciary Committee’s GOP staff lawyers to keep their focus on what he believes to be illegal surveillance tactics by the FBI. Such an order will create a dual role for staffers: Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are also expected to be the president’s first line of defense as the panel’s Democrats possibly pursue impeachment and other issues related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation.

Jordan, who will be the top Republican on the Oversight Committee, said he, too, has tasked staff to stay the course on the GOP’s investigations into the FBI.

 

[Js1 85,607]

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Yet the group, led by Reps. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), won’t have a single tool at their disposal to compel testimony or demand documents

Love seeing this fuck sticks in the minority.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,528]

I need to try Trump's negotiation tactics in my private and professional life.  Create chaos or problems, and then use the removal of that problem as my only "compromise."  Basically you try to give up nothing in return for whatever you want.  Of course people will rightfully hate me.

[Js1 85,607]

Don't forget to ask for a bonus after removal of said problem you created.

[atomheartbevo 89,837]

 

[mdmost 43,056]

And why can't the Democrats come out and say exactly that? "The President created the crisis at the border with his family separation and denial of amnesty policy. He chose to let DACA expire. He chose to shutdown the government. Why is it incumbent upon Democrats to give into his demands when he created this entire situation"?

[retread 2,951]

They have to find a way to constantly keep their message out there like AOC, without getting down in the mud with the orange pig.

[Captainant 27,834]

It's almost like the same shit democratic party leadership is making the same shit decisions with the same shit process as they always have and are going to work themselves into a losing position through all of this. Whodathunkit?

[David Dennison 18,951]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

And why can't the Democrats come out and say exactly that? "The President created the crisis at the border with his family separation and denial of amnesty policy. He chose to let DACA expire. He chose to shutdown the government. Why is it incumbent upon Democrats to give into his demands when he created this entire situation"?

A whole slew of them were on television yesterday saying that.

[Asithappens 974]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

And why can't the Democrats come out and say exactly that? "The President created the crisis at the border with his family separation and denial of amnesty policy. He chose to let DACA expire. He chose to shutdown the government. Why is it incumbent upon Democrats to give into his demands when he created this entire situation"?

They are saying that.

 

[Js1 85,607]

I'm sure it would be met with a Chuck "both sides" Todd imploring Democrats to be adults and thus get railroaded by Trump/Republicans who aren't playing by polite societal norms and just steamrolling everything in their path instead.

[Gatorubet 30,323]

17 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

Yeah.  And he delivered soybean farmers into another profession.

Edited January 21, 2019 by Gatorubet

[Pancho 45,070]

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

2 hours ago, mdmost said:

And why can't the Democrats come out and say exactly that? "The President created the crisis at the border with his family separation and denial of amnesty policy. He chose to let DACA expire. He chose to shutdown the government. Why is it incumbent upon Democrats to give into his demands when he created this entire situation"?

The media is dropping the ball by acting like this is a normal negotiation.  They’re not doing a good job of explaining to the public that this isn’t the way it’s supposed to work.  

They need to explain that the President isn’t part of Congress and therefore has no legitimate leverage.  Congress is supposed to pass legislation to keep the government open.

Not Donald Trump.

[retread 2,951]

The Senate/WH is now one branch of govt.

[Brisketexan 105,446]

The Senate/WH is now one branch of govt.

One giant, shitty, evil branch.

[elfenix 34,339]

18 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The tone deaf irony is almost overwhelming 

 

there's no way that motherfucker is that thin

[WhatTheBuck 28,808]

1 hour ago, retread said:

The Senate/WH is now one branch of govt.

And the Judicial is moving in that direction.