January 26, 2019

Pelosi: "we could plant these flowers along the border and he'd say, 'I got my wall.'

she is on a roll.



Pelosi, asked how Trump will handle backdown on reopening government without wall money, gestures toward her office decorations: “we could plant these flowers along the border and he’d say, ‘I got my wall.’


https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/


https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/1088873273276989441




Kahlen @KahlenBurgwin
7h7 hours ago



Replying to @JohnJHarwood @davidfrum

I sincerely apologize for ever doubting Nancy was the right choice for speaker. A boatload of congressmen should too since I’m just some guy.
25 replies 54 retweets 1,152 likes




Blaire Necessities @theBlaireBear
7h7 hours ago

Aawww don’t be hard on yourself, it’s human nature to question things, especially when there is a lot a stake, I.E. position of house speaker...the fact that you questioned the competency of leadership puts you ahead of every single Trump supporter on the planet
5 replies 3 retweets 231 likes



John @udarnik
7h7 hours ago

Yeah, I questioned her based on my still-held option that she & the rest of the Dem Boomers aren’t developing Millennial talent or letting Gen X talent shine.

But when the new Congress assembled, it was clear that in these trying times, we have to have her experienced leadership
7 replies 5 retweets 163 likes
Blaire Necessities
? @theBlaireBear
6h6 hours ago

Agreed, experience is key right now. I figured since Nancy has 5 kids and 9 grandkids, she is the best person to deal with the toddler in chief...although, my daughter turned two on the 12th, and she is actually more mature than Trump 😋
2 replies 6 retweets 150 likes



Dr. CarolineEveryBillionaire'sAPolicyFailureYezer
? @carolineyezer
5h5 hours ago

Me too I doubted her and she sure proved me wrong. Can’t wait for her to be president 😉

January 25, 2019

Roger Stone gets drowned out by "lock him up!" chants as he holds news conference after his release

He really was drowned out. te he.



Roger Stone gets drowned out by "lock him up!" chants as he holds news conference after his release from custody, announces he "will plead not guilty to these charges." "There is no circumstance whatsoever under which I will bear false witness against the president," he says.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1088856784318517249





https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1088857411136471040




https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1088857756969390080

January 25, 2019

WATCH Roger Stone in June 2018: "I had no advanced knowledge of the source, content or the exact di

Looks like Wash Journal was discussing Stone this morning. I missed it.



WATCH| Roger Stone in June 2018: "I had no advanced knowledge of the source, content or the exact disclosure timing of the Wikileaks disclosures... I received nothing, including, allegedly hacked emails from Wikileaks... I passed nothing of that nature on to Donald Trump"


https://twitter.com/cspanwj/status/1088808394650210304



https://twitter.com/Lacuna41000/status/1088822393500426240


https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1088804756083142657


https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1088802624428752901


https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1088843310775627776

January 25, 2019

"indictment reports that Corsi and Stone decided to instigate the "Clinton is sick" lie on August 2.

Reliving this makes me so angry.

The indictment reports that Corsi and Stone decided to instigate the “Clinton is sick” lie on August 2. By August 15, Trump was making it a regular part of his campaign. Clinton’s campaign tried to counter the narrative, but media ignored her and ran with it anyway.


https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/1088785599677587458




Margaret Zamos-Monteith
? @MZamosMonteith
4h4 hours ago
Replying to @AmandaMarcotte

So infuriating. And when they all go down, the people who voted for him will deflect, try to take zero blame and fault Hillary Clinton for being unlikeable, the worst candidate, etc., when of course, he was, and she warned us, but they ignored it, voted for him because #misogyny.
2 replies 19 retweets 174 likes
JD
? @CordialFella
3h3 hours ago

You are exactly right.
2 replies 0 retweets 17 likes

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Frank Funaro
? @FrankFunaro
2h2 hours ago

Replying to @AmandaMarcotte

Wikileaks also ran a poll (a poll!) about Clinton’s health around that time, asking voters to speculate on the nature of the illness.

January 25, 2019

Sarah Sanders has been on CNN ranting about the need for Wall. on and on

January 25, 2019

#TrumpShutdown now squeezing seniors, families in subsidized housing

These stories are heartbreaking.



Shutdown now squeezing seniors, families in subsidized housing

https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/shutdown-now-squeezing-seniors-families-subsidized-housing/c8nhO5GOGff7j8p05j5iGO/

Jan 23, 2019 By

Willoughby Mariano Tamar Hallerman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution



The partial federal shutdown struck just as Willie J. Donaldson began to believe he could save his home from foreclosure.

A stroke weakened his legs and forced him from his job as a maintenance worker. Unemployment and medical bills put the Bainbridge man tens of thousands of dollars behind on his mortgage payments. Donaldson, 61, lost hope until a pro bono lawyer found a state program that could save his home.


The catch is that to ensure he qualifies for the program, Donaldson needs to submit information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture rural housing program that helped him buy his home. When his lawyer calls, all she gets are recorded greetings that say the office is closed.

Donaldson’s home is scheduled for foreclosure Feb. 5. If he loses it, he has nowhere to go, he said.

“Day and night and all the time, that’s what I worry about,” he said.

The more than 135,000 low-income Georgia households that rely on the federal government’s vast system of affordable housing subsidies are beginning to feel the sting of the partisan budget impasse that has now stretched 34 days. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development furloughed roughly 95 percent of its employees, including most of its health and safety inspectors, according to the department’s contingency plan.

Key contacts at HUD, USDA and other federal agencies that provide seniors, the disabled, and the working poor with housing assistance aren’t responding to calls or emails...................

January 25, 2019

John Dean: Trump's got his wall, it's called.....

Trump’s got his wall, it’s called Nancy!

https://twitter.com/JohnWDean/status/1088591717249339392



https://twitter.com/Greytdog/status/1088787321045073920


https://twitter.com/WakeUp2News/status/1088661020137132033

January 25, 2019

GOP senators read Pence riot act before shutdown votes

Source: theHill





By Alexander Bolton - 01/24/19 06:34 PM EST


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Republican senators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), warned the vice president that prolonging the shutdown is not a smart political strategy, in hopes of sending a clear message to President Trump that he needs to resolve the crisis as soon as possible.

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One GOP senator said lawmakers told Pence “the shutdown needs to come to an end, this is not a strategy that works [and] we never should have had a shutdown in the first place.”

Pence in turn told them that “the president is interested in striking a deal,” according to the source.
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One of the most remarkable moments during the Senate luncheon came when McConnell told Pence that shuttering the government to try to secure funding for a border wall was not a smart approach.

“McConnell talked about how we need to bring this process to a close; we should never have had a shutdown; they don’t work; I’ve said this numerous times; I don’t know how many times I’ve told you there’s no education in the second kick of a mule,” said a GOP source familiar with the meeting.....................................

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426896-gop-senators-read-pence-riot-act-before-shutdown-votes

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Mitch complained before the shutdown that it was a wrong move---then he remained steadfast to Trump and now he is complaining to trump.



https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1088622996556824577

January 25, 2019

Senate Democrats reject Trump's 'pro-rated' wall funding pitch

Source: The Hill




By Jordain Carney - 01/24/19 08:57 PM EST


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A spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday Senate Democrats won't support funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall "prorated or otherwise.”

"Sen. Schumer and Senate Democrats have made clear to Leader McConnell and Republicans that they will not support funding for the wall, prorated or otherwise," the spokesman said.

Trump floated the idea on Thursday after the Senate rejected two bills to fully reopen the government, a quarter of which has been closed since Dec. 22. The first measure blocked by the Senate would have provided $5.7 billion for the wall. The second measure would have temporarily reopened the government through Feb. 8, but did not provide additional wall funding.

Trump told reporters at the White House he would consider legislation with a “prorated down payment for the wall” but did not specify a dollar amount.

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Pelosi told reporters that Trump's proposal is "not a reasonable" one.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426916-senate-democrats-reject-trumps-pro-rated-wall-funding-pit

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Well Trump--your move.


https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1088618472131780608



https://twitter.com/secwonk311/status/1088619158290411522

January 24, 2019

Fox News reporter stunned after Trump-backed bill gets less votes than the Dems' bill in GOP-led Se

doesn't take much.



Fox News reporter stunned after Trump-backed bill gets less votes than the Dems’ bill in GOP-led Senate


https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/fox-news-reporter-stunned-trump-backed-bill-gets-less-votes-dems-bill-gop-led-senate/

24 Jan 2019 at 16:58 ET




Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mitt Romney (R-UT) all supported the Democrat’s plan, which was presumably an unexpected outcome. The president’s measure also wasn’t supported by Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), but they failed to vote for the Democratic proposal as well.

The procedural vote needed 60 senators to support but only garnered 52. If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) brought the bill to the floor, it would have passed and the shutdown would have ended. Instead, it heads into the 35th day.


At one point during the vote, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) crossed the aisle to speak to Democrats, who had come onto the Senate floor to lobby on behalf of their House bill.

Doocy showed video of Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) saying that the one good thing the vote did is show the president that his idea is not a popular one, even among his own party.

“We have no idea what comes next,” said. Doocy................................




Fox News reporter Peter Doocy was floored after President Donald Trump’s bill failed to score more votes than the Democrats’ bill in the Republican Senate.