Donald Trump campaigned AGAINST the Republican Party to get the parties nomination for President….
In doing so?
He stole the parties voters from the lawmakers…
He hasn’t looked back to much since, going his own way to the dismay of lawmakers who know better, but are scared of his supporter’s blind trust in him…Not them…
Trump has declared a border wall national emergency to further emasculate his parties lawmakers….
There will be time when Donald J. Trump leaves the Presidency….
What will be left of the Grand ole’ Party when he’s gone?
The Republican resistance to Mr. Trump’s emergency declaration was much more pronounced in the Senate than in the House, where a few Republicans — in the minority but more closely aligned to Mr. Trump — groused. But most of the conservative rank and file embraced it.
After threatening to kill the spending compromise needed to keep the government open, Mr. Trump opted to cite a national emergency to pry loose additional funding to build a wall longer than the 55 miles in the bipartisan agreement. It was the divisive step that Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, Ms. Capito and most other Republicans in the Senate had forcefully urged him not to take, because it would establish a precedent they feared future Democratic presidents would use against them.
The decision left Mr. McConnell, a professed guardian of the Senate’s prerogatives and power, joining with Mr. Trump in supporting an executive branch end run greater than any of the incursions into the legislative process he often accused President Obama of pursuing. Fellow senators said Mr. McConnell, a former member of the Appropriations Committee, was unhappy with the declaration but saw it as the only way to pass the spending bill.
Some top Republicans, led by Mr. McConnell, pivoted quickly to say they supported the president’s action because it was the only option left to him after Congress failed to meet his demands for wall funding. Mr. McConnell has even begun offering the president strategic advice on how best to push his plan, aides said.
But Mr. McConnell is also warning Mr. Trump of the damage it could inflict on the party heading into the 2020 elections. Other Republicans portrayed it as a gross violation of the constitutional separation of powers, a blatant disregard by the president for Congress’s fundamental role in determining how federal dollars are spent…..
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New Open Thread is HERE.…
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AYER, Mass. (AP) — Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison in Massachuset….
TPM….
Hold on to your seats people!
A senior government official who was involved in the spending negotiations over the past few weeks told Jonathan Swan the experience taught them something disturbing.
Said the official: “We’re going to go to the edge on everything.”
“The White House has just gotten through a spending fight that pushed Congress — and the federal workforce affected by the shutdown — to the brink. But even uglier skirmishes are imminent, including whether to raise the federal government’s debt limit and break Congress’ self-imposed budget caps.”…..
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Morning All…..
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CNN’s Town Hall featuring Sen. Amy Klobucher (D-MN) finished third in total viewers and the key 25-54 demographic in the cable news ratings race Monday night, The Hill reports…
Politicalwire….
Good Morning to all who would come to this place…..
Breaking…..
There are reports that new AG Barr has the Mueller investigation beginning to end….
This IS a surprise to some of us….
Who thought there would be more..
Post to come later….
The media is hard on the view that the Mueller Report, which by procedure, is internal, should be FULLY revealed….
Remember
Even WITH Mueller’s report?
Probes continue at….
US Attorney for the Southern District of NY
US Attorney for Virginia
US House
US Senate
NY Attorney Gen,
NJ Attorney Gen.
And others….
Morning All…..
Had an interesting conversation this morning….
A new eye doctor….
Nice guy….
Asked me why I was getting glasses….
Explained I was a blogger that spent several hours a day sitting in front of the computer screen….
He asked what did I blog about….
Politics was my reply….
I gave a general sentence about where I was personally….
He looked at me and said everyone had their politics and he was a conservative….
No problem was my answer….
They I asked why?
He went on to give the view that America needs to safe and secure….
And felt that Trump was fighting for that…
We moved over to immigration…
He said that ALL immigration should be legal….
I countered that like the Berlin Wall?
You will NEVER be able to stop everyone from trying to come to America…
He nodded and said of course his relatives emigrated to this country….
I went on…
People that came to this country illegaly 5 to 20 years ago , that can prove they’ve paid taxes should have a method to obtain citizenship….
He countered with they should…
But they should go back…
Go back where?….I asked…
Someone here for 10 or 20 years has no place to go back to….
He asked how can we prove they have paid their taxes?
How did they get a social security card?
I don’t know I replied….
But if they paid?
Who cares?
He thought for a moment…
I pressed on….
Actually Obama had deported more people then Trump I thought
He replied he didn’t trust Obama…
I sat their looking at the guy say he didn’t trust Obama but he HAD to Trust Trump?
We went on…
And as the conversation played out I pointed out the misgivings I have for politicians PERIOD….
He acknowledged with me that Democrats could be against illegal immigration
But could also be looking for a human way to treat those detained…
That even as he repeated the Stephen Miller BS line that about ALL immigrants where criminals….
I got me order for glasses
And the doctor smiled and told my wife he enjoyed speaking to people with different views…
It helped him lean different things just as others learned different things from him….
Good Deal….
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I’ll have a post on this later but the Cohen House hearing starts of with Cummings vs Jordan…..
Jordan going after Democrats for having a Cohen, who lied to Congress before….
Jordan tries to hang the whole appearance hang on Lanny Davis, a Cohen lawyer….
Cummings pushes on past Jordan…….
Cohen gives his opening statement….
Cohen’s testimony is actually riveting….
Cohen is the FIRST to go after Trump DIRECTLY…..
On National Teleivsion….
This is NOT lawyer Bull Shit…
This is Trump’s worst nightmare …..
The Trump supporters are gonna HAVE TO go hard at Cohen, who has actually pulling back the covers on Donald J. Trump….
Remember…..
Mueller & Co. KNOWS All off this….
The US Attorney of the Southern District KNOWS this….
Cohen IS spilling the beans on several different things that where obscure and some forgotten….
Make no mistake…
Cohen is making criminal accusations on National TV….
Morning….
NOT a good one for Donald J. Trump who seems to have been sucked by the North Korea leader and a guy who used to be his bag man…
Morning to all who would come to this place and beyond……
Morning on a snowy Saturday morning….
Joke of the week….
Paul Manafort asked a federal judge in Virginia to give him a prison term “significantly below” the 19 to 24 years called for under sentencing guidelines, calling that range “clearly disproportionate to” his crimes of bank and tax fraud, the Washington Post reports…..
Politicalwire….
Morning…..
Snow….
Or?
Snow/Rain?
Or?
Rain?….
Morning…..
Yup….
Some snow….
Some NYC Metro schools closed….
This dog is back on the keyboard after shoveling…..
Morning All….
Bloomberg wisely announces he will NOT Run for President as a Democrat, but WILL spread his money around….
Post later….
Morning People….
“I don’t feel the investigation is a witch hunt.”
— Former Trump personal lawyer Ty Cobb, in an interview with ABC News, on the Russia probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) told CNN that President Trump made hush money payoffs to adult film star Stormy Daniels because ”this president loves his family.”
He added: “I think it has as much to do with trying not to have public discussions about something that is, for him, a private matter that he didn’t want to have discussed with his family.”
Politicalwire…
Morning Folks….
Morning All….
Some judges just ain’t on the level….
Morning….
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Trump extended an unusual gesture as he sought to comfort Alabama residents devastated by a tornado there last weekend — he signed Bibles…
Morning All….
Hope you have the right Daylight Savings Time…..
Good Morning…..,
I’ll have an update on the Brit’s and the EU Brexit dance later….
PM May has made a move.
Morning….
Good Morning All…..
Manafort gets more time….
Will add up to 7.5 years total
Post to come…..
Sources report Texas Dem Beto O’Rourke IS running for President….
He has dropped to the second tier recently while trying to get his shit together….
Post to come later…
Morning People….
Morning People….
Morning…..
It appears that the comments function in the site is not accepting anything…
It will; be worked on sometime this coming week….
Good Morning Folks….
Morning All…..
Biden creeps up in the RCP average as does Beto…..
Morning All…
Ok….
In the RCP average movement…..
O’Rourke just jumped Warren and Booker is losing numbers….
The actual top tier should be Biden, Harris and O’Rourke…..
Sanders has no chance in my view…And isn’t a Democrat…
Morning….
Hi, James, I’m just testing the comments…
Morning People….
Good Sunday Morning….
Update on the Democratic Presidential nomination average numbers over at Real Clear Politics…..
Harris gains slightly…
O’Rourke gains slightly
Booker drops slightly…
In the latest Fox Poll Joe Biden comes in 8% points ahead of Sanders in second place….Biden and Sanders would beat Trump…Biden by more than the MOE @ 7% pts
Morning
Breaking….
Michael Avanetti has been indicted by the Feds in NY for extortion against Nike….
(My first impression ?…He messed with Trump…Payback )
Morning….
On the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination Real Clear Politics averages?
Sanders drops a few….
Morning
Less than a 1.0 uptick for Trump in the Real Clear average….
Morning All….
Ed Sec DeVos told lawmakers she’d cut money to the annual Special Olympics program….
It’s gotten government money for decades…
Now I KNOW Congress wasn’t gonna let DeVos do this….
Her boss just told her. also…
“The Special Olympics will be funded, I just told my people,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for a campaign rally in Michigan….
More…
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test…
I believe I’ve got it!
Morning All…..
Friday, December 21, 2018 99 days, or 14 week(s) & 1 day(s) since the partial Federal shut-down began
Thursday, January 3, 2019 86 days, or 12 week(s) & 2 day(s) since the 116th Congress began
Friday, January 25, 2019 64 days, or 9 week(s) & 1 day(s) since the first 2019 shutdown ended
Friday, February 15, 2019 43 days, or 6 week(s) & 1 day(s) since the second shutdown deadline
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 18 days, or 2 week(s) & 4 day(s) since Parliament first voted against revised Brexit deal
Friday, March 29, 2019 1 days, or 0 week(s) & 1 day(s) since original Brexit date (now April 12th)
Saturday, March 30, 2019 TODAY
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 4 days, or 0 week(s) & 4 day(s) until Congressional deadline to supply full Mueller report
Friday, April 12, 2019 13 days, or 1 week(s) & 6 day(s) until Brexit deadline with no deal
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 40 days, or 5 week(s) & 5 day(s) until earliest possible Brexit deadline with an EU deal
Friday, April 19, 2019 GOOD FRIDAY
From DSD…..
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Will there be more Biden ‘hands’ stories today…
And when will the guy declare?
Good Morning out there….
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Former Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-SC) died on Saturday, The State reports. He was 97.
“Better known as ‘Fritz’ Hollings, the South Carolina Democrat served in the state’s House of Representatives before becoming Lieutenant Governor in 1954. He was elected governor of the state in 1958. He won a special election for one of South Carolina’s U.S. Senate seats in 1966 where he served until 2003.”….
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Good Morning….
Breaking…
Nielsen is out of her Dir Homelnad Security…
Post coming….
Morning…
Today IS a heavy news day….
A lot of posts on the way…..
Breaking
Secret Service Director out…
It appears that more bosses at Homeland and it’s department’s will leave or be asked to leave….
More coming….
Trump has now had more turn around and walk away senior staff then Amy President in modern times..
And the number is increasing…
More to come on this,..
I’m looking forward to next yeats elections…
Morning people….
AG Barr is appearing before the House….
Treasury Sec Mnuchin is appearing before the House also….
Morning…..
Pelosi’s approval inches up while Trump’s inches down over at Real Clear Politics….
Hi James,
Wow, this place has really regressed. You’re completely on your own. It’s a bit sad indeed.
Actually i’m Doing fine…
The numbers bounce up and down but they are good….
No commentors….
But what the heck?
I’m in it for the long haul….
Hope u are doing well….
And u can type in a comment from time to time….
Comforting to hear from you, Daniel. It has been just James & I for the last few weeks (or months).
Do you have any insights into the Australian general elections just called for May 18th ?
The BBC story has an amusing video of all the Australian PMs upsetting each other (5 in the last 8 years), only once by winning a general election, more often by an intra-party rebellion.
Rudd (Lab) > Julia Gillard (Lab) > Rudd >> Tony Abbott (Lib-Nat coalition) > Malcolm Turnbull (coalition) > Scott Morrison (coalition)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47769028
¶ And, James, with at least 90 comments so far, I think that this Open Thread has just about run its course….
Good Morning….
New Thread finally coming today…..
We’ve heard from Daniel and CG in the last few weeks….
The comments problem is fixed at last….
New countdown DSD….
They can’t get their act together across the pond….
6 months probably still isn’t enough time….
Morning….
I’m gonna need a few here….
New computer having issues taking info from old computer…..
New Open Threat is here….