Boeing 737 safety upgrades were delayed by the government shutdown
It would be a giant leap to say that the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people on Sunday was caused by the U.S. government shutdown, but there is reason … Read More
Category: GovernmentShutdown
This sounds familiar: Trump plans to stiff federal contractors hurt by shutdown
They wanted a president who would run the country like his business. Oh, they got it. And now everyone gets to suffer. From NBC News: President Donald Trump is blocking … Read More
Shutdown 2.0? Border wall talks reportedly stalled
It’s hard to imagine that Donald Trump would put the country through another shutdown given the political fallout from his previous unforced error, but then this guy is a special kind … Read More
Trump reportedly lashing out at Mulvaney over bad press from shutdown
Is there a worse job in the world than Donald Trump’s chief of staff? Maybe Trump’s personal bathtub attendant. Or the guy who artificially inseminates zoo gorillas? I don’t know. … Read More
Eric Trump's winery looking to hire more foreign laborers
While Donald Trump’s Westchester, New York, golf club was quietly sacking undocumented workers during the government shutdown, his son Eric’s winery was looking to staff up — with 23 foreign … Read More
Wow, these new Trump poll numbers are in the sewer
Donald Trump shut down the government for 35 days for a pouch of magic beans and a participation trophy, and Americans appear to have noticed. On several measures, respondents to … Read More
Former Trump campaign official: 'Democrats have Trump by the b*lls'
Can you write “balls” in a headline if it refers to, you know, theoretical POTUS gonads? Is there official DKos guidance on this? I think this is a gray area. … Read More
A lesson was taught yesterday. But, was it learned by the GOP?
Now did you see the news today? They say the danger’s gone away. But I can see the fires still alight. They’re burning into the night Land of Confusion Genesis … Read More
Odds and Ends on McConnell and Bevin.
Kentucky has the dubious honor to have elected some of the most evil and stupid people possible to government positions — Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, and Matt Bevin. Given … Read More
Comedy Award to Bill O'Reilly Spin On Trump Cave On Wall and Government Shutdown.
I freely admit to NOT looking at right wing propaganda outlets, but I got curious what others besides Ann Coulter were saying about Trump’s capitulation on the government shutdown and … Read More
There goes Coulter, there go low-information voters, there goes a chunk of his base. What's left?
I could post the entire transcript of Donald Trump’s Rose Garden address, but what’s the point? It all boils down to this: “We’re ending the government shutdown, blah blah blah, … Read More
What is a Pampers President without the Pampers?
What is the sound of one hand clapping? Chinese proverb OK screw it, I was wrong. So, sue me. A little over a week ago I put up a rather … Read More
I See a Trump “National Emergency” In Our Near Future.
After today’s show votes in the U.S. Senate, MSNBC was all a twitter — not electronically — about how “twenty senators from each party” were frustrated or infuriated by this government shutdown. … Read More
CNN: Trump is preparing emergency proclamation draft to potentially end shutdown and build wall
From CNN: The White House is preparing a draft proclamation for President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency along the southern border and has identified more than $7 billion … Read More
Air traffic controllers: 'We cannot even calculate the level of risk currently at play'
This is not … er … comforting. What is it about Republicans and screwing with our air traffic control system? In a joint statement, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, Air … Read More
The win-win solution to the shutdown is SO simple
This isn’t whimsical, there actually is an almost insanely easy solution to the government shutdown, and one that gives every side the ability to claim a “win” on the issue. And funnily … Read More
1 in 5 Americans report being personally affected by shutdown
A new CBS News poll has a lot of bad news for Trump and the Republicans: Americans overwhelmingly believe, by a margin of 71 percent to 28 percent, that funding … Read More
So Legislative “Genius” Mitch McConnell Has This Plan…
As the details come in, it appears that neither Trump’s “compromise” with all of its poison pills nor a clean CR will pass a Senate cloture vote. Democrats will not … Read More
Stock market dips on some worrying economic data, Trumpian unforced errors
So this happened today: Given the volatility in the stock market of late, today’s 300-point pratfall isn’t all that noteworthy. But what’s a bit more concerning is the likely reason. While … Read More
Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3rd): McConnell Wants a Wall to Protect the Republican Senate.
Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth of Kentucky’s Third District has an op-ed answering the many lies told by Senator Mitch McConnell in his previous op-ed. I think the best line from … Read More
More Political Hostage Taking by Mitch McConnell.
Soooooo Mitch McConnell has been busy thinking of ways to grab more political hostages in order to force Democrats to cave to Trump’s demand for a wall. We can now … Read More
Tulsi Gabbard claims Dems partially to blame for shutdown
Thanks for playing, Tulsi. You were already dangling by the most gossamer of threads. And now your failure is complete. From Politico: Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic candidate for president Tulsi … Read More
A Radical Idea. Updated
I have a radical ides. I know, like this is a news flash, right? Just do me one favor. Read the whole damn thing, don’t just read the next paragraph, … Read More
Trump's mealy half-measure on DACA pleases exactly no one
Well, well, well. You mean Jared Kushner — who singlehandedly brought peace to the Middle East and got Israelis and Palestinians to gather on verdant hilltops, hand in hand, warbling “I’d … Read More
Could SNAP and Free and Reduced Lunches Be Affected by Longer Government Shutdown?
As this unnecessary government shutdown continues, I was trying to research what if any affects it will have in Kentucky, especially since that evil fucker Mitch McConnell is assisting Trump in … Read More
Trump's “Major Anniuncement” on border secutiry? Fuggedaboudit. Mama Coulter sent him to his room.
Well, that didn’t take long! To be honest, I’m surprised that His Lowness didn’t show up today at Dover AFB clad in his silk Gucci boxers, since obviously the demented banshee that … Read More
Pelosi is magic: Trump prepared to offer DACA protections for his idiotic wall
Axios is reporting that Donald Trump will make significant concessions in his 3 p.m. speech today that will signal a major departure from his current negotiating tactic of flopping around on dry … Read More
Trump just previewed a 'major announcement' on shutdown; national emergency, or something dumber?
Not sure what else a “major announcement” could entail, unless he’s about to tell us he finally got a soul and is now a real boy: x I will be … Read More
Consumer sentiment plunges in January, thanks to Trump
If you take a few blocks away from a Jenga tower it might stay up for a while, but if you keep pulling pieces away, it’s going to fall eventually. … Read More
The only thing that really surprises me is that it took this long.
For the 147,296th time, no, I am not spiking the football. Every time I try that, the damn thing bounces back up and clips me in the nits. Two polls do not … Read More
In this battle of wits, only one side is competing.
The President is a counter puncher. When he’s hit, he hits back twice as hard Sarah Huckabee Sanders Thus us a primo example of the bullshit that I like to … Read More
Kentucky Media Is Beginning to Notice Government Shutdown…Maybe…
Seems a few local media outlets in Louisville, Kentucky are running some stories on Trump’s and McConnell’s government shutdown. First up, WLKY, a CBS affiliate, has been runnings some stories … Read More
#MIA Mitch
The old saying goes something like “Hang separately or hang together.” And boy, oh boy, are we ever getting a full length feature film on that principle right now. And … Read More
CBN News dunce says Trump is 'playing chess,' gets brutally slapped down
This may very well be the swiftest, most efficient garroting in the history of Twitter: x He’s unable to spell the word hamburger — Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 16, 2019 … Read More
Bar the doors! Lock the windows! Hide the kids! Here we go again.
If there';s one sure fire diagnostic indicator of a “fucking moron,” it’s the inability to learn from ones past mistakes. I mean, come on, how many times do you have … Read More
Trump aides worry shutdown gives Dems a big early edge in 2020
So far Donald Trump has made two huge unforced errors with regard to the economy: his ruinous trade war with much of the rest of the world and the partial government … Read More
A word (actually quite a few) about obstinance.
obstinance – the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome. mulishness, obstinacy, stubbornness. intractability, intractableness – the trait of being hard to influence or control. 2. obstinance – resolute adherence to your … Read More
Cartel members testifying in El Chapo trial say exactly zero drugs come through open border areas
This is beyond obvious, but … CNN: Most drugs are smuggled into the United States onboard fishing boats, trains, tractor-trailers and ordinary cars that come into the country at legal … Read More
Trump says he hasn't left White House 'in months,' two days after his televised trip to Texas
This fact check is going to be really, really quick. Josh Dawsey is a White House correspondent for The Washington Post, and he said … ah, fuck it, just check the … Read More
Border patrol union deleted webpage opposing wall
One pernicious result of Donald Trump’s pr*sidency is that he’s made a lot of people dumber just through his terrible, omnipresent example. Once one kid starts peeing in the pool, they … Read More
The Heartlessness of Congressman Thomas Massie and Senator Mitch McConnell.
Yeah, the Louisvile Courier-Journal highlights the heartlessness of Republican Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4th) with his vote AGAINST back pay for furloughed federal workers, but why is there NOT another update … Read More
Trump's ghostwriter: Trump 'really one of the worst' dealmakers ever
Clearly we’re all seeing this unfolding in real time, but for what it’s worth, one former Trump Organization executive who worked for the Orange Teletubbie for years thinks he’s a … Read More
This is totally childish and I certainly don't endorse it but … ha ha ha ha ha ha!
With apologies, of course, to Bubbanomics. From Vice: Trump's live address from the Oval Office Tuesday was a bizarre and mostly unproductive waste of America's collective evening, save for those gamblers who won … Read More
Trump's PR stunt accidentally proves that his wall won't work
For some reason Donald Trump is fixated on wheels and walls these days. The logic? 1) Wheels are older than walls. 2) We still use walls. 3) Therefore, the border wall … Read More
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 103)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Has Made History For Another Important Reason…
Outside of Donald Trump’s parents, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is probably the first person to say “No” to Donald Trump on anything and get away with it. Seriously. Who is the … Read More
Trump on shutdown: 'The buck stops with everybody'
Donald Trump has never been one to accept responsibility for his actions. I mean, the guy once tried to blame two of his employees who had died in a work-related … Read More
Trump got his shutdown wish. Why doesn't he look more proud? Maybe because of this?
President Donald Trump stepped up, put his big-boy pants on, and took the mantle of leadership. “I’ll take responsibility for shutting it down, I won’t blame you for it,” he … Read More
Now the FDA is suspending food inspections; thanks, Trump!
Up until now, I’ve been exaggerating when I’ve said Donald Trump makes me want to vomit. Hey, we might get the real deal soon enough. From The Washington Post: The … Read More
Fox's Shep Smith comes through with immediate fact-check of Trump's lie-a-thon
Normally, Fox News viewers can count on watching hours and hours of regularly scheduled programming without getting a whiff of an inconvenient truth, but tonight Shepard Smith, one of the few (only?) … Read More
