I will shut down the government. I will take that mantle

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Rocket River · Jan 15, 2019

Burgers are so classy

Rocket River

NewRoxFan · Jan 15, 2019

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Burgers are so classy

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Not just burgers... but hamberders. Even classier (must be the russian spelling).

No Worries · Jan 15, 2019

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Literally "a wall" of hamburgers. If only those Clemson Tigers had not been so hungry ...

NewRoxFan · Jan 15, 2019

So... blame yourself...

Torn n Frayed · Jan 15, 2019

FranchiseBlade · Jan 15, 2019

Nothing says Congratulations on a national Championship like cold fast food burgers.

NewRoxFan · Jan 15, 2019

But... but, trump's economic adviser says its just like a vacation?

Jugdish · Jan 15, 2019

Buck Turgidson · Jan 15, 2019

There's no word on if they were limited to 1 scoop of ice cream for dessert. I need to know this.

NewRoxFan · Jan 15, 2019

NASA Space Center employees to protest government shutdown in Houston

Union employees at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston are expected on Tuesday to protest the partial government shutdown that has kept them out of work for more than three weeks. The Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, a regional member of the AFL-CIO, is organizing government employees to protest at noon outside the gates of the Johnson Space Center, The Houston Chronicle reported. "Furloughed and unpaid federal employees will rally to protest the continuing shutdown and resulting furloughs that are financially hurting 800,000 federal employees and families," the group said in a news release. Most of the 3,055 people who work at NASA’s Houston center as well as 16,700 NASA employees nationwide do not know when they will go back to work.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...ees-to-protest-government-shutdown-in-houston

Os Trigonum · Jan 15, 2019

Stossel is usually pretty good for a smile or two

NewRoxFan · Jan 15, 2019

Rashmon · Jan 15, 2019

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The Washington Post editorial board attempts to goad Trump into agreeing to a deal with its headline editorial this morning

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...5fed1b7a081_story.html?utm_term=.5552568df216

Forget Donald Trump. Congress can make a deal to end the shutdown.

By Editorial Board
January 14 at 7:20 PM

FORGET DONALD TRUMP. The president — erratic, posturing, pandering and detail-averse — does not have the dealmaking chops to break the current deadlock with Democrats and reopen the government. That’s no excuse for Congress to sit on its hands. Instead of digging themselves deeper into their own trench of irreconciliation, why don’t lawmakers put a tough-minded deal on the president’s desk and force his hand?

That deal, as many in Washington know and have advocated for months, involves a swap: Shield hundreds of thousands of “dreamers” from the threat of deportation, ensuring them the safe and secure lives they deserve in the country they’ve known since they were brought to this nation as children. On top of that, grant a reprieve to tens of thousands of Hondurans, Haitians and Salvadorans who have lived legally for years in the United States but now face the threat of removal as the administration rescinds their existing protections under the temporary protected status (TPS) program. In return, offer Mr. Trump some money to build his wall.

Everyone gnashes their teeth over that tradeoff, proof that it contains the elements of a plausible compromise. There’s no shortage of House Democrats, reveling in their new majority, who say they will “never” fund Mr. Trump’s wall, nor even a portion of it. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), AWOL since the president flipped on a stopgap funding measure to keep the government running last month, remains in his sullen funk, refusing to bring legislation to a vote without Mr. Trump’s say-so. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) frames the debate, specifically the wall, in terms of morality — a surefire kiss of death.

It may feel comfortable to wallow in the moral certainties of a No Deal, but why stoop to the president’s level? Newly elected Democrats who flipped previously GOP-held seats might take account of their swing-voting constituents who might be fine with a measure of creative conciliation that restarts the government. Democrats from Trump-hating districts can sell the deal as a rescue package for well more than 1 million dreamers and TPS recipients who face imminent and drastic threats to their futures. Republicans who want to build a wall can crow that they secured funding, at last, for a down payment on one.

In a political age that has become solution-averse, these are the building blocks of an honorable way out from the current dead end. Of course, Mr. Trump will snarl, threaten a veto and maybe make good on that threat. If he does, the ball will be in his court, his hand forced to produce an alternative — or Congress can override, as the Constitution allows.

Congress is a separate branch of government; it needn’t be paralyzed by a tantrum-prone president. The legislative branch is empowered to send legislation to the White House. Has it forgotten it has that prerogative?
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What, this article doesn't get your "good article" stamp of approval? It's a much better article than the previous one you posted justifying the mistake-in-chief's shutdown.

Harrisment · Jan 15, 2019

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The Shade from the King.

amaru · Jan 15, 2019

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LOL...

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This is just embarrassing. What kind of head of state caters an official event with fast food. I'd be willing to bet the food is probably cold. Makes the whole nation look bad. I don't usually say things like this but.....that's just low class.

Sweet Lou 4 2 · Jan 15, 2019

Os Trigonum said: ↑

The Washington Post editorial board attempts to goad Trump into agreeing to a deal with its headline editorial this morning

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...5fed1b7a081_story.html?utm_term=.5552568df216

Forget Donald Trump. Congress can make a deal to end the shutdown.

By Editorial Board
January 14 at 7:20 PM

FORGET DONALD TRUMP. The president — erratic, posturing, pandering and detail-averse — does not have the dealmaking chops to break the current deadlock with Democrats and reopen the government. That’s no excuse for Congress to sit on its hands. Instead of digging themselves deeper into their own trench of irreconciliation, why don’t lawmakers put a tough-minded deal on the president’s desk and force his hand?

That deal, as many in Washington know and have advocated for months, involves a swap: Shield hundreds of thousands of “dreamers” from the threat of deportation, ensuring them the safe and secure lives they deserve in the country they’ve known since they were brought to this nation as children. On top of that, grant a reprieve to tens of thousands of Hondurans, Haitians and Salvadorans who have lived legally for years in the United States but now face the threat of removal as the administration rescinds their existing protections under the temporary protected status (TPS) program. In return, offer Mr. Trump some money to build his wall.

Everyone gnashes their teeth over that tradeoff, proof that it contains the elements of a plausible compromise. There’s no shortage of House Democrats, reveling in their new majority, who say they will “never” fund Mr. Trump’s wall, nor even a portion of it. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), AWOL since the president flipped on a stopgap funding measure to keep the government running last month, remains in his sullen funk, refusing to bring legislation to a vote without Mr. Trump’s say-so. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) frames the debate, specifically the wall, in terms of morality — a surefire kiss of death.

It may feel comfortable to wallow in the moral certainties of a No Deal, but why stoop to the president’s level? Newly elected Democrats who flipped previously GOP-held seats might take account of their swing-voting constituents who might be fine with a measure of creative conciliation that restarts the government. Democrats from Trump-hating districts can sell the deal as a rescue package for well more than 1 million dreamers and TPS recipients who face imminent and drastic threats to their futures. Republicans who want to build a wall can crow that they secured funding, at last, for a down payment on one.

In a political age that has become solution-averse, these are the building blocks of an honorable way out from the current dead end. Of course, Mr. Trump will snarl, threaten a veto and maybe make good on that threat. If he does, the ball will be in his court, his hand forced to produce an alternative — or Congress can override, as the Constitution allows.

Congress is a separate branch of government; it needn’t be paralyzed by a tantrum-prone president. The legislative branch is empowered to send legislation to the White House. Has it forgotten it has that prerogative?
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I doubt the editorial board of the Washington Post thinks it has any influence over Trump

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I'm more disgusted by McConnell than Trump regarding the shutdown. The Senate unanimously supported keeping the government open until the President said differently, and now Mitch won't even bring it up for a vote. The fact that McConnell and Ryan (Now Pelosi) have so much control over this country in which the vast majority of the country has no ability to vote for is so freaking disgusting.

T_Man · Jan 15, 2019

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R O F L M A O!!!!!

This was freaking hilarious.....

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