government shutdown
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Watch: War Hero Sen. Tammy Duckworth Calls Trump ‘Draft Dodger’ and ‘Cadet Bone Spurs’
In 2004, while on deployment in Iraq, the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) was co-piloting was hit by a rocket grenade launcher. Duckworth would lose her right leg near the hip and her left leg below the knee from injuries she suffered in the attack. So you can imagine how much…
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Congress Meets Saturday to Try to End Government Shutdown
Though there is enough hand-wringing, blame (see #ShumerShutdown, #SchumerShutdown, #TrumpShutdown) and hypocrisy to go around, the fact is that the federal government shuttered after midnight on Friday. Now members of Congress are scheduled to meet Saturday to strike a deal. The Washington Post reports that the House was expected to reconvene at 9 a.m. and…
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I’m De Captain Now! Republicans Hold 9,000,000 Kids Hostage With Likely Government Shutdown
Saturday is the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, and you must admit that he’s managed a pretty radical transformation of America. He’s turned his White House into the location of a horrible reality show. He’s turned Twitter into a weapon of mass destruction. He’s made the United States the most hated country on…
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‘Chuck and Nancy’ Cancel Meeting With Trump Because He’s an Asshole
Democratic leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California are getting tired of President Donald Trump’s shit. Fine, I don’t know if they are, but we, the collective millions of us who didn’t vote for him, are. Nevertheless, Schumer and Pelosi were supposed to meet Tuesday afternoon to prevent a government…
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President Trump’s Latest Tweet Is Undeniable Proof That He’s an Asshole
I think at this point it’s no longer speculation or conjecture or mean-spiritedness to call President Donald Trump an asshole. He is an asshole. He knows it, his staff knows it, his supporters know it. And I think one of his best traits is being an asshole—an unabashed, unashamed asshole. Trump is the physical embodiment…
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Kamala Harris: ‘Trump’s Wall Is a Stupid Waste of Money’
Looks like those “California girls” (in this case elected officials) continue to tell it like it t-i-s. Like her colleague Rep. Maxine Waters, Sen. Kamala Harris had some direct words for President Donald Trump and his proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico, calling it “a stupid use of money.” The senator tweeted…
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Congress Avoids Government Shutdown by Striking Deal to Aid Flint, Mich.
Congress appears to have avoided an Oct. 1 government shutdown by agreeing to a House vote Wednesday on federal aid for the water crisis in Flint, Mich. The Washington Post reports that senators voted 72-15 to pass the spending bill, which funds the federal government through Dec. 9, and the House is expected to vote…