TODAY IS THE 21TH OF JANUARY
DAY 363 OF TRUMP PRESIDENCY
Good morning everyone.
The US GOV. keeps SHUTDOWN
LOL
White House emails: “Photos of President Donald J. Trump working in the White House during the Democrat shutdown” pic.twitter.com/cJzSmalG3p
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 20, 2018
HELL YEAH
!!@SenDuckworth: "I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft-dodger. And I have a message for cadet bone spurs: If you cared about our military, you'd stop baiting Kim Jong-Un into a war that could put 85,000 American troops .. in danger." pic.twitter.com/BBXVna819m
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 20, 2018
keep in mind
Know this: Either they get a deal tomorrow night or very early Monday morning to re-open the government…or the government is likely to remain shuttered for a long time
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 21, 2018
Just caught up with (a very tired looking) @SenatorDurbin, lead Dem immigration negotiator. He said “I honestly don’t know what is going on.”
…
“This President is just unable to make a promise and keep it”
— Tara Golshan (@taragolshan) January 20, 2018
to state the obvious here, nothing is happening tonight to resolve the shutdown. one lawmaker says "We'll either move tomorrow or this thing is going to awhile."
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) January 20, 2018
Senior House Republican says 3-week deal in works, based on commitment by McConnell to take up DACA bill later. Bargain could be finalized as early as Sunday, but not likely tonight, he has been advised.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 20, 2018
fuck off
Great to see how hard Republicans are fighting for our Military and Safety at the Border. The Dems just want illegal immigrants to pour into our nation unchecked. If stalemate continues, Republicans should go to 51% (Nuclear Option) and vote on real, long term budget, no C.R.’s!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 21, 2018
Trump says Senate should require 51 votes after the bill got just 45 GOP votes. https://t.co/2FU1mRkPpb
— Amy Fried (@ASFried) January 21, 2018
Trump says Senate should require 51 votes after the bill got just 45 GOP votes. https://t.co/2FU1mRkPpb
— Amy Fried (@ASFried) January 21, 2018
‘Pres Trump spent much of his day watching old clips of himself berating Pres Barack Obama for lack of leadership during the 2013 shutdown…’ https://t.co/bWv2rPTL1L
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) January 21, 2018
stormy!
It’s here: the @mattfleg interview w STORMY > https://t.co/yXKYoOttf6
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 21, 2018
ugly
Two weeks ago Trump talked about “a bill of love” in DACA.
Now he releases and ad that makes the Willie Horton ad look like an episode of Downton Abbey https://t.co/MBLgsgaage— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) January 21, 2018
For those who complain Flake never bucks Trump on policy, important to note he has stayed true to the DACA deal he negotiated with Dems even after Trump rejected it and voted with Dems against the CR last night.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) January 20, 2018
ugh
Trump campaign releases a hard right ad on immigration as Dems and GOP struggle to find a solution to end shutdown. https://t.co/nD5e8FyUhL
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 20, 2018
Governor Pete Wilson of California ran an ad like this in 1994. https://t.co/9uEt3oC0yk
It was the beginning of end of Republican Party in Ca. https://t.co/yRzpmmR9ew
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 21, 2018
There is no path ahead for GOP to maintain majority status nationally if we going down this path. We recognized it in a post mortem analysis after 2012 elections. Then doubled down. Spare us 2018 post mortem. https://t.co/OjSgafP6OC
— Al Cardenas (@AlCardenasFL_DC) January 21, 2018
Chuck Schumer and President Trump haven't spoken since Friday.
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) January 21, 2018
thread
SHUTDOWN SUNDAY: On this Sunday morning, here's the state of play –>
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) January 21, 2018
Chuck Schumer had an outline of a deal with the president after lunch on Friday. It included all the money the president asked for for the wall, around $20 billion
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) January 21, 2018
It's clear: President Trump and "the White House" are *not the same* when it comes to these negotiations
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) January 21, 2018
Watch the moment Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) tried to pass a bill guaranteeing military pay and death benefits during the gov’t shutdown — and GOP leader Mitch McConnell blocked it pic.twitter.com/RNIdMvvfLx
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 20, 2018
There is no logical reason on the merits, for McConnell to object to guaranteeing military pay and death benefits during shutdown, except wanting to use the brave men and women in our Armed Forces as pawns in this political chess game. Unconscionable. https://t.co/KMwGczKneg
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) January 21, 2018
oops
Meanwhile at Mar-A-Lago, a crisis
Caviar with plastic spoons#TrumpShutdown pic.twitter.com/bx7YovL1ur
— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) January 21, 2018
The man in the White House started his campaign declaring Mexico was sending rapists to the US. And now people who fashion themselves "respectable", who provide cover for those views, want to pretend the lack of a DACA deal is about concern for trafficking ?!?! Spare me. Please.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 21, 2018
#disaster
Mar-a-Lago guests paying $100k or more per couple to attend Trump’s inauguration anniversary political fundraising fala—which Eric & Don Jr attended in President Trump’s stead due to the shutdown—are apparent “traumatized” by scooping caviar with plastic spoons. pic.twitter.com/vcwcExYpX2
— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) January 21, 2018
Ah we miss SpicyyyyyyyyNO
One year ago today, I had a front row seat for that controversial Inauguration crowd size press statement by Sean Spicer in WH briefing room. pic.twitter.com/Kr1OOHneDJ
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) January 21, 2018
ah yea
I'm old enough to remember when McConnell promised flake DACA vote & Collins healthcare vote they never got
— shithole shutdown (@evale72) January 21, 2018
“God help the Republican Party if we can’t help them” Lindsey Graham on DREAMers
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 21, 2018
The media have largely ignored that there is broad consensus in Congress on the central aspect of this and other government funding bills. Both parties agree that we must bankrupt future generations with trillions of dollars of unconstitutional or wasteful spending.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) January 21, 2018
UPDATE BREAKING NEWS: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SENATE TO END THE SHUTDOWN TONIGHT
Cornyn predicts cloture vote on 3-week CR will pass
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 21, 2018
McConnell and Schumer now discussing proposal by bipartisan group of senators: Short-term CR to reopen govt plus a “commitment” to get DACA, disaster relief, domestic/defense spending. Two leaders will have to determine what commitment means
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 21, 2018
It becomes "immeasurably harder" to get a deal done if tonight's vote fails, Flake says. "Once you're into a real shutdown after the weekend, it just becomes far more difficult."
— 🦅Andrew Desiderio🦅 (@desiderioDC) January 21, 2018
Just spoke with @JeffFlake. He says the outline of the deal presented to McConnell is "to move the commitment to go to immigration—to move it sooner, prior to Feb. 8."
A hard commitment? "A motion to proceed."
— 🦅Andrew Desiderio🦅 (@desiderioDC) January 21, 2018
The issue, Flake says, is that "if you do a motion to proceed on the floor before Feb 8, we are gonna have another CR deadline on Feb 8. And as soon as the House sends us a message, that knocks us off the immigration bill."
To get back to immigration, you need unanimous consent.
— 🦅Andrew Desiderio🦅 (@desiderioDC) January 21, 2018
Moderate senators cite progress in talks to end government shutdown https://t.co/LOAVK3zUGt
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) January 21, 2018
Senate leaders are meeting and talking!
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) January 21, 2018
shots.fired (against nazi Miller)
President Trump has expressed a desire to have border security with compassion on immigration. #winningcombination.
General Kelly is tough but reasonable.
Some other staff in the White House hold extreme and unrealistic views.
They hold us back from getting a solution.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 21, 2018
He’s talking about Stephen Miller, who has — first as a Senate aide to Jeff Sessions, now with Trump — worked tirelessly for years to ruin Graham’s work on inking an immigration compromise. https://t.co/oxffMojd9v
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 21, 2018
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