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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
Yeah, election day was a bright spot in the otherwise dismal year. I was out there doing door-to-doors for Jared Polis. I was happy when our guy won the governorship, but I was floored when Dems took both chambers of the state legislature too.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Has it occurred to the people (Trump's suppoorters mostly) yet that Trump being a billionaire means he could fund his own damn wall? And if he can't fund the wall out of his owns pockets then that means..he's not really as wealthy as he says he is,the ultimate lie
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverAppropriations bills, that is. Apparently they are planning one for the Department of Homeland Security and another one for the others.
IMO, the most interesting bill will be the one that funds the Department of Justice. While Mueller's team is paid by another appropriation measure that is active even during the shutdown, Democrats could tuck a provision in the bill that prohibits money to be disbursed for firing Mueller. I am not well versed enough in parliamentary procedure to say whether that is feasible, though.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanWell, what do you know, it did occur to a Republican congressman
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Trump has already said Mexico is paying for the wall through the billions in tariffs they get anyway.
Because you see....Trump is never wrong.
Metaphorically True is his best friend.
After lying.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.> Trump's cheapass-ness is well-documented, plus if he did, it'd probably be tantamount to "losing" in his mind, so there's no way it would happen.
Its a lose lose situation,Trump paying for it counts for a loss and Trump not paying it implies he cant afford it,and if Democrats wont pony up..well he's boned
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverRemember, you can't have 'succession' without 'success'.
That would be the logic.
And, yes, the spelling mistake is deliberate.
Edited by Wyldchyld on Jan 1st 2019 at 5:11:52 PM
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.That depends. At the moment the shutdown personally benefits him because it's preventing the emoluments court case against him from proceeding.
As a result, he might be more motivated to keep it going for as long as he can.
Why the government shutdown is good legal news for Trump
Trump is being sued by the District of Columbia and Maryland because they say he is violating the Constitution’s “emoluments” clause, which forbids federal officials from accepting emoluments, a term for gifts or payments for services or labor from foreign governments or US states.
The states have won several important procedural decisions, but federal attorneys have filed a number of appeals to slow them down, most notably seeking a freeze on any further discovery — like subpoenas the states might pursue to get information on foreign officials’ stays at the Trump International Hotel in DC.
Now the Justice Department lawyers representing Trump have secured a delay in the ongoing appeals. They cited — wait for it — the current government shutdown, now in its sixth day.
Edited by Wyldchyld on Jan 1st 2019 at 7:18:33 PM
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.I mean, really any chance of The Wall actually happening died in November- if he couldn't get a Republican Congress to agree to it, there's no way in hell he can convince a Democratic one.
But even that takes for granted the idea that there was ever any possibility of the Wall happening, when the truth is that it's never been a realistic prospect. The Wall's not dead or dying; it was never alive.
The problem, however, is that Trump's not gonna let the government work properly until somebody convinces him that The Wall's a fantasy. Which nobody has seemed to be able to do for the past three years.

Same thing for me, contributing to flipping CA 39 in Orange County.