The Next Big Thing
Okay, the House goes on vacation from April 7 – 25th. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that the current continuing resolution to fund the government runs out at the end of April. With the Republican members blaming each other for everything including Disco and that way your nose itches when your hands are covered in goop of any kind, it’s not going to be a restful vacation for anybody with an R after their name.
The bottom line is that the House is only in session for 12 days before the continuing resolution runs out.
Government shutdowns are not popular among people who stop and think for a minute. And, the visual of Trump dashing off the play golf in his Florida swanky digs while everybody else in the government is doing without a paycheck ain’t gonna play well in … well, anywhere.
I think this is gonna be an interesting month.
Well, at least anarchy is better than no government.
1And in what alternate universe do these “R’s” deserve a rest? I hope their constituents stir up vast hornets’ nests while they are on vacation.
2Kinda sucks that the next ‘best’ option is a friend of Vlad playing golf and wielding an umbrella.
AK Lynne, it’s serious, seriously as Congress bolts on vacation again and Donnie screws us for another few $million, while collecting $billions at his southern monarchy home.
Too ironic to laugh, the emoluments clause as seen by the Heritage Foundation. http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/1/essays/68/emoluments-clause
3On the brighter side… we may get to hear Ted Cruz read us some more Dr. Seuss. If he takes requests, I’d like to hear The Grinch Who Stole America.
4Rick, you have hit solid at the insanity of the snacilbupeR. Oy vey. There shouldn’t be any more significant indicator of the snacilbupeR insanity than Teddie Crooze pretending to be a Senator while reading Dr. Seuss. Then dumbnutz Crooze conveniently forgot his role in shutting down the government at great expense to we the taxpayers. Then the snacilbupeR elected Donnie.
I’m still all in with setting up Louie Gohmert for a run over the cliff ACA style with Donnie, Lyin’ Ryan and pathetic/pathological Pence. Yep, as the adage goes, “give them enough rope to hang themselves.” But this time keep a tight grip on the rope to ensure their success.
5Truman: “Thr buck stops here.”
Trump: “I didn’t do it.”
6Oh, this is gonna be good. THIS time, when a Republican’t tries to hold the finances of the country hostage, they will be flayed alive by their colleagues and then defenestrated with much enthusiasm.
Amazon sells popcorn in bulk, y’all!
7Да! Да!
If the current federal budget continuing resolution does actually expire, due to the Rescummies infighting, might it be that the execrable SOBOTUS won’t be able to gas up Air Farce One, security for Trash Tower will lapse, etc., etc.? Perhaps the taxpayer funded perks for all the nepotistic Trumpanov’s would end (ever so briefly)?
Of course there are a few little extra incidentals that won’t get funded or paid out too, like Social Security checks (which teabaggers truly believe in), congressvarmit and military pay, MIC contracts, thousands of those other little things.
8Why, there could even be a major stock market crash too. With, IMO, no recovery, as the almighty “market” finally awakes to the losing clusterfock that is the failed pop band of ‘Donnei and the Rethugs’.
Mr.Phillips, defenestrated? Not likely by the cowardly hands of the snacilbupeR. But given their ties to Vlad, their families might want to take out flight insurance for their loved ones taking mysterious leaps, running into umbrellas, and other unusual causes of death.
Mr.Phillips, I am not a “conspiracy theorist” and I respect that you are not either. There is hard work ahead to expose the interference of Donnie collusion. They’ll come hard at us to bury the facts and do everything to undermine our credibility.
Stay strong and remember, whatever the snacilbupR toss out as bait is an indication of the direction they are heading.
Here’s a question in need of an answer: why were Jared and Ivanka out of town, when Donnie went down in legislative disgrace?
The thinnest of veneers that we should support the Donnie/Kushner monarchy is that Ivanka and Jared have magical powers to control Donnie.
Next question to the snacilbupeR, expletives deleted. A President is someone we expect to lead. How is it that now it’s acceptable that a man who ran on the repeal/replace mantra is a forgiven failure?
9Jane & PKM – the news is already out. The Trumeteers are blaming the Democrats and Moderate Republicans…talk about a teflon overcoat. Nuthin’ sticks to the Tangerine Combover.
10Jane and PK, defenestration has 2 meanings, here’s the second; 2. informal
the action of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority.
“that victory resulted in Churchill’s own defenestration by the war-weary British electorate”
Either one works for me–or the Russians.
11Pipedream? Maybe. Cruz finds his legs again and does a repeat performance of his soul crushing government shutdown. CJ throws a hissy, Bannon snarls, Pence pontificates and McTurtle snorts his way through a press interview. Ah! April! Just can’t wait!
12“Okay, the House goes on vacation from April 7 – 25th . . . . the current continuing resolution to fund the government runs out at the end of April.”
Um, JJ? That’s a feature, not a bug.
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