SHUTDOWN DAY 11: President Trump Is Not Falling For Nancy’s Shenanigans
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Did you people really think you could pull a fast one on President Donald Trump?
Our president has been winning negotiations his entire life (read: “The Art of the Deal”). Did you, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, think he was going to back away from the Wall just because you introduce some pathetic bills that do not include Wall funding?
President Trump got out ahead of the dirty Democrats’ sneak plays, making it clear through his own tweets, through his White House consigliere Mick Mulvaney, through his Freedom Caucus ally Mark Meadows, and through Mitch McConnell’s spokesman that he would not sign any bills that did not fund his Wall. They tried to sneak through Sheila Jackson-Lee’s bill to block Wall funding, disingenuously named the “Protect American Taxpayers and Secure Border Act,” without telling anyone. But that plan was exposed. So Pelosi had to appeal to the public.
Pelosi, 78, predictably tried to pitch her “package” of non-Wall bills to the Associated Press, because the clueless Democrats still think the mainstream media is an effective tool to create PR spin for their stupid objectives. It’s not. The American people hate the mainstream media. By the time news circulated of the Democrats’ bills, which they presumably still plan to pass on Thursday, the Republicans had already made them irrelevant.
The Democrats have no collateral in these negotiations. The mainstream media only has one narrative: Trump should be blamed for the shutdown. But here’s the thing: There’s no blame needed. They are the only ones who think a government shutdown is a bad thing, because everything they say is manufactured garbage talking points. Trump’s supporters want the shutdown to continue until we get a Wall. And even the “non-essential” government employees who aren’t getting paid for a while should be thankful to President Trump, because he is teaching them a lesson about how to improve their lives by making themselves more valuable to others. Why would anyone want to be known as “non-essential?” What a pathetic, undignified way to go through life. This is what the government system does to people. It beats them down.
President Trump is on a winning streak. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney clearly knows what he’s doing — which is a welcome breath of fresh air from Reince Priebus, who is an establishment coward, John Kelly, who basically just tried to block Trump from having conversations with smart people and guard against him making any decisions, and Steve Bannon, who for some reason left out the fact that he told Jeff Sessions to recuse himself in the various books that he had people write about him. Jared Kushner, whose silly New York Observer ran a ridiculous hit piece trying to sandbag my excellent news website, should let Mick do his job without interfering too much, because Kushner has also been there from the beginning, during times when the White House was not exactly knocking it out of the park.
President Trump is a master once he learns how to hack the system, a wise man once told me. It seems like now is the time. Two years in, he is getting the hang of it. This government shutdown is an inspiring, galvanizing thing for his supporters. The only thing better would be a big magnificent Wall.
Trump has all the cards. He can close the entire southern border if he wants to. He can keep this shutdown going indefinitely. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer don’t know what to do. They think the fast-fading mainstream media will save them.
Chuck and Nancy have learned a pretty important lesson: Don’t underestimate President Donald J. Trump during deal-making time. Just hang on to your belongings and hope you make it out with some shred of dignity intact.
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Reality called and they asked me to check on you. They said that they hadn't talked to you in over a month.
Heck yeah another successful shutdown. I like what I’m seeing here.
That's not trump, the hands are too big.
If being "successful" means no way to pay rent/mortgages, feed your family, face having your utilities turned off, repossessed cars, kids not being able to continue their education because no tuition money, and no money for medical coverage, then I guess it is so enjoy your view.
what? the federal govt is shutdown?
I did not even notice
what? the federal govt is shutdown?
I did not even notice
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You people disgust me. Chortling gleefully about the people who aren't able to get a paycheck - including our border patrol agents, who are forced to work without pay. You're not the one who couldn't get a marriage license in DC because the courts are closed, so you don't give a crap. You're not the one rescuing people in our National Parks because there are no rangers on duty - that would require too much compassion on your part, I suppose. You're not the one who traveled to tour Antietam Battlefield and learn about our history, only to find out that the buildings are closed.
Despicables apparently have no interest in culture and learning, so you don't care that our museums and the National Zoo are shut down. And the willful ignorance as to what non-essential personnel do is quite telling. As is the total lack of consideration for all the small businesses who will never get repaid for the business they've lost because their customers aren't at work or, if they are, are not getting paid. You know, the little guys you claim to champion.
Selfish and disgusting. As I recall, you were unemployed for quite some time, so one might think you'd have a little empathy, but nope.
This is why I am hardly ever on NT - I avoid hateful, ignorant people in real life, so why would I want to subject myself to them here? There are only a few in here, but they shit all over the place and make it stink.
This is the description of the website that was used to source this article
Analysis / Bias
In reviewing articles on the Big League Politics website it is clear that the sole mission is to promote the agenda of President Trump. Essentially, this could be classified as a propaganda media arm for the President. While there are nice examples of well sourced journalism on this website there are also unproven conspiracy type stories. For example, in one article the author is making the claim that Justice John Roberts was hacked by Obama officials as evidence of a Deep State conspiracy. The source of this audio is from two discredited public figures . In other stories, there is the use of conspiracy theorists as sources of information. In this story , they are relying on Infowars’ Alex Jones and fellow conspiracy theorist Roger Stone for information and opinion. Overall, the blog is well written, but with a strong right wing bias in story selection. Many stories are factual or at the very least rooted in fact, but there are some stories that are unproven with conclusions being drawn by the authors. These stories are propaganda at best and conspiracy theories at worst.
A factual search reveals some failed fact checks.
Overall, we rate Big League Politics strongly Right Biased based on story selection that favors the right and Mixed for factual reporting due to use of poor sources and promotion of conspiracy theories. (D. Van Zandt 8/2/2017) Updated (6/22/2018)
[deleted] The author is a fake news expert named Patrick Howley. He is someone who is basically a half step up from Alex Jones and he is the head of "Big League Politics". These are people who are not interested in facts, they are interested in making money off the gullibility of low information conservatives.
Unfortunately we see this sort of crap seeded too often [deleted] because too few people care to demand better.
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There are a few who I would categorize as hateful. Most people in here are not - I might disagree with them, but they don't hate everyone who isn't on their side of the political fence. But those few .... uggghhh. The chortling about the situation their fellow Americans are in really is disgusting.
Maybe you need to understand what non essential means in the case of federal employees. They are people employed in jobs that are not crucial to our health and safety such as gatekeepers to our national parks and monuments, scientists doing research, maritime workers, census counters and occupations that might not cause life threatening ramifications if not functioning. Deemed essential are trauma surgeons with the Veterans Administration and the Capitol Hill police force.
As with all things in the world of ill repute in the realms of the Trump and the flattened roses on the pavement the words from the movie "Django Unchained" ring even more true as they were uttered by Don Johnson--"Like that peckerwood down at the cotton gin."
Trump can not fall for shenanigans. First, he wouldn't know one if it bit him in the arse. Second, he's all arse so the bite target is everywhere. Third, Ivanka for pole dancer.
trump: I want a wall and I want it now.
Melania: Now Donald, you know there needs to be money for it.
trump: I don't care, just borrow it from some schmuck like we always do.
Ivanka: Now daddy, you know it has to go through congress.
trump: Congress cannot stop me from doing what I want.
Jared: I want to go to Saudi Arabia.
Ivanka: Daddy, congress controls spending, it is taxpayer money.
trump: Just lie to the people and tell them someone else is paying for it.
Jared: That might work. People don't care when you lie to them.
trump: I want it now! (stomping feet) I have to have it so I will get elected again.
tell them someone else is paying for it.
What's all this Brouhaha about?
China is paying for it-- Trump said so.
So-- there's no problem Haha!
Too bad he doesn't step on a "egg-qualifier".....
Nancy's "Shenanigans" will include a bill that will open the government by presenting the same deal the Senate Republicans passed unanimously … AND WHICH RUSH LIMBAUGH, ANN COULTER et al, taunted Trump to renege on to kiss ass.
And Mitch McConnell will have his political balls squeezed because, if he brings the Pelosi (original Senate Bill) to the floor for a vote, he fucks Trump … and if doesn't, he fucks all the Republican Senators who crafted the original Bill, he fucks all those being hurt by the shutdown.
Can you say "painted into the corner" boys and girls?
Yep, with some facts be damned. The republicans passed a bill to keep the government open.
How sad is it that rush and a commentator on fox news can hold the government hostage.
I also think it is ironic that now the senate will not vote on a bill the president will not sign. It never stopped them before Ie. all the bills they passed to kill the ACA.
I also think it is ironic that now the senate will not vote on a bill the president will not sign.
The reason McConnell is doing that is to protect his Republican constituents. In many cases if he let the senate vote, some Republicans would be in a bind, as their vote would be open for all to see.
This way there's no problem for them--- they can say one thing to one audience, an opposite thing to another group....its easier to take contradictory positions and not have to take responsibility for it.
Pretty sure that Rush and Ann have never told the truth.
Donald Trump fan....your name cracks me [up. deleted]
The far right wing heartland institute goes by many names.
Heartland American seems to be our cross to bear.
As my dad used to say "Better a cross to bear than crossing a bear."
The far right wing heartland institute goes by many names.
How is it that the Koch brothers have gotten under the radar? They are the worst of the worst! Trump is a lowly pimp compared to them.
Won't feel better until Trump, the Koch's and other scumbags are looking out from prison cells.