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Comment by Stop following me on January 18, 2019 at 8:07pm

I hope the shutdown goes beyond thirty days so they can start shitcanning the useless idiots in the government.

Comment by Boris on January 18, 2019 at 4:47pm

What Trump Just Wrecked by Canceling Pelosi's Trip to Afghanistan

Trump’s stated reason in cancelling the CODEL was the fact that the government remains shut down. But the more obvious explanation was that the president had been searching for a way to fire back at the speaker after she had informed him that his State of the Union address would be postponed until a resolution on the shutdown was reached.

Left unappreciated by the back and forth was just how impulsive the president’s swift response truly was.

White House officials told CNN that Trump had coordinated with the Department of Defense about the decision to prohibit the use of military aircraft for Pelosi. But as of the time of this publication, staffers in the Pentagon were furiously scrambling to gather information about the cancellation.

“We’re still gathering information just like you,” one Pentagon official told The Daily Beast. “We are trying to figure out what is going on.” One other source inside the Pentagon said that the White House had not coordinated with senior officials in Kabul about the cancellation, either.

The White House did not respond to The Daily Beast’s question on whether or not the president or his team directly contacted the Defense Department and the Air Force about restricting Pelosi or her team’s use of military aircraft, prior to issuing the White House announcement Thursday afternoon. But the president’s team appeared prepared for the moment in other ways.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-trump-just-wrecked-by-canceling-...

Comment by Boris on January 18, 2019 at 4:45pm

Donald Trump just dunked on Nancy Pelosi's CODEL

To be clear: Pelosi is far from blameless here. Her move to deny Trump his platform for the annual "State of the Union" address -- which she couched in concerns over the ability of the Secret Service to ensure everyone's safety amid the 27-days-and-counting government shutdown -- was a totally political move designed to embarrass the President.

Pelosi's decision, like Trump's on the CODEL, was within her powers to do. (The speaker of the House invites the President to address a bicameral session of Congress. The President's only role is to accept or reject the ask.) But just because the two principals can do what they've done doesn't mean they should do it.

As a reminder: 800,000 federal workers are either furloughed or working without pay today. And they have been doing so for the last (almost) month. Bills aren't being paid. Sacrifices are being made. Real life is happening.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/17/politics/donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-s...