stop this whole entourage with strung wires then kill every robot with sledges, ballbats and mallets. wear a mask and don’t bring your phone so your digital overlords can’t so easily identify and track you. practice for the war ahead. https://t.co/sA9ocSActE
— C.J. Chivers (@cjchivers) December 10, 2018
Friday the 13th fell on a Thursday this month, but there’s still plenty unfinished stories awaiting the Friday News Dump…
Congress left town today for a long weekend with no plan to avoid a government shutdown in 8 days.
Dems flatly reject Trump’s demand for $5b wall money; it can’t pass the Senate.
GOP leaders are waiting on Trump for a signal on what to do.
There are no negotiations underway.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 13, 2018
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) December 13, 2018
Some people aren’t gonna let him off lightly…
Nancy Pelosi on Trump being willing to do a shutdown: "Perhaps he doesn’t understand people need their paychecks. Perhaps that’s not the life he leads."
— Natalie Andrews (@nataliewsj) December 13, 2018
Speaking of deadlines, remember — Sharing is caring:
?YOU STILL HAVE TIME!#GetCovered at https://t.co/4BrCprEn4O! pic.twitter.com/RfPpyxsUb3
— Charles #GetCovered-ba (@charles_gaba) December 14, 2018
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