At the eleven minute mark (it should be set to start there) in the video above, Speaker Pelosi just responded to a question about whether the President will be allowed to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress next week with: The State of the Union is not planned …
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Breaking News: Trump Backs Down on His SotU Speech
Trump backs down and says he will wait to give his State of the Union after the shutdown is over, as Pelosi insisted. — Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) January 24, 2019 Per The Hill: … “As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address,” Trump wrote in …
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Early Reviews Open Thread: Democratic Party Sensibly Rejects Hostage-Taker’s Demands
Democrats were hopeful that @realDonaldTrump was finally willing to re-open government & proceed with a much-needed discussion to protect the border. Unfortunately, reports make clear that his proposal is a compilation of previously rejected initiatives. https://t.co/MFwebWSevG pic.twitter.com/yMTm4iP27h — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 19, 2019 What we didn’t hear from the President was any sympathy for …
Today In Congressional Delegations That Haven’t Been Cancelled In A Fit Of Presidential Pique: Where In The World Is Lindsey Graham?
Why he’s right here meeting with Erdogan in Ankara! I’m sure President Erdogan has important facts for Senator Graham regarding matters under his oversight as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Perhaps Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization has SIGINT that will once and for all put to bed whether Associate Justice “I Like Beer” Kavanaugh was …
Open Thread: Could the Narrative Be Shifting?
1. MSNBC’s @stevebenen asked a good question Wednesday that we all should think about: Why haven’t the Democrats compromised with the president? — (((John Stoehr))) (@johnastoehr) January 17, 2019 Probably too much to hope from our Media Village Idiots, but still… “Why Democrats refuse to pay Trump’s ransom in the shutdown fight”: … I think …
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Open Thread — Pelosi to Trump: No Grandstanding While the Secret Service Is Working Without Pay
NEWS: Speaker Pelosi asks President Trump to reschedule State of the Union address because of the partial government shutdown — Robert Costa (@costareports) January 16, 2019 Good for Speaker Pelosi: Damn. I mean… damn. pic.twitter.com/MZl3nLcEct — Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 16, 2019 Pelosi argued that the security issues surrounding SOTU are "completely out of …
Repub Stupidity Open Thread: Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Latest Victim of ETTD*
*Everything Trump Touches Dies… Siri, please show me what a Bond villain would tweet as president. -> https://t.co/wdwu2iYbbR — Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) January 9, 2019 McCarthy led the strategy of embracing Trump that cut the # of CA GOP Reps in half & left them with smallest share of the state Congressional delegation since 1883. …
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