Dogs, especially Golden Retrievers, are sweet & perfect.
Owner Story: "Doesn't quite fit in baby's lap yet." pic.twitter.com/WrsQtvWiD4
— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) January 14, 2018
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Joy Reid is perfect, but not sweet…
FWIW, if the government shuts down on Friday, MUELLER gets to keep working.
Per DOJ: "All employees with the Special Counsel’s Office are considered exempt and would continue their operations in the case of a lapse in appropriations."
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 16, 2018
Snarking on the Oval Office Occupant’s health, mixed bag…
Good news! Trump has no chance of an insanity defense or an inability to stand trial for medical reasons! ??
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— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 16, 2018
Donald Trump's cholesterol level is highly disconnected from our efforts to take back the House,
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 16, 2018
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Not perfect, certainly not sweet, but important:
Make no mistake about it, when a party holds the White House and majorities in both the House and Senate, they “own” any government shutdown. Things the President has said and done over the last week have only increased the price the GOP has to pay for that ownership.
— Charlie Cook (@CharlieCookDC) January 16, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) – House conservatives say there are enough Republican opponents to reject GOP leaders' plan to prevent government shutdown.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 17, 2018
That’s funny because Fox News keeps telling us it’s Democrats that are going to shut down the government. https://t.co/aNgoPWxvxn
— Richard W. (@IceManNYR) January 17, 2018
When it comes to American politics, you can never go wrong by blaming the Republicans.
Apart from all that, what’s on the agenda for the day?
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