The art of trolling is a finely honed craft in the libertarian/conservative movement. From Donald Trump’s famous tweets… If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas, did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen, with her husband dressed in full Indian garb, it would have been a smash! pic.twitter.com/D5KWr8EPan…
President Trump said on Thursday that he would “almost definitely” declare a state of national emergency to build his border wall and fulfill a central promise of his campaign. Declaring a state of emergency would bypass the congressional process to construct a wall on the United States’ southern border. “If we don’t make a deal,…
Evie Fordham on January 9, 2019 Vice President Mike Pence denied Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s characterization of Wednesday’s shutdown talks as a “temper tantrum” and said the president even passed out candy. “For those interested — the candy that [Donald Trump] offered at the start of the congressional leadership meeting included Butterfingers, M&Ms, Baby Ruth,”…
This morning on Ron Paul discussed the current government shutdown situation on CNBC’s Squawk Box and how he disagrees with President Trump’s idea that a massive border wall would halt illegal immigration. “I don’t like walls,” Paul added. “I don’t want to wall people in and wall people out.” “But I don’t want free open…
Michael Bastasch on January 7, 2019 Meteorologist and Cato Institute adjunct scholar Ryan Maue says he sees no evidence the government shutdown is crippling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) premier weather model. “I do not find evidence (as of yet) for this claim in my verification statistics for the NOAA global weather model,” Maue…
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he will appear on major news networks, Tuesday at primetime, to deliver an address concerning the state of the current government shutdown as the crisis enters its third week. As Republicans and Democrats continue to hold “non-essential” government funding hostage over the practical imperative or perceived moral indecency of a…
Molly Prince on December 25, 2018 Democratic Rep. Bill Foster of Illinois introduced legislation that would prevent Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and other lawmakers from having access to the congressional fitness center during the government shutdown. “I introduced a bill to close the Congressional gym during a government shutdown,” Foster tweeted Sunday. “[Speaker…
Molly Prince on December 22, 2018 The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will continue its more than 60-year-old tradition of tracking Santa Claus as he leaves the North Pole to deliver presents across the world. The twitter account for NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command announced Friday that Santa will be tracked on Christmas Eve…
Follow on Facebook or Twitter It’s business as usual on Capitol Hill as the government resumed operations on Monday ending a government shutdown after the Democrats broke their own filibuster. The spending stopgap measure passed the Senate by a vote of 81-18. I generally don’t need a reason to be happy about a Federal Government…