US Government Shutdown Watch: 2018 Edition. More Bricks in the Wall?

Change his name to Bitch McConnell?

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#MoscowMitch

That’s perfect. Fuck me. Fuck us all.

(Tonight’s status: doomed)

Not sure it matters, but they didn’t rule on the merits.

In a brief order, the court said that it was ruling in favor of the Trump administration before the litigation has played out because the government had made a “sufficient showing” that the challengers did not have the legal right to bring the case.

So you remember that wall that Trump was definitely building with $2.5 billion in military funds? About that…

We’ll just need to divert more! How about Social Security?

Because we don’t have enough crap happening in US politics already!

Maybe we can start a new national tradition where government employees work for “free” 3-4 months out of every year.

Just got this in the (e) mail:

At first glance, I like everything except the name - the day that Congresscritters stop trying to make clever acronyms out of their bill names can’t come soon enough. I do have a concern that this would hurt those representatives who aren’t wealthy and provide an easy avenue for donors to buy them off.

That bill would only ensure that government funding levels will stay stuck at the level they are when the bill is signed forever. It’s a slow rolling sequestration.