Discussion: Negotiators Say They Have Tentative Agreement To Avoid Another Shutdown

So , how much is Dumpy Doofus making out of the deal ? .

Bollards are nothing like steel slats. They are effective at impeding vehicles, not individual people.

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But will he sign it ?

I think Trump wants a shutdown.

I agree.

Reason No. 2: He thinks it makes him look tough.
Reason No. 1: He gets to inflict pain on others.

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I am sure that Bonnie Prince Fat Ass and the Dowager Empress of South Carolina will fuck everything up. Have fun, Mitch and the GOP. Better put that Senate proctologist on alert for when Trump shoves this up your sorry butts again.

Neither the House nor the Senate have any stomach for another shutdown. If McConnnell allows a vote, it will pass the Senate and House comfortably. Trump will then have to decide if he wants to veto it. If he does, then the question is can the Congress override. My guess is, it can. Trump will know this and won’t veto. Instead he will declare a bogus emergency. Maybe he will take money from defense.

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Traitor McConnell may be sweating his tiny balls off about he and the GOP getting their asses kicked if there’s another shutdown, and may force a veto override if necessary, but who can predict what the “Freedom Caucus” miscreants like Meadows and Gym Jordan and their followers will do in the House. They don’t care about government workers or the rest of the American people. They just like to blow things up. They blow things up REAL good!

Cudos for the rhythm in Pink Floyd’s “Wall”

And then Donnie went on stage and announced that he heard there was a deal but didn’t bother to read the summary because why bother since he’s going to do what he wants to do anyway.

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While I hope you are right, that won’t happen until the evangelicals begin to abandon their leadership which is bound and determined to shove their religious views down the throats of a majority of Americans.

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The cowardly GOP are on their knees with their hands over their heads begging not to be taken hostage by a man with a gun carved out of soap.

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is it? where can I find reliable stats? not challenging you spectre, just want some good news this morning - BBC had a piece on insect die - off that made me severely depressed

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same with McConnell - and to think, he could get all the right wing judges he wants under Pence, and still he supports the traitor from jan 2017 onwards

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not mentioned at the rally last night for some reason…

that would be nice wouldn’t it. also, if the media bothered to interview them about it

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questions that will never be asked by ABC, CBS, or NBC news

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In retrospect, “congressional negotiators” might have been smarter to work directly on Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, and the rest. Trump does what his teevie tells him to.

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And the wildlife would appreciate it, too!

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From NPR:

According to NBC News, O’Rourke’s team said there were about 7,000 people at his rally and mile-long march beforehand, per law enforcement. And Bloomberg News reported that O’Rourke’s rally had been estimated at 10,000 to 15,000, according to local police. At various points during his own rally, Trump claimed that 69,000 people had RSVP’d and that fire marshals allowed 10,000 people in with “tens of thousands” still watching outside. But NBC News reported that Trump’s rally was at its 6,500 capacity with 10,000 to 12,000 watching outside or in overflow areas, per the local police and fire departments.

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/12/693773455/trump-took-fight-for-border-wall-to-el-paso-where-orourke-was-ready-for-him

From the El Paso Times:

Trump thanked the El Paso Fire Department for getting 10,000 people in the El Paso County Coliseum, before noting the crowd that gathered outside for his rally.

“Tens of thousands of people are watching the screens outside,” Trump said.

However, a Fire Department spokesman said 6,500 people were inside the venue and denied any special accommodations were made. Several thousand, though, were outside the Coliseum, watching the president’s speech on big screens. There were no official estimates, though.

An O’Rourke spokesman said about 8,000 attended the counter-rally. However, the El Paso Police Department told the El Paso Times that officers had made no official estimates.

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I am nearly innumerate - this means that 45* 's rally was bigger right?

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