OK. It’s Friday. And I think we’re in for a weird one.
Congress dispatched the spending deal to the White House last night, and Trump apparently spent the day flaking out over whether he’d sign it or not. As things stand, he’s poised to go ahead with the signing, in exchange for Senate Republicans rolling over for an emergency declaration that Trump claims will enable him to ignore those Congressional “purse strings” we used to hear so much about from “constitutional conservatives.”
But don’t worry, they say. The courts will stop him. Which they usually do, to be honest. But that’s not how this whole thing is supposed to work. Then again, does anyone really think they know, any more?
Maybe they do. Maybe they don’t. We’ll see what happens. Believe me.
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Happy Holidays! Like most holidays, Valentine’s Day doesn’t bear much scrutiny, it is what you make of it... And, you can make the most of your day, by making David Waldman and KITM your morning information choice! A tentative deal is reached in #DenverTeacherStrike. Denver teachers ♥ teacher unions! The House doesn’t ♥ Saudis like Donald Trump does. Americans don’t ♥ Trump's tax plan. The GOP ♥s AOC. No one ♥s the Tea Party anymore. Rep. Ilhan Omar doesn’t ♥ Elliott Abrams, or any genocidal war criminals. Trump ♥s golf. Who doesn’t ♥ Greg Dworkin? Greg continues the discussion of the Paul Manafort bombshell, and the deepening mystery in the Russia probe. The US foreign policy community is poorly equipped to cope with individual and community failures, and Loren DeJonge Schulman will tell you how. Sen. Chris Coons went to the National Prayer Breakfast last week thinking it was a Christian event. Donald Trump set him straight. Trump helps Chuck Grassley find religion. Trump is beginning to figure out that the spending/border bill might not be a winning deal for him. Mitch McConnell hopes Donald figures that out slowly. Does Lou and Sean still ♥ Donald? Laura Ingraham grows a bit cold. Tomi Lahren finds herself the wisest, most sane commentator in her twitter feed. Donald wishes he knew how to quit his wall, but he just can’t. Trump urges the TVA to keep open a coal-burning power plant for the good of coal, his buddy, and money. Trump’s DHS guts task forces protecting elections from foreign meddling. Every day Is a new low in Trump's White House. At least the latest threat of measles epidemics inspires cool animations. It is also the one year anniversary of the Parkland Tragedy, the beginning of the Parkland Students fight against gun death, and one year closer to Alex Jones going to Hell.
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