Posted on 09/28/2025 4:26:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber
It went around, and now it's coming around.
To my mind the two biggest stories of the week for their domestic impact are Senator Chuck Schumer’s threatened government shutdown and the indictment of former FBI head James Comey. Neither of them bodes well for the Democrats, whose favorability ratings are already scraping bottom. Both revolve around the magic date September 30, that is, this Tuesday. If the Congress does not pass a continuing resolution this Tuesday, the government will shut down. Schumer insists that he won’t vote for a stopgap bill, something centrists in his party like Senator Jeanne Shaheen are seeking. Schumer, along with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, has said that he will not vote for a continuing resolution unless there’s a restoration of the $1.5 trillion in cuts contained in the One Beautiful Bill enacted into law on July and the recissions Trump wanted and got. Unfortunately for the Democrats, Trump is significantly shrewder than they are. He’s made it clear that this will not be the usual performative shutdown and cave. Nope. He will use the shutdown “to justify firing ‘federal employees running programs ‘not consistent with the president’s priorities’.”
Schumer has tried to rally his troops, claiming the president’s threat is a bluff, but I can’t imagine them believing that. Neither does Matt Margolis:
Well, Schumer won't vote for the CR anyway because his vote to break cloture last time all but destroyed him politically. But he’s probably going to have a hard time convincing Democrats on the fence that Trump’s threat is really just a bluff that won’t pan out because they know that the conservative-majority Supreme Court would ultimately side with Trump on this issue.
Eight Senate Democrats who backed the six-month GOP continuing resolution in March remain potential yes votes.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It will be interesting to see what gets cut.
Trust the GOPe/uniparty at your own peril as they have a history of joining the dems when it comes to redistribution of wealth. Remember that they are 1/2 half of the problem of $40,000,000,000,000 in debt before the decade is out.
Cut the fed out of our lives completely. We don’t need them!
Let the fed deal with the foreigners both those joe let in illegally that are trying to kill us and those who are not here but seek to harm us.
I love reading Clarice’s pieces, but getting through this one was a chore. I must have worn out my welcome at The American Thinker because I’m getting blasted with a full-screen popup before I can read the whole thing.
After four trips, I finally finished the thing.
Nice going, Chuckie.
But Donald Trump has to sign the legislation before it becomes law. Hopefully that means the spending will be reduced. It would help if the administration presented an annual budget with a note attached; “Pass this and it will be signed immediately.”
But Donald Trump has to sign the legislation before it becomes law. Hopefully that means the spending will be reduced. It would help if the administration presented an annual budget with a note attached; “Pass this and it will be signed immediately.”
But Donald Trump has to sign the legislation before it becomes law. Hopefully that means the spending will be reduced. It would help if the administration presented an annual budget with a note attached; “Pass this and it will be signed immediately.”
If Trump’s threat proves effective, this could be the very thing needed to get Congress back to actually making budgets, and destroy the CR.
Trump should demand concessions to allow a CR to pass, after throwing down some mass layoffs and firings to punish these people for all their long-running governmental malfeasance.
And now I know how things can get posted 3 times in a row. Just get tired of waiting for a response, and click Post more than once.
I have little confidence that Comey will face any real justice.
The federal judge overseeing the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff, who was recommended by two Democratic senators from Virginia, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine - and was appointed by Biden. The case is being handled in the Eastern District of Virginia, which is deep red.
If anything, Comey will likely receive a slap on the wrist. The only 'punishment' will be Comey's bills for his defense, which I'd guess will be paid by someone or some organization other than Comey.
First mute it by clicking the speaker icon inside the pop up. Then click the X to close the pop up. It works for me. I hate them too.
EV
First mute it by clicking the speaker icon inside the pop up. Then click the X to close the pop up. It works for me. I hate them too.
EV
Off topic, I once had a multiple post here about a decade ago and had no idea why. Took my mouse apart and found a single piece of strand and maybe 1/3” long and thinner than a human hair on the click button barely visible to the human eye. Don’t know if it worked but I stopped holding my breath. ;-)
The windows I’m talking about are enormous. They do more than fill the screen. There’s nowhere to click.
The laptop I’m using might be the cause. It is a kickass machine, but it has 4K video which does strange things occasionally.
Well, a good post sometimes bears repeating
“I have little confidence that Comey will face any real justice.”
I don’t think they are after Comey. I think they want Brennan, Strozk and that cabal.
All the more reason to flood the zone, pile on charges and indict many more deep state actors. Make them all fight for a dwindling supply of leftist cash
Skyhook Hakeem’s Three Pointer shutdown. The GOP needs to make sure the America people know that Skyhook Hakeem is just as responsible as Chunky Schumer for this shutdown. Don’t let the potato head get off Scot free.
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