Over the top in unbelievable

murphyslaw wrote: I was late in realizing that the shutdown affects federal prison workers and ultimately the community in which the prisons are located. (Namely my community, Leavenworth!) Also, no one seems to be addressing what happens to military paychecks. Blackmail really can be used to threaten the lives of those who care for us and those for whom we care.

DOD, long with 75% of the Federal, has already been funded for the Fiscal Year 2019.

The shutdown is tied to FY 2019 funding for the last 25% of the Federal government (which should have been funded before the start of the FY back on 1 October 2018. Thank you, GOP House & Senate!)

The only branch of the US Uniformed Services that is affected by the shutdown is... the Coast Guard, which belongs to the Department of Homeland Security when it is not going to war as a part of the Navy.

Yep, you read that right. The Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for -- well, it says it in the name -- is not funded because Traitor Toddler Trump throws a tantrum to get his vanity wall in order to say to his base he has secured our borders.

I wonder how he enjoyed that photo op briefing from Border Patrol in Texas yesterday showing him the tunnels (yes, plural) that have been found built under the already existing walls on portions of the Texas-Mexico border?
time.com/5499188/mcallen-residents-not-supporting-border-wall/



The only thing missing in the pic below is the drone capable of carrying someone.

NPR: Where Does Illegal Immigration Mostly Occur? Here's What The Data Tell Us

Hint: it's not at the US - Mexico border.

Well, he is Putin's Puppet...

And you know Putin still has all the documentation of their meetings, plus everything else he had on TTT BEFORE the election, starting with (or maybe as the pièce de résistance?)...