Ross: 'I don't quite understand' why federal workers need food banks during shutdown
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday that he was confused why thousands of federal workers, who've already missed one paycheck, are relying on food banks during the partial government shutdown.
Lara Trump: I’m going to have the most out of touch take regarding federal workers this week
Wilbur Ross: Hold my Dom Pérignon - Roland Scahill
The World Is A Safer Place Without
- 'Doomsday clock' setting closest to global annihilation since Cold War
- US Intelligence community has mobilized against Trump and Russia — and he doesn’t even know it
- Trump-loving conspiracy theorist busted in terrorist plot to bomb Muslim community
- Fox Nation host: Parents should tell sons ‘lynch mobs’ are coming after them for being ‘white Christian boys’
- Pompeo slams Venezuela's Maduro
If I see even ONE person wearing a MAGA cap I feel uncomfortable, if I see a whole group of people wearing em, I feel threatened. Same way I'd feel if I encountered an entire group wearing Nazi uniforms or KKK robes.
The #CovingtonBoys were a threat when they put those hats on. - Paul Lee Ticks
Pelosi Holds Her Weekly Press Conference
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would meet with President Trump "anytime he wants" as she pressed for an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. However, she said there are currently no plans for a meeting with the president. "The last time we met it was a photo-op for the president to leave the room," she said at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill
Nancy Pelosi on Wilbur Ross saying "I don't understand why someone would need to go to a food bank:" “Is this the ‘let them eat cake’ kind of attitude? Or call your father for money?”
Republican Shenanigans
- Cohen subpoenaed to testify before Senate Intel: report
- Cohen's lawyer calls for criminal investigation into Giuliani over 'witness tampering'
- House panel cancels hearing after Mnuchin declines to appear: report
- Ex-White House aide says 'cartoon villain' Kellyanne Conway bad-mouthed colleagues
- Anthony Scaramucci Exits 'Celebrity Big Brother' for Davos
- Conservative journalist calls Trump border rhetoric the 'Vesuvius of misinformation'
The Covington Catholic kids are a model for modern US Christian Fundamentalism, which is:
All it takes to be a good Trump Christian is opposing abortion, which Christ never mentioned; so go ahead & crap on marginalized groups, reject empathy & wear blackface at basketball games. - John Fugelsang
Never Stop A Man Digging Himself Deeper Into A Hole
President Donald Trump on Thursday bragged about his former “fixer” backing off publicly testifying against him after the president had lobbed multiple threats aimed at his father-in-law.
Fact that there aren’t massive, weekly demonstrations in the streets is kind of mind boggling. (I’m just as much to blame as everyone else) - Eric Boehlert
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Rock The Voter News
- Manchin to back Trump proposal to end shutdown
- Elizabeth Warren to propose new 'wealth tax'
- Washington Nationals donate $100K to support federal workers amid shutdown
- Shelia Jackson Lee leaves 2 posts after suit claims retribution for staffer reporting sexual assault
The U.S. had an illegitimate election and now has an illegitimate president. Trump is America’s bastard. - irishygirl
Manafort Might As Well Have A Tattoo On His Forehead That Says PARDON ME
Lawyers for Paul Manafort, the convicted former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump, used a court filing to deny that he broke his plea agreement by lying to prosecutors when he was supposed to be cooperating. The filing came Wednesday as Manafort’s legal team seeks to ...
Memo to the "We need to get rid of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker" crowd: You were super fvcking wrong. - Jon Zal
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Business/Tech News
- Southwest's profit falls; airline says federal shutdown has cost it up to $10-15 million
- HuffPost layoffs underway a day after Verizon announced cuts
- BuzzFeed to cut 15% of staff in new round of layoffs
- Kushner Evicting Times Square Tenant, Endangering Loan Payments
- EPA polluter penalties fall to lowest level since 1994
Has the Space Force been furloughed?
Not only will Walmart drivers be making, on average, $87,500 a year beginning in February, but the company says it will be hiring hundreds of drivers this year to join its fleet.
The company also plans to implement a new process in its hiring in order to speed things up, expediting the time it takes to complete a new hire.
Dems Agree To Fund Wall And Reopen Government If Trump leaves Country Forever. - Andy Borowitz
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