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This Is Not What Dr. King Had in Mind

Robert I. Grundfest — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 17:25:00 +0000

I suppose if you really want to bury a less-than-serious proposal that would attempt to solve the most vexing issue of the day, then you should announce it on the Saturday afternoon of a long holiday weekend. And you should make sure to propose something that gives you everything you want, but only three years […]

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Report: Trump Literally Did Not Understand The Effects of A Shutdown

Ezra Grant — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 22:29:27 +0000

This country is ran by idiots, plain and simple… and quite frankly, scary! The Trump administration’s shutdown of the federal government over the last two weeks is a synecdoche for the way it has run the federal government over the last two years. They blundered into it almost by accident, without any understanding of what […]

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Shutdown Follies: Business As Usual

Robert I. Grundfest — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:01:29 +0000

Wait a minute. I thought the point of the conservative movement was to shrink the federal government down to the size where it would “drown in the bathtub.” Why are the Republicans so worried about keeping the government open and fear the public’s backlash? Perhaps because, despite their disdain for government services and their blatant disregard for […]

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House Republicans and Democrats Agree to Massive Spending Bill

Ezra Grant — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:55:09 +0000

Call them “small government Republicans.” Just hours before the 12 am deadline, the Republican controlled House of Representatives passed their version of a massive $1.1 trillion spending package. The accord was reached just hours before the midnight deadline, in a 219-206 vote, amid the last-minute brinkmanship and bickering that has come to mark one of […]

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This Video Explains Some of The Pork Packed Into The Government Spending Bill

Ezra Grant — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:05:18 +0000

With another Government Shutdown looming tonight if Congress cannot figure out a way to do their job and pass a spending bill, let’s take a look at some of the utter nonsense Republicans and Democrats packed into said spending bill – a massive $1.1 trillion spending package that would fund the government through September.

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John Boehner Blames The Republicans for The Government Shutdown – Video

Ezra Grant — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:05:17 +0000

The House Speaker and leader of the Republicans went on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night, and explained that the government shutdown of 2013 was a wrong move, and that the blame was squarely on the backs of the Republicans. Boehner also explained that he told his “colleagues” not to shut down the […]

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Rick Santorum Turns On Ted Cruz – His Shutdown “Did More Harm” Than Good

Ezra Grant — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:53:23 +0000

Former senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) criticized Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for the partial government shutdown, admitting Cruz “did more harm” than good with his attempt to defund President Barack Obama’s health care law. “I would say that in the end he did more harm,” Santorum said during an appearance on NBC’s […]

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Ted Cruz Wants You to Trample on Your Healthcare

Ezra Grant — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 11:30:44 +0000

In other words, Ted Cruz wants the same old Teaparty members who have already seen their prescription cost go down as one of the many benefits of Obamacare… Cruz wants these people to gather up themselves, proceed very carefully to the nearest Teaparty bus, head to Washington and trample Obamacare. Ps. Walking canes will be […]

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Sixteen Days, Thirteen Nights

Robert I. Grundfest — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:12:36 +0000

What a waste of time, effort and money. During the sixteen days that the government was shut down, the United States could have been funding scientific research, analyzing economic data and providing needed services to people who need them. It could also have begun work earlier on the health care website that will obviously need […]

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Another GOP Government Shutdown? McConnell Says No! Ted Curz Says Why Not

Ezra Grant — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:46:00 +0000

After the spending deal last week that reopened the federal government through early 2014, Republicans tried to ease concerns Sunday about the possibility of another shutdown in just a few months. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the chamber’s top Republican who helped broker the agreement, said that although he disliked the new health care law […]

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President Obama’s Morning Message -Back to Work

Ezra Grant — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:18:16 +0000

The President: Last night I signed legislation to reopen our government and pay America’s bills. Because Democrats and responsible Republicans came together, the first government shutdown in 17 years is now over; the first default in more than 200 years will not happen. These twin threats to our economy have now been lifted, and I […]

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GOP Should Call It Quits – Fox News Now Against Them

Ezra Grant — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:53:42 +0000

John McCain and Rep Steve King have questioned their party’s decision to shut down the government following the instructions from first year Senator Ted Cruz. That wasn’t expected but it was good to see. When anyone from the most partisan Republican propaganda machine begins to question the wisdom of the shutdown, then you know the […]

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Let’s Fake A Deal

Robert I. Grundfest — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:40:31 +0000

In the end, we got a terrible economic deal, but a nice political gift. Congress essentially kicked the problem down the road and ensured that early January would mark the beginning of other round of hostage-taking on the part of the right, more attacks on the health care law, and an intransigence on raising revenue […]

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Piers Morgan Battles Marsha Blackburn Over Republican’s Government Shutdown – Video

Ezra Grant — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:09:27 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, Marsha Blackburn, a member of the trusted Republican party, went on CNN’s Piers Morgan show and continued showing just how puny her brain is. The two went at it when it came to who should be blamed for the 16 days government shutdown and they went at it when Blackburn insisted that […]

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Breaking: Deal To Reopen Government Reached… Reportedly

Ezra Grant — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:21:35 +0000

WASHINGTON — Congress was heading towards a climatic resolution Wednesday to reopen the federal government after a 16-day partial shutdown as well as avert an unprecedented debt default. House and Senate leaders were negotiating how to maneuver a package through both chambers and get it to President Obama’s desk before the Oct. 17 default deadline. […]

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Peter King: “it was madness to follow Ted Cruz”

Ezra Grant — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:14:08 +0000

In an interview with CNN host Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, Republican Rep.Peter King continued scolding his party for their dumb decision to follow first year Senator, Ted Cruz and his failed efforts to take away health care from the American people. “The game is over,” King told Cooper. “We have to get this done. [House […]

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Ted Cruz On Republican Government Shutdown – God’s Will be Done, As It Will Be – Video

Ezra Grant — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 01:05:19 +0000

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said over the weekend that he had prayed to God to guide him in the shutdown fight and was sure that “his will be done as I know it will be.” Televangelist Pat Robertson opened Monday’s edition of The 700 Club by describing the Oct. 17 debt ceiling deadline as a “countdown to […]

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Bill Clinton on Shutdown – People Need to “Work Together”

Ezra Grant — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:22:55 +0000

(CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton weighed in Monday on the legislative impasse at the heart of the government shutdown, admonishing the “constant conflict” that has come to define American politics. Speaking at a convention of the National Community Pharmacists Association in Orlando, Clinton said he liked the crowd because of the practicality of their […]

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New Poll: Another Record in Republican Disapproval

Ezra Grant — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:52:41 +0000

A new high of 74 percent of Americans disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling Washington’s budget crisis, up significantly in the past two weeks and far exceeding disapproval of both President Obama and congressional Democrats on the issue. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that criticism of the GOP’s handling […]

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Unbelievable Video – House Republicans Changed House Rules To Keep Government Shutdown

Ezra Grant — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:04:03 +0000

It is absolutely astonishing! In a recent House session, persistent questioning from a House Democrat forced Republicans to admit that they changed the rules of the House with the sole goal of keeping the government shut! In the video below, Maryland Democrat Christopher Van Hollen stepped to the House floor and asked about a Standing […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Let’s Get Back To Work For The American People

Ezra Grant — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 19:07:14 +0000

President Obama used this weeks weekly address to discuss his recent meetings with Republicans at the White House. The President urged Congress to pass a budget, and allow Americans to get back to work. Over the past few days, I’ve met with Republicans and Democrats from both houses of Congress in an effort to reopen your […]

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Koch Brothers Throw Republicans Under the Bus

Ezra Grant — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:12:41 +0000

We all know that the Koch brothers are financially responsible for the Teaparty and all they stand for. And we all know based on reporting from the New York Times that this government shutdown was planned months ago by the Republican leadership and their Teaparty brethren. Their government shutdown to defund Obamacare plan however, has […]

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Republican Shutdown Adding Unnecessary Costs to Treasury

Ezra Grant — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:54:17 +0000

A lot of the market indicators of how much the financial world is worrying about a debt default have been quite calm over the last week. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, for example, is only about 1 percent below its close eight days ago, when the government shutdown began. But in the less widely […]

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Poll: Republican Favorable Ratings at Record Lows

Ezra Grant — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 01:26:25 +0000

If it wasn’t for their families, Republicans’ favorable ratings would be hovering somewhere around 1%. Only 28 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, according to findings from Gallup released Wednesday. That number represents a nadir for either party since Gallup began asking the question in 1992 and a 10-point drop […]

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Republicans Are Willing to Default in Order to Destroy

Tony L. Blackwell — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:27:28 +0000

Let it be Known that THIS President is Fed Up! He’s just about reached his Boiling point and so has America. In his press conference on Tuesday, President Obama reiterated his position of Not negotiating with the Republican hostage takers unless they “do their jobs” and put an end to the Government Shutdown and their […]

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President Obama To GOP – “We’re not going to pay a ransom for America paying its bills.” – Video

Ezra Grant — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:00:26 +0000

President Obama on Tuesday said he’s willing to sit down and talk with Republicans over anything they wish to negotiate after they re-open the government and drop the threat of letting the nation default on its loans, if only for a few weeks. “I will not eliminate any topic of conversation, and I’ve shown myself […]

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Death Benefits to Military Families Withheld Because of GOP Shutdown

Ezra Grant — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:32:44 +0000

In what veterans call an outrageous slight after the ultimate sacrifice, the shuttered federal government is withholding a $100,000 payment normally wired to relatives of fallen soldiers — including the families of five killed in Afghanistan over the weekend. The payment, known as the death gratuity, is typically sent to families of the fallen within […]

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John Boehner: The President won’t talk to me, so I will let the nation default

Ezra Grant — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:44:27 +0000

You can’t make this stuff up! On Sunday John Boehner basically said that because the president of the United States is not talking to him, or is not “having a conversation” with him, he, John Boehner, is willing to let the nation default on its debt. A move that many economists have said would result […]

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Orange Alert

Robert I. Grundfest — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:14:22 +0000

Here’s a surprise: the shutdown was planned months ago. So the pleadings and forthright looks we’ve been getting from Ted Cruz and the orange-tinged scoldings from John Boehner and the laments of the lack of compromise by Republicans everywhere have been fakes. Falsehoods. Frauds. Wait for it…Lies. What the Republican Cadre, because it’s no longer […]

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The Egos In The GOP Are More Important Than The Full Faith and Credit of The United States

Ezra Grant — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:58:49 +0000

I sat today and listened as the Republican House Speaker John Boehner talked to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos about the government shutdwon, and I couldn’t help thinking that Mr. Boehner – sometimes described in other media outlets as a “reasonable man” – is one pompous, egotistical ass! Boehner and the House Republicans followed the leadership of a […]

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