Tim Dickinson of the Rolling Stone broke it down. The day before Congress broke for its August recess, on an afternoon when most of official Washington was tying up loose ends and racing to get out of town, Sen. Ted Cruz was setting the stage for the chaos that has consumed the nation’s capital in… Continue reading How Ted Cruz Orchestrated The Republican Government Shutdown
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Jon Stewart – “Congress Functions at a Kindergarten Level” – Video
On his show The Daily Show, Jon Stewart continued his nightly hammering of the Republican shutdown and on the video below, he includes commentary about President Obama and his role or lack thereof in the shutdown. And in his ever clever way, Stewart stumbled upon some truths about the Republicans in Congress – that they… Continue reading Jon Stewart – “Congress Functions at a Kindergarten Level” – Video
Republican Shutdown Adding Unnecessary Costs to Treasury
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… Continue reading Republican Shutdown Adding Unnecessary Costs to Treasury
Republican Peter King – ‘I Honestly Don’t Know’ What GOP Wants From Shutdown
Yet another Republican who cannot figure out what they are trying to get from shutting down the government. We previously heard Marlin Stuzman of Indiana say he doesn’t know what Republicans want. And now Peter King of New York is joining that chorus. If these Republicans don’t know what they want, why are they insisting on… Continue reading Republican Peter King – ‘I Honestly Don’t Know’ What GOP Wants From Shutdown