B-Man Posted 17 hours ago Posted 17 hours ago #SchumerShutdown Schumer’s attempted shutdown will backfire bigly by Thomas Lifson Republicans, accustomed to being blamed by the media for federal government shutdowns, should not worry about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s plan to oppose cloture on the “clean” funding bill Speaker Johnson’s House just passed. There are multiple good reasons why they can relax on this one: Trump knows how to fight President Trump was a master showman before he entered politics. He knows how to use branding and understands the power of alliteration to embed expressions in the human mind (e.g., “big, beautiful bill”). The “Schumer Shutdown” will be the name used repeatedly by the president and by those who support Trump, and, thanks to free speech on X, that label cannot be stifled. The power of the corporate media to erect a cofferdam around stories and ideas they want to suppress has ended. Schumer is the perfect opponent for Trump Schumer is widely understood to be a phony. His infamous “cheeseburger picture” purporting to demonstrate what an ordinary guy he is establishes that perspective indelibly. Its piece of cheese sitting atop a raw patty of beef is gag-inducing. Ben Domenech provided a priceless TV moment earlier this week on Fox News as he responded to Jessica Tarlov, who pushed the standard Dem talking point that layoffs of federal bureaucrats are a human tragedy (“How many people are enough for you?”): Quote “I can’t wait to see what DOGE will do when the government is shut down,” he said. “If the government shuts down, I’m out of things that you can do, where the traps just open up where they can just cut even further than they already [have]. You’ll find out, and it’s gonna be a lotta fun.” Remember that “essential” services continue. No Social Security or Medicare payments will stop. But “non-essential bureaucrats” are furloughed. Permanently. Best of all, Trump will not engage in the stupid game of putting up barriers to prevent the public from entering national parks. I can hardly wait for Schumer and the Dems to start telling voters that protecting the jobs of non-essential bureaucrats is critical to the health of the Republic. Oh please, Br’er Schumer, don’t throw Trump in that briar patch! https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/schumer_s_attempted_shutdown_will_backfire_bigly.html
B-Man Posted 16 hours ago Posted 16 hours ago Will THIS GUY Be the Savior of the Democratic Party? Robert Spencer With the party of Jackson and FDR now essentially a smoking ruin after enthusiastically embracing identity politics, the idolization of victimhood, and America-Last socialist internationalism, Democrat top dogs are looking around for someone to lead them out of the wilderness. Now Politico is touting a new savior figure, but the chances that he is the one who can bring them back to electoral dominance are slim to none. The Democrats are not, of course, lacking for presidential hopefuls, but most of them promise more of the same noxious stew of race resentment, ever-expanding government, rising crime, and declining international status in a world that is increasingly on fire. Kamala Harris wants to run again in 2028, and why not? William Jennings Bryan got three chances to lose presidential elections; why shouldn’t a candidate who possesses coveted Woman of Color status get at least that many, and maybe even more? In the name of equity, Kamala could lead the Democrats to defeat not just in ’28 but in 2032, 2036, and 2040, when she will be a Bidenesque 76 years old and her presidential aspirations can really kick into high gear. And then, speaking of smoking ruins, there’s Gavin Newsom. The destroyer of California wants very much to be the destroyer of the United States, and he may well get the chance, but his record in California, however much he points to it with pride, will be tough to overcome. Sane people continue to flee California in droves, and that will be just too easy for JD Vance or Ron DeSantis or whoever the Republicans run in 2028 to point to and skewer Gavin with uncomfortable questions. There are few others who are even remotely plausible candidates. And so on Tuesday, Politico had a new idea: how about Rahm Emanuel for president? That’s right: the longtime Democrat apparatchik is this far-left propaganda organ’s idea of a bright, promising new face. If this is the best they’ve got, they’re in even bigger trouble than they seem to be. {snip} If that’s the Democrats’ model for victory in 2028, however, then they better grow accustomed to remaining in their present role of the angry opposition, furiously opposed to anything and everything that Donald Trump because he is, you know, a convicted felon, and a Russian puppet, and a wannabe dictator, and yada yada. The Democrats have no program, or at least no program that is remotely appealing to the American people aside from those who have dyed their hair blue and think they may really be women, and sending Elvis’ gold Caddy out on tour isn’t going to change that. Rahm Emanuel for president? Great idea, Politico! Keep ‘em coming! https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/03/12/will-this-guy-be-the-savior-of-the-democratic-party-n4937843 1
B-Man Posted 15 hours ago Posted 15 hours ago Will Shutdown Schumer *Really* Put Russ Vought In Charge of Government? Ed Morrissey Senate Democrats did their level best to deny Russ Vought a confirmation as the chief of the Office of Management and Budget. And now they may be doing their level best to hand Vought the keys to the entire executive branch just a few short weeks later. How so? Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged last night to block the House's continuing resolution, claiming to be willing to risk a shutdown. Well, guess who's in charge of how money flows when funding authorizations run out? Okay, okay, it's technically the president. But guess who makes those decisions on his behalf? This isn't exactly a secret. The Congressional Research Service has routinely informed Congress of this reality, with their latest update having been published in September This prompts the question: Will Shutdown Schumer really give Vought this kind of carte blanche? Color me skeptical. It's easy enough to get up and talk tough on S-Day Minus 3, just to jolly along the donor class and get the lay of the land. But it's not a cost-free move if Congress really does allow funding authorizations to lapse in an administration already looking to dismantle wide swaths of bureaucracies on which Democrats rely as enforcers for progressive ambitions. Suppose Schumer lets a shutdown start on Friday night and holds the Senate for the weekend to cave on Sunday night, as a protest stunt. Vought will likely work all weekend to furlough bureaucratic personnel across the executive branch, especially in regulatory agencies. He'd then allocate their funds to Trump's priorities -- like ICE and Border Patrol, for instance. https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/03/13/will-shutdown-schumer-really-put-russ-vought-in-charge-of-government-n3800717 .
B-Man Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago Chuck Schumer caves Anyone surprised ?? Besides the PPP lefties. Update (1800ET): And there it is... in a complete reversal following a closed-door lunch, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told fellow Democrats that he would vote for cloture tomorrow morning on the GOP stopgap, according to Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman - who notes that 6 more Democrats will need to follow their leader after Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) already said he would (see below). "I will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down," said Schumer. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/schumer-shutdown-two-ways-can-go Senate Democrats signal they won’t pick a shutdown fight Schumer says a shutdown isn’t worth the risk FTA: With Friday’s deadline for a government shutdown creeping closer, Democratic senators came out one after another to signal opposition to the GOP bill approving continued federal funding, while cutting nondefense spending for the remainder of the 2024 fiscal year. But it was little more than a political gambit the party hoped would both avert a shutdown and allow Democrats to put their own doomed 30-day proposal up for a vote — a Resistance In Name Only. News broke Thursday evening that Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated to his caucus that he’ll vote for cloture on the GOP bill, allowing it to avoid a filibuster. Others will join him, while a few in swing districts and hardline progressives may not. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/senate-democrats-doge-shutdown-fight-b2714862.html Schumer tells Democrats he won't vote to block GOP funding bill, likely avoiding shutdown: Sources Some Democrats privately told ABC News they've lost the fight. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-democrats-tight-lipped-after-huddling-looming-government/story?id=119772584
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