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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 14h

And in the "war zone" that is Portland, Oregon this morning:

Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 14h

Great read in Public Notice today:
"The continued cultural dominance of left-leaning artists is a particular affront to conservatives right now, when they are wielding their political power with more aggression and cruelty than they ever imagined they could."
www.publicnotice.co/p/bad-bunny-...

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

www.publicnotice.co

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

This kind of anti-Christian rhetoric is why we call him Slick Mike

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

Trump on invoking the Insurrection Act
"If people were being killed, and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure I’d do that."

Whenever he says stuff like this, he's (at least) looking into doing it
Brace yourselves, kids ..

abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...

Trump says he'd consider invoking the Insurrection Act. What does that mean?

He has been discussing and his allies have been talking about insurrection.

abcnews.go.com

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 15h

*stares at camera*

Trump announces US crypto reserve: What it is, and why it matters
The announcement over the weekend sent crypto markets into an upwards frenzy following a recent weeks-long slump.

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

Someone is sounding pretty defensive this morning

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Eric Trump: "You think I have anything to do with DC? My father has nothing to do with our company ... you're really trying to connect dots between some chips I know absolutely nothing about to a crypto company started well before you guys even gave my father a chance of winning? Give me a break."

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

Hearing that John Fetterman "just walked into Thune's office"
Reminder:
Fetterman has been consistently voting 'YES' on the House MAGA CR
Interesting as Thune is doubling down on pressuring Senate Dems to cave and pass that travesty

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 15h

Best informed guess on Senate schedule is probably a break for weekend and back on Tuesday given the lack of movement on the CR votes

Thune: "if enough Democrats start to come to their senses and want to have conversations about how to get the government open, then I'm certainly open to be here"

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

Thune this morning on Senate weekend CR votes:

Says he's not sure it would do any good because Dems keep voting them down
He says “if it makes any difference, I would.”

“If they’re just gonna continue to vote down keeping the government open, I’m not sure what purpose that’ll serve.”

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

We all knew this was coming
And it's actually surprising that it's taken them as long as it has to make this accusation

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Eric Trump: "Why did Jack Smith plant classified manilla folders and take photoshoots on the floor of my father's office? Why?"

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

We knew this was coming
Actually surprising it took them as long as it did

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Eric Trump: "Why did Jack Smith plant classified manilla folders and take photoshoots on the floor of my father's office? Why?"

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

NEWS:

During today's shutdown presser Johnson said he WILL NOT bring the House back to vote on paying troops

He said he was "certainly open" to this yesterday
And Thune immediately shut it down

“We've already had that vote. The job in the House is done .. Senate Dems need to vote for our CR"

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

"1.3M active duty service members [including deployed National Guard & Coast Guard] will miss their next paycheck if nothing is done .. by Monday, Oct. 13 .. That’s not looking promising."
Lots of info about the effects of the shutdown impasse in this article:
punchbowl.news/article/defe...

Will Congress or the W.H. do anything to pay the troops?

This is Day 8 of the government shutdown and some 1.3 million active duty service members will miss their next scheduled paycheck if nothing is done first.

punchbowl.news

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

"California Republicans have significantly scaled back their TV advertising against Proposition 50 amid increasing pessimism among the GOP that they’ll be able to defeat Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting ballot measure."
punchbowl.news/article/camp...

GOP fears mount in California redistricting fight

California Republicans have significantly scaled back their TV advertising against Proposition 50 amid increasing pessimism among the GOP.

punchbowl.news

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

"Johnson could swear [Dem Rep-elect Adelita] Grijalva in during a pro forma session. But he refuses to do so .. Johnson swore in MAGA GOP Reps Jimmy Patronis & Randy Fine during a pro forma session, so the speaker should have no problems extending the same courtesy .."
punchbowl.news/article/hous...

When will Johnson swear Grijalva in?

OK, we’ll bite. Why isn’t Speaker Mike Johnson swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.)?

punchbowl.news

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

Johnson has kept the House in recess since Sept 19

Meanwhile:
Johnson holding daily pressers to control MAGA "it's the Dems" shutdown message
As polling shows more & more voters feeling shutdown effects
Are blaming MAGA Repubs
And 1.3M troops won't get next pay

But MAGA still won't talk

Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 16h

Day 8
Senate MAGA couldn't manage to sched CR votes yesterday
-planning to hold a 6th vote on the dueling funding bills at 11:30 today
MAGA chaos:
Johnson said Tues he's "open" to emerg leg to pay military
Thune publicly disagreed
And the WH did this👇
Causing MAGA Congress to reel
Not going well..

White House memo says furloughed workers might not get back pay

Trump is using the threat of federal workforce cuts to force them to back the GOP’s clean continuing resolution.

www.politico.com

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15h

Day 8
Senate MAGA couldn't manage to sched CR votes yesterday
-planning to hold a 6th vote on the dueling funding bills at 11:30 today
MAGA chaos:
Johnson said Tues he's "open" to emerg leg to pay military
Thune publicly disagreed
And the WH did this👇
Causing MAGA Congress to reel
Not going well..

White House memo says furloughed workers might not get back pay

Trump is using the threat of federal workforce cuts to force them to back the GOP’s clean continuing resolution.

www.politico.com

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 17h

“She plays to an audience of 200 people. It just happens to be that audience is made up of people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Ackman. The superrich fucking love her. She’s funny, she’s smart and she’s aligned with their politics.”

Inside Bari Weiss’ $150 Million Journey From Rejected ‘View’ Host to CBS News Editor-in-Chief: ‘She’s Just Gaming the System’

How Bari Weiss sold The Free Press for $150 Million, charmed the superrich and became CBS News editor-in-chief.

variety.com

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1d

Heads Up:

Pam Bondi will testify before Senate Judiciary Cmte at 10am today

Stream it here:

www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

Oversight of the Department of Justice | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

www.judiciary.senate.gov

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1d

"There’s another reason Dems should stand strong: Republicans have shown they don’t negotiate in good faith or follow through on their commitments. They’ve used their majorities in Congress to branch to tear up bipartisan agreements, cancel appropriated funds, and attempt to turn Trump into a king."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

New in PN: Dems are winning the shutdown

"If Republicans are on board with Trump’s effort to become a dictator, there’s not much point in negotiating. You might as well force them to own their priorities, including hugely increasing healthcare costs, then use it against them on the campaign trail."

Democrats are winning the shutdown

Republicans, meanwhile, are bumbling and stumbling.

www.publicnotice.co

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1d

Punchbowl on MTG bucking the MAGA ACA moves:
"MTG isn’t always a harbinger of the party..But perhaps the support in the party for extending the Obamacare credits is a bit deeper than House GOP leaders expect. We won’t know since Johnson has the House out of session for weeks at a time."

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1d

Courtesy of Jamie Dupree:
Marjorie Taylor Greene taking a very strong position against the MAGA desire to let the ACA credits expire in Dec
"basically agreeing with Dems that it's bad to have health insurance costs go way up with the expiration of certain Obama health law subsidies"

Fascinating

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1d

Sen Angus King, who voted 'yes' on the MAGA CR:
“The [ACA] increases are so dramatic & will be hitting so many people across the country. [I]t’s an immediate problem. We can’t wait. It’s got to be done by end of this month. So that’s the urgency. [GOP] need to face that reality and help us fix it.”

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1d

"Thune and Johnson are showing absolutely no signs of caving in. Thune said he thought it was “implied” by Trump that no deal is possible until Dems first vote to reopen the gov't".

Kinda sounds like maybe Trump's willing
And MAGA ldrshp are shutting him down
Who's running the show?

Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1d

Day 7
MAJOR standoff:
Senate Dems blocked the MAGA CR again yesterday
Also yesterday:
Trump told WH pool he's talking to the Dems
Schumer and Jeffries say that isn't true:
"radio silence" from WH
MAGA leaders digging in
Another vote happens today
More in Punchbowl:
punchbowl.news/article/wash...

Can Democrats withstand Trump’s cuts and threats? They say yes

This is Day 7 of the government shutdown. There’s no resolution to the crisis in sight. In fact, the outlook is pretty grim.

punchbowl.news

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1d

Day 7
MAJOR standoff:
Senate Dems blocked the MAGA CR again yesterday
Also yesterday:
Trump told WH pool he's talking to the Dems
Schumer and Jeffries say that isn't true:
"radio silence" from WH
MAGA leaders digging in
Another vote happens today
More in Punchbowl:
punchbowl.news/article/wash...

Can Democrats withstand Trump’s cuts and threats? They say yes

This is Day 7 of the government shutdown. There’s no resolution to the crisis in sight. In fact, the outlook is pretty grim.

punchbowl.news

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