The Schumer Shutdown and Comey Comeuppance
Clarice Feldman – To my mind, the two biggest stories of the week for their domestic impact are Senator Chuck Schumer’s threatened government shutdown and the indictment of former FBI head James Comey. Neither of them bodes well for the Democrats, whose favorability ratings are already scraping bottom. Both revolve around the magic date September 30, that is, this Tuesday. If Congress does not pass a continuing resolution this Tuesday, the government will shut down.
Schumer insists that he won’t vote for a stopgap bill, something centrists in his party like Senator Jeanne Shaheen are seeking. Schumer, along with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, has said that he will not vote for a continuing resolution unless there’s a restoration of the $1.5 trillion in cuts contained in the One Beautiful Bill enacted into law in July and the rescissions Trump wanted and got. Continue reading
Sean Adl-Tabatabai – Officials at the NXIVM elite sex cult procured confidential “research” files on top D.C. politicians such as Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton, according to reports.
Sundance – Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Schumer are pushing the border conflict/government shutdown deadline (Feb 15th) to align with pre-planned public congressional committee testimony that is intended to undermine the White House.
Daniel Greenfield – The government may shut down, but the media never shuts up. Instead, it shuts away the truth.