FYI


In 2018 and 2019, President Donald Trump himself said that he was "proud" to usher in a shutdown to fund a border wall. By contrast, President Barack Obama was opposed to the 2013 shutdown — which was triggered by the actions of the House and Senate; almost all accounts credited Ted Cruz with engineering a shutdown in 2013, an impasse considered unwelcome by Democrats and Republicans alike.

The second claim in the Facebook posts was perhaps more relevant than the first, suggesting the that action was undertaken in 2013 to "force Obamacare." This is clear disinformation. At the time of the 2013 shutdown, the ACA had already been established law for three years. By contrast, no such law existed to secure border wall funding as of December 2018 or January 2019.

The claims were unfounded on both points. The 2013 shutdown was primarily advanced by Cruz, as recounted by fellow Republicans in the intervening years, and the 2013 shutdown was an effort to defund an existing law, not an attempt by President Barack Obama to pass a law that already existed at the time of that shutdown.


http://www.truthorfiction.com/did-president-barack-obama-shut-down-the-government-to-force-obamacare-in-2013/

4,000 Suspected Terrorists Stopped at the Mexico Border, Says White House. " "Actually, It’s More Like Six, Reports U.S. Customs

"U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered only six immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border whose names were in a federal database of known or suspected terrorists, contradicting earlier White House claims that nearly 4,000 suspected terrorists were stopped at the country’s southern border".


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-000-suspected-terrorists-stopped-235309358.html

Mike Pence Struggles To Defend Trump's Lie That Past Presidents Support His Border Wall

"Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday struggled to back President Donald Trump’s lie that former presidents have affirmed their support for his proposed border wall, claiming that Trump meant that they support “border security.”

On Friday, Trump falsely boasted that his predecessors “have told me that we should have” built the wall".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-pence-struggles-defend-trump-131622930.html

Texas Libertarian Ron Paul: We don't need Trump's border wall to stop illegal immigration

"President Donald Trump doesn't need a wall to stop undocumented immigration, says former presidential candidate and Libertarian Ron Paul.
Instead, he should remove incentives for coming to America, argues Paul, former congressman from the border state of Texas".

http://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/ron-paul-trump-border-wall-not-needed-to-stop-illegal-immigration.html

Special counsel Robert Mueller accused ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort of lying about sharing polling data with alleged Russian spy: Filing

http://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/mueller-accused-manafort-of-lying-about-sharing-polling-data-with-spy.html

Trump administration officials admit mistakes while trying to tie terrorism to southern border

"In the days leading up to President Donald Trump's televised address to the nation on Tuesday night to promote his southern border wall, administration officials have justified the proposal by claiming that thousands of terrorists are pouring across that border.

But data and analysis from his own administration have drastically undercut that message, calling into question whether the situation along the U.S.-Mexico border is truly a "national emergency" as Trump has increasingly claimed".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-officials-admit-mistakes-163227263.html

The Latest: Hoyer says Trump holding government 'hostage'

"The No. 2 House Democrat is blaming President Donald Trump for the partial government shutdown and says Trump is holding the government "hostage." Maryland Democrat Steny Hoyer says Tuesday that "in another context, we would call that an act of kidnapping or terrorism".


http://www.apnews.com/9f3362c235dd47f6ac0ae580ae7265e0

it's like this...

you can either pay the extortionist what he wants or "the Don"
will have his boys burn your deli to the ground, capiche ?

#MAGA........#MobstersAndGangstersAgain

AP FACT CHECK: Trump oversells wall as a solution to drugs

"WASHINGTON (AP) — In his prime-time speech to the nation, President Donald Trump wrongly accused Democrats of refusing to pay for border security and ignored the reality of how illicit drugs come into the country as he pitched his wall as a solution to trafficking.

A look at his Oval Office remarks Tuesday night".

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/AP-FACT-CHECK-Trump-oversells-wall-as-a-solution-13519097.php

I am so glad my son switched out of TSA last year, I cant imagine him trying to get through these times and pay his bills with the way the government workers incomes are being held hostage over this dang wall.

Trump says federal workers support his border wall shutdown. Pelosi says he's 'almost' delusional.

"President Trump has claimed repeatedly that many federal workers directly impacted by partial U.S. government shutdown have been telling him to keep up the fight for his border wall. Nearly two dozen furloughed government employees appeared alongside Democratic leaders at a news conference on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., where they were asked by a reporter to raise their hand if they supported the president’s position and want to see a wall built.

None of them did".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-federal-workers-support-border-wall-shutdown-pelosi-says-hes-almost-delusional-180502881.html

Almost delusional? I think she was just being kind by saying, "Almost".

A growing number of Americans blame Trump for shutdown: Reuters-Ipsos poll

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - A growing proportion of Americans blame President Donald Trump for a partial government shutdown that will cut off paychecks to federal workers this week, though Republicans mostly support his refusal to approve a budget without taxpayer dollars for the U.S.-Mexico border wall, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-poll/a-growing-number-of-americans-blame-trump-for-shutdown-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1P223U


Trump says he has right to declare border emergency, Democrats to test Republican resolve

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has a right to declare a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border if no deal with Congress can be reached on funding the project, but Democrats plan to test Republicans’ resolve on the issue".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown/trump-says-he-has-right-to-declare-border-emergency-democrats-to-test-republican-resolve-idUSKCN1P30EK


Democrats: Trump using misinformation, malice in wall debate

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional Democrats said President Donald Trump "has chosen fear" in his drive to build a southern border wall and called on him to reopen the government shuttered because of the standoff over his demand for money for the barrier".

http://www.apnews.com/cf1b1029001742db99231d70d05adf5a

Only to a dinbat donald supporter would
Russian collusion be worth 2 thumbs up .
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Well there you go Charles ! Now i have to support the right .
Because honest dingbat don said that china is more trustworthy then chuck and nancy.
And he said he didnt say that mexico was going to pay for his big beautiful concrete wall .
You know the guy who said hes "the most honest president since honest abe" . Lol

You do realize that it's the Deep State and the Federal Reserve who have been playing both ends against the middle in order to create a profit for themselves..and so you know presidents from different countries meeting doesn't constitute collusion and NOTHING has been proven to support your accusations of collusion..Two years and a BIG NOTHINGBURGER w/cheese...lol..But by all means keep huffing the mockingbirds butt for your information …


What do some of you not get..Trump is the only reason we are not under UN rule and if that happens you can say GOOD-BYE to your CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.. you can say good-bye to your country...You really DON'T have a CLUE...

.DO THE RESEARCH

FOLLOW THE RABBIT..Alice

WWG1 WGA..

Talk about not having a CLUE ! LOL
Did you not hear about manafort giving sensitive polling information to the russians during the election ?
The collusion road is narrowing and its heading straight for dingbat donald and his cronnies
WWMD-NEXT

Ask most Democrats who the problem is and it's Trump. I agree but he's only a small part. It cracks me up as to what goes for being a liberal these days. I know this is a bizzaro world now when I turn on the TV and see Democrats angry because Trump is thinking of pulling out of two of the seven countries we're warring against. Are you kidding me? Tell you what, stop playing the Bush/Cheaney playbook as they're vision of as their world turns. I consider myself a Roosevelt New Deal Democrat and can't stand the coddling of Big Corp/Wall St paid off whores. I will NOT watch any state run news anymore. The talking hacks on TV these days is a far cry from Morrow/Cronkite/Rather. Do yourselves a favor and find some independent news online that does not cater to their corporate masters.

Democracynow.org
Truthdig.com

On Youtube it's The Jimmy Dore Show TJDS

..Yea well that's MANAFORT I mean c'mon an ongoing 35 million dollar investigation and I'm still waiting to see the "TRUMP" Russian collusion evidence I mean that's what this COUP is all about..that and deflection..I mean after all if we're not talking EVERYTHING negative Trump and collusion conspiracy theories than we would be talking about CROOKED Hillary and all the nefarious deeds she's been up to..that can be PROVEN..where's the investigation..IN SECRET no leaking to the press..


Like I've said look into the UN migration Pact look into the New World Order look into Soros and you tell me who is standing against that and not to mention the pedophilia the coup the emails yet to be shown from Huma's pedophile husband A.Weiner..and there's the FED and the UN's attempt to control our country ..a multi pronged silent coup aimed at Trump..so all their crooked under handed traitorous deeds don't get exposed..and this is why it's always negative Trump..


They want him out not because he's a bad president it's because they want the control back that has kept us ENSLAVED for decades while they stole our wealth sold our secrets and put every citizen at risk while sending our family members off to false narrative wars full of lies..We are ALL living in a MATRIX created by the elite to benefit the elite..and that elite is GLOBAL and now the GLOBALISTS want it all even if that means the destruction of the sovereignty of EVERY nation to obtain it's goal..of a New World Order..and the UN migration Pact is an invasion of sorts to destroy the identities the culture and the sovereignty of all the nations that accept it..WHY would any leader vote to allow this is beyond me..
Not to mention as if the citizens aren't struggling enough now you want to add the burden of supporting hundreds of thousands of people..where will they find the funding..maybe by increasing the gas tax or any other tax for that matter..


But just remember the main stream media is under CIA control along with so many other news outlets..We KNOW that the media has been lying to us for years..why would we want to start believing them again or now ..As far as a CLUE I have more than a clue as to how important our president is as opposed to inadvertently helping those overthrow our government.. our country..now there's a clue for ya..

.DO THE RESEARCH


..WWG1 WGA


(insert sarcastic tone here)
And just one more thing..SOooo as we suffer through the cultural shocks and the religious differences this peaceful NWO comingling brings about as we diversify? what of those who get beaten up or killed or raped as we make these fine tuning adjustments on our way to the big fireplace sit down where we all hold hands singing kumbaya..let me guess the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one..And over time as the course of your country's history or governance has changed immensely in a third world direction under control of those NEVER elected..what will you say then..it was Trump's fault?

three questions

1. What seven countries are we 'warring' against?

2. What is state run news?

3. Why is unchecked 'independent' news which caters to NO ONE and has no real consequence to untruthfulness any better than news which caters to its sponsors? Unless you are referring to news that is sponsored through public donations and has its public audience to answer to for paying bills and less of a clear spin to advance (assuming the public is diverse).

Fox News Anchor, Legal Analyst See Evidence of ‘Collusion’ Between Trump Campaign and Russia.

"Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano says the evidence appears to increasingly show that the Donald Trump presidential campaign did collude with Russia during the height of the 2016 race and that Special Counsel Robert Mueller can prove it".

http://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-legal-analyst-says-trump-campaign-appears-to-have-colluded-with-russia-video/

He finally admits another lie.

Trump Admits That He Lied About Mexico Paying for Border Wall


"Despite running on a campaign of how he was a master business deal-maker and touting that he was going to get a beautiful wall built to keep all the white people in America, now the president of people who wear shorts in winter is claiming that he didn’t mean what he said.

“When during the campaign, I would say ‘Mexico is going to pay for it,’ obviously, I never said this, and I never meant they’re gonna write out a check, I said they’re going to pay for it. They are,” he said as he prepared to visit the war-torn southern border of Texas, CNN reports.

Well, Mr. President, you ran your entire presidential campaign on the promise that Mexico was going to pay for the wall".

http://www.theroot.com/trump-admits-that-he-lied-about-mexico-paying-for-borde-1831644379

Could Trump’s Endgame Be a Plea Deal and a Resignation? Rudy Giuliani Reportedly Thinks So

"President” Adderall has gone completely off the rails and is standing strong in his conviction not to budge on the government shutdown unless Congress gives him his way. It has been 19 days since he started his standoff over the $5.7 billion he is demanding to build his mythical wall across the U.S./Mexico border, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the hostage situation he has put the country in".


http://www.theroot.com/could-trumps-endgame-be-a-plea-deal-and-a-resignation-1831626804

Nancy Pelosi Says Shutdown Meeting Was Set Up For Trump To Walk Out


" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she believes President Donald Trump staged the high drama at Wednesday’s meeting between party leaders over the partial government shutdown".


http://www.yahoo.com/news/nancy-pelosi-says-shutdown-meeting-164135956.html

A Justice Department Veteran Explains Why Trump Can’t Suppress the Mueller Report

"WASHINGTON — As Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation continues into 2019, anticipation builds around several questions, most notably: What will Mueller’s final report say? And will it ever see the light of day outside the halls of the Justice Department?.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mueller-report-public-777215/

More back peddling.

Donald Trump Insists He Never Promised Mexico Would Pay For Border Wall During Pop-Up Presser

"Talking to reporters on the White House lawn as he headed out for Thursday’s photo at the Mexico border, Trump insisted Democrats do not care about gang members coming into this country and “cutting people up,” because that political party has been taken over by “young people” who are “crazy".

http://deadline.com/2019/01/donald-trump-never-promised-mexico-pay-wall-china-more-honorable-than-nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer-jeff-bezos-paul-manafort-1202532729/

Trump Is Actually Taking Steps To Secure Wall Funding Through A National Emergency

"With no end in sight to the government shutdown, President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly laying the groundwork to declare a national emergency to access funds for his much-debated wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Sources familiar with the preparations told The Washington Post and CNN that Trump is eyeing billions of unspent dollars from the Defense Department’s disaster recovery and military construction coffers to build the wall ― a project for which Democrats have refused to approve funding and that Trump is unwilling to bend on".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-actually-taking-steps-secure-000517608.html

According to past Supreme Court decisions, to declare a national emergency, the "threat" must be unprecedented and such that it could hot have been anticipated. Being the number of border crossings is about 1/3 of what it was a decade ago, it would be very hard to justify this emergency legally. Now, as the Constitution requires Congress to appropriate money, and if you can use a campaign slogan as an excuse to bypass the power of Congress, we no longer have a president, we have a king. Or, in this case, A little dictator.

GOP had TWO WHOLE YEARS to build the wall when they had the presidency and full control in Congress. They did ABSOLUTELY nothing and now hundreds of government workers are struggling to put food on the table.

Party over country.


The Great Wall of Trump is supported by only 35% of Americans.
I guess that makes it a National Emergency to Trump. It sure wasn’t one
for the past two years when the GOP controlled Congress.


This is all a contrived situation to ignore where money should come from to fund the wall. If Mexico is not going to pay for it, why should the middle-class taxpayer? The wall could have been funded when the GOP controlled both houses of Congress. Instead, they voted for tax cuts that only benefited the wealthy and they attempted to strip middle-class Americans from having healthcare. If they truly believe the wall is necessary, why not rescind the tax cuts given to the wealthy to pay for it? To not work on the funding implies theft committed on the U.S. middle-class taxpayer. This wall was not sold to the American public in that they should bear the cost. If the GOP wants to spend money, they have to put the taxes back. The middle-class taxpayer should be angry about this whether you are Democrat or Republican.

Watch Live: Trump Visits Southern U.S. Border As Government Shutdown Continues | NBC News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_dkqzzIeq8

So $5billion dollar wall intended to stop 130 people daily? That's a stupid cost/benefit ratio! What about cars, trucks, ships, airports...etc!
And what was the point of flying out the corps and having that press conference in a sandlot.?!

Gimme some of that stuff he's smoking.


This is rank abuse of power ... holding 800,000+ innocent federal employees (and the vital services they perform for our nation) hostage, over a stupid promise about a stupid wall that the majority of voters do not want. Those poor souls are facing awful hardships, unable to pay their mortgages, car loans, medical bills. Real people are going to wind up out in the street, or dead, because of Trump's stupid wall tantrum. If there is a terrorist attack that gets through because the TSA was not getting paid, those deaths will be on Trump's head.

McConnell is equally guilty. He blocked the bipartisan measures that would have reopened the government and killed negotiations efforts that were underway because Trump ordered it. Congress is supposed to be a separate branch of the government that checks and balances the power of the POTUS ... colluding with the president to paralyze the government violates the intent of the founding fathers.

And a thought,

Declaring a national emergency will give Trump the ability to do things he has tried to do illegally but failed. Laws can be ignored covering a hell of a lot of things outside the wall. Trump would be gaining powers that most presidents have not had, even the power to be a dictator and ignore the other branches of government. Do not assume that Trump has good motives for declaring a national emergency. Trump could be laying down a way to avoid prosecution for crimes against the nation.

President Trump mocks CNN's Jim Acosta over Twitter video at border wall

""We're not seeing any kind of imminent danger. There are no migrants trying to rush toward this fence here in the McAllen, Texas, area," Acosta said. "No sign of the national emergency that the president has been talking about. As a matter of fact, it's pretty tranquil down here".

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/10/donald-trump-mocks-cnn-jim-acosta-over-border-wall-video/2542946002/

More proof. No wall needed.

Republicans starting to agree with Democrats that more than a wall is needed to secure the border

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5988066464001/?#sp=show-clips

For a bunch of smart lawyers, it sure does take them a long time to catch on.

In Texas border town, skepticism ahead of Trump visit to push wall

"MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - The serene National Butterfly Center in Hidalgo County, Texas, occupies a 100-acre preserve steps away from the U.S.-Mexico line, where President Donald Trump is expected to visit on Thursday to push for a southern border wall.

But for Marianna Trevino-Wright, the center's director, it is the barrier itself - not an influx of criminals - that poses the greatest risk to the sanctuary, given that current plans call for the wall to bisect its property.

"But for Marianna Trevino-Wright, the center’s director, it is the barrier itself - not an influx of criminals - that poses the greatest risk to the sanctuary, given that current plans call for the wall to bisect its property.

“Why on earth would me and my husband live here, and work here, and rear six children here, if it wasn’t safe?” she said.

In McAllen, the county’s largest city, several officials and residents interviewed by Reuters expressed skepticism over Trump’s claim that a wall is required to end what he described as a “crisis” in an Oval Office address on Tuesday.

Seby Haddad, a commercial lender at a regional bank, said he watched this binational community grow for decades because of immigration, not in spite of it.

He rejected the notion that a border wall would help stem the flow of illicit drugs, noting that most narcotics are smuggled in vehicles at official checkpoints, according to government data.

“It doesn’t fix any problem,” said Haddad, 38. “It’s an archaic solution".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-mcallen/in-texas-border-town-skepticism-ahead-of-trump-visit-to-push-wall-idUSKCN1P416F




And this is from people who live there. The people who live there should know how safe they are. If they aren't worried about the people who cross there, why is Trump?

Trump has tried to ruin the legacy of Obama any way he can. Through hook or crook. Just so he can try to build his up on the back of Obama. Put down Obama, build up himself. And it's backfiring on him.

I might get fooled. But I personally believe that Trump will not get his way on this one. The Democrats are not going to give over to his insane and costly whims. He will either settle for what they are willing to let him have Or, he will just plain out not get it at all.

Which, I hate it that these people are going without a check. But at the same time, I don't want the Democrats to give over at all. Find another way, Trumpy. This wall will cost more than 5 billion in the long run. He has gotten us as a nation in deep enough with his tax breaks for the rich. At least Obama was trying to pull the country out of the ruin that Bush put us in when he added to deficits.

Trump is trying to put us back into ruin with the way he is going about it. Tax breaks for the rich and a wall that can run as high as 70 billion or more to build.

Trump isn't trying to help the country. He's trying to help himself.

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74 percent of Americans say government shutdown is 'embarrassing for the country'

"With the current shutdown of the federal government about to become the longest in U.S. history, most Americans aren’t celebrating.

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. citizens surveyed said the prolonged impasse over whether to fund President Trump’s wall on the border with Mexico is “embarrassing for the country,” according to an NPR/Ispos Poll released Friday.

More Democrats (78 percent) expressed their embarrassment than Republicans (56 percent), and a large majority (71 percent) said they thought Congress should pass a bill to reopen the government while budget talks continue".



http://www.yahoo.com/news/74-percent-americans-say-government-shutdown-embarrassing-country-192813195.html

If this is correct, That means Trump has lost some of his base?

Trump stops short of emergency declaration in border wall fight

"WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not declare a national emergency "right now" to end a standoff over border security that has idled large swaths of the U.S. government, all but guaranteeing that he will preside over the longest shutdown in U.S. history".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown/trump-stops-short-of-emergency-declaration-in-border-wall-fight-idUSKCN1P50DF