Somebody should do a sketch where a news crew interviews some police detectives (local, of course…) on how they are negotiating with the Trumpers in the current federal employee hostage situation.
“Well, we offer them maybe some cigarettes and coffee; then we might get them to release handicapped employees at first…”
I don’t see why, but the Dems have done a bad job of explaining ONE of the things they are seeking in medicare: the preservation of coverage for LEGAL migrants and refugees fleeing a situation that has been deemed by a court to be dangerous. I had to get the 411 from the BBC, a foreign publication. Perhaps that’s corporate media putting its thumb on the scale? In the American press I just get Dems saying the claim of illegal immigrants getting healthcare is a lie, but no explanation of how so…
I’m not the first to think it (they speculated it on Dore…) -but is it possible that the shutdown is an effort by BOTH PARTIES to buy more time and get congress members to defect from Massey’s Discharge Petition??
I said it before on this forum, and I will say it again: knowing how many Dems AIPAC has bought, I do not have a good feeling about this.
If enough Dems defect to sabotage the Discharge Petition, there will be massive blowback against the Dem Party (Ro Khanna and others noble intentions notwithstanding…)