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Trump Will Have Have His ‘National Emergency’ After All

February 14, 2019February 15, 2019

Nancy Pelosi has already said she may file a legal challenge.

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Hope Springs Eternal As Shutdown Risk Fades, Xi To Meet Lighthizer, Mnuchin

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019

“Please Mr. President”…

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Trump ‘Not Happy’ With Bipartisan Shutdown Deal, May ‘Let China Slide’ On Trade Deadline

February 12, 2019February 13, 2019

“…it’s all gonna happen where we’re gonna build a beautiful, big strong wall.”

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Lawmakers Reach Deal To Avert Shutdown, Includes $1.375 Billion For Border Barriers

February 11, 2019February 12, 2019

“We think so, we hope so.”

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‘Less Than 50-50’: Local Septuagenarian Says Odds Are Against Him Staying Sane For Much Longer

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019

“Personally, I think”…

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Goldman Slashes Q1 US GDP Forecast (Again) Thanks To Shutdown

January 27, 2019January 27, 2019

Well, the US is all set to get back to business this week…

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What Defeat Sounds Like: A Hapless Trump Flails After Crushing Week

January 26, 2019January 27, 2019

Body blows.

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Trump Caves, Agrees To Reopen Government With No Wall Money, Delivers Insane Rose Garden Presser

January 25, 2019January 26, 2019

Brace yourself, the video clips are characteristically unhinged…

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‘Now, Therefore, I, Donald J. Trump’: Draft Of National Emergency Order Leaks, Cites ‘Massive Amount Of Aliens’

January 24, 2019January 25, 2019

“The massive amount of aliens”…

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Decrepit Remains Of Wilbur Ross: Get Out Of That Homeless Shelter And Go Get A Loan, Loser

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019

MAGA. Just, MAGA.

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Elizabeth Warren Sends Letter To Jerome Powell, Asks If Fed Is Flying Blind In Shutdown

January 24, 2019October 24, 2021

“… the shutdown is ‘no longer just a political sideshow, it’s a real recession risk.'”

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Strap In America: White House Now Making Contingency Plans For Shutdown Lasting Into March, April

January 23, 2019January 24, 2019

Define: insane.

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‘Kevin, I’m Not Gonna Buy 2 Sandwiches’: Hassett Admits Shutdown Could Drive Growth To Zero During Ritual Poppy Harlow Evisceration

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019

Don’t go on CNN, Kevin. It never ends well for you.

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‘Use It And Pray’: Trump Begs Rep. Christ (D – Nazareth) To Build His Wall

January 23, 2019October 24, 2021

“No doubt!”

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A Glowing-Orange Trump Delivers Nothing’berder’ Shutdown Plan

January 19, 2019January 20, 2019

Man is told proposal is “non-starter”, tries to float it anyway.

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Friday Night Lights: Trump Maybe Won’t Declare National Emergency On Border, Maybe Will On Chinese Telecoms

January 18, 2019January 19, 2019

Never a dull moment.

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Wars Of Attrition.

January 18, 2019October 24, 2021

“…over time the cumulative cost can become very high.”

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Shutdown Shenanigans: Kevin Hassett Staffer Becomes Uber Driver, IRS Confronts Tax Overhaul With Skeleton Crew

January 16, 2019January 18, 2019

“…[we] found that yeah, the damage is a little bit worse.”

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Trump’s Shutdown Is Now Longest In US History – Are We ‘Great Again’ Yet?

January 12, 2019January 18, 2019

Make shutdowns long again.

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Shutdown Will Cost US Economy More Than Trump’s Wall Within 2 Weeks

January 11, 2019January 18, 2019

And for what?

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Emergency Powers, Coyotes, And Women Tied Up In Vans: Highlights From Trump’s Shutdown Press Conference

January 4, 2019January 18, 2019

Just when you think it can’t possibly get any crazier…

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It All Falls Down: Stocks Crash Again As Trump Shutdown Begets Friday Rout

December 21, 2018October 23, 2021

It’s over for Trump.

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Thankfully, Mitch McConnell And Donald Trump Are Two Guys You Can Definitely Trust…

January 22, 2018

“Let’s hope the realpolitik guys are right here, and that this isn’t the fuckup it looks like at the moment.”

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Is This Time Different? The Shutdown, The Honey Badger Market, And Everyday Americans

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018

But you know, it’s like Lincoln said, this is government “of the people, by the people, and fuck the people.”

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Schumer Calls Trump Lump Of ‘Jell-O’, White House Says Trump Is ‘Real-Life Superman’

January 21, 2018January 21, 2018

Superman or gelatinous dessert? You decide.

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Mick Mulvaney Never Knew How ‘Cool’ His Job Was Until He Found Out He’s In Charge Of Government Shutdowns

January 20, 2018January 21, 2018

“Yeah, I mean…here’s how I explained it to people. I explained it this — obviously, I’m — the reason that, obviously, I’m heavily involved in this, Sean”…

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Reinforcing The ‘Noisy Status Quo’

January 20, 2018January 20, 2018

To the extent the most recent drama is just the latest in a series of “predictable” political shocks, it reinforces what one might call the “noisy status quo” which is part and parcel of the market’s inability to form a consensus.

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