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Feb 2019

Trump on border deal: “I can’t say I’m thrilled”; Update: Freedom Caucus leader predicts Trump approval

Ed Morrissey Feb 12, 2019 2:01 PM

“We certainly don’t want to see a shutdown.”

Hannity to GOP: You’d better not take this “garbage compromise” on border wall

Ed Morrissey Feb 12, 2019 8:41 AM

“Any Republican that supports this garbage compromise, you will have to explain.”

Are you ready for Shutdown II: Detention Bed Boogaloo?

Ed Morrissey Feb 11, 2019 2:01 PM

“Why would you want to limit the number of detention beds…?”

Shutdown? What shutdown? US adds 304,000 jobs in January

Ed Morrissey Feb 01, 2019 9:21 AM

“Shatters expectations.”

Jan 2019

More Trump: On second thought, never mind a DACA-for-wall swap

Ed Morrissey Jan 31, 2019 10:01 AM

“I want to find out what the Supreme Court is going to do first.”

Morning Consult poll: Majorities oppose new shutdown — and emergency declaration for wall

Ed Morrissey Jan 30, 2019 10:01 AM

“… they are Wasting their Time!”

National emergencies generally aren’t conditional, right?

Jazz Shaw Jan 26, 2019 7:01 PM

Either it is or it isn’t

A cure for future government shutdowns

Jazz Shaw Jan 26, 2019 8:31 AM

It would be easy if politicians weren’t addicted to the drama

Developing: FAA halts some inbound traffic to LaGuardia, Newark over staffing, safety issues

Ed Morrissey Jan 25, 2019 10:35 AM

Crisis.

Commerce chief on shutdown workers: Let them eat interest!

Ed Morrissey Jan 24, 2019 2:01 PM

“Is this the ‘let them eat cake’ kind of attitude?”

Denver Post: Three cheers for Gardner after declaring vote for Schumer bill;Update: Manchin to also vote for both bills

Ed Morrissey Jan 24, 2019 10:01 AM

Cracks in the wall?

#3 House Dem: How about $5.7B for everything except a wall?

Ed Morrissey Jan 23, 2019 4:01 PM

“… only doing it with what I like to call using a smart wall.”

Hoyer retreating? Border barriers are now “part of the solution”

Ed Morrissey Jan 23, 2019 12:01 PM

Pelosi to Dems: Stop freelancing.

Emerson poll: Americans want better border enforcement by more than 2:1

Ed Morrissey Jan 23, 2019 8:41 AM

And 66% oppose “amnesty.”

NYT: Senate will hold votes on two funding bills Thursday — but no deal

Ed Morrissey Jan 22, 2019 5:31 PM

“No cave!”

Hot Air reader survey: Let the shutdown continue — but don’t declare emergency for border wall

Ed Morrissey Jan 22, 2019 3:31 PM

Plus: Who’s most at fault for the shutdown?

Hot Air reader survey: Trump’s new immigration offer amnesty — or The Art of the Deal?

Ed Morrissey Jan 21, 2019 12:01 PM

“Trade a wall for AMNESTY, and there’s no purpose to having a wall.”

President Trump plans ‘major announcement’ tomorrow afternoon (Update)

John Sexton Jan 18, 2019 7:21 PM

“I suggest everybody tune in.”

Capitol Hill wonders: What kind of disaster will end this shutdown?

Ed Morrissey Jan 18, 2019 12:41 PM

Compromises and other disasters.

Trump to Mnuchin: Your junket to Davos is canceled too, pal

Ed Morrissey Jan 18, 2019 10:41 AM

“THE STATE OF THE UNION IS NOT FOR LIBERAL OBSTRUCTIONISTS!”

Pelosi: Why no, I’m not denying Trump a platform by canceling SOTU

Ed Morrissey Jan 17, 2019 2:01 PM

NYT: Trump expanding “critical” job designations.

Breaking: Pelosi asks Trump to postpone SOTU until gov’t reopens; Update: Dems planned move for “months”?

Ed Morrissey Jan 16, 2019 9:59 AM

Briar patch?

Q-poll: Yes, there’s a crisis at the border — but this is Trump’s shutdown

Ed Morrissey Jan 15, 2019 8:41 AM

2:1 support for Dem plan to re-open gov’t.

When Big Brother forces you to work without pay

Jazz Shaw Jan 15, 2019 8:01 AM

Not that different from slavery, really

Trump: Seriously, I don’t want to use an emergency declaration

Ed Morrissey Jan 14, 2019 4:01 PM

“Maybe [Democrats] were celebrating the shutdown.”

Graham: Trump’s willing to “do a wall-plus,” so let’s reopen gov’t to negotiate it

Ed Morrissey Jan 14, 2019 12:01 PM

“He’s not going to give in.”

Trent Lott on government shutdown: “It’s all bulls**t”

Karen Townsend Jan 12, 2019 10:01 AM

“It’s as bad as I’ve ever seen it.”

Outlawing shutdowns? Senators float proposal for automatic CRs

Ed Morrissey Jan 11, 2019 2:41 PM

The can-kicking Olympics.

Of course: Congress set to leave Shutdown Town after negotiations “fizzled”

Ed Morrissey Jan 11, 2019 12:41 PM

“The problem is, there’s no pressure yet.”

Joshua Tree National Park closed after reports of illegal activity

John Sexton Jan 08, 2019 8:01 PM

“…there have been incidents of new roads being created by motorists and the destruction of Joshua trees in recent days”

Pence: The border is a “bona-fide emergency”

Ed Morrissey Jan 08, 2019 8:41 AM

Full Ginsberg ahead of speech.

Schumer: Trump told me he’d look “foolish” for taking our offer on shutdown

Ed Morrissey Jan 03, 2019 3:01 PM

“If you don’t compromise, then why isn’t the shutdown partially your responsibility as well?”

Democrats interrupt Secretary Nielsen, Trump rejects $2.5 border wall compromise

John Sexton Jan 02, 2019 6:01 PM

“Democrats wanted to push their proposed spending bill without funding for the president’s proposed border wall.”

Dec 2018

Sunday morning talking heads: Border-wall shutdown, 2020, Syria, and climate change

Ed Morrissey Dec 30, 2018 8:01 AM

Don’t look back.

Trump: We may close the border if Congress doesn’t fund the wall

Ed Morrissey Dec 28, 2018 10:01 AM

Wait’ll next year!

Government shutdowns are the new abnormal

Jazz Shaw Dec 23, 2018 9:31 AM

Bring out yer dead

Shutdown watch: “We need a great barrier … and we need the Democrats”

Ed Morrissey Dec 22, 2018 11:31 AM

Where’s the sweet slat, er, spot?

When you find a government shutdown under your Christmas tree

Jazz Shaw Dec 22, 2018 8:31 AM

The man with the plan? If so, he’s not telling us.

Shutdown watch: Presidential Confabs and the Empty Backroom

Ed Morrissey Dec 21, 2018 10:41 AM

“That is not happening now. At all.”

Trump, Daines to McConnell: Time to go nuclear on the border wall; Hatch: No, it’s not

Ed Morrissey Dec 21, 2018 8:41 AM

“There will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time.”

Shutdown watch: The Speaker is Missing — and the President is Tweeting! Update: High Noon?

Ed Morrissey Dec 20, 2018 11:21 AM

“That’s what the f*** serving in Congress has come to.”

Shutdown watch, three days out: Return of the Minibus and the Second Kick of the Mule

Ed Morrissey Dec 19, 2018 12:01 PM

McConnell to push funding bill and punt.

Shutdown watch, 4 days out: The Case of the Missing Minibus

Ed Morrissey Dec 18, 2018 10:01 AM

Border Patrol union supports the shutdown.

Shutdown watch: Five days out, and no one’s showing up?

Ed Morrissey Dec 17, 2018 4:01 PM

Homelessness.