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Today’s Action: End the shutdown with #NoWall — vote TODAY in the Senate!
Today’s Top Stories:
Ocasio-Cortez humiliates Huckabee Sanders for using God to defend Trump’s agenda
The rising Democratic star turned the tables on the dishonest White House Press Secretary in the best way.
Trump admits defeat in battle with Nancy Pelosi over State of the Union address
Speaker Pelosi’s hardball tactics have paid off in a big way as the President was forced to accept a humiliating loss.
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Trump’s threats against Michael Cohen’s family pay off big time for him
Trump spent all week going after his lawyer’s family. Now, he got what he wanted.
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Trump’s own Secret Service creates an ingenious way to troll their boss over the shutdown
Even the president’s bodyguards are losing patience and they found a hilarious way to express their frustration.
Trump comes up with a bizarre rhyme to push his border wall like an evil Dr. Seuss
As the longest government shutdown in American history stretches on, the Republican president is making up weird poems.
Ted Lieu proves how Trump committed a felony in his efforts to halt Cohen testimony
One of the president’s most prominent critics hit the president with a deadly serious accusation this afternoon.
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Today’s Action: End the shutdown with #NoWall — vote TODAY in the Senate!
Your pressure is WORKING. For weeks, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to bring a budget vote to the floor, saying he would not allow any bills to be considered that Trump won’t like. But you’ve been calling your Republican Senators, and they’ve felt the heat…and TODAY, Mitch is allowing two votes.
The first is Trump’s plan to fund a border wall, and his garbage “deal” to temporarily protect the DACA recipients who are only under threat because of Trump in the first place. The second is a #NoWall continuing resolution passed by the Democratic-led House, and nearly identical to a bill the Senate already passed in early December.
As many as 18 Republican Senators are rumored to be considering breaking party lines — and Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) has already announced he definitely will join Democrats in voting to open the government.
If the government does not reopen by this Friday, the 800,000 federal employees working without pay will miss their second paycheck. Tens of thousands of additional federal contractors are out of work, losing $200 million a day. TSA staffing is down, causing strain at all airports. And even the science community has seen heartbreaking losses in disrupted research due to pulled funding and shuttered doors.
Trump’s plan requires seven Democrats to cross party lines to pass – which means every Democratic Senator needs to hear from us to stand firm against Trump. But the second bill needs thirteen Republicans to pass legislation that their chamber already approved by unanimous consent weeks ago…and they’ll need a strong reminder to do the right thing.
And you can quote us on that…the staffer answering the phone should understand perfectly.
PS — Please don’t forget to sign the petition to tell the Justice Department to reject Trump’s “hereby demand” for a baseless investigation into Obama administration, and check out the brilliant “Don’t Think of an Elephant” by George Lakoff — a quick read that contains the ultimate keys for Democrats to win elections — and arguments.