So we're off to Detroit for Confusion. Last week I was thinking we might escape having this convention on the coldest weekend of the year. But now we're going right into the teeth of the biggest storm yet and the temps are predicted to be in the teens. Fantastic. Pray for us. I'm also moderating two panels for which I have done zero prep work (which I don't like going in unprepared) because of the alligators. This should be fun.
"New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN on Wednesday that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner has already shoved aside acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and is essentially running the White House." Palace intrigue. I'll make more popcorn. (Grokked from Laura J Mixon)
"More than half of the workforce of the Internal Revenue Service, or about 46,000 employees, will be recalled to work for the tax filing season despite the partial government shutdown, according to a Treasury Department announcement… The recalled employees will not be paid during the shutdown, now in its fourth week, although all federal workers have been promised back pay when funding is approved." But but, how are they supposed to paint and do light construction work for their landlords or hold those garage sales if they have to be at the office? "'I'm worried whether these employees will have the money to put gas in their car to get to work,' (NTEU National President Tony Reardon) added." So basically the Trump administrations argument is "this work has to get done now or people will hate us", that's not "essential work." (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
"A bipartisan attempt to condemn the Trump administration for relaxing Russia sanctions stalled in the Senate Wednesday after Republicans banded together to block the effort." Well, many of them are also compromised (Sen. Lyndsay Graham for instance). (Grokked from Katheryn Cramer)
"Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he never denied President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 campaign, only that the President himself was not involved in collusion." Uh, yeah. So, the cat is up on the roof, we haven't been able to get it down, and it hasn't eaten for days. (Grokked from George Takei)
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