Look, over there, a South Carolina student dragged from her classroom. Quick, over here, Donald Trump polling showing he’s dropped to second place… fine print? ..move along, move along, nothing to see here folks, move along.
What could possibly be going on that would demand such necessary distractions?
LOOMING ♦ Why, it couldn’t be that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been found to have influenced congressional leadership to manipulate/maneuver Speaker of the House Paul Ryan into place. No, pay no attention to that pesky PBS documentary outlining the secret backroom deals and sneaky negotiations.
LOOMING ♦ Why, it couldn’t be that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is manipulating John Boehner to ram through a 2 year “continuing resolution” and debt ceiling increase in place of an actual budget. Pay, no attention to that Budget Betrayal – keep that door closed folks.
WASHINGTON DC – At close to midnight Monday, Republican leadership in Congress – outgoing House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – dropped a bomb on members of their respective chambers: a budget bill secretly negotiated with the Obama White House.
Without consulting GOP representatives elected on a promise of stopping the Obama agenda, the deal provides yet another huge increase in the debt ceiling – i.e., the bill to be presented to our children and grandchildren for our refusal to live within our unprecedented means today – and further busting the caps from the 2011 budget deal.
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