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CNN’s Acosta: ‘Childish’ Trump Canceled Pelosi’s International Trip During Shutdown
Thursday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” network chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta called President Donald Trump “childish” for canceling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) upcoming international travel in response to her proposal to postpone the State of the Union address until the government is reopened.
Acosta said, “Well, our nation’s capital has become a playground, Brooke. The president has responded in sort of a childish way, is the only way to describe it, to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to her letter essentially saying that the State of the Union will be postponed or she asked that it be submitted in writing if the government is still shut down.”
He continued, “This is the letter from the president. The Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, I guess in lieu of having actual briefings here, just tweeted this out, ‘Madam Speaker, due to the shutdown, I’m sorry to inform you that your trip to Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan has been postponed. We will reschedule the seven-day excursion when the shutdown is over in light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay. I’m sure you would agree postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate.'”
He added, “It goes on to talk about how the president is going to continue to defend the nation’s borders, and he’s calling upon the speaker to join his strong border security movement, as he’s calling it, to end the shutdown. What this letter does not include, Brooke is any kind of response from the president to what he’s actually going to do about the State of the Union coming up on January 29.”
https: //www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/01/17/cnns-acosta-childish-trump-canceled-pelosis-international-trip-during-shutdown/
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PHOTOS: Democrats Stuck on Bus After Donald Trump Cancels Foreign Trip
Confused Democrat lawmakers were left sitting idle on a military bus near the Capitol after President Donald Trump postponed their seven-day foreign trip as the partial government shutdown continues.
Photos shared to social media purport to show Democrats on a U.S. Air Force bus traveling to the airport when they received word that their access to a military plane had been blocked:
video and photos
https ://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/17/photos-democrats-stuck-bus-donald-trump-cancels-foreign-trip/
Bus leaving Capitol grounds. A few people still on board. Unknown who
Family and friends dropped off around the block to avoid camers that family and friends would get a free trip on taxpayers dime
One video shows House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) exiting the bus in front of the Capitol building:
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Members including House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff getting off the bus in front of the Capitol.
Donald Trump: ‘Open Borders Fringe’ Nancy Pelosi Will Not Let Democrats Negotiate
President Donald Trump blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday for refusing to negotiate a solution to the partial government shutdown.
“While many Democrats in the House and Senate would like to make a deal, Speaker Pelosi will not let them negotiate,” Trump said. “The party has been hijacked by the open borders fringe within the party, the radical left becoming the radical Democrats.”
The president made his comments during a speech at the Pentagon announcing his strategy for missile defense. But he also commented on the ongoing partial government shutdown fight as it continues into its 27th day.
Stop human hijacking. Stop drugs. Stop gangs. Stop criminals,” Trump said. “That’s what we’re going to do.”
https ://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/17/donald-trump-open-borders-fringe-nancy-pelosi-democrats-negotiate/
New York Times Op-Ed Urges Open Borders: ‘Let Them In’
The New York Times‘ editors have posted an op-ed urging open borders.
“My family came to the United States from our native South Africa in the late 1980s,” wrote Farhad Manjoo, a regular columnist at the newspaper:
But why had I deserved that chance, while so many others back home — because their parents lacked certain skills, money or luck — were denied it?
When you see the immigration system up close, you’re confronted with its bottomless unfairness. The system assumes that people born outside our borders are less deserving of basic rights than those inside. My native-born American friends did not seem to me to warrant any more dignity than my South African ones; according to this nation’s founding documents, we were all created equal. Yet by mere accident of geography, some were given freedom, and others were denied it.
https: //www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/01/17/new-york-times-op-ed-urges-open-borders-let-them-in/
John Kasich Fundraises off Joining CNN, Stoking 2020 Speculation
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s (R) super PAC — Kasich for America — fired off a fundraising email Wednesday, touting the Trump critic’s hiring as a CNN contributor, stoking additional speculation that he will run for president in 2020.
“We wanted to reach out to make sure you saw the news that Gov. John Kasich begins a new role this week as a regular contributor on CNN,” the email reads. Readers are invited to watch Kasich’s first interview on CNN on Cuomo Prime Time with host Christopher Cuomo.
https: //www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/17/john-kasich-fundraises-off-joining-cnn-stoking-2020-speculation/
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State of the Union Is Off’: Democrat Steny Hoyer Rescinds Trump Invitation
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Wednesday afternoon that Democrats had effectively canceled President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.
“The state of the union is off,” Hoyer said in an interview with CNN, adding that Trump could not convince them to schedule it until Trump reopened the government.
https ://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/16/state-of-the-union-is-off-democrat-steny-hoyer-rescinds-trump-invitation/
Direct quote from MSNBC TV
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Magic Bus ?
family and friends free military and airplane rides and free drink hotel and excursion money
taxpayers paying for it
Angel Mom Blasts Chuck Schumer for Posing with Photos of Federal Workers — But Not Dead Americans
Angel Mom” Agnes Gibboney blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday for a media event earlier in the day in which he and fellow Senate Democrats appeared before press cameras on Capitol Hill with large photographs of furloughed federal workers.
https: //www.breitbart.com/border/2019/01/16/angel-mom-blasts-chuck-schumer-for-posing-with-photos-of-federal-workers-but-not-dead-americans/
Center for American Progress Fires Staffers for Leaks About UAE Influence
The Intercept reported on Wednesday that the Center for American Progress (CAP) — a left-wing think tank founded by Clinton and Obama administration alumnus John Podesta in 2003 — fired two staffers suspected of leaking information related to the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) influence over CAP’s operations.
The UAE is one of CAP’s primary donors, with CAP listing the Gulf state’s embassy as having donated between $500,000 and $999,999 in 2017.
CAP’s internal investigation of leaks followed The Intercept’s publication of a report in December examining left-wing groups’ — including CAP’s — responses to legislative efforts to end U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s ongoing civil war.
The Intercept reported, “CAP’s acceptance of UAE money has also been controversial within the organization for some time.”
The Intercept denies that either of the two fired staffers was its sources for previous reports on CAP’s internal goings-on.
https: //www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/17/center-american-progress-fires-staffers-leaks-uae-influence/
Report: Google Employees Freak Out Over the Word ‘Family’
According to a recent report, the use of the word “family” caused many Google employees to freak out, arguing that the term was homophobic.
The Daily Caller reports that many Google employees were offended by the term “family” after it was used to describe a household with children when discussing a Google product aimed at kids. The backlash against the term was so severe that a vice president at the company was forced to comment on the issue and ask employees how the company could be more inclusive.
The Daily Caller writes that one employee became particularly upset after a presenter showed a “Project Unicorn” feature that regularly used “family” to mean “a household with children.” The employee ultimately stormed out of the presentation and posted a rant in an internal Google thread which was well received by other Google employees. The employee wrote:
This is a diminishing and disrespectful way to speak. If you mean “children”, say “children”; we have a perfectly good word for it. “Family friendly” used as a synonym for “kid friendly” means, to me, “you and yours don’t count as a family unless you have children”. And while kids may often be less aware of it, there are kids without families too, you know.
https ://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/17/report-google-employees-freak-out-over-the-word-family/