Tuesday, December 22, 2020

🎼It’s pocket veto time 🎶It’s pocket veto time 🎶 AN-N-D: , 🎼Oh when the tanks 🎶 Oh when the tanks 🎶 Oh when the tanks roll on DC 🎶

"The video landed like a sonic boom in Washington. His own aides were stunned. Congressional aides were stunned. And the implications for what happens next could be severe. If he refuses to sign the bill, the government will shut down on Dec. 29. The $900 billion in emergency economic aid will be frozen, and the race for the two Senate seats in Georgia could also be upended."

Trump calls on Congress to approve $2,000 stimulus checks, hinting he might not sign relief bill without changes







A pocket veto occurs when a bill fails to become law because the president does not sign the bill and cannot return the bill to Congress within a 10-day period because Congress is not in session. ... 


FROM:

Pocket veto - Wikipedia



TEN DAYS IS JANUARY 1st. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS DECEMBER 31st. 



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Did I mention that Trump ain't no loyal Republican? The Republican base is loyal to Trump but Trump has no love for the GOP. 


The senate special election in Georgia is January 5th. 




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Maybe change the name from Whitehouse to Pandemonium House:



President Trump, in his final days, is turning bitterly on virtually every person around him, griping about anyone who refuses to indulge conspiracy theories or hopeless bids to overturn the election, several top officials tell Axios.


The latest: Targets of his outrage include Vice President Pence, chief of staff Mark Meadows, White House counsel Pat Cipollone, Secretary of State Pompeo and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.


Why it matters: Trump thinks everyone around him is weak, stupid or disloyal — and increasingly seeks comfort only in people who egg him on to overturn the election results. We cannot stress enough how unnerved Trump officials are by the conversations unfolding inside the White House.


Top officials are trying to stay away from the West Wing right now.”



MORE AT:


Trump turns on everyone



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Tanks rolling on DC part:


New Yorker

Trump Floats Coup Plan That’s So Wild Even Rudy Giuliani Is Terrified


By Jonathan Chait






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