El Rey Dotard II not only doesn't know how to negotiate in a principled manner, his actions since the inauguration demonstrate he cannot be trusted to keep his word. Executing pocket recissions, forcing Congress to pass recission bills, and pulling money from all manner of sources to fund activities during this shutdown demonstrate how Dems see Trump as one who will go back on his word in a nanosecond. (His three wives could confirm this opinion.)

At this point hostages will have to be taken for the Dems to believe that the MAGA functionaries will negotiate in good faith and actually execute on what they agree upon. Such hostage taking worked in 'The Godfather' and now it will have to be employed with this crime syndicate...

Qu carajo tienes que perder?

A bunch of folks in major cities know the answer to this question.

First they came for the murderers, rapists and drug dealers. Because I was none of those, I didn't care. Then the came for the landscapers, construction workers, restaurant employees and home health care aides. That's how I ended up in Upper Volta, after more than 20 years and three children in the US...

Next up in the Hawkeye State: pulling children out of school after the eighth grade to work in rural slaughterhouses. State leaders will all agree that higher education is unnecessary when there are cows and pigs to be butchered at $8 an hour...

At this point Der Dotard could shoot Mike Johnson's wife in the face on fifth Avenue and no one in the MAGA Party would say anything beyond how good she looks with a hole in her forehead ...

Things will get awkward if the Blue Jays win the World Series. Der Dotard will invite a grade school kickball team to the WH before the team from Toronto ...

Great! All those cosplaying Proud Lads and ICEes can be on the front lines. No training needed, just like their Russian counterparts. Give them a gun, tell them to advance and remind them deserters, cowards and anyone retreating will be shot. Remind them to forage for their own food ...

Drinky Pete is a narcissist in search of a mirror. He is the Ralph Malph of this administration, with the same luck with women and half the humor ...

And this is the same guy whose name was on a book entitled "The Art of the Deal", which suggested he is a skilled negotiator. I see none of that in Der Dotards actions or words ...

Must have been a site run by the MAGA crowd. Real Russian or NK scammers would have collected a lot more money, by offering exclusive meetings with or photos of Mrs. Kirk. That would have reeled in millions...

No prob. Throw them at passing ICE vehicles on the street. You're welcome ...

Only in the current state of US politics and government could a stooge and clown like Gym Jordan be taken seriously. The guy is over-caffeinated and seems incapable of wearing a suitcoat, making him carry the aura of an assistant weekend manager of a K-Mart about him...

Starting at the first of the month MAGA congressfolk will be holding only call-in town hall events, so as to avoid the in-person screaming about the 2006 health insurance premiums for Obamacare voters. Give it a week or so and the Dem position on maintaining the subsidies on Obamacare will look like an idea so good any MAGA functionary other than Russell Vought will favor the extension...

No surprise here. Cryptocurrencies are vehicles for criminal activity and naked speculation--nothing more or less. In this particular case the two merge and hijinks ensued. Investors got what they asked for--a wild, risk-filled ride...

What the hell do you have to lose?
--Fat orange criminal to African Americans, in advance of their loss of the vote

Drug dealers released?!? Wait--I need to talk to some of them. For research...
--DJTJ, with the sniffles

And what about the cognitive tests given to applicants? I guess those without anger issues, ingrained bigotry or sadistic streaks are disqualified from service...

Well, the American people are a little bit pregnant with the ballroom concept, given that the East Wing of the WH is no longer useable. Der Dotard did it this way so that anyone with a say-so would be faced with the choice of approving the project or having a partially demolished "Peoples House" on their hands.

What I want to know is who is holding the funds for the project? That money, if it exists, should be in the hands of the GSA or the entities which NORMALLY would have responsibility over such affairs.

Just think: if the Epstein Files had been released, we would not be in this mess right now...

From Clinton, New York, eh? Send him to Clinton County, New York, where he can relax at Dannemora Prison...

Tune in next week or so to watch real Christians reach out with food support for the hungry, while the phonies point and laugh while not wondering why they are not following the words of some guy they profess to love and follow...

But that 'basket of deplorables' description of Trump acolytes is far, far overblown...
-Trump bootlickers, with the light of day cast upon them

Let's see how this guy's tough-guy act plays out in domestic relations court. His soon-to-be ex-wife must have been furious to find out what Dorky Pig did, and her attorney must have RUN to the court with the report of dad's being charged with DUI while his children were in the car. Let's all hope that his punishment be that he gets to pick up trash at Alligator Alcatraz, with a bunch of folks he helped put in there...

Well, those funds for WIC are only going to be squandered on food for poor, hungry children ...
-ICE Barbie

The Art of The Deal, part duh: give the aggressor everything he wants. Oh, and you guys who were invaded must apologize for making the invader do what he did ...

I guess GOP voters on Obamacare are getting a look at the healthcare plan Der Dotard and his acolytes have been promising for the past ten years. I hope they like what they voted for, because no one does ...

After Drinky Pete's pep talk the other week, finding a replacement could be a challenge ...