[h=1]Top Conservative Commentator Lays Into Trump For Calling Troops 'Suckers' During Photo-Op In Iraq[/h]
Former conservative radio host Charlie Sykes laid into Donald Trump on Wednesday for not only politicizing his visit to a combat zone in Iraq but also for calling U.S. troops “suckers.”
During an appearance on MSNBC’s Hardball, Sykes said, “You need to step back and reflect on the crass transactionalism of a president of the United States who would imply that men and women that served their country in the Middle East, perhaps given their lives, were suckers.”
Are you nuts. This is Trumps shutdown, one he is proud of creating,
Have you considered Electro Shock Therapy? There was a deal agreed by Dems, Repubs and Trump. Daffy walked away from the deal, proudly. Don't take that away from him.
[h=1]Coast Guard Is Only Military Branch Not Getting Paid During Shutdown
So is it safe to say, The Coast Guard is All Democrats?[/h]
The Coast Guard is the only branch of the military directly affected by the partial shutdown that began Saturday because it’s funded through the Department of Homeland Security. The other branches receive their money through Department of Defense appropriations, which were signed into law in September.
With the DHS funding lapsed, roughly 44,000 active-duty Coast Guard members will be working without paychecks until Congress and the White House reach a deal to reopen the government and provide back pay. Another 6,000 Coast Guard employees are being furloughed, according to DHS guidance. That means they won’t be working and any pay for the shutdown period would have to come retroactively, through an act of Congress.
A Coast Guard spokesman said active-duty members are usually paid on the first and 15th of each month. If the shutdown persists through Friday, they would not receive their scheduled Jan. 1 paychecks.
An estimated 420,000 federal employees are working without pay, and roughly 380,000 have been furloughed as a quarter of the government remains closed.
Trump said he is prepared to carry out a “very long” shutdown to secure $5 billion in funding for a wall ...
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