White House Mulls Jim Webb, Ex-Democratic Senator, as Next Defense Secretary (The New York Times) https://t.co/hJhGGmD5Oo

— Steve Jenkins (@SJenkins) January 3, 2019

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Nancy Pelosi has been married for 55 years, has had five children, and currently has eight grandchildren.

She just doesn't measure up to the traditional family values of past Republican Speakers like Newt Gingrich and Dennis Hastert.

— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) January 3, 2019

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Top White House economist warns: "It’s not going to be just Apple. There are a heck of a lot of U.S. companies that have sales in China that are going to be watching their earnings being downgraded next year until we get a deal with China." https://t.co/XbCKypCm3c

— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 3, 2019

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Human feces, overflowing garbage, illegal off-roading and other damaging behavior in fragile areas are beginning to overwhelm some of the West’s iconic national parks during the shutdown. https://t.co/bpdvGAGHEw

— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) January 2, 2019

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McConnell says he won’t allow a vote on his own bipartisan-backed bill to reopen the government, so he can please Trump. This is one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever heard. This is going to turn into the #MitchShutdown. He will be to blame. What a traitor. He should resign.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 3, 2019

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I’m old enough to remember when the Senate *unanimously* passed a bipartisan funding bill that would end the government shutdown.

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) January 2, 2019

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Trump: The Soviet Union went bankrupt
(Not technically)

Trump: It went bankrupt because of Afghan war
(Nope)

Trump: It was in Afghanistan because of terrorism
(Nope)

Trump: The Soviets were right to be there
(Wow)https://t.co/A4mnxuGRmA

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 3, 2019

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Amazon’s planned move to the Pentagon’s backyard exacerbates a local tussle for tech talent https://t.co/D7JqMxUmz0 via @WSJ

— Steve Jenkins (@SJenkins) January 3, 2019

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In shutdown, national parks transform into Wild West — heavily populated and barely supervised https://t.co/b9g7eckhoa

— Steve Jenkins (@SJenkins) January 3, 2019

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Maybe don't beg for a wall with a poster inspired by a show where a wall doesn't work. pic.twitter.com/nNsRqzXyih

— Gerry Duggan (@GerryDuggan) January 2, 2019

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cc: Bibi https://t.co/2ictFIHXvr

— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) January 3, 2019

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It appears the depth of @realDonaldTrump’s knowledge of world history is about as deep as his mastery of the Constitution and the Bible. https://t.co/RROLj82Pf0

— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) January 3, 2019

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NEW: Republican @RepTomReed says he'll back Democratic rules tomorrow – first crossover in 18 years – and has been threatened with "consequences" from GOP leaders. https://t.co/4herfJwrhy

— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) January 2, 2019

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Trump is on TV right now literally disparaging the sacrifices of soldiers from other countries who have bled and died fighting the wars that America started in Afghanistan and Iraq and I thought I'd seen it all, man. I thought I'd seen the bottom but no. pic.twitter.com/X0VhPtO9fQ

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) January 2, 2019

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This has to be seen to be believed. https://t.co/QpDFFY09ka

— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) January 2, 2019

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