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Several White House officials have accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of trying to slip in an exception for the Hyde Amendment into a coronavirus stimulus bill.

The officials said Thursday that Pelosi tried to negotiate a provision that would have created a "slush fund" with access for groups previously banned from receiving funds under the Hyde Amendment, according to the Daily Caller.

"A new mandatory funding stream that does not have Hyde protections would be unprecedented," one of the officials said. "Under the guise of protecting people, Speaker Pelosi is working to make sure taxpayer dollars are spent covering abortion, which is not only backwards but goes against historical norms."

Another official asked, "What do the Hyde Amendment and abortion have to do with protecting Americans from coronavirus?"

Pelosi said that Democrats agreed to "most" changes that Republicans had asked for in the House bill.

"We are responding to their concerns. We don't want them moving the goal posts, and that's it," the California Democrat said.

The Hyde Amendment bans federal funds from being used to fund abortions. Many Democrats, including presidential primary front-runner Joe Biden, have called for a repeal of the provision.

He walks, he talks
He exporiates,
All kinds of crazy
He’s our leader,
Our liar in chief
He’s the Donald
How sad is that?

LOL - Shakespeare ain't got nottun to worry about from me - LOL

Mike Bloomberg suspends presidential campaign after Super Tuesday flop.

Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign Wednesday after spending record amounts from his own fortune on an ad-blitz strategy that failed to yield any wins on Super Tuesday beyond a single victory in the American Samoa caucuses.

He immediately announced he would be endorsing Joe Biden, following in the footsteps of other moderate-leaning Democratic presidential candidates who have consolidated support behind the former vice president in his primary brawl against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

NY Times headline story tonight 2/20/20

Russia Backs Trump’s Re-election, and He Fears Democrats Will Exploit Its Support



So it is time for all you Conservative Wrongs to leap in with denies and lies supporting your LordGod Trump. Have fun.

It's a bit of surprise, but makes some sense.

He decided his runningmate will be;

Michelle Obama
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Just kidding. You conservatives can go clean your pants now.

Hey, it COULD happen.

I just heard this on Fox News. This is actually pretty interesting. A lot of pros, but also cons to this selection.

Pros: Hillary has name recognition, a lot of people like her, former first lady, she won't be able to jump right in as an independent candidate for president if Bloomberg does with the dem nomination taking votes from him.

Cons: A lot of people don't like her, another career politician, she's already had her moment in the sun. Bloomberg, like Trump, is a "alpha male", and needs someone on his ticket that isn't "alpha" like him, even if it's a "alpha" woman like Hillary Clinton.

If Bloomberg does pick her, he's considering moving his residency to Colorado since both a presidential and vice presidential candidate cannot reside from the same state.

Any thoughts, feel free to post.

Like Supply & Demand. This is Middle School stuff, when the Supply goes up, the price goes down.
When the price is High, you Sell, when the price is Low, you Buy.
The price of crude oil is low right now so it's the worst time to sell oil from the SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve). Besides, that oil is supposed to be used as a hedge against domestic supply disruptions causing widespread economic impact akin to what happened in 1973 due to the Arab Oil Embargo, NOT for bailing us out of the $Trillions of extra debt Trump has created by mismanaging the countries finances.

This reminds me of the time when another ignorant Republican president GW Bush was Filling the SPR when the price of Crude was around $98. a barrel.

This is the first time a non-president won the New Hampshire primary back to back. (Sanders won 4 years ago also.)

Mayor Pete was close though (~ 24.4 %).

Klobuchar (< 20%) leapfrogs over Warren (~9.4%) & Biden (~8.4 %)

Both Yang (2.8 %) & Bennet (0.3 %) drop out of race.

Bloomberg waits for the next one.

In the meantime we can expect to see several Bernie smear blogs on here.