The Political Page, T+2 -- January 23, 2018

Updates

January 24, 2018: Trump tweets back, "No wall, no DACA."

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Wow, even the Drudge Report has it in bold red.

Snowflakes blame President Trump for talking out of both sides of his mouth. Okay, whatever.

The deal for funding the government/ending the shutdown was open discussion on border security and discussion on immigration reform (euphemism for "dreamers").

Mitch McConnell agreed to have open debate in the US Senate on immigration reform in exchange for funding the government.

Now, today, one day later after the agreement, the link at Drudge is in bold red (which Matt uses sparingly), and this is the screenshot over at Politico:

That changes everything.

If Chuck Schumer doesn't keep his end of the bargain, then Mitch McConnell doesn't need to keep his end of the bargain. My hunch is that Mitch McConnell will keep his end of the bargain -- open debate -- but the more conservative US House of Representatives will having nothing to do with the discussion, especially if funding for the wall is off the table even before the debate begins. How the US Senate plays out is anybody's guess, but this is the last thing Heidi wanted to hear from Senator Schumer.

It appears that Schumer has been so chastised by his alt-left base, that he had no choice but to renege on the deal. But when the government shuts down again in three weeks, the shutdown will:

• last longer;
• be dirtier; and,
• will still come down to paying active duty military vs fast-tracking illegal residents

In short, it will be the shutdown the mainstream media hoped for. Remember, the $1 trillion infrastructure plan will have been announced only eight days earlier.

The US Senate better confirm as many federal judges and other political appointees as fast as it can because after February 8, 2018, not much is going to get done.

For snowflakes, cupcakes, and fruitcakes, who choose to forget this is from wiki: the Secure Fence Act of 2006 was passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2006.