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A Soulful Performance With Incredible Slide Guitar Work by the Tedeschi Trucks Band: "Midnight in Harlem"

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Dangerman12/31/2018 6:33:08 am PST

i’m quoting this in full from the NYT via politicawire.com

“The television is on. The phone is never far away. And President Trump is repeatedly calling allies such as members of Congress and conservative radio hosts, telling them privately that he will not give in on his demand for funding for a border wall.”

“What the president who campaigned on his ability to cut deals has not done, nine days into a partial government shutdown over his signature campaign issue, is reach out to Democratic congressional leaders to strike one.”

“Virtually alone in the West Wing since the shutdown began, Mr. Trump has instead taken to Twitter to excoriate Democrats, and highlight that he canceled his own vacation to his private club in Florida while lawmakers left the city.”

this is not governing
this is not leading
this is not negotiating
this is not being ‘the president’

he’s not doing his job
he’s out to lunch
he’s not ‘at work’
he’s full time managing his image