White House Economic Council Director, Kevin Hassett, is a straight shooter; he calls things as they are, not as many would pretend them to be.
On the issue of court orders demanding various cabinet secretaries spend money to fund the government, Director Hassett correctly reframes the issue around the law of federal spending that says money not appropriated for that expenditure cannot be spent. The Supreme Court will strike down, as they already have, any order not grounded in the law around government spending.
Hassett correctly warns that any cabinet agency who attempts to comply with a district or circuit court order, is running the risk of having a lawsuit filed against them for spending non-appropriated funds. This could be part of the reason why Democrats are purposefully not reopening government, to force the Trump administration into a catch-22 legally where they are going to violate the law either way.
Margaret Brennan stands jaw agape at the Machiavellian approach that Director Hassett outlines, “surely they would never do that” she proclaims. In response Hassett reminds Brennan that such Lawfare strategies are indeed part of the larger stop Trump movement. Video and Transcript Below.
[Transcript] – MARGARET BRENNAN: We begin this morning with the Director of the White House National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett. This is now the longest shutdown in American history. The treasury secretary told us two weeks ago November 15 was the hard stop for any paychecks going to US troops. Does that remain the point of exhaustion?
KEVIN HASSETT, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL: Right, I think that- that’s about the right number. And the problem is that under the law, we’re not allowed to spend money that hasn’t been appropriated. And there is a law, the Antideficiency Act, that says that if a government official spends money that isn’t appropriated by Congress, which will only happen if the Democrats vote to open up the government, then you could even have criminal penalties. And so people are very carefully studying the law and trying to get as much money out the door as is legal. And we’re very glad that we found a way to get a lot of the SNAP money out, but it’s really pushing the boundaries of the law, which is why the Supreme Court had to take that ruling from Rhode Island and put it on hold.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Until the lower court rules–
HASSETT: Until the lower court goes back and comes up with a legal justification for what they said, because there probably isn’t one, sadly, which is why we have to get this government open. I mean, the fact is Goldman Sachs, they have a top economic team, and they’re estimating that we’ve already knocked about 1.5% off of GDP. I think that number is probably low if we keep going even a couple more weeks, because there’s going to be a massive amount of air disruption, especially around the holidays. And one of these things every now and then when we’re talking economics, you and I, we talk about seasonal adjustments and things like that. But the fact is that Thanksgiving, that Thanksgiving time, is one of the hottest times of the year for the economy. It’s Black Friday, you know, and all that kind of stuff. And if people aren’t traveling at that moment, then we really could be looking at a negative quarter for the fourth quarter.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Which is significantly disruptive to the president’s agenda. But to the point you were just making about food stamps, and we saw this Friday, a temporary stay by the Supreme Court that would block full food stamp benefits pending the lower court decision. The administration’s argument, as you just referenced there, was that it would be illegal to move around funding and to tap the Section 32 account at the USDA. But why not do this as a short term patchwork solution? Because you have found ways with the military pay to stretch things out. Why prioritize in that case and not do so with food?
HASSETT: Well, the president’s job, and all of our jobs, is to uphold the law. And when- I’m not a lawyer, but when the lawyers tell us–
[CROSSTALK STARTS]
MARGARET BRENNAN: But are–
HASSETT: what we can do–
MARGARET BRENNAN: — that wasn’t done with the military.
HASSETT: But, but, but yeah, I think that the military is different because of the commander-in-chief stuff. But the legal analysis suggests that we’re doing everything by the book, and then stretching things as much as we can, and basically trying to keep people from committing crimes. Which you know, you know about- in the season of lawfare, if you are a cabinet secretary and you spend money that’s not appropriated for that purpose in your cabinet, then they can come back and they can take you to court.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But you’re also making a political bet that Democrats aren’t going to challenge paying the military. Do you really think Democrats would challenge and take to court paying people for their food stamp benefits?
HASSETT: Let’s just say that we’ve seen Democrats–
MARGARET BRENNAN: –if, if Congress is going to fund it, when the shut- shutdown ends?
HASSETT: We- we’ve seen Democrats take to court people that- on really, really poor charges, and so I think they’re likely to do anything.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, it seems a political calculation is the point.
HASSETT: Well, we, we don’t have a political calculation. Our calculation is to get the government open, to get the food stamps to people, and to get people to be paid, 750,000 government workers aren’t getting paid right now. I know you’re talking to the Governor of Maryland in a minute. I’m sure his people are really hurting. Let’s just get the government open, and then let’s talk about things like the healthcare premiums, but do that through regular order.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, it sounds like you are saying the position is the same, open the government, then we’ll talk about healthcare. But the president, just in the past 36 hours, has put out a number of social media posts. It sounds sort of like he’s proposing something in regard to health insurance payments. He said, I’m recommended- to Senate Republicans that hundreds of billions of dollars currently being sent to money-sucking insurance companies to save bad healthcare provided by Obamacare now be sent to the people so they can purchase their own much better healthcare. He also said they should terminate Obamacare. What does this alternative system look like? Because the entire standoff is about healthcare right now.
HASSETT: Right. Well, the president is, you know, a beautiful tactician, a beautiful negotiator–
MARGARET BRENNAN: This is an off–
HASSETT: –And this is- you know, what he said, he’s brainstorming and trying to help the Senate come up with a deal that can get the government open. And one of the things you could do is conservatives believe that they don’t want the government to micromanage people’s lives. And you know, everybody believes that people should have healthcare, and so why not take the people who have higher healthcare premiums and just mail them a check and let them decide? The reason why it could have an effect is that there are multiple tiers under the Affordable Care Act of different types of insurance, and it could be that people would rather have the money and go from like, you know, this kind of plan to that kind of plan and save themselves a little bit. And so that’s, that’s, you know, basically giving the people an opportunity to make more choices than the government usually lets them.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Is this the Senator Cassidy proposal?
HASSETT: I’m sure that Senator Cassidy and President Trump talked about it, but whether he agrees with everything that Cassidy- I haven’t talked to him about it yet.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, does the Republican leader in the Senate accept–
HASSETT: –The president–
MARGARET BRENNAN: –this proposal?–
HASSETT: — the president started this idea yesterday, I don’t think that it’s been discussed widely in the Senate yet.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So the president–
HASSETT: It’s the weekend.
MARGARET BRENNAN: –The Senate’s in session this weekend–
HASSETT: –Yes, the Senate is in session this weekend and we are–
MARGARET BRENNAN: because they’re trying to end the shutdown–
HASSETT: –And here I am.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But this is not the Republican Party’s position.
HASSETT: As of right now, it’s not the Senate position, but the president thought it was something they should think about.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, he seems to be negotiating before the government’s open.
HASSETT: He’s talking to his colleagues in the Senate on the Republican side.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But you would agree that there does need to be a deal on healthcare, that healthcare costs are too high.
HASSETT: Well, I think that if you look at the Affordable Care Act, these premiums weren’t made permanent by the Democrats during the COVID emergency because they’re worried about the budgetary costs. And so if you look at the premium increases, they don’t affect most people below two times the poverty line, three times the poverty line. But there are a lot of senior citizens that are above, like, around four times the poverty level, which with a husband and wife team would be about 120,000, that are seeing really big premium increases. And I think that everybody’s going to want to think about what the next step for that would be, because are seeing- again most people aren’t seeing much of an increase at all, but the maximum increases you’re seeing could be up to about $500 a month for seniors who have really costly plans.
MARGARET BRENNAN: The president has also been talking about affordability, and our CBS polling shows the president’s approval rating on the economy has dipped to 38%, the lowest of this term. 75% of those polled say he’s not focusing enough on lowering prices, but the president said this week Democrats are making it up and quote, “every price is down.” I’m sure you know the Consumer Price Index showed grocery prices are up nearly 3%, in September from a year ago.
HASSETT: –well–
MARGARET BRENNAN: –Do you dispute that?
HASSETT: Well, actually, let’s go through the facts, right? Inflation went up about 5% under President Biden. In President Trump’s first eight or nine months, depending where we get the last number, it’s up 2.7%. One of the big things that’s hurting affordability is mortgages. The interest rate went up by about 4%.
MARGARET BRENNAN: This is grocery prices–
HASSETT: –No, grocery prices are actually down significantly under Trump. But here’s the thing–
MARGARET BRENNAN: –but depends on which–
HASSETT: Let me– I’ll just make a point.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay.
HASSETT: That if you look at the real reduction in spending power for Americans under Joe Biden, then it went down about $3,000 because we had up to 9% inflation, and then they went to the grocery store, they couldn’t buy the things they’re used to buying. The real spending power, adjusted for inflation, under President Trump has gone up about $1,200 so far this year. $1,200 is not $3,000, and so people are right to feel stretched, but we’re making progress. And if you look at all the positive things about the economy, industrial production just about at an all time high, capital spending about at an all time high, GDP growth right now about 4%, then that shows that the income growth that we need to get more affordability is on the path to happening. And the bottom line is that the last Consumer Price Index surprised down. It was lower than expected, and it would have been even lower because there was a refinery shutdown that caused it to go slightly higher. So we see inflation under control and the economy booming, but we understand 100% why people are still hurting, because we haven’t made up all the room that was lost under Joe Biden.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So are you comfortable with 3% inflation?
HASSETT: I’m comfortable with 2% inflation.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So no, you’re not happy where things are now.
HASSETT: Well, they got to go down a little bit more, but there- but the point is that inflation is like the Queen Mary, my friend Alan Greenspan used to say, so when you go from almost 4% that we had in January down to the mid twos, then that’s a trajectory that usually has momentum.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So the St. Louis Fed found tariffs account for half a percentage point of the annual inflation rate. How much do you think the tariffs are hiking prices?
HASSETT: You know, there’s a couple of papers out there that say that prices went up by between two tenths and five tenths. And the thing to remember, if those papers are true, is that that’s a level adjust, because the tariff goes in, and then the tariff is just there, so it doesn’t affect inflation in the future. It would be a one time level adjust. Our estimates at CEA are much closer to zero, and it’s all based on modeling and assumptions about elasticities and things. But for the most part, the one way you can see it is you could look at the price of imported goods, and the price of imported goods, CEA put a report out, has actually been declining under tariffs. Because what happens is that the Chinese want to sell us lots of stuff, and there’s a tariff, so they cut their prices so that they can still have a larger market share in the US.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Kevin Hassett, always good to have you here. Of course, we have to leave it there for now. We’ll be right back in a minute. Stay with us.
Sundance – Watching the Sunday news shows at great personal boredom, curating it to the few and far between worthwhile clips, and adding insight commentary.
Doing the torturous work most Americans are not willing to do.
How Sundance’s eyes and ears don’t bleed is a miracle
And he can crank out scathing observational commentary over such at the drop of a hat, time and again.
This one wasn’t boring and in fact it was quite interesting.
It was 10 minutes well spent.
We should hear it with our own ears and not always rely on others to tell us how to think.
And what is going to be done about these judges? So far, nothing. Another example,
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/just-judge-immergut-permanently-blocks-trump-deploying-troops/
Just goes to show how long the election cheating has been going on.
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dad gum ACRONYMS !!!!!!!
SOB Shortness Of Breath, ‘cuz exasperation.
Thanks y’all !
Sundance – watching the Sunday talk shows so you don’t have to.
saw some Sunday talk.
Great job Maria on FOX news.
Gave me hope for the future.
No Democrats on the show..good.
Democrats are boring and a waste of air time.
Devin Nunes talked about the Russia collusion story. a cover up to extract away from the Clinton email scandal, to dirty up the Trump campaign (2016) and weaponizing the DOJ and our intelligence agencies.
Great job Maria on FOX news.
Let Obamacare crash burn under it’s own weight. Don’t subsidize one penny.
Destroy it so we can replace it without gov’t and crony capitalism insurance companies in between the patient and the doctor. Force insurance companies to compete ferociously for customers and force the people who choose to abuse themselves with poor choices to take better care of themselves.
Force doctors and hospitals to compete for patients.
Have a miniscule gov’t program in cooperation with healthcare providers to help poor people with tragic genetic conditions through no fault of their own.
He armed the CIA-Al-Qaeda-terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army, Op Gladio’s reconfigured 21 SS Nazi Division, one of the worst of the bunch just like the Jasenovac death camp was that they hardly ever speak about because its victims were Serbs, alongside Jews & Roma. The erasure of the Holocaust in the Balkans, very interesting to do some research into it.
It took real guts for John McCain to fly combat missions over North Vietnam. Nobody can take that from him. Especially under Lyndon Johnson’s policy of “Don’t Win, But Don’t Lose”. But LBJ was scared of losing re-election; the rest of the Democrats had already decided to lose to their Commie brothers.
Most of don’t know how we would react to the kind of real torture he suffered. Grace must be extended.
His children have turned out well. That speaks well of the man.
But there is no getting around the fact that his politics, especially in later years, were disgraceful.
He helped Obama build ISIS for the Muslim Brotherhood/CIA. He tried to start the Ukraine War even earlier. He had Lois Lerner and Jack Smith target the Tea Party. He defended South Vietnam’s borders but not ours. He promised to lead the fight against ObamaCare, but led the fight to keep it, screwing millions of Americans out of decent coverage.
Then he passed McCain-Feingold to stop anonymous Dark Money Smear Campaigns. The ink wasn’t even dry when he did exactly that to Donald Trump for a Deep State Tyranny.
He expected Republicans to support him when he was chosen, which we did–but failed to reciprocate when we chose Donald Trump.
He even lied about “Country Before Party”, putting the UniParty before America.
The best thing I can say about John McCain is this:
They didn’t even invite her to the funeral. Just as well; in many ways, his integrity died long before.
In the end, the Swamp Drained Him. He lost his way. There’s been an awful lot of that going around.
But Jesus Christ is not done with America, praise God!
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Yes, Lord, for You a Man of War and Yahweh is Your Name!
What a disgusting piece of lying garbage. He hurt people in more ways than one.
Wet start.
Indeed.
Hitler’s Mufti’s Moslem Serbian Nazis:
From:
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/hitlers-mufti
The Mufti was a disciple of Hitler. The Muslim Brotherhood’s charter comes from Adolf, not Mohammed. Muffti also had a disciple. His name: Yasser Arafat.
It is a straight line from Hitler to Gaza.
The only thing that POS got right was Sarah Palin, we voted for her and knew McStain would stab her and us in the back.
And the USS Forestall missile incident.
Juan McStain was many crappy things but he did not start the Forrestal disaster.
Mrs. Sunshine for President!
You used the word “force” three times.
Especially egregious is suggesting that people “who choose to abuse themselves with poor choices” be forced to take better care of themselves.
How exactly would that be accomplished? What constitutes “abuse?” Who defines that- some newbie insurance company rep looking to score points, or a panel of so-called experts who are paid by that insurance company? Would you approve of some insurance rep making routine house calls and keeping a patient under surveillance? If the patient fails to comply with suggested medical advice, would the patient be denied medical care?
I read your comments and all I could think of were the patients awaiting a transplant and denied the transplant because they refused the mRNA vax. Someone, somewhere, decided those patients were making a “poor choice” by refusing the vax.
My second thought was a certain Jack Nicholson movie. Hint: Nurse Ratched has to be one of the most misliked characters in all of filmdom. Why? Because she had absolutely no problem using force to cow patients into submission.
Fionnagh,
The lack of subsidy is the forcing function. People naturally respond to both incentives and disincentives.
Good citizens have an obligation to their society to be well informed about the consequences of their choices.
The “seven deadly sins” have a direct connection to all sorts of disorders, especially involving health — both physical and mental.
Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth.
These vices lead to further immoral behavior and separation from God.
Of course it is wise to include alcohol and drug addiction, as well as other compulsive and self destructive actions as things to avoid.
Also careless, stupid stunts which often result in serious injury. The internet is rife with videos of people, young and old, engaging in all sorts of stupid and careless behaviors.
Hint to avoid just one such careless mistake: don’t step out of your house or car without ice cleats when pavement, sidewalks, parking lots, decks or stairs are covered in ice, for instance.
Never take your eyes off the road while driving a car or riding a motorcycle or even a bicycle. There must be a thousand ways or more to seriously injure one’s self, not to mention use of many prescription drugs on the market. Take proper care of your self: you only have one
body.
The other issue that will have to be addressed, is that it is ilegal for Emergency Departments to turn away patients and for hospitals to refuse treatment, regardless of insurance status.
Bottom line, as long as that is the rule, every single citizen AND “guest” needs to be required to carry a catastrophic care plan. Prior to Ocare, they were very affordable. Proof of private insurance should be included in entry requirements.
IMO our country should invoice other countries for the cost of giving their citizens medical care.
You’re a citizen of Mexico….you get the ER to give you “free” services..Mexico gets the bill. Trump could figure out how to make them pay.
Not a bad idea. However, that would require legislation, which the Congress will refuse to grant the President. Like everything else. We The People need to get rid of all our representatives and start over.
Disagree. Send them back to Mexico for care.
Of course….but think of how quickly Mexico would make sure their citizens weren’t sneaking across the border if they had to reimburse us for their costs to the USA.
If we taxed remittances to foreign countries by say, 90%, a lot of this garbage would stop.
I like this idea!
The President of Mexico likes the cartels. It cuts down on her “excess” population.
Care for US citizens, yes. Illegals, no.
Proof of private insurance was a requirement for me to get a resident visa in the countries I applied to live in as an expat.
Give us all a break. No one is denied emergency care in the US. States spend billions each year for non-insured people….legal or illegal. Many insirance companies refuse to oay for what they deem to be non-emergency care. And the physicians, nurses, and hospitals do it regardless of ability to pay.
Since the 1980s.
Correct. That has been Federal law for about 40 years.
By bringing back men.
Picking, bullying, defending, fine instead of jail time for fights that don’t end disfigurement
That’s it.
Men risk to much to step up and influence the social realm.
That’s the fight. MAGA is partially catering to men being included again. Without men you have a society based on passive aggression
When people were insured by their employer, they could be fired for smoking and eventually made to kowtow to dietary/weight/glucose parameters that could make insurance companies drop them if they made no effort. One cannot do that with public health insurance.
The only answer is to wake up the medical community to the “new science” that cholesterol is NOT the problem (carbs/sugars are) and force food companies to remove harmful substances in food products and educate the public. RFK, Jr. is trying to do that.
They were also denied care or dropped when something happened and they needed the insurance. Insurance companies weee known to scour medical history until they found info they could use. Let’s not fool ourselves into thinking it was great before Obamacare.
They do make use of “home nursing programs.”
It knows. It likes insulting Americans and calling them stupid. It believes Americans need to be ruled, but just by the “right” people. The ones who will “force” Americans to behave, rather than be free.
The entire nation is being managed down, not “crash and burn” but toward a diminished mid-tier component of the global “soft” totalitarianism taking form.
The EU and other US-aligned nations too.
Obamacare and other government overspending are just a couple of the multiple symptoms, and “healthcare” (predatory sick care) is about 20% of GDP now whereas manufacturing has declined to only about 10%, that illuminates the downward trend.
A weak obese morbid society further diseased by modRNA biowarfare and fat drugs, with Trump encouraging both by his recent multi-billion dollar deals with pharma, putting his imprimatur on pharma with “TrumpRx”. WTF?
As he encourages continued government overspending with BBB, after pretending that DOGE would reduce spending – the final tally was only about $200B, or 3% of spending, a result Trump and DOGE no doubt predicted in advance even as Musk was saying “$2 Trillion”, then “$1 Trillion”, then (something else to ignore). Did anyone here pay attention to this duplicitous game?
Combining duplicitous “healthcare” and overspending machinations sinking the nation: The shutdown. SD:
‘…part of the reason why Democrats are purposefully not reopening government, to force the Trump administration into a catch-22 legally where they are going to violate the law either way.‘
But the main reason appears to be to add downward impetus to the sinking of the nation.
SD:
‘Margaret Brennan stands jaw agape at the Machiavellian approach that Director Hassett outlines, “surely they would never do that” she proclaims.’
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David Bowie in his song “We Are The Dead” called it “Theater of the financiers” aka “Western Democracies” and in most cases a two party which is really one party. “Problem,Reaction,Solution”. Democats,Republicans, laws furthering governmental power,taxation,loss of freedoms.
Dems fcked our economy for 4 years. And then they blame it all in the guy repairing it now as they still freaking sabotage us constantly
I have zero doubt PDJT is not going to remove these people forever from influence once he is done.
Zero doubt. This is getting obvious they tried to tank our country and someone , something, and us got him in to not let this country fall.
Zero chance it was just voting that got him in again
PDJT fixing problems they created and campaign on. They certainly do not want that.
The Uniparty, and in fact both sides are complicit in the shutdown even as they blame the other side.
Both sides sinking the nation.
Both sides controlled by veiled Controllers steering the sinking.
How’s that for teamwork?
“Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?”
545 Vs. 300,000,000 People
https://summitpracticesolutions.com/blog/545-vs-300000000-people-by-charlie-reese/
Colkitto, you nailed it with one straight forward article. This should be spread far and wide.
Why ty. Charley/Buchanan/My big brother taught me about this back in the 90’s. Newt Gingrich was our arch -Fabian RINO Uniparty traitor. He schilled for his CFR buddy Billy Boy passed every treasonous piece of Free Trade treason Billy shot down the CFR beltway and made sure he was not impeached for high treason per ChinaGate. They used Lewinsky as a deflection op
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The media or the politicians ? . .
Yes
Geez there are several people who I’d like to send this to!
Explain why they couldn’t stop PDJT getting in
Majority vote (for PDJT) in 2016 exceeded the minority’s ability to defraud and stay under the threshold of widespread discovery.
This was reversed in 2020 by extreme levels of fraud that were discovered but denied exposure in courts due to the Left’s extreme coercion / bribery of judges combined with too many anti-Trump Congressional RINOs’ lack of enthusiasm to go on record in favor of exposing the fraud.
The white hats in 2024 prevented the minority’s manipulation of digital election data by blocking the internet path to the foreign servers where manipulation had previously occurred.
To be honest, IDK why that same strategy won’t work for midterms in 2026, but the “experts” appear to indicate the midterms are at high risk of being lost to Republican voter apathy or disillusionment from perceiving a lack of quick fixes for the economic problems.
All great ideas except the “force people who choose to abuse themselves with poor choices to take better care of themselves”. The liberal heads of hair that would catch on fire would surely come close to Satan’s Lake of Fire! This World unfortunately has too many that crave to fail miserably and enforce the idea onto others they are Victims and have been Victims in everything they do. Their kind is very difficult to deal with.
There’ll be a new corps of “nutrition inspectors” who will come to your house and inventory the contents of your refrigerator, cupboards, and top of refrigerator (where the potato chips and doritos are kept) and report to a central database used to determine that you are making “poor choices”
And your social credit score will decline, and your healthcare premiums will rise
Of course, the EBT crowd doesn’t pay healthcare premiums, so they’ll skate with no accountability
… as they do now
If you have a smart refridgerator, it will send its contents to your social credit account….be sure to buy that extended warranty….
I would love to see that but with so many DEI and Peter Principle people in charge of this and that in the gubmint, insurance companies, and health care, I am not holding my breath.
I’ve had some health problems during the past year that seem to be stabilized right now but I would estimate that over 75% of people in healthcare (hospitals, doctors offices, urgent care, EMS) are severely overweight. This is not a good look at all. When I go to a doctor’s office I don’t want to question if I’m getting the best care possible. At this point, I know I’m not. Very sad.
Get the gubmint out of healthcare. Get the gubmint out of just about everything. Military, law enforcement, and border patrol is pretty much all gubmint should be involved with.
Brennan is a D handmaiden .
702 her prep team, and prep your lawyers in advance , plus do actions to offset .
She is a direct mouth of the team actively dismantling America
Voting for Democrats has consequences.
Democrat politicians never put Americans First.
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Democrat politicians support the Schumer shutdown.
I have been voting R for thirty years and have been just as disillusioned by them, if not more so, than the dems.
We can thank PDJT for exposing this and showing us the way! Those R’s opposed to him are effing RINOs!!!!! Repubs and Dems are birds of a feather UniParty!! We need MAGA Repubs! It took decades and decades to get to this point. POTUS Trump can’t correct it in 4 years. We the people should start demanding Repubs travel the path of Conservatives via MAGA! Smaller government is the end product!
If folks were paying attention, they would have noticed many years ago.
Voting for Democrats has consequences.
Democrat politicians never put Americans First.
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Cost of Living is making many Americans live paycheck
to paycheck. High cost of groceries. High Taxes.
High cost of Car, Home and Health insurance.
High cost of housing. Job layoffs.
Spending money you don’t have is the # 1 problem .
Personal responsibility is becoming rarer and rarer .
There is a difference between wants and needs .
All of those things you’ve listed are problems , but they’ve turned into excuses .
Many people don’t want to do the work it takes to get those things , but they want them now .
Those things have become a crutch for many .
“Spending money you don’t have is the # 1 problem .”
Democrat policies and media cheerleaders is a never ending battle.
Democrats tax you death for things you don’t want or need.
I agree
We should not have let the CFR managed CIA run Operation Mockingbird smear Pat Buchanan and steal the 1996 GOP primaries from him so it would be “Viagra” Dole vs CFR Clinton instead of a highly articulate, intelligent Pat Buchanan destroying Clinton on the economic treason of Free Trade, Unlimited Immigration, endless wars, and debt. Pat would have destroyed Billy boy in debates.
You’re absolutely right . Everything is not always someone else’s fault is all I’m saying .
Your comment is moralistic scorn directed at people struggling to keep their households afloat.
Apparently you still live in 1950 when people believed if they were “good” (you gave your definition) they would be okay. As long as they lived within their means, no problem.
But this is 2025 after decades of the globallusts building their new world order, which necessarily means the destruction of our culture. One of their goals is to destroy the middle class and so far, at least until President Trump’s election, they were succeeding.
Middle class people right now are as good as can be and they are still struggling to survive.
People like you who have no comprehension about what’s going on around them may not be the number one problem, but they’re close to it.
Maybe if we lose the country you can lecture the people in the internment camps (you’ll be there too) about how the number one problem is they spend money they don’t have.
You’re one of the ones I was talking about .
Mick Jagger, sometime in the 1960s:
You can’t always get what you want, but if you try real hard you just might find, you get what you need.
Look at a video of it…for the proper emphasis.
That was wierd…try this one, this time with feeling.
Okay, remember when Jared Bernstein discussed this subject? He was never as good or self assured as Kevin is.
BALTIMORE CarpetBagger Go Home, Already
We don’t want her back in Maryland.
Kevin Hassett gets it as he adeptly references the vermin in the corner of the room, Lawfare, just waiting to pounce.
Poor Margaret, as usual, has perfected the quizzical look of a thick as two short planks student in “Professor” Hassett’s classroom who simply doesn’t get it.
Thank God above for Kevin Hassett who, ever watchful, has President Trump’s back.
“Brennan is a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations”
Margaret Brennan
https://centerforpolitics.org/margaret-brennan/
Is she now…
Colour me unsurprised, my friend.
Ahhhh…the compassionate Madeline Albright. She who thought the deaths of 50,000 Iraqi children was a price worth paying.
Bet she had a brooch to mark every single one…notches on her “gun”.
Democrats are trying to get PDT to break the law and pinky-swear they won’t use it against him?
Reminds of the time Poppy promised “Read my lips; No new taxes.” Democrats begged him to raise taxes–and when he did, they used it to install the Clinton/Rodham Gang.
They weren’t at all grateful that he raised taxes. Or shot President Reagan, either.
CFR Clinton,replaces CFR Bush. The Bushes consider Clinton to be a brother from another mother. This may be the best example of the Uniparty system and Council on Foreign relations control of our government
So is Fox’s Marie B.
Yes sir and George Soros was high up the CFR pyramid. One of his hatchlings is also. Whenever you hear “Soros” think “CFR” because he is doing their bidding. The CFR was one of the easy to spot the Uniparty and the two party charade. Its also a great way to see how the Media aka “Fake News” is managed for CIA run operations. Op Mockingbird. They skew or try to any real America First patriots or Christian leaders.
Finding out how many 19th century religions were formed and why is quite interesting.
Where do all (most of them) roads lead?
“Brennan is a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations”
A good little soldier, faithfully serving in their pool of Useful Idiots…………
Fair to say, she does not have the quickness.
I’m done being decorous with my definitions.
Very freeing.
“Commander in Chief stuff”
November 15, hard stop on military pay.
And supplies? Food, oil, diesel fuel? Payments for jeeps, tanks, ammo?
11:16
Oh.
Constitutionally, the judicial branch has zero power to intrude on the authority of the legislative branch to make appropriations, or to compel the executive branch to violate the Anti-Deficiency Act in the absence of appropriations from Congress.
Judge McConnell cannot just wave his hand and make money appear out of thin air. He isn’t Congress.
This order of his does present a real constitutional crisis moment.
It’s a stupid game of gotcha. Congress by refusing to end the shut down is trying to rob POTUS of the tariffs power plays against our enemies and competitors by disarming him, using Section 32, forcing him to destroy not only his achievements but also possibly burn the whole system down.
The administration is going to go Kobayashi Maru on their tails in response, I think.
Commander in Chief.
FAFO
According to our buddies from rattletrap group this is an op to expose the corruption of the Judiciary.
Let’s hope so.
I find so much of this clip relevant to this country’s situation in general, and perhaps that judge next door, McConnell, in particular.
Our society is sick. We have abandoned honor, Many have abandoned their oaths of loyalty to the Constitution (lookin’ at all those judges acting on behalf of everyone and everything except the Constitution).
In the end, we abandoned Christianity, and thus Western Civilization.
And are suffering for it, mightily.
Been contemplating its coming from the Lodges. I dropped you a link yesterday about them.
Good link. Interesting.
Working on something really interesting. A couple of 19th century “religions” created by them.
Perhaps “Scofield” as well.
Definitely Scofield. Others have done the work there already. The publishing company is the key link.
I believe there is a Rapture, but with a victorious spotless bride. We’re not even close.
The problem with RaptureRaptureRapture is that it tells people to give the world to the devil because we’re getting zapped out of here.
Who wants you to think that way? A: the devil.
What about “on earth as it is in Heaven”? The Great Co-Mission?
Think your children’s children’s children instead!
We are cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. We are sealed until the day of Redemption. I do not want to go through the Tribulation (Time of Jacob’s trouble) as you will have to get your head chopped off (the Tithe).
Yeah, Dispensationalism really chops up the Bible and has given rise to a lot of deception.
AMEN!
Does any one here remember taking ‘Western Civilization’ in high school?
Judicial corruption has been being exposed since 2017 by the District Court judges themselves.
Maybe the good judge should instead order Congress to pass appropriations, since he seems to be running the government.
Hummmm….
Change the rules, maybe pay the military and buy food for the poor from tariff income?
He may be our next Federal Reserve Chairman. 😉✝️☝️
Well… it could be worse. I could be married to Margaret Brennan.
She’s so obnoxious! Trying to tear down Trump, when he’s trying to fix the problems Biden created! Where was she criticizing Biden? No where! It always takes longer to build something back up, and so easy to tear it down!
I am getting a little worried, maybe it’s just me. The American people on a whole are very stupid, and will believe what the TV tells them. Many will blame President Trump for the ongoing shut down and have no common sense to see through the absolute BS that the media and dems are telling them. How long can they keep this up? Seems like for decades and they’re still goose stepping together. People are stupid. Companies are laying off workers left and right in an attempt, I believe, to drive up the unemployment rate and hurt not only Americans but also the President. I hope things will get better but I’m feeling down and doubtful.
All too true as the CFR manages the CIA run fake news media and their goal has been to destroy Heritage America. Prophet Pat Buchanan predicted 2025 for a Civil War.
There are rumors that the good guys have been prepared for all of this.
And Pat is still very much alive! MAGA America First needs to honor this great man now! Honestly makes my blood boil that it hasn’t already happened!
Not only stupid, but intentionally stupid.
Check your local tv station for a Facebook “news” page. Most of ’em are running half fake stories like “Trump demands states reverse full SNAP payouts”.
The usual political provocateurs stir the anger and the useful idiots post their “F!@# Trump memes. They are now fully enraged and educated in mere minutes or less..
On their obama phone, no less…
That is why originally the founding fathers thought people who owned land had enough stake in the country to “do the right thing” and wherewithal and presence of mind and a modicum of common sense and decency to be able to vote for their civic leaders. Viewing the historical dramas, there were still some nefarious and wicked men running colonies and we barely got off the ground.
Does anyone think that Margaret has the brain power greater than a cucumber? Take away her her digital device she is being feed questions and responses she is comparable to Old Joe and his cue cards.
There’s a difference in being wrong (in our opinions) and dumb. It depends on what the objective is.
Half a cucumber, peeled.
According to the Pravda News, PDJT popularity is imploding because of the Gov. shutdown. If this is true, why would the D RATS be out there demanding he reopen the Gov.?
You mean MSM? If so, I don’t believe it.
We are fast approaching a civilizational tipping point. The abject destruction of the Communist controlled cities, the onslaught of the drug cartels, the overthrow of city governments by Antifa, the Continued Communist Lawfare by Democrat judges, Illegals everywhere driving Semis or living off the dole, and the beginnings of 7th century Islamification will lead to the end of us or the end of them. It is time to rid ourselves of Illegals, Islamists, and all the Democrat/Socialists. Most of the Democrats hate this country. It is time to send them somewhere else too.
Note the subtitle to “Suicide of a Superpower”. It should be obvious to Trump Republicans why the Alinsky demonization campaign of the Mockingbird media & Uniparty traitors to Pat’s campaigns and his writings/books. He was trying to warn us and stop them before we got to this point. They always try and silence or kill our prophets.
President Trump, Honor this great man now! The Medal of Freedom!
Ty friend. A bunch of us are working on it.
Perspective.
It’s about controlling the ports, the Gulf of America, and the Mighty Mississipp (which explains why NG to Memphis, but letting Chicago boil – because its not on the Mississippi River).
The chaos and the termites everywhere are tactical deployments.
All roads lead to the City of London.
We’re taking Alberta, apparently. Yeah! Welcome, Albertans of Canadian heritage descent (which I believe is mostly Scots Irish descent, in point of fact, so welcome, Trump’s distant cousins)
Any Alaska Treepers want to go explore whether the rumor
Luongo mentioned is true?
I want my . . .
I want my . . .
I want my . . .
High speed train
(To Moscow)
Although control of Chicago will be absolutely essential for having the supply lines to feed the US population in a time of insurrection. You can ship grain much faster and cheaper on the railroads than by truck, correct?
Not to mention tanks.
(*Where is that ammonium nitrate that went missing a few years ago?)
Look at the map of the railroads. Single point of failure, almost, with the convergence at Chicago.
https://railroads.dot.gov/rail-network-development/maps-and-data/maps-geographic-information-system/maps-geographic
Knowing that the enemy through its puppets currently has control of Canada and all the commercial Western coastal ports (especially the Port of Long Beach), and all of the commercial Eastern ports (Boston, NY, Philly, Baltimore, Savannah, and don’t forget Norfolk’s strategic importance now that CIA Spangerger is in), how important is the Port of New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi?
Gulf of America.
No wonder we are taking out cartel submarines, eh? This is about more than drugs.
Gen. Anthony Tata wrote a book whose plot involved domestic traitors working with foreign governments to take submarines into certain ports including New Orleans to set off dirty nukes, effectively hamstringing the country – so you know the administration has given this some thought.
Perspective.
Atlas Shrugged is a great book.
Eddie falling to his knees on the railroad ties in despair, as the last train stops. Can still picture that scene vividly even after reading the book half a century ago.
Can’t get enough of the Happy Quokka!
I give administration officials like Mr. Hassett credit for enduring the agony of trying to communicate with people like Maggie. IMESHO, I have never read of any interview done by Maggie that reflected intelligent or insightful writing. Kevin deserves real credit and an award for trying to educare Maggie. Maybe after the “60 Minutia” debacle, SeeBS will get some better writers. Maybe Bari Weiss can bring about some positive change!
What impact does it have
These MSM interviewers are insufferable.
Always accusatory in tone. Never asking a question to genuinely find an answer, always looking for the “gotcha”.
Sick people.
This isn’t about Obama care….
This is about stopping Trump….
MAKE NO MISTAKE….
If everyone is so worked up about a Shutdown ending air travel as we know it…
That’s a clear sign to me that we need to unlink air traffic control from the federal government. It is now time to privatize the system and return control to the airports and airlines. In 1938, the federal government took over after a series of high profile accidents including the death of a Senator. There is now a much worse economic danger in store by allowing the federal government to continue its control of the process. If we spin off the air traffic control service, there goes another lever for the Legistature to waive in our face to force a compromise of ideals.
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/air-traffic-control
Might have stumbled on to something
I thought we did that to the U.S. Postal Service?
in scumbag pelosis words this woman is VILE!
Love the facts
Hassett: Because what happens is that the Chinese want to sell us lots of stuff, and there’s a tariff, so they cut their prices so that they can still have a larger market share in the US.
If this continues, will itgive Trump the ability to call up the National Guard?
People who are not getting paychecks will blame the Democrats first. They have the power to make it stop but want to fund illegal immigrants
The Republican holdouts will face the wrath of the unpaid in their state because those people will be furious they did not make it happen and will have long memories for that grudge.
Civil unrest will just make people even madder at Congress for the standoff.
It seems to me this theater is just about giving the worthless GOP an excuse to cave and reverse the success of the BBB.
Democrats will do anything to obtain power. This is just more proof of that
From one of the sites I follow:
I have it on very good authority that the DNC had a phone call yesterday and said that they want the shut down to extend through Thanksgiving. They think it is a winning issue for them and airline mayhem will ratchet up the angst forcing the Republicans to cave.
When I say very good authority I am talking about a State Senator who was on that call.
The republicans won’t be “forced” to cave.
It will give them an EXCUSE to cave.
It sounds as though the R Wing of the UniParty is going to cave…what a surprise. Both Thune and Johnson need to be replaced.
Consider …. The US Government still is collecting taxes, so there is cash flow … granted not enough to keep the whole Government open … but there is money to fund parts of the Government.
The benefits programs are not in the equation … i.e. Medicare and Social Security … at least for the time being.
There are EXISTING APPROVED and SIGNED Funding ACTS … so levels of money are AUTHORIZED for line items, including Military Pay and money for other Executive Branch, Legislative Branch and Judicial Branch Functions.
It is the President’s job and duty … after let’s say the 15th of November, the date from the article …. to DECIDE which AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS Budget Lines get FUNDED, up to the Congressionally Authorized Limits in EXISTING Funding ACTS (Law).
So … if Congress refuses to legislate .. after 15 November … President Trump gets to decide that the Military is NOT fully closed … can keep the Air Traffic and Sea Port Support Systems open to some minimum levels as well as and other Agencies, Governmental Offices in Congress as well as the Courts and possibly a few entitlement programs are NOT fully shut down …. as long as he does not violate existing Spending ACTS.
I would expect President Trump and his Team have their list of what stays open … funded by tax Revenues after 15 November. Note that the number one job of the Federal Government is the defense of the US and maintenance of order .. just sayin’.
Gee also that means the President can close down ALL our NATO commitments because the US can’t afford pay the rent nor honor contracts for any construction involving the US … and we have not withdrawn from the “Treaty” by golly. [Gee. one would think the EU Scum would be screaming bloody murder as Putin’ lines up all those non-existent Brigades to invade the EU.]
Beside causing food and rent riots … the ultimate aim of the Uni-Party is the destruction of the US Economy via shut down of transportation hubs (Air and Sea) and as much of the Land Transportation (Border Crossing Points) and Communications hubs as is possible.
Then amplify that destruction with Chaos by shutting down as much of Federal Government dedicated to law enforcement and physical security of the nation.
Sorry for the rant … just having a bite of a wish sandwich … I know the President’s Hands are tied because the TAX Money Collected has NO Congressionally approve expenditure Authorization Mechanisms to spend a dime of Tax Money in FY2026 .. such as a CR to continue FY2025 spending ACTS or new FY2026 Spending Bills. … all those CR’s and Omnibus Spending ACTS have expiration dates, just like the ACA.
So, all the Tax Dollars are just sitting there unused as there are NO Congressionally Authorized Spending sites available for FY2026 to spend the Tax Money .. unless a spending line was authorized to continue through FY2026.
It would be something of a surprise if the Republicans would expend some effort to find a Parliamentary Gimmick to make my rant come true. such as: find an Budget Line that is still active and then use it like a cash cow by using reprogramming rules written into that line item … by having the funds funneled to other tasks per the reprogramming rules in that Budget line.
Some of those reprogramming instructions may not require 60 votes.
Two separate FY26 defense authorization bills have passed, in Sep in the House and Oct in the Senate. There’s about $30 billion difference between them and I don’t see any conference scheduled to resolve this. So no actual authorization. There was certain authorization included in the OBBBA (I know at least submarine construction money).
The administration continues to scrape unobligated funds from other DoD accounts to add to the military pay accounts. Not sure what the authority is to do that; probably daring Congress to object.
All this has nothing to do with revenue. That’s a problem for the Treasury dept to work out (borrow if needed).
Money for any contracts has to be obligated up front; there is no problem cutting checks for contracted work. But contracts that are funded with one-year money typically have a period of performance that ends 30 Sep. The following year is normally an option that is funded (when exercised) with the new year funding.
“MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, it seems a political calculation is the point.”
It surely is, Marge! Democrats score political points by playing dirty. They care nothing about U.S. citizens or our livelihood. They will spend every one of us down to our last dollar.
Now that I’ve been thinking about the crying over the East Wing, didn’t Obammy throw away $400 MILLION (not sure what that’d be in 2025 dollars) in Taxpayers Grandchildren’s Future Earnings revamping the White House? What was the scope of work? Who were the Contractors and Subs, Suppliers??
Maybe Data Republican could give the Accounting on that work a once over.
I wonder if the “African” dining room is still there?
Cana anyone sue her and find out who the team is that preps her hit jobs
I watched the entire interview and thought Director Hassett, as usual, did a great job handling Brennan. She even had a tough time being nasty to this nice man. Then I read the comments. Some of you need to get some sunshine and fresh air. Your doom and gloom is a bit over the top.
This women makes a case for getting government out of our life in a very pithy way.
I soon will be partially relying on government more than everI have in my past 66 years and I am beginning to feel very uncomfortable about it.
https://substack.com/@justindeschamps/note/c-174473372?r=lmh9t&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
He should have said the obvious:
“We pay the military because they serve the country, and they are more important than a bunch of parasites who are served BY the government.”
Seems the government shutdown also may have ‘unintended’ consequences…
For all those both pro- & against US involvement in the Ukraine conflict, here’s a mention from the pro-Russia website ‘Southfront’:
“The United States has suspended shipments of weapons to NATO allies worth more than five billion dollars due to the government shutdown.”
This is happening at a time when Ukraine defense of Pokrovsk is all but lost, & Mirnograd & Kupyansk are on the shortlist.
How’s the Deep State going to execute their ‘lateral pass’ to NATO given that reality?
Brennan is shameless
Margaret brennan oozes venom and disrespectful hostility.
“…to force the Trump administration into a catch-22 legally where they are going to violate the law either way.” Refusing to comply with an illegal order from a court is not violating the law. The court is not the law. Laws are passed by the legislative branch, not the judicial branch. The executive then signs, or doesn’t sign (vetoes) the law. Then, the legislative branch can try to override the veto. If they succeed, it becomes law. If they don’t succeed, it doesn’t. The judicial branch has no part in this.
“The Executive has the power of the sword. Congress has the power of the purse. The courts merely have their opinions.” – Hamilton
A court opinion is NOT law. Margaret advocates breaking the law if you think your opponent won’t sue you over it in court, maintaining a judicial supremacy over both the legislative and judicial branches. In other words, she says to ignore the law and the constitution and let the courts decide on everything. Typical of a ‘liberal white woman’.
Margaret’s skirt is too short. She knows exactly what she’s doing.
She’s trying to distract Director Hassett through the glass table.
There’s no end to this woman’s evil.
“… Goldman Sachs, they have a top economic team, and they’re estimating that we’ve already knocked about 1.5% off of GDP. I think that number is probably low …” OK, that’s past me. Government consumes. It doesn’t produce.