Today's News (2020/4/15): Congressional Adjournment Edition

People are seriously downplaying Donkeyballs Donald's threat to adjourn Congress. He certainly cannot do it himself, that's true. But he could if Moscow Mitch went along with it. All he'd have to do is set up that "disagreement" with the House, and... well. There you'd go.

This is a massive deal and people are saying - even on the left - that it's just more trolling. It's fucking well not. But he does need Moscow Mitch's help.

As to why McConnell would go along, picture this:

Trump - or rather, the Heritage Foundation, he won't do the work - preps a huge list of recess appointments. Qualifications? Ffft, fuck that. Just names, baby. And a lot of 'em.

He adjourns Congress for a day, a week, whatever. However long it takes to sign all the papers.

Congress returns. Moscow Mitch continues to block everything and chortle about it like he does, the absolute motherfucker.

Result: mass cram-through of Trumpist judges and other appointees without hearings or Democratic holds.

From McConnell's standpoint, what's the downside?

And now, the news.

1. UnitedHealth is playing games to rake in profits.
2. GOP lawmakers, protesters call on DeWine to begin re-opening Ohio
3. people are owning the libs by waving Trump flags at Michigan's pro-coronavirus rally [EDITOR: Also, of course, Confederate flags]
4. Washington’s successful vote-by-mail system wasn’t built overnight
5. 'Operation Gridlock': Convoy in Michigan's capital protests stay-at-home orders
6. Kellyanne Conway: "This is COVID-19, not COVID-1 folks..."
7. Pennsylvania state senate votes to override governor's stay-at-home order
8. The virus-fighting agency Trump gutted (it’s not the WHO)
9. Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to get his nominees but faces obstacles in Senate
10. Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to get his nominees but faces obstacles in Senate

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