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The Congress and the Senate passed the bill to fund the gov.
And money for the border wall was not included there
Pres. Trump will sign reluctantly but he’s not giving up
A national emergency he says he will declare

What I expect are two reactions by Pelosi’s House:
Request a court injunction stopping Trump before he starts
And pass a bill that challenges the danger that Trump touts
The Senate will, then, have to vote, each Senator his part

I do expect this bill to pass; it needs not Trump to sign
‘Twould be the final death knell of Trump’s promised border wall
Of interest more will be how many Senators this time
Decide to vote against their wayward President in all

Defeat upon defeat erodes Trump’s level of support
Among his would-be backers who are not his diehard base
But who Trump needs behind him; losing them he can’t afford
His Senators are watching, planning when they might cut bait

2/14/19

 

Bicameral, bipartisan Congressional adults
Agreed, at least in principle, to funding of the gov.
It took both sides to COMPROMISE to garner these results
It now requires the President’s approval from above

I do believe he’ll sign it thus a shutdown to avoid
And Ann and Rush will chastise him predicting gloom and doom
But senators Republican would strongly be annoyed
Were Trump to cause another shutdown; breaks in ranks would loom

I’m switching to a different subject: Manafort in court
While under oath he chose to lie to Mueller and his team

About his conversations with Kilimnick of the sort
To push a Putin deal, a tit for tat or so it seems

A Russia, Ukraine peace where Putin keeps Crimean land
And also much of Ukraine would revert to Russian rule
Too, sanctions would be dropped allowing Putin to expand
His dominance throughout the world, with Trump his loyal tool

And Trump would gain permission to construct a Moscow Tower
He’d make two hundred million: biggest deal he’d ever had
So Putin went all out to get Trump presidential power
And Trump became a Putin puppet, situation sad

Collusion, yes, conspiracy the public to defraud
Conjecture, yes, I’m guilty, though emerging evidence
Does paint the picture thusly; Mueller’s team I do applaud
The truth will out and Trump will get his dreaded recompense

2/11/19

 

Tuesday’s SOTU sort of started off the week
Friday’s hearing’s insolence of Whitaker-speak
And all the sordid happenings from there to here
Involving Trump’s associates of many years
Enough there are of scandals one could write about
Each day a revelation new is trotted out
But that is not what troubles most from where I stand
The impact of The Donald on Republicans

The Lincoln Party that for years was really Grand
True principles conservative for which they’d stand
Served well to counter balance Democrats
Whose social conscience dominated where they’re at
But Trump has flaunted G.O.P. baseline beliefs,
A balanced budget, trade that’s free and tax relief,
By violating almost every tenet held
That so defined Republicans and did so well

Trump’s gross intimidation tactics changed the scene
Trump’s retribution for behavior he has seen
That disagrees with his un-disciplined approach
Has frightened the b’Jesus out of those who’d broach
To criticize The Donald in the slightest sense
Instead they’re mute or even justify Trump’s truculence
This brands the Reps. of Congress all as hypocrites
The G.O.P. we knew no longer does exist

2/8/19

 

The Union’s State is strong, the Donald said
And all because of him, he did imply
If not, we’d be at war with thousands dead
That was just one of many blatant lies

Trump’s rhetoric touched on important themes
Like costs of drugs and healthcare dropping down
But they all lacked of substance, empty dreams
That soon will be forgotten all around

The shutdowns, past and future never once
Were mentioned nor alluded to at all
As though they were of little consequence
Trump’s failed attempt at funding of the wall

Trump called for unity and compromise
In areas where all sides could agree
Like infrastructure, but his acts bely
This interest, ‘though, will likely never be

“If we want peace and legislation…”
This is what Trump told his audience
“There can’t be war, investigations”
So far I haven’t figured out its sense

2/5/19

 

Intelligence chiefs early morning all met
With members of Senate’s Intelligence team
To give their assessment of our global threat
The main dangers posed as their agencies deem

Iran’s still complying with non-nuke accords
While building new missiles with great payload-range
The Mexican border: no threat is their word
And with North Korea there’s been little change

True, ISIS has lost territorial gains
But they’re not defeated: guerrilla warfare
With thousands of fighters in ranks they remain
Intent on resurgence to back where they were

Pres. Trump in his tweets disagreed with his chiefs
He called them naive, they should go back to school
He’s smarter than all of them; that’s his belief
But Is Trump the greatest threat: a Russian tool?

1/30/19

 

This week of weeks I do consider
More significant than others
Trump got not his vaunted druthers
Stone indicted, true insider

Trump announced, his voice dejected,
He’s up opening the gov
Most out of pique, not out of love
Since by Pelosi he was bested

Three, the weeks the gov is funded
The team bicameral, bipartisan
Is tasked to hammer out a plan
Secure the border, it’s intended

My guess: it will include some wall
That’s wired smart with many sensors
Trump can claim to his detractors
That he’s winning after all

Roger Stone, the dirty trickster
Signaled Trump that he’s not caving
Mueller’s pressure he’s resisting
Quite unlike Trump’s former fixer

Stone expects a pardon swiftly
Thinking there’ll be no detention
Plus, he revels in attention
I think a pardon is unlikely

Trump would look bad so to choose
As though he’s got a lot to hide
If Mueller wants Stone on his side
He’ll offer what Stone can’t refuse

Two things Trump should have learned this week
The House is not his rubber stamp
The Democrats aren’t in his camp
And Stone to Mueller soon may speak

1/26/19

 

In discussing plans political
Recognizing those inimical
To the welfare
And the pain there
Of those people lacking pay

Their wellness worsens day by day

Congress reeks of stubborn factions
Flooring bills that lack of traction
Trump imperious
Is impervious
To that pain from absent pay

The G.O.P. will rue the day

A desperate Trump wants to relate
Before the House the Union’s State
He learned his fate:
‘Twill have to wait

Since Nancy P, will have her way

1/23/19

 

When I give opinions I go on a limb
Tonight it’s two limbs, narrow, shaky and frail
The first treats the problem that BuzzFeed is in
What’s next on the shutdown, I’ll try, then, to tell

As has been reported, BuzzFeed’s revelation
Was, partly disputed by Mueller, himself
BuzzFeed doubled down claiming true their position
I say that “you’re right, also you’re right as well.”

In reading the statement Bob Mueller set forth
It focused on evidence backing the plot,
That Trump ordered Cohen to lie under oath,
BuzzFeed thought it adequate, Mueller did not

Pres. Trump’s in a cul-de-sac lacking off-ramps
His, quote, compromise is bipartisan dead,
But Mitch’s position is in Donald’s camp
He’ll put Trump’s desires to vote, he has said

On losing, bipartisan, Trump’s compromise
McConnell will stall ‘till his Senators break
They’ll force a floor veto-proof vote they’ll devise
To shut off Trump’s shutdown for everyone’s sake

1/21/19

 

And the beat goes on
News devours the clock
BuzzFeed feeds a new shock
Mueller says a bit wrong
Government remains shut
Trump proposes his plan
DACA safe for three years
In exchange for his wall
Either nothing or all
Dems reject it with jeers
And the beat goes on
Government remains shut
People near to wits end
And the message they send
Open government up
And to hell with the wall!
But the talks remain stalled
Petty pranks fill the void
And the beat goes on

1/19/18

“Clear and Present Danger”

I’m quoting Dave Laufman, the near recent Chief
Of DOJ’s Counter Intelligence team,
Who spoke on the Maddow show making his brief
Concerning the President’s secretive scheme

Of working for Russia, which Trump has denied
But facts dictate otherwise context and deed
Concealment of Putin talks on which he lied
Parroting Putin accepting his creed

In previous poems I’ve reached this conclusion
M. Nance did two years ago in his then book
It’s clearly been obvious, not an illusion
The question’s what’s next, really where should we look?