There are options to avoid a shutdown — and the Freedom Caucus is standing in the way of all of them, says Ryan Grim.
Ryan, what does — these continuing battles of the last several years over government shutdowns, what does this say about the increasing contradictions in the ruling circles in U.S.
And so they want the theater of it. You know, they want to see that they sent somebody to Washington who is fighting for them. What they’re fighting for, whether they win, whether their situation actually gets worse as a result, is secondary to the kind of emotional release that people want from seeing a clash unfold in Washington. You’ve seen some of this on the left, as well, that they just want to see a fight.
So it would certainly be ironic if the IRS ended up having to pay Hunter Biden for — you know, and it depends on what jury he gets. Maybe this is also some leverage that his lawyers are trying to get against the attorneys, because there is still the unfolding FARA case, which is the, you know: Was Hunter Biden illegally acting as a foreign agent without disclosing or without registering? That fight is the reason that the entire plea deal broke down in the first place.
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