Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives erupted as Republicans gaveled into recess on Tuesday despite a looming government shutdown.According to CBS, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) was seeking unanimous consent to pass a Democratic resolution that would have prevented the shutdown. However...
I’m aware of this, it’s just that shutting the federal government down right now wouldn’t seem to help in that goal. They’re in the middle of a ramp-up of ICE & federal troop deployments across our cities. That’s going to get a lot harder it those soldiers aren’t getting a paycheck, no?
Sitting on it, I think the claims that they’ll fire workers, all the other vague claims they’ve made, is all just a bluff to get Democrats to cave-into their demands, weakening the opposition and legitimizing their deconstruction.
As best I can tell, ICE / DHS considers 93% of its employees to be essentially personnel and has said themselves almost all of them will still be paid.
Because they are ‘critical law enforcement.’
Beyond that, the Trump admin has already proven they have no problem illegally withholding and redirecting funds.
So… regardless of who is actually responsible for a shutdown, we are existing in a de facto dictatorship unless some other element of the government actually does something to stop this.
They literally do not care about laws.
Coincidentally, I’ll just here note that one of the monikers of the AntiChrist is ‘the lawless one’.
Not that I am religious anymore, nor do I think most Republicans actually read their Bibles, but it is kind of funny.
But uh yes, it is obviously a bluff, they will blame everything on Dems and illegal immigrants and the queer no matter what actually happens, because they are literally psychotically delusional.
That seems like the best analysis I’ve seen. In general, you can always assume behind every action is “The worst” as their goals and intentions.
Well thank you lol.
Yes, this, making internet comments, this is why I got an Econ degree and a Poli Sci degree, apparently.
Would have been neat if anyone listened to anything I was saying, in a professional or personal capacity, for the last 20ish years, but uh, nope, nope, so now we get fascism and economic collapse, and I get to be way, way too sullen to eek out an ‘I told you so’.
Holy shit this all sucks so much.