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Turns out that having the legislature operate via a Gentleman's Agreement that assumes good faith behavior and concentrates power in the hands of a small number of people was really bad for Freedom, Liberty, and Democracy.
Isn't shutting down the federal government better?
States rights, amirite?
Oh, so its actually, factually, Johnson who shut down the government.
Good to know as trivia I guess, not like right wingers are on speaking terms with reality.
I'm curious why the GOP seems to be actively pursuing a shutdown right now, that they have full trilateral control over the Federal Government. Trump already isn't bothering to staff or govern the administrations they don't like, it seems like this would only hamper their goals with ICE & DHS, right?
Is there even an actual goal here? Or are they betting on Schumer et al caving at the last possible nanosecond?
Along with what others have said, a user in another thread pointed out that with a new financial year, they can repeat their performance with their July bill, basically doing whatever they want, so they probably consider it a win all around.
They're betting on Democrats getting the blame. They might be right, though I hope not.
This still serves their larger goal of portraying government (supposedly representing the will of the people) as a whole as inefficient and unreliable. This furthers simplistic "strongman" attitudes as well as a continued push towards privatisation.
Grover Norquist, who founded Americans for Tax Reform in 1985 at the urging of President Reagan, declared in 2001: “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.”
https://theconversation.com/the-shutdown-drowning-government-in-the-bathtub-111333
They are ideologically opposed to the government doing basically anything other than police and military duties, and having the bare minimum legal system required to facilitate criminal convictions for the poor, and the contract emforcement of private business.
Basically, they want the level of government that exists in Night City from Cyberpunk 2077, but probably without mass transit or even public roads.
This is what Rush Limbaugh's ditto hesds have been told they want for about 40 years, and now they are just doing it.
You can prosecute people for thought crimes snd not being the right sexuality or religion or skin color with this, so, that's all good with them.
It's a reasonable question. I don't know how many ICE agents are ok without getting the paycheck.
Ice turning on the administration was not on my bingo card but maybe I should pencil it in real fast
Should they bet on consequences?
Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas):
There are more mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein Files than there are House Republicans here in Washington D.C. today.
Also this
Yup, this very much. Mike Johnson can go fuck himself.
Based on the actions he's taken to cover up for pedophiles, he's more likely to go fuck a child.
My guess is that app his son and he use to stop online wanking behavior is to keep his shady desires in check. It's either for kids or dudes, cause no one in the GOP gives two fucks about lust and sexual misconduct with women.
He definitely gives off child fucker vibes. He joined the right friend group.
MikeyJ gonna get on Grindr tonight to soothe his fee-fees and his pee-pee
That's not how you spell kindr (God I hope that doesn't actually exist)
He gets creepier every day. They’re gonna find bodies under his house.
bodies of young men, dudes about to have his Grindr profile and IP leaked by a tiktoker apparantly lol.
So that's the reason they had to buy tiktok
there's no way some freaky shit isn't happening with someone who has a porn pact with his son.
I loved that yesterday Vance claimed that he wanted to work with Dems on not cutting health care, and they should fund the government, then work with the GOP on healthcare.
This guy is such a liar. The GOP absolutely refused to work with the Dems during the creation of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” despite very loud calls to not cut healthcare to fund billionaire tax cuts.
Anything but the Epstein files… There must be some really juicy stuff in there.
Yes. Evidence of Dump "allegedly" juicing all over some under aged girls with his BFF Epstien
Did you want them to rush the podium and eat Mike Johnson alive like a pack of hyenas, then reclaim congress?
Actually I could get behind that.
Given the recent government, a shutdown might be an improvement.
They have no shame.
Except for being on grindr. I'm sure they feel deep shame about being on grindr.
Doesn’t he share his masturbatory habits with his son, in a sort of watchfulness pact or something? It’s so very weird.
Like much of the administration, incompetence and yesmenship is what you get when you hamfistedly shove a junior statesmen into leadership.
Shit like this is why I spend time volunteering with potential candidates nationwide.