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The GOP is actively dismantling the government. Why would they care about a government shutdown?
Seems stupid to try to threaten them with one.
They're shutting down humanitarianism.
State control/violence and wider imperialism will continue to be fully funded.
The point isn't threatening a shutdown; the point is not endorsing the ceding of Congress's budget authority to Trump (which is what voting to support the continuing resolution would do).
Because for all their talk they need at least some parts of the government to work. That's why they're recalling employees all over.
Not to mention, they've consistently threatened us with shutdowns up until now, so the democrats threatening one won't work. Heck, they would revel in democrats using something from their playbook.
That's a non-sequitor. Threatening a government shutdown only works when the other guys are in charge. Right now the GOP is in charge, so they have to worry about government shutdowns.
If democrats do it, republicans will just turn it around and say, "look they do it too!"
Plus, a shut down is exactly what Trump wants, so he can declare military action or something equally aggressively stupid and try repeatedly claiming the stock markets crash was somehow the democrats fault and made him do it.
Okay, and? Anyone who's gonna fall for this was a lost cause anyway.
Okay, and? Trump will do whatever the fuck he wants and make up excuses later. Simply put: Republicans already decided who they like and who they hate; the reasons are secondary and can be made up as needed.
Of course it would work. Come on, now.
A shutdown can allow them to dismantle the government faster.
No, it'll throw them for a loop. Fucking musk got social security records and thought every entry was getting payments, despite many being dead. The dumb fuck didn't even check their status before crying fraud - which is a serious crime that must be investigated
The records contain everyone who ever got it, dead or alive
These people are imbeciles. These chuckle fucks are struggling to accomplish their goals with unlimited power, you think they could navigate a shut down government?
I think it might be easier for them to access closed buildings and servers. I think it makes it easier for them to shut down agencies they don't like, such as the department of education. And I doubt the federal workers would get back pay this time as they have in the past.
The shutdown would screw a lot of people. The CR could be worse. And the Democrats, as usual, are left to be the only adults in the room. Yeah , the Republicans might eat more blame, questionably, but a lot of people would get hurt regardless.
Okay, so Musk's children show up at the department of XXX. There's no one there, the building managers who hold the keys could hand the keys over, but they don't know who they are because the chain of command is at home.
Also, the Marshalls are at home, so the doge children are showing up alone to navigate this problem. So they break the door down?
But there's no one there, so they search the building door by door for a server room. But they encounter a secure area, which they have neither keycards or associated pins for. So they break down the door?
And now the local police are alerted, but they continue on. They break down a bunch more doors, and find the server room. They proceed to hack random servers in the hopes of finding what they're looking for
No, no... Shutting down the government would create endless hurdles for doge, each one that is difficult for a competent person to navigate
It's 2 months into a trump presidency. I don't care how a shutdown reflects on the dnc. With all the dumb shit the gop does in the next 2 years this will be forgotten by next wednesday. The dnc's polling is trash and their donors are fleeing, why even count on being able to legitimately win another election? God knows they haven't changed a damn thing.
Their small time donors are fleeing. Their corporate buddies are still lining their pockets with the big bucks.
That's not a brag
Huh?
Ridiculous to use that as "politically weakening Democrats" excuse. Get zero, so that destroying government during shutdown, instead of at a slightly slower pace, somehow gets blamed on Democrats????
Because they want to spend that money on their friends' companies. That's why they care.