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Ole Anderson's avatar

Thanks for the link, Kathleen. Schumer May have a good point in that a shutdown would let musk dig around and meddle more easily in our govt. systems and could cripple the Courts who appear to be our only hope in stopping some of the worst abuses that are going on.

Pass the CR and dig in on the budget, specifically the $4.5 Trillion tax cut continuation for Billionaires and other Rich fucks who think they should get a free ride like musk and bezos.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

I hope we have a short shut down and a once month CR. We do have a better chance with the budget. Fingers crossed. I'm so glad people are calling the Senate.

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Anne Whitney's avatar

If you only have one opportunity to oppose what's happening, and that means you can capture legacy media with a shutdown and filibuster, and the vets are in 50 states and DC over the wkend, and the GOP reps are on the run from their own constituents, and you have near daily/weekly demonstrations all over the US, then dems have the conditions for a one month CR demand and should at least try. Assuming the consequences will somehow be worse when there's no way to rein them in now doesn't make sense. They don't have the military captured yet but in 6 mos they will. Right now there's enough opposition among military members - before huge purges - that orders might not be followed now even under duress from the administration. In six months those moves will be much easier to do. Right now the momentum of the people is in opposition, and people are willing to take the pain up front to stop the worst from moving forward, if we don't have support at the highest levels of congress it will weaken the opposition mvmt.

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