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Trump lost the house - So he shut down the government. (Original Post) kpete Jan 2019 OP
Some of us said that from day one malaise Jan 2019 #1
Exactly. dalton99a Jan 2019 #10
Notice that he announced a new caravan was coming from Honduras malaise Jan 2019 #14
Yep. I suspect the caravan idea started with Stephen Miller with help from RW evangelicals dalton99a Jan 2019 #16
Or he's doing something that Russia never could, he's closed the government for nearly a month NightWatcher Jan 2019 #2
Trump sure is running a great campaign now duforsure Jan 2019 #3
National Strike? RicROC Jan 2019 #4
We won't have to greymattermom Jan 2019 #13
I agree. TrishaJ Jan 2019 #21
I would have titled it, watoos Jan 2019 #5
It's what corporatists, who will not be governed by "mere" governments, do. ancianita Jan 2019 #6
GOP dictator Trump and his handler Vladimir Putin will now rule by fiat and tyranny workinclasszero Jan 2019 #7
Snap out of it, guys. Fuzzpope Jan 2019 #8
And all the pressure should be on Mitch McConnell and Rethug Senate to re-open the gov. njhoneybadger Jan 2019 #9
Its simple... Joe941 Jan 2019 #11
How many government workers will leave to find another job? MissKat Jan 2019 #12
That's a feature of the shutdown WhiteTara Jan 2019 #18
Lap dog media plays right in his hands. Pepsidog Jan 2019 #15
That's it WhiteTara Jan 2019 #17
Puppet Trump and his bitch Mitch are now losing Senate and WH Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #19
K&R Scurrilous Jan 2019 #20

malaise

(269,328 posts)
1. Some of us said that from day one
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 08:10 AM
Jan 2019

It's that simple - the naked emperor does not give a flying fuck about elections

malaise

(269,328 posts)
14. Notice that he announced a new caravan was coming from Honduras
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:37 AM
Jan 2019

and yesterday I was watching Local 10 in Florida and saw some well fed and healthy people organizing for this trip. I had to ask whether some Fundie church is funding this shit on the Con's behalf.
ITTMF!

dalton99a

(81,708 posts)
16. Yep. I suspect the caravan idea started with Stephen Miller with help from RW evangelicals
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:52 AM
Jan 2019

It's cynical and cruel.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. Or he's doing something that Russia never could, he's closed the government for nearly a month
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 08:13 AM
Jan 2019

I think he's reached the point where he's actively slashing and burning our nation because he knows he's losing and just maybe it will be a distraction from his downfall.

Russian Agent cripples US government for a month.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
3. Trump sure is running a great campaign now
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 08:22 AM
Jan 2019

For the Democrats to retake the Senate and the White House back. With a lot more to expose him and his gop friends in Congress , it'll only get worse for all republicans , and trump is finished . trump's donors are running for the hills away from him now also. They probably realize he's using all campaign funds for legal bills , and personal use, and its nothing but another scam.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
13. We won't have to
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:22 AM
Jan 2019

because a lot of airports will close soon. If there is a ruling against forcing TSA to work without pay, the airports will just close.

TrishaJ

(798 posts)
21. I agree.
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 06:30 PM
Jan 2019

After the Super Bowl in Atlanta. Hartsfield is already becoming long and slow. Just wait until all that extra traffic in and out of Atlanta for the Super Bowl.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
5. I would have titled it,
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 08:56 AM
Jan 2019

Trump/Putin shut down the government.

We Democrats aren't as good as the Russian GOP in our messaging, the Trump/Putin/GOP party is much better.

McConnell got 1.5 million from Putin to shut down the government, I'm sure that Trump got a lot more. Was the guy who Putin gave a share of Rosneft to? or was it Gazprom? I forget, but it was one of them.

ancianita

(36,238 posts)
6. It's what corporatists, who will not be governed by "mere" governments, do.
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 09:00 AM
Jan 2019

Trump, McConnell, and their corporatist peers have moved into the United States' democratic house to stay.

Regardless of all our rationalizations, jokes, memes, normalizations, stresses and exhaustion of resistance, their depopulating shutdowns of cabinet departments, government, acquiescent military, increased party financial control, resemble more a corporate campus, not a former democratic republic.

To the "inhabitants" of the former state they've taken over, corporate campus owners (Trump/McConnell aid and abet them) owe no explanation.

Other than by some pretence of an election, they've taken great pains to not announce their arrival.

Secrecy is no longer a bug, but a feature of their corporate campus world.

Our resistance, so far, is to cope, scope, hope that rule of law will be backed by force.

As Tim McGraw's song says, it's their world; we just live in it.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
7. GOP dictator Trump and his handler Vladimir Putin will now rule by fiat and tyranny
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 09:04 AM
Jan 2019

He is a despot and we are his subjects, under his fat greasy thumb!

The damn republicans used to call President Obama that but now Trump is one in reality.

The pig and his traitor party wipe their asses with the Constitution daily and not a thing is done about it!

Russia's coup of the USA is now complete!

 

Fuzzpope

(602 posts)
8. Snap out of it, guys.
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 09:26 AM
Jan 2019

Enough with the fatalism vibe, this frak hole is about to get his shit pushed in, big time.

 

Joe941

(2,848 posts)
11. Its simple...
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:18 AM
Jan 2019

He didn't want to waste the time when GOP owned house and congress. But now that democrats own congress its a great time to let this grind to a halt and waste democrats time instead of GOP time. If GOP held house I guarantee you the government would not be shut down right now. This is simply to steal time from Democrats.

MissKat

(218 posts)
12. How many government workers will leave to find another job?
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:19 AM
Jan 2019

You wait, Trump will declare he saved all this money by getting rid of useless Democrats who were clogging up the system. He will turn this into a win and his people will believe it.

He is a drug to his base. They just can't get enough.

I don't know what we'll do with them once he's ousted, but we'd best be prepared. They are loud, deplorable, and like Trump, they want what they want when they want it. They could care less about anyone but themselves.

Do you remember when Bannon talked about destroying the administrative state? It's happening.

Do you really think newly graduated college folks will want a job in the government? So who will fill those jobs? Less qualified. Further eroding the system.

Putin must be full of joy.

Meanwhile, China lands on the moon.

WhiteTara

(29,736 posts)
18. That's a feature of the shutdown
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 04:14 PM
Jan 2019

they are trying to destroy the administrative state. Bannon said so in the beginning.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,574 posts)
19. Puppet Trump and his bitch Mitch are now losing Senate and WH
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 04:27 PM
Jan 2019

The gutless GOP will go down with them rather than grow a spine and bypass Mitch before the party's over.

2020 is coming.

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