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Pay attention to the long-term, cumulative damage of the shutdown, including the effect on the census.
The Trump admin has long sought to manipulate the census in an effort to reallocate resources and annihilate rights. This isn't just a shutdown -- it's a hostile restructuring.
The Trump admin has long sought to manipulate the census in an effort to reallocate resources and annihilate rights. This isn't just a shutdown -- it's a hostile restructuring.
I warned from the start that this was a deliberate plan. There are some things we may be able to recover: voter rights, jobs. There are others we may lose forever -- like some of our national parks.
And most importantly, we lose lives. The admin kills, the shutdown accelerates.
And most importantly, we lose lives. The admin kills, the shutdown accelerates.
The scope of loss from the shutdown is staggering. Already we lost FDA inspection; FBI and TSA protection from terrorism and violent crime; food stamps for needy families; paychecks for desperate workers; the national parks system...
It's unsustainable and that's the point.
It's unsustainable and that's the point.
I started this week's @gaslitnation by reading excerpts from an article I wrote in Nov 2016 explaining the shutdown we have now. That's how predictable it was. That is why it was *essential for officials to move quickly and early to stop consolidation* patreon.com/posts/23867209
Officials, of course, did not do this. They failed from 2017-2019 as massively as they did in the years before. Legislators, intel officials, media -- a massive failure to even admit the scope of the crisis, much less combat it.
I applaud the exceptions, but they were rare.
I applaud the exceptions, but they were rare.
On top of that, the lies and delusions: "checks and balances", "Mueller's got it" -- lies from propagandists and fools, meant to gaslight you, render you passive, slow you down.
Protect each other and push for accountability -- not just for the criminals, but for their enablers.
Protect each other and push for accountability -- not just for the criminals, but for their enablers.
