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"The non-essential worker is the archetypal hire. Our worst-case scenarios are simply scenarios."
The GOP ideology of the 2013 shutdown -- weaken government, deem federal services unnecessary, and ultimately privatize and profit -- has merged with the kleptocratic agenda of a Russian asset who wants to not only destroy federal services, but destroy the US itself.
It's not a shutdown as a means to an end; the shutdown is its own end.
Once again, people are relying on norms and expectations that do not apply to Trump. There is no leverage in poll numbers; this is not about the base. This is not about the wall. This is about the end.
Once again, people are relying on norms and expectations that do not apply to Trump. There is no leverage in poll numbers; this is not about the base. This is not about the wall. This is about the end.
Last week @AndreaChalupa and I broke down the goals of the shutdown on @gaslitnation
