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"The shutdown is not about Trump knowing too little about how government works, but about his team of GOP operatives and outside advisors knowing too much. They know a shutdown achieves kleptocratic goals they've held for a long time." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/24184840
"This shutdown is an attack on the most vulnerable people in this country, but it also a defense for the most privileged. It is a means for Trump and other criminal officials to consolidate power, purging the officials who could stop them." patreon.com/posts/24184840
"The shutdown shows how the Trump administration sees the American people -- as disposable. Our income, our freedom, our lives are all disposable to them. You need to reconceive what public leverage means in this situation." -- @GaslitNation patreon.com/posts/24184840
"The Trump camp is not worried about public approval, because they're not worried about losing elections, because they don't plan on having free or fair elections. This is an acceleration of the move toward authoritarianism." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/24184840
"This is why time is, and always has been, the enemy. The refusal to recognize the urgency of this threat has been fatal to fighting it. The Trump camp has been content to let the clock run out. Every day is damage done." --@gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/24184840
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