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Kai
@kai.lucasbaradan.com

Struggled with this all day, I don't know what to do here - under a CR, shutting down departments is counter to congress' power of the purse, and has hope in the courts - In a shutdown the Executive branch is the one who gets to decide what to close, no judicial (or other) check at all

Tom.pizza
@sometimesavowel.bsky.social

Eh I get it though. It's a dammed if you do, damned if you don't situation. In some ways, a government shutdown might have been a godsend all things considered, but it might have hurt more in the long run.

strifeknot
@strife-knot.bsky.social

This is who the Dems are. Useless. Controlled opposition. They play the role of good cop the GOP's bad cop. Nader and Jill Stein were right. There's no path forward through the intractably corrupt Dem Party. They serve the exact same corporate interests that the R's do.

strifeknot
@strife-knot.bsky.social

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David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social

I also want to reiterate that it took every single Democratic Senator to agree to this deal. A single Democratic Senator could have denied unanimous consent, pushed this into Monday, allowed more time for the discontent to fester. Every Senate Democrat is complicit. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

politico.comSenate moves ahead on shutdown votesDemocrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments.