This is a lie, of course.
There was no debate or vote on any funding bill.
Mike Johnson literally just shut the government down to prevent the release of the Epstein files. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying to you, full stop.
I do not know enough about us politics so I’ll ask. Would shutting down the government to prevent the release of the Epstein files be a very stupid choice because it’s basically a short term solution? Surely there are other corrupt ways to get out of these ones, like falsifying them
I don’t think they have a plan.
I do think that Johnson is being extorted by Trump / Putin or funded by the Heritage Foundation to stonewall the release at all costs.
I would still consider the possibility he did it only due to a bribe, not enough intelligence to lead, DEI hire.
The GOP has a majority in both houses…
Of course they do! But the Woke Left™️ is somehow infinitely weak and powerless, while also being endlessly insurmountably strong, and this cognitive dissonance is why Fascist rhetoric is so effective. It allows them to feel permanently powerful and in control, while ALSO raging endlessly against whatever Out-Group they hate somehow controlling everything behind the scenes, spawning an infinite cycle of hatred, vitriol, and violence that only ever ends in blood.
It’s bullshit, plain and simple, but it’s terrifyingly effective bullshit, because you cannot rationally convince them that it IS bullshit. It relies explicitly on whoever believes it being willing to purposely ignore reality in favor of vibes and rage, which modern Republican voters have been purpose bred (metaphorically) for over the last 50 years through FOX News.
Oh man, this is going to devastate me because I usually spend hours using the very many useful functions and applications on the extremely awesome hud.gov website.
Fucking gross.
Fucking gross and embarrassing.
Ah yes, the radical left that has mysterious control of 3 branches of government even in the minority. Is it possible to learn these powers?
Is it possible to learn these powers?
Not from an ethical person.
We have more genders so its easier to overrun the government
Sadly trumps cult will believe this and react accordingly.
So, an official government channel is saying it’s something else’s fault.
Very mature and very professional.
Did you expect mature and professional?
If so, I have some land in the Bahamas you might be interested in.
Something something … Bully pulpit
At some point isn’t this false messaging just liabel?
Aw did the nasty dems play hardball? Aww. Poor ickle republicunts.
They didn’t even get a chance to play hardball. There was no debate or vote on a funding bill at all.
Mike Johnson shut the government down to prevent the newly elected rep from New Mexico from being the final vote needed to force a discharge petition that would circumvent Johnson’s stonewalling of the Epstein files being released.
Trump is VERY keen not to have the Epstein files released.
I’m waaaay more interested in whatever Kompromat Trump / Putin have on Johnson.
I’d bet dollars to donuts it involves small children.
That a government site can be used so obviously for partisan propaganda is wild.
You ain’t seen nothin yet! Go and study 1930s Germany. Before the war. Even before the invasions of other countries. Look how they used their government to cement nazi propaganda.
Now look at the USA today. Kinda feels like 1935 Germany I’d say. If that alone doesn’t scare the shit out of you, then I redirect your attention back to studying, because you clearly missed everything to be gained by studying history.
History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes.
We’re farther along masked men are “disappearing” people and they can’t be found. I’d say we’re moving much faster
Hopefully that means fascism crashes and burns twice as fast.
Remember, the nazis died because Hitler shot himself. But he only shot himself because the whole world was ready to do it for him. We put enough pressure that it was the only outcome either way.
Lets take that fight to the GOP. Not trump, the GOP. Because if trump is gone, some other pedophile asshole would be happy to take his place. Remember, as much as it feels like he is, trump isn’t THE problem. He’s just the current face of the problem.
Exactly this. Everyone jumps to Germany invading countries and the Holocaust, but it all started with propaganda and control.
The US is following the playbook by the letter. The biggest difference between nascent Nazi Germany and the US today? We’ve had 80+ years to build up military power which we’ll use to crush any who stand against us, while Germany was still fighting against crippling debt and hoping not to generate too much notice as they built up their military power. While the Nazi’s had to coax, cajole, and bully the media into speaking or reporting on them favorably, this administration has managed to get the media to eagerly accede to demands that haven’t been made. The government shuts down, President
Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew CamachoMayor McCheese will declare a state of emergency that includes the criminalization of the opposition party for causing the shutdown, then he’ll cite whatever war SecretaryHePronoun Removed-Man has started as the reason for a full martial law implementation and the military annexation of Canada for “Secure the Borders!”. In this scenario US=Germany, Canada=Poland, and we just skip the Sudetenland and The Anschluss (though to the administration, they’ll expect that the annexation of Canada will equate to The Anschluss) and go right to the need for “Lebensraum”Hey now, President Camacho may not have been a terribly smart man, but he definitely wanted to get the smartest person in the room working on real problems to find real solutions. Don’t drag his name by comparing him to Trump.
Fair point. I apologize to President Camacho.
I don’t know why you have to be a dick in your response to me but I will return the favor in my response.
Well maybe you shouldn’t assume someone doesn’t know the history because you don’t understand what they mean.
Some quick steps to understand subtext:
- As it is obvious that a website can be used for anything, the description of wild is not actually describing the act.
- If it is not describing the act, what is it describing? Clearly it is describing an ability. The ability of whom? As the “what” is already excluded as an option. The government’s abilit to do that!
- Obviously the government can do that though… so maybe the ability is not the ability to do it but the lack of consequences that one has to face when doing it.
- consequences? From whom? The public.
So let’s read it again, “it is wild that the public let the government publish obviously partisan propaganda over public channels like that”.
But why would the author expect the public to show a reaction to this behaviour? Mhm maybe because he is aware of the history and he assumes that the general public has the vague understanding, due to history, that the government shouldn’t be used to push partisan propaganda.
But please, be proud of how smart you are and how you know history while failing to understand the subtext of a simple sentence.
I think you’ve misinterpreted the tone of the post, and assumed it was directed only at you and not all readers.
You ain’t seen nothin yet! Go and study 1930s Germany
Totally not directed to me but the reader.
Even to a reader, it is incredibly arrogant in tone.
Man relax
It’s currently breaking the law. The Hatch Act is supposed to prevent federal employees from participating in politics like this. Not that they care. Someone else in the thread mentioned repairing violations of the Hatch Act.
So unbelievable I had to check.
if you try to leave the leave a pop up repeats the fucking message
JFC…
And Americans will believe them and keep voting red
The lies never stopped in American history. From the very first day it was a lie in the creation declaration that “all men are created equal” America is just a nation of lies and will forever be so.
They still celebrate Thanksgiving like it’s not the beginning of a massive century-long genocide.
