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I don't think the Republicans really honestly give a shit if more people blame them or not.
I also honestly don't think they intend to re-open the government anytime soon. Possibly ever.
They want Trump as a dictator, and they're basically getting what they want with this, likely eventually arguing that Trump has to make the decisions because congress "no longer works." They've always run on government not working and have spent the better part of fifty years working to make that a reality. Once the executive is the only branch of the government still functioning, they'll have what they want.
The longer it is shutdown, the more essential agencies that keep people accountable and keep the country actually running will be shut down as they funnel more money into ICE and the military, the more authority they can hand off to the Executive branch. They will keep the IRS at bare minimum, but now that they've given ICE carte blanche to access citizens' tax records, they will also use them to enforce tax code.
If people start rioting because of loss of services like SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, all the better for them so they can institute the Insurrection Act. Expect the Pinkertons (who still exist and will just go back to their old ways) and ICE or the military shooting striking workers to come back en vogue.
Also it's clear that they're preparing to either royally fuck with the next election or just cancel it entirely.
As much as I want to believe there is a way out of this, we may already be out of political and legal options to stop this madness.
All true. But, the Democrats have the same goal of neutering Congress and having a President-King. They just want to be the ones in charge. If they do regain the WH in 2028 or beyond, I bet they'll happily go on issuing executive orders and deploying the military domestically.
I dunno why we expected anything different. Congress has been neutering itself since at least WWII and the Executive has been getting away with overreach almost the entire history of the country. This is what we get.
Trump is a uniquely vile and soulless figure who tapped into a sufficiently large voter base, which is just what the Oligarchy needed to shed the last trappings of our "democracy".
lol you're ridiculous.
You're tragically uninformed.