Never mind the people who are inconvenienced by not being able to enroll in last-ditch clinical trials Oh, well, c’est la vie. Or c’est la mort, whatever.
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Somehow trump has to come out the other side of this with a bigly self imposed victory.
I can hear it now.
It couldn’t have become reality unless my genis mind is involved.
The shutdown was the best thing that happened to the country to further the cause of making America great again.
Without me, it would have been a bad bad deal.
It’s the democrats fault but I am taking the glory for saving the country from all the bad people.
Nobody appreciates me.
Nobody said thank you.
Fake news will spin it all against me.
When you have control of the executive and legislative branch, it’s a hell of a stretch to sell the shutdown if it happens as the responsibility of the party not in power.This might work on a few rubes but that’s about it.
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So in some perverse way, dipshit in charge doesn’t give a shit if we have a shutdown.
Just keep helping the Dems folks.
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No, Mr Mulvaney. This is exactly what the Republicans DID in 2013. You revisionist, sycophant, prick.
During the Gingrich shutdown (which I think was the first actual shutdown, where under the new rules workers actually stayed home?), the national parks being closed was the biggest factor in making the Republicans cave.
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Ah, but does CONGRESS get paid?
I wondered why the parks would be exempt. Then I remembered all the public spaces in DC run by the Park Service. For the TV prez optics and ratings is everything. Now, back to the studio.
Run for office- the 2018 elections are 10 months away! And if Trump and Louie Gohmert and Steve King can get elected what’s to stop a qualified candidate?
Become a Precinct Committee Officer, sometimes it’s a Ward officer. You’ll meet with neighborhood Dems and get out the vote. Find good citizens willing to run for office.
Register people to vote. If you need to help people overcome the GOP-led Voter run-around help them do that.
Run for School Board. Make sure Civics is being properly taught. Think a majority of America knows how government works? Just 26% of eligible voters in America voted for Trump and half of eligible voters stayed home last November. Today’s 12-year olds will be voting for President in 8 years.
Run for Mayor, City Council, County Commissioner, Borough Assembly.
Get appointed to your Planning Commission. Know everything going on in your community.
Run for State Legislature or Congress. The next census is in 2020, just a year and a half from now, when we redraw Congressional Districts. And Trump is ALREADY trying to rig the census!
And get rid of GERRYMANDERING! Safe GOP seats gave us such intellectual giants as Louie Gohmert and Steve King. In most cases it’s the state Legislature that draws Congressional boundaries. Make it FAIR, OPEN and HONEST! We can do this!
Overturn Citizens United. Money is NOT speech and Corporations are NOT people- at least not until Texas executes one, and overturn any voter ID laws that are clearly an attempt to disenfranchise the poor and people of color.
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“Those who would purposely mislead or seek to confuse others are bad people. Worse, they are evil.”
-Kathleen Parker
You Got To Run!
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They (the GOP) were warned – “What goes around, comes around.” Think MERRICK GARLAND; think ARBITRATION RULE; think GUNS FOR MENTALLY ILL legislation; think 51 vote FAST-TRACK for SCOTUS appointments; think… Well, you know they never did think, did they…still acting like frat boys in the frat house, except for the 8 to 10 hours spent “shaking the cup” at big $$$$$$ donors.
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