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Dump Term 2, 1.01: Sleep Now in the Fire

LynahFan said:
Can someone explain what the big issue(s) are? My default going in assumption was that a CR can't do much harm, because it would just "continue" the current spending from 2024.

Doesn't seem so bad.

Have the republicans been sneaking additional conservative crap in there? If so, then the Republicans bear 100% of the blame.
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Not sure how much they have snuck but since Trump can do anything he wants right now the Democrats voting for the CR basically endorses his power. And, that's why the Republicans don't mind doing a CR now, because Trump will just slash everything anyway without Congress and without a law.

Hell, Congress has the power to stop the Tariffs and the Republicans just passed a law preventing the Democrats from forcing a vote on Tariffs.

The Republicans are playing 3 Dimensional chess and the Democrats are playing peek a boo.
 
LynahFan said:
Can someone explain what the big issue(s) are? My default going in assumption was that a CR can't do much harm, because it would just "continue" the current spending from 2024.

Doesn't seem so bad.

Have the republicans been sneaking additional conservative crap in there? If so, then the Republicans bear 100% of the blame.
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My understanding is there are some provisions that transfer spending power from the legislative branch to executive branch.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
Not sure how much they have snuck but since Trump can do anything he wants right now the Democrats voting for the CR basically endorses his power. And, that's why the Republicans don't mind doing a CR now, because Trump will just slash everything anyway without Congress and without a law.

Hell, Congress has the power to stop the Tariffs and the Republicans just passed a law preventing the Democrats from forcing a vote on Tariffs.

The Republicans are playing 3 Dimensional chess and the Democrats are playing peek a boo.
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But shut government down, and Donnie is still the one making all the decisions. Except now no government agencies doing what little they can do under him, and no Congress at least possibly serving some sort of feeble check on him.
 
It's so funny to watch everyone talk like there are still checks and balances anywhere. Trump is in charge. No one is stopping him, and no one is interested in stopping him. It's over. You may as well use the Constitution as toilet paper at this point cause that's all its worth.
 
Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned. He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian."
 
rufus said:
But shut government down, and Donnie is still the one making all the decisions. Except now no government agencies doing what little they can do under him, and no Congress at least possibly serving some sort of feeble check on him.
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During a shutdown the GAO decides i believe not Donny. Any action Trump takes is "technically " illegal. (Not that courts care)

And @LynahFan a provision was added that gave Trump authority over certain spending that Congress controls. They put it in yesterday.

Half the government is shut down already...what's the big deal?

They can't stop the coming budget cuts unless they show they can actually muster the strength to stand up. Their one chip to play is a shutdown. If they capitulate then they lose any leverage they have to stop Elmo and Trump. If they shut down the government they can at least negotiate a way to reign them in. (In theory...but better to try then to not)

Problem is Dems are worried about an election 20 months away. They don't realize if they give in now there is no tomorrow.
 
Yeah! Take that habitat for humanity

If only Jimmy had lived long enough to get thrown in jail

The New Republic (@newrepublic.com)

The FBI is now moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for “conspiracy to defraud the United States.” This comes after EPA Director Lee Zeldin eliminated the EPA headquarters in D.C. and 10 other regional offices...
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Doug burgum is trying to use emergency powers to restart shuttered coal plants

I hope he falls into a sinkhole. Or the one tree in nd crushes him
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There is nothing that will restart a plant that's been shuttered by a company. Zero. Nothing.

The insane risk and investment that is required to bring a plant up from "off" is enormous. Assuming you could even get the operators and engineers back. Shuttered plants almost certainly have old equipment that is unreliable and doesn't hit uptime requirements to be profitable. And who knows if the parts and equipment that were usable weren't already decommissioned and moved to other facilities.

I just can't imagine a company wanting to take this capex risk on.
 
LynahFan said:
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Moar mercury

More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social)

Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations. He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands. The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
bsky.app bsky.app
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Can someone explain what the big issue(s) are? My default going in assumption was that a CR can't do much harm, because it would just "continue" the current spending from 2024.

Doesn't seem so
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Oh great, a return of the acid rain of the 70s and 80s....
 

Isaac Dovere (@isaacdovere.bsky.social)

Walz to me today: “There was just a primal scream of folks … and what they viewed was a lack of a proper response from their representatives. These folks need to be heard. They need to be heard and be candid with you, Democratic leadership needs to hear them.”
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This would ring true...had he not (maybe) been mistaken about the exact date he went to China!
 
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