POTUS is shutting the US government down, except for immigration enforcement and military activities. That’s the story. He’s shutting the whole government down. He’s closing up every aspect of the United States operation, except the parts with guns. - ThreadSky

chanda.bsky.social • 27 days ago

POTUS is shutting the US government down, except for immigration enforcement and military activities.

That’s the story. He’s shutting the whole government down. He’s closing up every aspect of the United States operation, except the parts with guns.

Comments

idiokratie.bsky.social•27 days ago

Don't worry, the Dems will collaborate with him until he caves.

nivula.bsky.social•27 days ago

He is saying we are being invaded. We should all file suit against Trump. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. IIED. Occurs when a person, through extreme or outrageous behavior intentionally (or recklessly) causes severe emotional distress, mental trauma and/or bodily harm to another.

leaferi.bsky.social•26 days ago

Pretty much.

starlight462.bsky.social•27 days ago

If there are any free militia groups like the constitution says there should be they should be ready to protect their neighbors from trimp racism attacks

susankitchens.bsky.social•27 days ago

📌

mimi828.bsky.social•27 days ago

And GOP and MSM are letting it happen.

brebitz.bsky.social•26 days ago

Http://static.project2025.org

Searchable by keyword. OR you can download and upload into chatgpt and ask for a summary of a specific topic and the approaches.

They want religion everywhere

zours.bsky.social•27 days ago

Sounds familiar…

mariavictoria.bsky.social•27 days ago

Thats an interesting way to look at it. Makes it even more stark

mprclntrlst.bsky.social•27 days ago

Because more than anything a messianic authoritarian craves supplication.

eac31.bsky.social•27 days ago

Everyone who voted for him kept being all “there are checks and balances, we have Congress still, blah blah blah.” They refused to listen to how Trump could end checks and balances. This is one way, also publicly attacking senate members who might vote no for his unqualified cabinet members, etc.

on-tannhausergate.bsky.social•27 days ago

Only the dumbest people you’ve ever known said that, imagine living through his first term and believing this… what a colossal dumb fuck

eac31.bsky.social•27 days ago

Unfortunately, a lot of republicans in my own area and (by blood) family have said things like this. I’m not denying your assessment of them though 🤭

on-tannhausergate.bsky.social•27 days ago

I’ve been excising those people from my life unless you’re immediate family like my dad or brother but if you’re a cousin… fuck off

I have never regretted it once

eac31.bsky.social•27 days ago

I used to try to argue my point/use logic and facts but have found the block/restrict/ignore method recently is much better to protect what peace I have left, for sure.

on-tannhausergate.bsky.social•27 days ago

Yeah, trying to persuade with logic and facts was what we did in 2016. We should all understand that’s a completely useless endeavor. That era is over.

webrant.bsky.social•27 days ago

The purpose of kleptocracy is to get away with the corruption.

https://bsky.app/profile/chanda.bsky.social/post/3lgnyiycr7s2g

manfromrio.bsky.social•27 days ago

And that will be his doom. Car drive. Hit tree

puckthepilot.bsky.social•24 days ago

That medical requirements executive order attempting to target transgender individuals is quite broad and could easily sweep up a whole host of other people and decimate "the parts with guns"

justtheletteru.bsky.social•25 days ago

Also DOGE - among the exceptions.

somewherein72.bsky.social•27 days ago

Pretty sure that is not in his job description.

fake-speeches.bsky.social•27 days ago

People can’t file eeoc complaints, can’t file civil rights complaints

All the direct avenues are cut off

We have to depend on Congress, but those of us with GOP representatives might as well not have a voice

brewtowne.bsky.social•26 days ago

Bannon told us in 2016 that the goal of Beenadick Donald & his Cabal of Nincompoops was to "deconstruct the administrative state."

Not enough of us cared.🤷🏻‍♂️

imflyingsolo.bsky.social•27 days ago

Well let's face it. Your so broke you run into debt ceiling every 4 months. It makes sense to have a hatchet man come in

shrimpmeatmom.bsky.social•27 days ago

Tell me you don’t understand national debt without telling me

imflyingsolo.bsky.social•27 days ago

I understand US taxpayer money kills 1000s of children every year and displaces 1000s Of families while your cities are riddled with drug addicts and prostitutes trying to survive. Your election was just purchased with the massive support of foreign agents. Good luck as you work through austerity

92andthensome.bsky.social•27 days ago

Folks are really, really slow to the party on this one. Oh, and he’s crashing the economy, too.

realityred.bsky.social•27 days ago

Thank goodness that SCOTUS made him immune.

mrhanbury.bsky.social•27 days ago

Yup

utile-corvus.bsky.social•27 days ago

Shutting it down or fortifying it? Seems like the project is to make a bigger "better" govt for defense, businesses, resource extraction, etc. Social support programs are "extra weight" for imperial goals. F'd up =[

chanda.bsky.social•27 days ago

A lot of what he’s doing right now makes things worse for several business industries

utile-corvus.bsky.social•27 days ago

Which businesses are getting snuffed? I imagine the defense, oil, and tech businesses are getting some good deals rn

noneofyourbusyness.bsky.social•27 days ago

All medical research is being suspended.

chanda.bsky.social•27 days ago

Most consumer goods are made outside of the United States so the tariffs are going to be a problem for pretty much all of them

nykeri.bsky.social•27 days ago

I'd love to see him shut down FAA... Air traffic would grind to a halt because air traffic controllers ain't dealing with that shit.

redwoodgirl.bsky.social•27 days ago

He'd just fire all the air traffic controllers like Reagan did and hire unqualified scabs. I'm guessing that wealthy conservatives have their own planes and pilots and think they can do without qualified ATCs.

bluealways.bsky.social•27 days ago

This is true.

redwoodgirl.bsky.social•27 days ago

We're living in an era when I do not get any solace from being right most of the time.

nykeri.bsky.social•27 days ago

That would be lots of fun... It took me 3 1/2 years to fully check out; the FAA has ATC jobs available and they're not getting the bids that they need.

soimlikeword.bsky.social•26 days ago

Hiring freeze means nobody new gets hired.

trulyaghast.bsky.social•27 days ago

That’s certainly what it’s looking/ feeling like.

omdesign.is•27 days ago

This is very, very wrong. Even if they call it a "reset" it's not in The People's interests and smacks of South Korea's Presidential attempt.

msgayle510.bsky.social•26 days ago

Yelp, do the democrats know?

sheikh-yerbouti.bsky.social•27 days ago

Comrade trump is creating a vacuum for China to exploit

tzoq.bsky.social•27 days ago

He's even shutting down the parts of the military that don't involve guns.

vanjazzle.bsky.social•26 days ago

It's hard to pay for guns and pay for people to use those guns without a revenue division.

kerriarsenault.bsky.social•27 days ago

Hm, I see why you think this - this is what the news reports, but it's not true (yet). My husband is a government employee and has been for over 30 years and there are thousands of folks like him who continue to do good and important work that are not involved with guns or immigration.

johnwares.bsky.social•27 days ago

….yet some agencies can’t hire, make purchases or funding agreements, etc - they are still going to work but can’t necessarily do the work.

kerriarsenault.bsky.social•27 days ago

Yes I know. I was responding to the point made that the only government left was about guns and immigration.

chanda.bsky.social•26 days ago

Just want to point out that there's a reason that "shutting" and "shut" are actually different conjugations and tenses of the same verb.

hammurhed.bsky.social•27 days ago

it’s only been 6 days. give him 6 months

kerriarsenault.bsky.social•27 days ago

yes

chanda.bsky.social•26 days ago

I realize your message was well-intentioned but while you assumed I was speaking from a place of ignorance about internal workings of the government, I can say without assumption that you actually are speaking from a place of ignorance about what I know and don't know. Have an amazing day!

kerriarsenault.bsky.social•26 days ago

Thanks for the polite insult Have an amazing day yourself!

chanda.bsky.social•26 days ago

Good luck getting your spouse fired because you want to condescend to strangers on the internet

kerriarsenault.bsky.social•26 days ago

I was just saying that government offices are still open that do not just traffic in guns and immigration, and it wasn't condescending to you. That is what you did to me by calling me ignorant, something I would never do to a stranger

chanda.bsky.social•26 days ago

I see you're still ignoring my advice about not being fucking stupid in public and my hope that you will take it is the only reason I haven't blocked you already

chanda.bsky.social•26 days ago

Also as a word of advice: if you are genuinely the spouse of a federal employee, it is actually *fucking stupid* (cannot emphasize this enough) to both publicly announce that and also to publicly announce that they are part of a silent resistance

wingofbenu.bsky.social•27 days ago

I mean apparently he;s also shutting down the parts that feed the military so thats going to go well.

starklyjd.bsky.social•27 days ago

Except he’s also attempting to strip that military of benefits without any concerns for a coup.

Truly, he’s bad at even being a corrupt leader.

martti.bsky.social•27 days ago

The GOP only care about veterans when love for veterans comes out of their mouths. In actuality, they never help that veterans. They constantly vote down anything to help them or honor them. Except for bullshit flag waving. Then most veterans turn right around and vote for who? It’s horrifying.

julieingersoll.bsky.social•27 days ago

Nope. He's creating chaos which he'll use to justify increasing authoritarian control

eac31.bsky.social•27 days ago

Sadly, I think there are enough military members who are white supremacists and are MAGA that they will just comply with any of Trump’s orders.

jessenathaniel.bsky.social•27 days ago

I really want more people to talk about this tho — dude is incompetent at even accomplishing the things he wants to accomplish. He behaves like a petulant child, just yelling for whatever he wants.

mossonrocks68.bsky.social•27 days ago

Crossing my fingers for an Operation Valkyrie situation but one that actually succeeds.

galdireonai.bsky.social•27 days ago

Military tries to dronestrike the Whitehouse and accidentally blows up another wedding?

mossonrocks68.bsky.social•27 days ago

Wait I must have remembered that Tom Cruise movie wrong, then

dimcorner.bsky.social•27 days ago

It's a war on terror joke.

mossonrocks68.bsky.social•27 days ago

I get it, I was joking in response 😅

horsetamer.bsky.social•27 days ago

No, you were right, "Valkyrie" is about the 20th July plot to assassinate Hitler. Can't work out what the 'drone strike' film refers to.

galdireonai.bsky.social•27 days ago

Not referring to any film.

The July 20th plot was a military conspiracy. I'm just saying that the current US military's track record isn't particularly promising when it comes to this kind of thing.

horsetamer.bsky.social•27 days ago

Not referring to a film!

badlandslib.bsky.social•27 days ago

I think that poster is talking about real life mistakes in Afghanistan not a movie. I take it as a sarcastic comment on how an attempt might actually play out. 🤷‍♀️

glenclouse.bsky.social•27 days ago

Problem is when the soldiers are dependent on the billionaire-government for their food, when the rest of us are starving, those troops will do what they’re told to keep fed.

fwordleproblems.bsky.social•27 days ago

I mean, this is what he/they would LIKE to do, and imagine they're doing. The issue all along is they don't TRULY understand what that would mean or what they're getting themselves into. The US government is load-bearing. It's everywhere doing just about everything!

lakers-lover.bsky.social•27 days ago

And Dems are like ha ha what can we even do, PLEASE SEND US ANOTHER $20!!

nursecurse.bsky.social•27 days ago

Unbelievable.

glenclouse.bsky.social•27 days ago

Many Dems take the same money as Republicans.. they serve the same master. Those Dems job is just to keep the workers hopeful and pacified so they don’t revolt while the rich slowly nudge us into slavery from the right.

stephenma.bsky.social•27 days ago

Don't worry, Jeffries still thinks they let quislings into heaven, which means we'll all be alright.

novadam.bsky.social•27 days ago

jfc

stephenma.bsky.social•27 days ago

🙏

abdallahnr2.bsky.social•27 days ago

With guns pointed at us

dollparts69.bsky.social•27 days ago

How long before he shuts down the borders going out?

ediblepetals.bsky.social•27 days ago

100% committed to hurting people in every possible way, so he can steal in peace

auteurc44.bsky.social•26 days ago

One way for him to remain #Potus for ever is to initiate a civil war, declare war measures, usurp the constitution and "temporarily" suspend elections !

We have seen a crazy man and its zealots convince a large population the "other" was to be eradicated. Sadly it can happen again !

jedren.bsky.social•27 days ago

this has been in the works for decades: neoliberal state suicide

imshocked.bsky.social•27 days ago

The 2nd Amendment was supposed to give the people more power to prevent this sort of thing?

dainkinkaide.bsky.social•27 days ago

It really wasn't.

The second amendment was supposed to give the nascent nation a military force that could be ready to defend it if necessary without requiring a standing army, because the founding fathers generally believed that a standing army was tantamount to tyranny.

seentoomuch.bsky.social•27 days ago

I've always seen it more that the founding fathers understood that a standing army is the classic hammer/nail problem.

dainkinkaide.bsky.social•27 days ago

Pretty much, really. And they were right.

The US got a standing army, became a global superpower by being the Johnny-come-lately that helped win a couple World Wars, and then got a little full of themselves and took it upon themselves to become the world police. Against perceived communism, mainly.

aaronautist.bsky.social•26 days ago

Not only ‘perceived’ communism. But any 3rd World leader that was successful in their own right, or sought become more independent from the WTO, the World Bank, or to trade any resource in a currency that wasn’t the US Dollar, or create a gold-backed currency, or to threaten or rival US trade.

imshocked.bsky.social•27 days ago

My comment was flippant (as a British person) but I just mean that it was designed to allow citizens to defend themselves, including against tyranny or government overreach.

And from over here Trumps actions appear to be that if a tyrant.

dainkinkaide.bsky.social•27 days ago

While (as a Canadian) I completely agree with your opinion on Trump's actions, that's still not really why the second amendment was designed.

The whole "protecting against tyranny or government overreach" thing was tacked on as a post facto justification once the US actually had a standing army.

mongrel.bsky.social•27 days ago

If this is accurate, they may ALSO be trying to loot/close the part with guns!

(see the bottom left, where they just casually decide they're going to dump 100,000+ American soldiers on the streets).

gwenvrhys.bsky.social•26 days ago

What you’re not seeing in the news is the letting go of every female, non-white, gay or trans, non Christian military personnel. While the military dept is like, “not gonna do it” that’s their plans

mmosobo.bsky.social•27 days ago

Perhaps only another pandemic would humble the men on earth with power, wealth and influence whose egoes so distant from the cosmos and reset the chaos.

vanjazzle.bsky.social•26 days ago

With RFK and Dr Oz at the helm, H1N1 is just around the corner.

mmosobo.bsky.social•26 days ago

I reckon that would backfire on the "shock and awe" approach quite badly.

javamom.bsky.social•26 days ago

That’s been Koch and others goal for a long time.

democratmikefrompa.bsky.social•27 days ago

Exactly the entire country will crumble by spring. Russia and China will own us by summer. China will take Taiwan and Russia The Ukraine and Putin’s bitch won’t do anything to stop either events.

robdoh15.bsky.social•27 days ago

He needs a break he's had a busy week.

glenclouse.bsky.social•27 days ago

It’s gonna be independent tech-feudal states powered by AI and slaves and they’ll collectively control the largest military and conquer earth..

metallichuck.bsky.social•27 days ago

The only parts the right cares about.

starwards.bsky.social•26 days ago

truthinthestatic.bsky.social•27 days ago

NYT op-ed goes into this, too. It's all about destabilizing the entire country until it falls apart and becomes so weak that Trump, Federalists, fascism, etc. can take over. It's not like we can count on the checks and balances from Congress and the courts to prevent this.

citizene.bsky.social•27 days ago

I’m kind of curious as to where the fuck the Democratic leadership is at this moment. Where the hell are they? What are they doing? Hiding? I bet they’re trying to find “bipartisan” things nobody cares about instead of plotting daily verbal messaging assaults on the felon and his criminal “party.”

doremiflutist.bsky.social•26 days ago

Mine (one Republican, one Democrat) have been working to define what "natural cheese" is. Like, cheese is cool and all, but maybe there are higher priorities right now?

truthinthestatic.bsky.social•27 days ago

Yep, absolutely!

This woman rightly calls them out on it:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zBYoYr7NAZA

firebel.ly•27 days ago

They have lost two elections to this, and learned nothing along the way, they are 1000% incapable of doing anything to stop this. Also props to gamera avatar

citizene.bsky.social•27 days ago

Gamera is the friend of all children! 🐢🔥

jaymarose.bsky.social•27 days ago

And outsourcing to his oligarchs, free from the administrative state after Gorsuch pushes the stake all the way in, yelling “this is for you mommy” & Thomas gets his bonus.

kxlljxy.bsky.social•27 days ago

how some people can not recognize this as "secret police" levels of fascism, is beyond me

mtnstrider.bsky.social•27 days ago

Do the MAGA folks understand that when he calls for martial law, he will be the one that comes and take EVERYONE’s guns, theirs included?

realityred.bsky.social•27 days ago

I suspect their guns are very safe from being taken. Gotta have that "well armed militia" they've been building up all these years.

mtnstrider.bsky.social•27 days ago

No dictator allows a well armed populace. Once his cultists realize he’s screwing over everyone he can’t have them armed.

freepelican.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yes.
HOSTILE TAKEOVER.
Live to see their fascist agenda dead, & OUR democracy thriving.

withloveperiod.bsky.social•27 days ago

Is this when we stop paying taxes?

martti.bsky.social•27 days ago

Californians way ahead of you.

withloveperiod.bsky.social•27 days ago

I am Californian :)

martti.bsky.social•26 days ago

Hell yes, neighbor! Should have sensed your awesomeness, apologies.

withloveperiod.bsky.social•26 days ago

❤️❤️❤️

daytontalk.bsky.social•26 days ago

We are all Californian.

facedamuzk.bsky.social•27 days ago

You're giving me ideas.

dennismpowers.bsky.social•27 days ago

It has been the republican dream since Reagan when his nine words planted the seeds of fascism. "I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”

It fostered the belief that government gets in the way and only an individual can solve your problems. "Only I can fix it." - it's bullshit.

maraleia.bsky.social•27 days ago

That's what my mom and I were talking about yesterday.

sunsetdude.bsky.social•26 days ago

If ya boil it down, it’s all about money and everything now is a transaction. You can get anything you want from Trump regime if you can make a $ deal.

ke-alos-ghenate.bsky.social•27 days ago

"Is that good?"

rebear.bsky.social•27 days ago

Guess I don’t need to pay federal income tax this year.

fahyhallowell.bsky.social•26 days ago

So our tax dollars are being mainlined to kleptocrats or being used to hurt people

alvaro-le-fou.bsky.social•26 days ago

To be fair, US taxpayers money has been used to hurt people for a long long while now.

robertborland.bsky.social•27 days ago

📌

bartholomewk.bsky.social•27 days ago

The big strong part he wants to roleplay. Yeah, that scans.

chanda.bsky.social•25 days ago

Literally trying to get EVERY SINGLE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE TO QUIT but tell me how he’s not trying to shut the government down https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/28/trump-offers-buyouts-federal-employees/78004655007/

rubyslippahs.bsky.social•25 days ago

They expect 5-10% of us to quit.

teyolia.bsky.social•25 days ago

I wouldn’t trust payment would actually post after quitting, he has a terrible record of not paying.😬

susanlois.bsky.social•25 days ago

The past 4 years are like when Hitler was in prison for much less time and wrote a book about how he was going to take over the world; Trump had 4 years to plan because we spent 4 years saying he wasn’t prepared to take over the world in 2016 and that’s why he didn’t get “anything” done

marciax3.bsky.social•25 days ago

When it talks like a fascist, walks, likes a fascist, acts like a fascist…

martyolliff.bsky.social•25 days ago

Hostile takeover / leveraged buyout. Run government like a business, they said. It'll save money, they said.

This is the "strip the assets and leave the dried husk" crap of vulture capitalism.

chanda.bsky.social•25 days ago

Just happen to announce this the same day they invite all federal employees to quit

Lolololol

Your social security is going to be handled by an large language model that is on constantly on shrooms

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/openai-launches-chatgpt-gov-for-us-government-agencies.html