And that’s why it’s illegal to turn them off the way they did. - ThreadSky

kagrox.bsky.social • 1 day ago

And that’s why it’s illegal to turn them off the way they did.

Seriously? They turned it off literally overnight. Can they not turn it back on because Big Balls fucked up some system?

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sniffit.bsky.social•1 day ago

You give their lies too much credit. They're playing for time so destruction of the agencies will be irreparable by the time they feign ability to make the payments has returned, at which point they'll file motions demanding relief from the order to pay on the basis of the organizations being dead.

jdutky.bsky.social•1 day ago

All the government apparatus seems to be geared to preventing money from being spent when it isn’t authorized, not ensuring that authorized money is spent promptly. I experienced this first hand when the my contract was challenged. The spigot turns off over night, but takes months to turn on.

aaushole.bsky.social•1 day ago

What we need to do. From Kings Mountain national battlefield.

secularjen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Musk just said that when they realized they made a mistake by cutting an Ebola prevention program, they "restored the Ebola prevention immediately and there was no interruption,"

jeffmcmahon.bsky.social•1 day ago

He lied.

secularjen.bsky.social•1 day ago

He certainly did.

smithmichaelw.bsky.social•17 hours ago

and that was always the plan, some of it will be gone before it's turned back on

dogsdadbod.bsky.social•1 day ago

One of many reasons.

kagrox.bsky.social•1 day ago

You’re supposed to have government-wise consensus for a shutdown like that, and if you flip the switch without it and cause wreckage, somebody has to go down for it.

Accountability isn’t just an exercise.

drgeophysics.bsky.social•1 day ago

When has there actually been Republican accountability eh?

kagrox.bsky.social•1 day ago

government-*wide*, of course

rsgreacen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Eddie Murphy taps his head

kagrox.bsky.social•1 day ago

Now, Trump could certainly pardon people for it, or instruct the DOJ to decline to prosecute (now that we don’t hold the president responsible for anything).

But he could also just let them rot and blame all the pain on them.

And seize their assets, too. If, say, they are billionaires.