This is the way. Shut it down. Yes, a shutdown would be painful, but the alternative is going to be even more painful. Shut it down. - ThreadSky

rayosunlong.bsky.social • 22 days ago

This is the way.
Shut it down.

Yes, a shutdown would be painful, but the alternative is going to be even more painful.

Shut it down.

Reposted from Aaron Rupar

Sen. Andy Kim says he's prepared to support a government shutdown to Trump administration lawlessness

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ruku9.bsky.social•22 days ago

💯 right

sarah-jean.bsky.social•22 days ago

Shut it down. It’s already being dismantled before our eyes. Why approve and appropriate funds that will not get used for what they were designed for.

etheld.bsky.social•22 days ago

If a government shutdown does occur I don’t know if this will stop Musk, he and his minions will be classified as essential workers and keep on slashing most likely without input from departmental IT professionals who actually understand the program code the minions are rewriting.

docmomma.bsky.social•22 days ago

Doubt they're paying attention to existing employees anyway.

etheld.bsky.social•22 days ago

Very true, but still, I don’t think shutting down the government will inhibit Musk from slashing and burning his way through the government.

zensoul.bsky.social•22 days ago

We’re between a rock & a hard place - we have to do what it takes to rein in this bulls**t!

r05e-s.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trump and Elon said it would be temporarily painful, so it must be true.

rayosunlong.bsky.social•22 days ago

Let’s make it painful for them.

r05e-s.bsky.social•22 days ago

Can I just say I’m feeling like I’m in an episode of Game of Thrones right know. But if you think about we are in a mini shutdown right now.

solarman55.bsky.social•22 days ago

NO NO NO. The damage to people working to make a living, and thereby our economy, therefore the damage to all regular Americans, would be far far too much.

stellaisaveteran.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yes. Shutdown is terrifying to millions of the poorest 99%. Barely paycheck to paycheck, disabled, elderly.

blake105.bsky.social•22 days ago

I just wish they’d do it and not talk about it.

jpstork83.bsky.social•22 days ago

Quit talking about it and do it! Talk is cheap…

judymom424.bsky.social•22 days ago

Shut it down.
Cooperation IS Collaboration.
Keep notes.

Vive la résistance!

catlady68.bsky.social•22 days ago

Her word choice “to help keep government open” !!! It is not the responsibility of the Dems because the Republicans are in the majority. Once again, they want the Dems to save their ass!!

resisticat.bsky.social•22 days ago

The problem with this is Elon Musk wants the government to be shut down.

freedomisntforfree.bsky.social•22 days ago

Do something, if it pissed Mush and tRump off, it was the right thing.

eileenmont.bsky.social•22 days ago

How will that stop him? He already wants to shut it down and was stopped by court order.

richardson8.bsky.social•22 days ago

Kristin Whelper is a GOP plant!

blackthornobsidian.bsky.social•22 days ago

If you can’t join in person here are some days to do economic protests. Call every company you spend with and ask what they’re doing to protect your data, or safety. Make these big companies take a position in this fight. Make it their problem. Put on the pressure. Sign up: https://generalstrikeus.com

teeklin.bsky.social•22 days ago

"Shut it down" sounds really bad and isn't the framing Dems need

Propose a strong Democratic budget and force Republicans to either come vote for that, or do it themselves

"We have a perfectly reasonable budget the same as we've had every other year, they refuse to support it with no alternative"

olddirtyj.bsky.social•22 days ago

Shut it all down.

paradigm317.bsky.social•22 days ago

NJ loves this man for a reason. He isn’t just talk

rayosunlong.bsky.social•22 days ago

SHUT IT DOWN.

BLAME IT ON MUSK.

This accomplishes two things.

It slows down the trump administration, and it casts blame on musk, so trump will turn his ire towards musk for creating problems for himself.

Drive the wedge in.

swesten.bsky.social•22 days ago

That is what I’ve been saying. There is a sweet spot, if it can be timed right, where all of the illegality that musk is committing will coincide with Trump getting sick and tired of him. That is a Venn diagram. I can’t wait to see.💙🖕

rayosunlong.bsky.social•22 days ago

I’m wondering why more people don’t see it. I guess we need to continue shouting from the rooftops.

lovealltrustafew.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trump needs to be humiliated on a grand scale. Not sure how you go about this ….. but his Ego needs a battering.

colover79.bsky.social•22 days ago

SHUT IT DOWN!!!!’

unstoppablemom.bsky.social•22 days ago

They had better not vote on the budget, not 1 single dem !

sebastianra.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yes, this is the way. No more cooperation.

lisarcas.bsky.social•22 days ago

Shut it down we will stand by and when you shut it down lock Java the hut and muskrat up for treason

man-in-gray.bsky.social•22 days ago

A shutdown isn't going to stop the people who don't get paychecks from the government anyway. Pumpkin and MElon pay their own goons.

rayosunlong.bsky.social•22 days ago

madindetroit.bsky.social•22 days ago

They’ve already fucked with the federal workforce and froze crucial funding for kids in need.

Normally I would be all for avoiding a shut down. However, nothing is normal so SHUT IT DOWN! 💪

valinites.bsky.social•22 days ago

I've been saying shut it down

ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social•22 days ago

Shut 👏🏼 it 👏🏼 down👏🏼‼️

socialistjoe.bsky.social•21 days ago

Don't threaten me with a good time, guys...

Do it.

Don't even think about it.

pr3vgen.bsky.social•22 days ago

The destruction in the last 3 weeks to decades old institutions is such a tragedy! May Americans stop this cancerous MAGA and GOP growth! Just a Canadian observation! Love and Respect!

roguecitizenone.bsky.social•22 days ago

SHUT 👏
IT 👏
DOWN 👏👏

casamariana.bsky.social•22 days ago

See, the difference between republicans, who are always on the offense, and the hapless Dems who are perpetually playing defense is clear in Kim’s equivocation. A repube would have answered, “hell ya we are prepared to shut down the government”

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