If the government is actually shut down and we are observing it and adhering to the spending rules, then it doesn't matter where the military leaders are. They stop what they're doing. The point is, there's a certain level of government above which nobody really cares about a shutdown. Big nuthin'

I agree. So weird and disturbing.

Brazil has said no and Trump backed off

6/ And the government takes their cut, informs the police of who is in the club and who's not, the police comply and enforce, and the faithful help out in hopes of staying in the club.

This is us.

This is us.

5/ Magically, once we become comfortable enough, we become the jailers. We let the corporations who provide our comfort do our dirty work for us.

4/ And please, if you're tempted to say "this isn't who we are", please stop before you type it or say it and think for a minute. This is who we are. We make believe it isn't as long as we aren't the ones being put in jail or starved.

3/ You can understand that kind of behavior coming from a non-government radical operative like Charlie Kirk. This isn't something the President should be doing.

2/ He has attacked the left for this latest assassination without knowing anything at all. This is irrationality and mean-spirited cynical politics at work, playing on the pure, evidence-free faith of the people who admire Trump.

7/ And the government takes their cut, informs the police of who is in the club and who's not, the police comply and enforce, and the faithful help out in hopes of staying in the club.

This is us.

6/ Magically, once we become comfortable enough, we become the jailers. We let the corporations who provide our comfort do our dirty work for us.

5/ And please, if you're tempted to say "this isn't who we are", please stop before you type it or say it and think for a minute. This is who we are. We make believe it isn't as long as we aren't the ones being put in jail or starved.

3/ You can understand that kind of behavior coming from a non-government radical operative like Charlie Kirk. This isn't something the President should be doing.

2/ He has attacked the left for this latest assassination without knowing anything at all. This is irrationality and mean-spirited cynical politics at work, playing on the pure, evidence-free faith of the people who admire Trump.