the president a line item veto.
"Well, then what is congress going to do? If the president can just write his own budget, what are you guys going to do?"

Congress's one big power is the purse. If the president can just spend or not spend money as he wants, what is their function?

the republicans view congress as a legitimizing entity used to rubber stamp trump’s authoritarianism. it has become little more than a corrupt money gathering institution which is subservient to the wealthy and only pretends to pay attention to us during election cycles. citizen’s united has destroyed our nation.

Republicans are letting him do this, not lifting a finger to stop him. So why bother having congress and senate.

are the Republican U.S. House Members, the U.S. Republican Senators, and the Republican U.S. Supreme Court Justices.......

They are all just as massively delusional as Trump Inc., to think that there is a Judicial Branch, and a Legislative Branch of government in
a Dictatorship/Tyranny.............

The repugs could just agree to funding Medicaid and ACA funding and pass the bill. … and Pisswig could let Vought eliminate it from funding .
Is it all kabuki ?

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From the beginning with doge … and the repugs have always acted as a terrorist organization
Only purpose of the shutdown is to point a finger at Dems while repugs screw everyone


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Trump does not negotiate in good faith.

As far as I know tax funds don't first pass through state governments.

sent directly to the IRS by employers. I would assume other federal taxes collected by retailers and other businesses are also sent directly to the federal government.

without all the blue states money, Trump Inc. would have no money to send to the 30+? Red states that receive far more money, than they ever send in to the Feds........

They have already clearly shown that.

This is a great point and I agree but do we just keep the government closed until Trump agrees to conditions that stop him from doing that?

What is the alternative?

it seems we are destined to either Martial Law, or another Civil War..............Either way is fine with these quasi RepubliCONS.........

Trump has lied and cheated every day of his life.
McConnell STOLE two Supreme Court appointments and destroyed our Government.
They are entirely untrustworthy.

Not negotiating with terrorists has been America's standard procedure. No reason to deviate from this maxim when dealing with an internal threat.