In an unusual move, Donald Trump’s administration is using the US Department of Housing and Urban Development website to blame the looming government shutdown on the “radical left”.

The giant red banner, splashed across the agency website on Tuesday morning, comes after Republican and Democratic leaders did not reach an agreement on government spending legislation beyond the Tuesday night deadline, which will result in hundreds of thousands of employees furloughed and agencies shutting down key functions.

    • Cort@lemmy.world
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      As soon as the newly elected Democratic Congress-woman is sworn in there will be enough votes to release the Epstein files. It’s one of the things Mike is holding up by closing the house.

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        Yeah I read about that. Fucking insane. Is it true that she can be sworn in by a federal judge? I read that but haven’t bothered to check if it’s true

    • Basic trans rights are also at stake. The current provisions that Republicans want would basically strip all adult trans people of any gender affirming care, which WILL cause a LOT of deaths.

      In addition to the extraordinarily high suicide rate amongst trans folk (almost 50% due to shit like this), HRT isn’t something you can just turn off. It can lead to osteoporosis and a whole host of other issues, some of which are life threatening.

      I want to be clear: Republicans are salivating for a transgender genocide. They want us to simply die, and I unfortunately expect Democrats to fully throw us under the bus

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    Control all 3 branches of government, and literally Mike Johnson ending the session early to avoid unwanted votes and bring on the shutdown.

    Why would the “radical left” do this?!

    Also, how the fuck can anyone be taken seriously who refers to the likes of Jeffries and Schumer as “left”?!!!

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    The radical left from their perspective. Also known as everyone. Also known as the new targets for the us military.

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    I’m starting to think a humiliation kink is a prerequisite for being in this administration.

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    Any Democrat who votes for this dumpster fire of a spending plan would risk not being reelected. Why would you do that? Shut down is on the ones who happily created the dumpster fire in the first place, not the ones suggesting maybe stop adding fuel to it.