VOA, an international media broadcaster that operates in more than 40 languages online and on radio and television, is overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The agency also funds Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.
In addition to the Agency for Global Media, Trump’s order also targets the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and the Minority Business Development Agency for cuts.
Ok, it’s taken me a while to digest this list of actions against . What finally occurred to me was what changed between the first date and the second. He’s now Felon47. His inability to go there has become a huge, often-repeated joke online. Maybe this is his solution - petty and vengeful as usual.
The events started to remind me of those movies about women dealing with stalkers. The negative behavior escalates after their targets get restraining orders. The toxic reaction to being told where they cannot go, as well as being motivated to violate boundaries and force themselves into places where they aren’t wanted…it only ends well for the objects of their obsession when they’re locked up.
We know the regime doesn’t believe in accurate accounting, but I’m expecting the same outcome after the pols and citizens from a few red states start screaming about being hit in the wallet by boycotts on top of tariffs.
Statement from one of the 10 democrats, Gary Peters from my state. Does any of this make sense?
They already have unchecked power.
Under a normal administration, a government shutdown would be devastating to families in Michigan and across the country who count on federal programs for health care, veterans’ benefits, and small business loans. Shutdowns are also incredibly damaging, the last shutdown cost the U.S. economy $11 billion. Make no mistake, a shutdown under President Trump right now would be catastrophic.
A government shutdown would give President Trump, Elon Musk, and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought unchecked power to continue their illegal campaign of dismantling agencies that provide services Americans need. In a shutdown, the President and OMB have ultimate control over which parts of the government stay open and which workers stay on the job - and know their decisions would not be in the best interests of the American people.
In a shutdown, the Trump Administration would be emboldened to deem countless more federal workers as non-essential, making those civil servants prime targets for future rounds of mass layoffs. This action will make our country less safe and make it much harder for Americans to access programs they count on.
When the first Trump Administration shut down the government, they repeatedly broke the law. This time, they would take it even further. A shutdown would also give them free rein to keep some agencies closed indefinitely - including the Department of Education, Environmental Protection Agency, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and more.
This is a difficult choice, but with the deadline quickly approaching, I believe Congress must do its most basic job to keep the lights on. I voted to move this process forward and give the Senate a chance to take a vote so that agencies remain open and providing services, independent watchdogs can stay on the job, and Democrats can keep fighting in both Congress and in the courts to stop Republican tax cuts for billionaires and President Trump’s harmful agenda.
Dems filibuster and the government shuts down. House is already in recess. Things will get much worse very rapidly, and Dems will get all the blame for it even though intellectually we all know R’s did absolutely nothing in a bipartisan way to get Dems on board.
Unlike R’s, D’s aren’t in the business of pathologically punishing their constituents when they don’t get their way, and realize that shutting down the government will absolutely get people killed.
It’s just a CR, not a new budget. D’s probably think they will have more political capital if they save it for budget negotiations vs blowing it all now by forcing a shutdown. There’s also the next debt ceiling fight that will happen soon as well. (ETA I realize the CR is not clean and has lots of despicable shit in it.)
I hate everything about this. It’s not responsible governing, it’s not helping the people, and it’s just kicking the can down the road for a much bigger fight to come.
I feel like this was clearly a calculated decision and there was no way to come out of this on the other end looking good no matter what happened.
actions against 
. What finally occurred to me was what changed between the first date and the second. He’s now Felon47. His inability to go there has become a huge, often-repeated joke online. Maybe this is his solution - petty and vengeful as usual.
