Damn them for not winning a no-win situation!

[Ocelot II]

57. No flames from me. I've stayed out of this whole discussion

because I honestly don't know what to think. There were two available choices, both of them bad. There is no good outcome whether or not the CR is approved. If the government is shut down the Dems would be blamed and shitty things will happen because what's left of the government will stop working along with the parts DOGE already scrapped. If it isn't shut down and the CR is approved shitty things will still happen, and the Dems will be blamed for not shutting down the government and allowing the shitty things to happen. It's all bad. I suppose voting for the CR is a good thing for the federal employees that haven't already been fired, and it's a good thing to keep the courts running at normal capacity because there are still some judges willing to throw sand in Trump's gears. But it's clearly a bad thing to give Trump the power to control federal spending, which according to the Constitution is an exclusive power of the legislative branch. Maybe that part of the CR will be challenged in court since it's probably unconstitutional. In the meantime it's all bad and we're stuck with it, but it seems to me that busting on the Democrats won't improve anything. Sure, call/email/write Schumer and your senators and give them an earful, but we can't forget for a minute who the real adversaries are.