Bad headline.
...As he could have done this anyway? Like, what does the shutdown have to do with it other than optics and literal vengance?
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The Democrats need to be reminding everyone that budget talks are pointless when Trump can do this shit.
Sounds like it's time for Chicago to stop sending federal taxes.
I wish there was a way to individually opt out of taxes. I don’t want a dime of my tax dollars going to this administration
Sounds like time for all the Blue states to stop funding the red states from dragging us back to the dark ages.
Christopher Armitage has some good ideas of how the Blue states can fight back against capricious federal government and irresponsible red moocher states.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/trump-cut-funding-to-16-dem-states
and...
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-soft-secession
Who the hell invited that jackass to make decisions for the country?
Like 77.3 million American voters, sadly.
Rape enthusiasts and other morons.
Don't forget supporters of pedophiles and friends of Epstein
I want dems to add each of these things to the requirements to vote to end the shutdown. Now besides the obama subsidies all appropriated funds have to be distributed and all fired federal personelle since january have to be given the option to be reinstated. Im good with the shutdown going years.
So at what point are we in anarchy?
It's just another Friday really.
That's embezzlement
No, it's extortion
Depends on what he's doing with the money. ¿Porque no los dos?