Schumer made the smart move.

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76. I really tire of all this Republican-lite crap

Being "the adult in the room" is what has brought us to this desperate point.

This party is doomed by the people who keep saying "if we just compromise more with the Republicans, it will all work out fine."

No. This is wrong. This is fatal, and Schumer pissed away what may have been our last opportunity to rally the public and the media before Trump completely consolidates power. And faced with that option, Schumer chose to go against his caucus 9-38 and against 100% of the House Dems. And after that mess, we still have people here rationalizing that. Unbelievable.

I am not afraid of a "government shutdown". We already have a shutdown happening one agency at a time. What's the difference? The difference is that the Musk way gives Trump the chance to normalize all of that, whereas an abrupt deadline forces the public and media. Another difference is that, just as P2025 says, the Musk way gives them a chance to fire non-partisans and to implant partisans throughout every agency, an act that will live for a generation. A quick and firm shutdown preserves all of these non-partisan jobs. That is now lost thanks to Schumer and all the other cowardly middle-grounders jumping to his defense.

I am not afraid of a "constitutional crisis". We have been in a continuous Constitutional crisis since 2000.

These arguments are specious, childish, even ostrich-like. We are truly fucked as long as this is what the "opposition" sounds like.