Independents blame Trump and the GOP for the shutdown by a 2:1 margin.

Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered.

63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government.

#GOPShutdown

So... Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) asked the 4 nominees in this hearing a simple question -- if Trump directed you to break the law, would you follow the law or follow the president's directive? -- and not one could just say they'd follow the law.

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JOHNSON: “.. The pain register is about to hit level 10.”

@politico.com #Shutdown
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Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

Vance: Trump wanted me to tell each and every one of you despite the Schumer shutdown, he will do everything he can to make sure you get paid exactly as you deserve. Democrats seem to want to keep the government shutdown even though it would mean a lot if you would not get your paycheck

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

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Noem introduced Border Patrol Chief G. Bovino who claimed the protesters nearby were “an unsafe crowd” and declared “a free arrests zone” to arrest them all after one warning.

Bovino: “They’re getting it here as soon as we leave.”

Julius Caesar was the first Roman to put his own living face on coins, weeks before his death. It is one of the deepest cultural signifiers of something autocracies do and republics do not.

“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.