The government shutdown because there was not authorization to spend $. Now Trump is claiming he can spend $ without Congress authorization.

Conservatives don't believe in cooperation. They fundamentally don't believe in the underlying concept of insurance. That is why Republican proposals revolve around people paying for their own healthcare and not relying on risk sharing.

No. Currently, counting continues for a period of time after election day to allow for mail-in ballots to return from basically anywhere on the planet. This is an effort to only count mail-in ballots that have 'arrived' on election day. The 'arrived' is what they will manipulate.

The US Postal Service _is_ the USG. Once the USPS postmarks mail that legally indicates the time when the USG received the letter. That is why Tax Returns only have to be postmarked by April 15 not received by the IRS by April 15. There is no way for anyone to know when the USPS delivers mail.

Why did slaves stay on plantations? At what point does expecting someone to work without any compensation cross over into slavery? Slave wage laws required slave owners to provide food, clothes, care and shelter to slaves. The ATC aren't even getting slave wages.

The shutdown isn't over $ it is over authorization to spend $. The government is still collecting tax $ and is in fact spending $ without authorization.

Uzbekistan GDP is about $118 billion. Where do they get $35 billion to invest in the USA?

You know there is no crime in DC and this pretty much proves it. If DC is down to using a SWAT team to go after a guy for throwing a sandwich then there just can't be any crime left in DC to police.

At what point does it cross over into slavery. This idea that the government owns the labor of employees regardless of whether or not they are compensated really sounds like slavery.

Normally labor unions support workers against employers that won't compensate them for the value of the work they perform. In what universe would labor unions ask worker to work without compensation BECAUSE what they do is so valuable? That is like the complete opposite of a strike.

At what point does forcing people to work without pay become slavery. Unions specifically form to assure that worker get PAID for the work they perform. This idea that it is in the realm of possibility to get the worker union to support working without a paycheck pretty much normalizes slavery.

Again, the 'rich' rely on air freight as much as anyone else.

I think leaving Noem and Homan to the justice system isn't the right way to go. Complying with the law is the absolute minimum standard. These are people who have violated core American values. That should result in some rebuke at a social level like shunning or exile.

A CR is just a vote to extend the current budget. There is no reason for Senators that didn't vote for the budget to vote for the CR. If Senate Republicans want to win the cloture vote then they need to put an offer on the table to get Democrats to vote for the CR. That is just normal legislating.

You do know that airplane carry more than passengers? This is going to impact _everyone_ as the supply chain gets disrupted.

Government shutdowns represent stunts. If the President can't spend $ without Congressional authority then he doesn't get to pick and choose who works and who gets paid. At this point, the President chooses who works and who gets paid.

Evil. Trump wants to be able to use withholding SNAP as a way to force Democrats to vote for the CR. This is the use of cruelty to advance some political objective. That is just plain evil.

If it is a donation to the USG, then they are likely tax deductible. Effectively meaning that taxpayers end up footing 25% of the cost.