I am unsure what is the right thing to do. I am thoroughly outraged at the atrocious statements and actions of the president and Musk. But the thought of Musk and his DOGE lackies having unmitigated access to government documents with no internal resistance due to a govt shutdown is terrifying.

There was no good choice here for Democrats. Yesterday I was very angry at Schumer company. But after hearing Kirsten Gillibrand'argument that a shutdown government would allow Musk to move even faster in cutting jobs and programs, while staff are furloughed, I can see their argument.

This is misleading. Canada is not dumping U.S. Treasury Bonds. Rather Canada is issuing a new U.S. Dollar denominated global bond. The Canadian government website says this is being done to "supplement and diversify Canada's liquid foreign reserves. "