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Maybe it's my information bubble speaking, but I feel most people are now recognizing these funding shutdowns to be almost entirely due to Republican actions. With election day less than a week after the "due date" on this one, I think it would be political suicide for Republicans not to fund the government this time around. Though maybe that's their plan? What happens if the election is held during a shutdown? Would that help their mounting plans to refuse certification of election results they won't like? Not sure how it would have an impact, since those elections are locally-run. Less oversight maybe?
Regardless, if there’s a way to obstruct actual law and order, the repubes will find a way to make it happen. It’s not really a question of if, but when and how.
There is no longer morality among those fascist assholes.
After all, why should there be?
We elect our Representatives on the idea that they will represent us, but that's just the cover of the book. Once they are in the game is no longer about attempting to convince people that they are the right person for the job, the game is to win.
And if there's no referee and there's no punishment for playing immorally, then eventually only the most immoral players will win.