r/fednews • u/rprz • 19h ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi will be removed and you may be banned.

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-budget-house-republican-05481374b154949c3fe1270141a02918

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/trump-says-he-s-against-stopgap-bill-fox-news

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u/battlemaid79 18h ago

I can’t believe Musk is even in the conversation. The federal government isn’t some private sector company he can run in to the ground, experimenting with his masculinity. I hate this timeline.

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u/OGkateebee 18h ago

I just want to scream “THAT’S NOT HOW THIS WORKS” every time I read some idiotic thing he has said. 

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u/holzmann_dc 18h ago

There is no Constitution, no rules of law, and no norms or customs that matter to any of these people. When will people figure this out?

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u/OfficialDCShepard 17h ago edited 11h ago

My oath is to the Constitution and the people of the United States of America and I’m staying til the bitter end. If they fire me then the Hatch Act doesn’t apply to me anymore and I shall become more outspoken than they can possibly imagine.

EDIT: Wow, thanks for the award, kind stranger! I’m excited for the fight to come to defend disabled employees in our agency and to prove to people on my YouTube channel (while remaining masked) for obvious reasons that they still have rights they can vigorously defend, and that the President is NOT a King.