• Jaysyn@lemmy.world
    47·
    2 months ago

    This is a lie, of course.

    There was no debate or vote on any funding bill.

    Mike Johnson literally just shut the government down to prevent the release of the Epstein files. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying to you, full stop.

    • notarobot@lemmy.zip
      1·
      2 months ago

      I do not know enough about us politics so I’ll ask. Would shutting down the government to prevent the release of the Epstein files be a very stupid choice because it’s basically a short term solution? Surely there are other corrupt ways to get out of these ones, like falsifying them

      • Jaysyn@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        I don’t think they have a plan.

        I do think that Johnson is being extorted by Trump / Putin or funded by the Heritage Foundation to stonewall the release at all costs.

    • MML@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 months ago

      I would still consider the possibility he did it only due to a bribe, not enough intelligence to lead, DEI hire.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
    32·
    2 months ago

    Oh man, this is going to devastate me because I usually spend hours using the very many useful functions and applications on the extremely awesome hud.gov website.

  • GaMEChld@lemmy.world
    34·
    2 months ago

    Ah yes, the radical left that has mysterious control of 3 branches of government even in the minority. Is it possible to learn these powers?

  • LordCrom@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 months ago

    Something something … Bully pulpit

    At some point isn’t this false messaging just liabel?

    • Dogiedog64@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

      Of course they do! But the Woke Left™️ is somehow infinitely weak and powerless, while also being endlessly insurmountably strong, and this cognitive dissonance is why Fascist rhetoric is so effective. It allows them to feel permanently powerful and in control, while ALSO raging endlessly against whatever Out-Group they hate somehow controlling everything behind the scenes, spawning an infinite cycle of hatred, vitriol, and violence that only ever ends in blood.

      It’s bullshit, plain and simple, but it’s terrifyingly effective bullshit, because you cannot rationally convince them that it IS bullshit. It relies explicitly on whoever believes it being willing to purposely ignore reality in favor of vibes and rage, which modern Republican voters have been purpose bred (metaphorically) for over the last 50 years through FOX News.

    • Jaysyn@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      They didn’t even get a chance to play hardball. There was no debate or vote on a funding bill at all.

      Mike Johnson shut the government down to prevent the newly elected rep from New Mexico from being the final vote needed to force a discharge petition that would circumvent Johnson’s stonewalling of the Epstein files being released.