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"Today, Trump tried to pressure Democrats by telling reporters the slashing of government programs will hurt only Democrats. 'We’re not closing up Republican programs because we think they work,' he said. 'So the Democrats are getting killed, but they’re not telling the people about that…. So we are closing up Democrat programs that we think that we disagree with, and they’re never going to open again.'”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
"The administration continues to try to demonstrate its power. Today it announced its fifth known attack on a boat 'just off the coast of Venezuela' in international waters."
#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption#Venezuela
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"Of the nearly $28 billion in grants the administration has frozen or canceled during the shutdown, $27.24 billion—97 percent—was for projects in Democrat-led congressional districts."
~ The Bulwark
#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption
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"During the federal shutdown, in which hundreds of thousands of federal workers are not being paid, Trump announced that he would give Argentina $20 billion in 'aid' that would go to political and social elites in that country."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption#Argentina #bailout
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/our-job-invite-disaffected-trump
"But it gets worse. Trump backtracked on the promise of the financial bailout, saying that the aid would be granted only if Trump’s preferred candidate wins in the upcoming presidential election in Argentina."
#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption#Argentina #bailout
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