The Shutdown Isn’t a Stalemate — It’s a Power Grab. And the Media Are Missing It.
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The Shutdown Isn’t a Stalemate — It’s a Power Grab. And the Media Are Missing It.
While the media fixate on partisan blame, Russ Vought and a hard-right GOP faction are quietly using the shutdown to sidestep Congress and reshape government.
Mediaite (www.mediaite.com)
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The Shutdown Isn’t a Stalemate — It’s a Power Grab. And the Media Are Missing It.
While the media fixate on partisan blame, Russ Vought and a hard-right GOP faction are quietly using the shutdown to sidestep Congress and reshape government.
Mediaite (www.mediaite.com)
So any news on a country wide strike yet? At this point, we need to drag this machine to a halt. It will be devastating I'm sure, but so will this regime if we don't stop it soon.
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So any news on a country wide strike yet? At this point, we need to drag this machine to a halt. It will be devastating I'm sure, but so will this regime if we don't stop it soon.
It'll never happen, sadly.
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It'll never happen, sadly.
How much of that is because every single time it’s brought up, without fail, the immediate reaction is “it’ll never happen.”
How much are we self defeating by being convinced by conditioning that collective action just isn’t feasible?
It’s only not feasible because so many people firmly believe it’s not. This is the most powerful tool in the system’s arsenal: our own surety that we will never act.
It’s literally the one and only thing that holds us back
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How much of that is because every single time it’s brought up, without fail, the immediate reaction is “it’ll never happen.”
How much are we self defeating by being convinced by conditioning that collective action just isn’t feasible?
It’s only not feasible because so many people firmly believe it’s not. This is the most powerful tool in the system’s arsenal: our own surety that we will never act.
It’s literally the one and only thing that holds us back
Truth sucks.
