Donald Trump has hosted a fundraiser for his White House ballroom construction project as hundreds of thousands of federal workers go unpaid amid the ongoing government shutdown.

It’s been 15 days since Congress failed to pass a bill to keep federal agencies funded, slowing down or stopping government operations, as essential employees continue to go to work without pay.

But this dark period of partisan gridlock is not keeping the president from having a good time with those helping make his dreams of a glitzy ballroom come true.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Why isn’t anyone fucking crucifying the republicans over this shutdown?

    Where is the outrage?

    Why do the republicans get to set the narrative?

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      They’ve spent every waking minute creating one of the most effective political propaganda machines in the world, since Watergate showed that the media alone could effectively control what the average person believed.

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        2 months ago

        He might be too afraid to golf this time. Since he knows for a fact thousands of people both want him dead and are capable of making it happen. He’s an idiot if he doesn’t realize that. What a way to live a life.