Saturday, November 8, 2025

Anatomy of a Shutdown


The demolition derby known as the longest government shutdown in history may end soon.  The game of political chicken wrecked a car each day as Senate Reds and Blues refused to veer from their crash trajectories.  Each day the Senators exited the wreck, seemingly unscathed.  

Election Day 2025 showed there to be internal damage as the public increasingly realizes our leaders care not about us and feel no pressure to show up and do their @#%&*!#$ jobs.

The team in charge of all three branches of government?  Independents fled from that group, the one they supported just one year ago.  Hispanics turned on their new party, repulsed by the government's treatment of Spanish speaking people with brown skin.  The Red team dismissed instances of U.S. citizens, even military veterans, being detained for days with no charges.  

The good news is people suffering had no impact on Trump II's golf schedule or his Great Gatsby Halloween soiree.  Trump golfed six times in October and celebrated his last round of the month with the demolition of the East Wing of the White House.  I guess he wants to make it whiter.

Congress should be feeling serious heat from constituents to do their job and fund government of the people, by the people and for the people.  That's not government of the policy making billionaire, by the policy making billionaire and for the policy making billionaire (PEU/TechGods/CryptoBros).