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Chuck Schumer, lead Democrat in the US Senate, says his party will not vote to advance the #Republican funding bill, which the US House negotiated without any Democratic participation. Failing Democratic support, cloture will fail, and a shutdown Friday is possible. abcnews.go.com/Politics/schume

ABC News · Schumer says Democrats will block GOP funding bill, heightening shutdown alertBy Allison Pecorin

Dear #Americans,

It’s not you we hate, it’s your government, it’s the #Russian asset #President, rapist, felon & low life #Trump.

We’ll be saying harsh, even abusive things about the #US or #America - they aren’t aimed at the majority of Americans, but at the #Nazi loving #Republican #MAGA loyalists.

Your govt has betrayed it’s allies, broken long term trade agreements, turned some of it’s own population into targets for thugs & bigots - the world is just responding.

"But can anyone imagine any scenario where the shoe was on the other foot & #Democrats needed 7 #Republican votes in exchange for literally nothing & they found 7 who said, “Okay, sure why not?”

It’s literally unimaginable.

...Democrats have this one chance to ... increase the attention on something the #public is already angry about. They need to take a real risk in order to change or at least slow the trajectory of the destruction."
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#Resist#Trump#GOP

I have a friend who is pretty much a #Republican by default (i.e., he claims to be apolitical but only consistently avoids political topics when the Republican position is the status quo; he will comment on other issues). He might be trying out a new "open mindedness" thing, though, and he once even claimed to be "more or less an #Anarchist" at heart.

I'm making a list of #questions to ask him about #anarchy. They were significantly more provocative until my partner (who is very good at this kind of thing) offered some rewordings:

Anarchy questions

  • How do you feel about the unrestricted movement of people? (i.e., #OpenBorders)

  • What are your thoughts on loving relationships (romantic/sexual) with multiple partners (i.e., more than 2), where everyone consents, up to and including marriage? (i.e., #polyamory, #RelationshipAnarchy, etc.)

  • How would you feel about your children having an equal voice in their education, along with all other individuals that are a part of their school around decisions like hours of operation, topics taught, hiring, etc.? (i.e., #AlternativeSchools, #AlternativeEducation)

  • What are your thoughts about individual police accountability when officers break laws?

  • What is your cost/benefit analysis of the existence of #police?

  • What is your cost/benefit analysis of the existence and/or current implementation of #prisons?

  • What are your thoughts on people inhabiting abandoned houses they don't own? (i.e., #squatting)

  • What do you think about #RightToRoam (i.e., even private land should allow people to freely pass through, temporarily camp, etc.)?

Notes:

  • I'm purposefully staying away from questions about capitalism, socialism, or other economic systems; I think his brain would just shut down.
  • Same with LGBTQIA+ issues; he's LDS (and devout), so that will run directly into current doctrine/practice/programming and end the discussion.
  • I'm just sharing this to share; I don't need feedback or suggestions but am open to them.
  • I do not believe I can call myself an anarchist. I resonate strongly with many anarchist principles but I don't walk the walk and there are some issues I'm not totally comfortable with.

S937
A bill to establish that an individual who is convicted of any offense under any Federal or State law related to the individual's conduct at and during the course of a protest that occurs at an institution of higher education shall be ineligible to receive a Federal student loan or for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modification of certain F...

📢 Introduced in Senate

congress.gov/bill/119th-congre