government shutdown

Election Connection – Senators, Stand Your Ground, Stand Our Ground

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Note: This didn’t even get a chance to age poorly.
I hate this timeline.

We are one week beyond the historic Election Day. We reached Presidential year numbers in voters and we made our position clear:

Do NOT give in. Do NOT cave.

Anything the Republicans say – we know from experience is a lie.

They’ve made these promises and commitments before. They will say anything. And then they will laugh at us, and take the credit for ending the shutdown. They know we are the better people and that we trust our better angels. They have NO better angels. I don’t care if John Thune used to be a decent person. (I actually question that.) He is part of the Trump Administration – rubber-stamping ALL of Trump’s crazy and illegal executive orders, not standing in the way of Trump’s murder of foreign nationals in the Caribbean, not putting a stop to the illegal and extrajudicial ICE tactics as they tear gas children on Halloween in Illinois, and commit perjury in court.

They will say and do anything and then when we let them kick the can down the road, they block the road and “forget” their “promise to address the needs of the people.” Their people are the rich, the wealthy, and the connected.

They will never return to the table if we let them walk away from this.

And why should they?

They’re Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football, and they know it.

And just yesterday, Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and many of the other election deniers. What happens to the compensation they were supposed to pay? What happens to the jail time? What happens in the next election?

We are on the brink of the failure of democracy.

Senators would do well to stand their ground. No ACA extension through all of 2026; NO VOTES to end the shutdown.

Stand firm.

We, the people are with you.

Are you with us?

Budget Travel – TSA and the Government Shutdown

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I discovered this link in my email from Budget Travel. It has some useful tips on getting through security.

While the government is partially shutdown, several of those agencies that are deemed essential and working are not getting paid. This makes for a(n) (understandably) frustrating situation for those employees and their families. Some have been calling in sick. I can’t say I blame them.

Budget Travel has offered what it thinks you can expect, and some ways to make it easier on you and your family when you’re traveling during this time.

Please also don’t forget the TSA employees who are working to keep all of us safe and not getting paid for their important work. (Not everyone will be given their back pay; I don’t know the specifics of who will and who won’t, but I do believe it would need an order signed by the President.)