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You know who else doesn't get paid during a shutdown? The military. The fucking military! You think they'd forget about a one, two, or three week shutdown when Trump tries to use them to enforce martial law to "cancel" an election or subdue protests?
No, they remember, they always remember. They would just pass a temporarily permanent funding exception to continue funding the police, military, concentration camps, and other select operations at Donald choosing. Keeping the government turned in at least gives dems a platform to fight back. I don't love it and it feels gross but also I kinda get it.