#right-wing coup

[silver-whistle]

The EU Referendum - Something Doesn't Smell Right... - Brexitshambles

To say there’s a smell surrounding the EU referendum is an understatement; it’s not just the bad smell coming from Tufton St, there’s an overpowering stench emanating from the very heart of Number 10. The news, over the last six months, that multiple independent inquiries have exposed the extralegal activities of those who delivered the 2016 referendum …

[protoslacker]

When Congress passed laws over the past decades to feed the poor, educate people, and create public spaces, it didn’t mark these efforts as “nonessential.” This distinction is simply an extra-legal assertion by the government that’s been mindlessly accepted by the media and internalized by the broader public. But what is and isn’t “essential” isn’t a determination made by some objective bureaucrat simply calling balls and strikes; it’s the entire framework for how this right-wing administration and Congress will remake government in its image—all without input from the public.

Adam Johnson at The Nation. It’s Not a Government Shutdown. It’s a Right-Wing Coup. Programs designed to help the vulnerable are gutted, while institutions designed to serve the rich and powerful remain unscathed.

Also: Trump official says it’s “kind of cool” to be in charge of the government shutdown Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney seems strangely excited about his newly-discovered power.

[joematar]

It’s Not a Government Shutdown. It’s a Right-Wing Coup.

Programs designed to help the vulnerable are gutted, while institutions designed to serve the rich and powerful remain unscathed.