The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

Proposed legislation behind the impending US government shutdown contains provisions that would ban federal funding for transgender adults, as well as youngsters.

  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
    141·
    17 hours ago

    I feel like it’s a misdirection. Like, this isn’t what he really wants. This is a ploy to get/do something way, way worse. Or use this to cover up the Epstein files or something. He’ll use the shutdown and a hot button topic to get what he sees as a big fish…

    • pika@lemmy.today
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      12 hours ago

      Eliminating all trans people is what he really wants. The genocide of trans people is already happening in the US. When trans people don’t have access to trans-related medical care, they die at very high rates. When trans people are terrorized by their government and their neighbors, they lash out. When trans people are labeled as terrorists, there can be no peace.

      The Mormons, Southern Baptists, and some Jewish groups just asked the Supreme Court to consider trans people exempt from equal protections clause of the 14th amendment.

      The genocide of trans people and immigrants is happening. Now. Today.

      Government shutdown is also what he really wants, because he wants unrest and violence to justify sending the military to cities to carry out his nazi terrorism, declare a national emergency, and hold a third term in office.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
      11·
      16 hours ago

      Why couldn’t it also be what he really wants? What part of anything happening in the US and anything coming from the right could possibly signal that they don’t want this?

      Conservatism is a cancer and fascism is perfectly happy to turn that knob up to 11.

      • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 hours ago

        Because if he plays that card now, he doesn’t get to use it again. If he keeps it in his back pocket, he gets to manipulate more people for longer. And it’s a win/win for him regardless.

        What ground would the democratic party be willing to give up to ensure it doesn’t happen now… what about in 6 months, next year, etc. One thing I’m pretty sure he wants more than anything is a 3rd term. So, unless they have a bulletproof way to stop him from taking health care away, it’s something he can keep weaponizing.

        I’d love to be wrong, but he seems to like to kick up a lot of noise before his real plan is shown.

        • Soup@lemmy.world
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          9 hours ago

          Well, the US is pretty useless, at least institutionally, when it comes to resisting right-wing demands. The Democrats(the party) will give up pretty much whatever and then cry about it while doing nothing. “Someone must stop him!” just doesn’t have the same ring when coming out of the people who have the most power to do something about it.