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ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 37m

Don’t legislate on appropriations bills.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 44m

Some MAGA pundits have suggested that. With luck, no Dems will take the bait.

Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 1h

FUN FACT: The part of Section 8005 underlined in light blue is legislation on an appropriations bill.

How? B/c it grants authority to transfer funds not appropriated by this bill.

CAVEAT: It's _possible_ there's a precedent that says it's not, but even if so 😳, my Fun Fact stands.

#SRules
#HRules

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 2h

Not that Trump/Vought/Hegseth gaf, but among other ways in which the law says this may NOT be done:
A) The part of 8005 I've underlined in green says money transferred to another account is "available… for the same time period" as that other account; that other acc't expired on Sept 30.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 2h

B) 8005 no longer exists. Yes, the funds in multi-year accounts from which funds might be transferred exist, BUT the authority to transfer those funds into payroll accounts that would be granted by 8005 on expired Sept 30, same as bill that enacted 8005 – ie, the FY2025 defense approps bill.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 2h

Not that Trump/Vought/Hegseth gaf, but among other ways in which the law says this may NOT be done:
A) The part of 8005 I've underlined in green says money transferred to another account is "available… for the same time period" as that other account; that other acc't expired on Sept 30.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 4h

When Trump & Vance fired the people who maintain and protect our nukes, only to rehire THEM, there was no shutdown. When Trump & Vance fired workers at the Weather Service and mine-safety workers and IRS workers, only to rehire THEM, there was no shutdown. Etc, etc. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 5h

This is a lie. Either that, or JD Vance is an idiot. The problem with paying the troops has NOTHING to do with a lack of cash. It's a lack of legal authority to spend the cash, so tariff revenue has NOTHING to do with this.

Vance & Mike Johnson must be having a contest.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Vance claims "tariff revenue" will be used to pay the troops

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 5h

This is a lie. Either that, or JD Vance is an idiot. The problem with paying the troops has NOTHING to do with a lack of cash. It's a lack of legal authority to spend the cash, so tariff revenue has NOTHING to do with this.

Vance & Mike Johnson must be having a contest.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Vance claims "tariff revenue" will be used to pay the troops

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 5h

Oct. 12, 1925: Inventor Francis Houdina uses remote signals to drive his radio-controlled car outside the Boston Radio Show. An earlier demonstration in New York ended in calamity but this auto successfully “goes through all of the motions” of starting, making turns and braking.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 5h

1925!

100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 5h

Oct. 12, 1925: Inventor Francis Houdina uses remote signals to drive his radio-controlled car outside the Boston Radio Show. An earlier demonstration in New York ended in calamity but this auto successfully “goes through all of the motions” of starting, making turns and braking.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 5h

Yes. Also, I was making a joke about Trump claiming off-shore wind farms kill whales, and he said that's one reason they shouldn't exist.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 14h

In terms of probabilities of bad outcomes, Trump's CDC mistake was likely more serious than his firing our nuclear weapons workers by mistake, but still.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers

It is having problems contacting people who were fired in Trump's blitz to shrink the federal workforce.

www.bbc.com

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Monica Carmean @monicacarmean.com · 19h

Amazon prime frog costumes are sold out. Good job, America.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 15h

If true, I wonder who in Trumpville knew and who was left out of the loop?

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 15h

("Sir, this is a Wendy's.")

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ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 1d

You’d think that a requirement to have a ‘recorded quorum call’ (i.e., a call of the House; this is not the Senate) every day would alleviate that to some extent, but experience suggests otherwise.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 15h

The wife and I were talking about just tonight at dinner.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 15h

Or, maybe he wants them to be angry at him?

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 15h

Maybe he's angry at the floor staff. "Make THEM come in every day!"

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 15h

If they want more whales killed, they should get Trump to stop shutting down offshore wind farms.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 15h

If Republicans want to kill whales, why is Trump shutting down off-shore wind turbines???

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 15h

Another pro forma post.

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every usps @everylot-usps.bsky.social · 16h

PENTAGON: 9998 THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON DC 20301-9998

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 16h

Of all your takes, that is one of them.

Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 16h

He's arrested at the age of ~21, has been incarcerated since then, and ICE/ERO calls him "a career criminal". It's as if they have an insane style manual.

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