Reposted by Lex
Shit like this being thrown at me when I was younger was part of why I was reading Dean Koontz already at age 10.
It's gross to make talking down a "standard" of anything, and dishonest to kids who need books that say "you're going through shit? So are the people in this story. You aren't alone."
![Transcribing reporting from The Guardian:
There are concerns that Trump could use the shutdown to lay off more government employees. The concerns arose because Trump himself said he might do this.
“When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs, so we’d be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected and the Democrats – they’re going to be Democrats,” Trump said on Tuesday.
The 79-year-old president continued to attack the Democratic party, adding: “No country can afford to pay for illegal immigration, healthcare for everybody that comes into the country. And that’s what they are insisting. [Democrats are not insisting on this.] They want open borders. [Democrats don’t.] They want men playing in women’s sports. They want transgender for everybody. [There is no part of the Democratic platform that insists all Americans transition gender.] They never stop. They don’t learn. We won an election in a landslide. [Trump won the popular vote by 1.5%.] They just don’t learn. So we have no choice. I have to do that for the country.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5qftjapjadqjdjzxtqflawvn/bafkreifkzmyf3eomsigtb37wdl4kavz5stx3t6dt4row7xjg7sbbxbvphq)
