Heather Cox Richardson

And the Farm Bill is huge because it's everything to do with our agricultural policy and also our supplemental nutrition programs, as is what used to be called food stamps. So this is not like, you know, feeding the chickens. This is like feeding the country. And that hadn't been done as well. So they folded a little bit, a teeny bit of the Farm Bill into this continuing resolution and

And the Farm Bill is huge because it's everything to do with our agricultural policy and also our supplemental nutrition programs, as is what used to be called food stamps. So this is not like, you know, feeding the chickens. This is like feeding the country. And that hadn't been done as well. So they folded a little bit, a teeny bit of the Farm Bill into this continuing resolution and

Immediately, the far right Freedom Caucus in the House said, we hate it. We hate Johnson. We hate everything. We want to go home. And I'm paraphrasing, but not by much. But it still seemed like it had to go through because by Friday, if there is not a continuing resolution in place, we're going to have a government shutdown right before Christmas, which again is political suicide.

Immediately, the far right Freedom Caucus in the House said, we hate it. We hate Johnson. We hate everything. We want to go home. And I'm paraphrasing, but not by much. But it still seemed like it had to go through because by Friday, if there is not a continuing resolution in place, we're going to have a government shutdown right before Christmas, which again is political suicide.

Immediately, the far right Freedom Caucus in the House said, we hate it. We hate Johnson. We hate everything. We want to go home. And I'm paraphrasing, but not by much. But it still seemed like it had to go through because by Friday, if there is not a continuing resolution in place, we're going to have a government shutdown right before Christmas, which again is political suicide.

So it looked like it was going to go forward. And Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy came out against it and said, if you vote for this, we will essentially make sure that we can use our money to guarantee that you don't get reelected in two years. And the Republicans all ran scared. And now the whole thing is around their ankles. And we don't have a way to fund the government.

So it looked like it was going to go forward. And Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy came out against it and said, if you vote for this, we will essentially make sure that we can use our money to guarantee that you don't get reelected in two years. And the Republicans all ran scared. And now the whole thing is around their ankles. And we don't have a way to fund the government.

So it looked like it was going to go forward. And Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy came out against it and said, if you vote for this, we will essentially make sure that we can use our money to guarantee that you don't get reelected in two years. And the Republicans all ran scared. And now the whole thing is around their ankles. And we don't have a way to fund the government.

And all of the farmers are mad and all of the people who are suffering under the disasters from the hurricanes in the last few months are, you know, unable to rebuild. And I knew that we were going to have to grapple with what it would mean in the United States if an authoritarian took over our government. And we saw that yesterday with the calls for investigating and arresting Liz Cheney.

And all of the farmers are mad and all of the people who are suffering under the disasters from the hurricanes in the last few months are, you know, unable to rebuild. And I knew that we were going to have to grapple with what it would mean in the United States if an authoritarian took over our government. And we saw that yesterday with the calls for investigating and arresting Liz Cheney.

And all of the farmers are mad and all of the people who are suffering under the disasters from the hurricanes in the last few months are, you know, unable to rebuild. And I knew that we were going to have to grapple with what it would mean in the United States if an authoritarian took over our government. And we saw that yesterday with the calls for investigating and arresting Liz Cheney.

And we saw it with the attacks on first ABC News and then the Des Moines Register. But those are things that many people don't really care about. They're going to care about losing this continuing resolution and Musk saying, well, you know what, let's just not fund anything until Trump gets back in office.

And we saw it with the attacks on first ABC News and then the Des Moines Register. But those are things that many people don't really care about. They're going to care about losing this continuing resolution and Musk saying, well, you know what, let's just not fund anything until Trump gets back in office.

And we saw it with the attacks on first ABC News and then the Des Moines Register. But those are things that many people don't really care about. They're going to care about losing this continuing resolution and Musk saying, well, you know what, let's just not fund anything until Trump gets back in office.

A month without funding the United States of America is uncharted territory, but it also really highlights early on what it means to turn a democracy over to an oligarch or over to an authoritarian. And listen to me, stammering. I do not see how this plays out.

A month without funding the United States of America is uncharted territory, but it also really highlights early on what it means to turn a democracy over to an oligarch or over to an authoritarian. And listen to me, stammering. I do not see how this plays out.

A month without funding the United States of America is uncharted territory, but it also really highlights early on what it means to turn a democracy over to an oligarch or over to an authoritarian. And listen to me, stammering. I do not see how this plays out.

Because all of a sudden, the American people who have been somewhat complacent, but who showed they were really angry over the lionization of the guy who assassinated Brian Thompson... the CEO of the healthcare company, are looking at the fact that it's pretty clear that the government got taken over by an unelected rich guy from South Africa. I don't know how this plays out.

Because all of a sudden, the American people who have been somewhat complacent, but who showed they were really angry over the lionization of the guy who assassinated Brian Thompson... the CEO of the healthcare company, are looking at the fact that it's pretty clear that the government got taken over by an unelected rich guy from South Africa. I don't know how this plays out.

Because all of a sudden, the American people who have been somewhat complacent, but who showed they were really angry over the lionization of the guy who assassinated Brian Thompson... the CEO of the healthcare company, are looking at the fact that it's pretty clear that the government got taken over by an unelected rich guy from South Africa. I don't know how this plays out.