Senator Brian Schatz

And I think this is the moment where people are saying, hey, all this chaos that he was sort of nodding towards, tweeting about, yammering about, you know, on television or at one of his rallies, like it is actually starting to happen. And as you know, there are probably, I don't know, 10 to 15% of the voters who, who voted for Donald Trump saying, he's just going to say stuff, but it's worth it.

And I think this is the moment where people are saying, hey, all this chaos that he was sort of nodding towards, tweeting about, yammering about, you know, on television or at one of his rallies, like it is actually starting to happen. And as you know, there are probably, I don't know, 10 to 15% of the voters who, who voted for Donald Trump saying, he's just going to say stuff, but it's worth it.

And I think what's different about this term than the first Trump term is he's going through with it. He's going to do the tariffs. He has illegally... you know, laid off people from the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Education. He is having his agents arrest people without due process. He is aligning with Putin and North Korea.

And I think what's different about this term than the first Trump term is he's going through with it. He's going to do the tariffs. He has illegally... you know, laid off people from the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Education. He is having his agents arrest people without due process. He is aligning with Putin and North Korea.

And I think what's different about this term than the first Trump term is he's going through with it. He's going to do the tariffs. He has illegally... you know, laid off people from the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Education. He is having his agents arrest people without due process. He is aligning with Putin and North Korea.

That's actually happening. This is no longer some theoretical thing where someone on Fox or some center-left pundit can tell me, oh, you always say that, and he always pivots back to the center. This dude is going through with all the crazy things, and I think Signalgate is an indicator that, oh, God, they weren't kidding. Like, they don't believe that they are responsible for following the law.

That's actually happening. This is no longer some theoretical thing where someone on Fox or some center-left pundit can tell me, oh, you always say that, and he always pivots back to the center. This dude is going through with all the crazy things, and I think Signalgate is an indicator that, oh, God, they weren't kidding. Like, they don't believe that they are responsible for following the law.

That's actually happening. This is no longer some theoretical thing where someone on Fox or some center-left pundit can tell me, oh, you always say that, and he always pivots back to the center. This dude is going through with all the crazy things, and I think Signalgate is an indicator that, oh, God, they weren't kidding. Like, they don't believe that they are responsible for following the law.

The reason I voted for the continuing resolution is pretty straightforward. I read the Anti-Deficiency Act. The Anti-Deficiency Act only kicks in when there's a lapse in appropriations. When there's a lapse in appropriations, then the executive branch basically has total control over what parts of the government are able to open and not open. And the only criteria is life-saving.

The reason I voted for the continuing resolution is pretty straightforward. I read the Anti-Deficiency Act. The Anti-Deficiency Act only kicks in when there's a lapse in appropriations. When there's a lapse in appropriations, then the executive branch basically has total control over what parts of the government are able to open and not open. And the only criteria is life-saving.

The reason I voted for the continuing resolution is pretty straightforward. I read the Anti-Deficiency Act. The Anti-Deficiency Act only kicks in when there's a lapse in appropriations. When there's a lapse in appropriations, then the executive branch basically has total control over what parts of the government are able to open and not open. And the only criteria is life-saving.

And Russ Vogt had a series of plans to essentially riff, reductions in force, lay off the entire federal workforce minus whomever he decided was lifesaving, which presumably would have been like ICE. Nobody. Well, ICE border protection, you know, his sort of the law enforcement arm of the Office of Management and Budget. And so for me, it was not like a tough call in terms of the policy of it.

And Russ Vogt had a series of plans to essentially riff, reductions in force, lay off the entire federal workforce minus whomever he decided was lifesaving, which presumably would have been like ICE. Nobody. Well, ICE border protection, you know, his sort of the law enforcement arm of the Office of Management and Budget. And so for me, it was not like a tough call in terms of the policy of it.

And Russ Vogt had a series of plans to essentially riff, reductions in force, lay off the entire federal workforce minus whomever he decided was lifesaving, which presumably would have been like ICE. Nobody. Well, ICE border protection, you know, his sort of the law enforcement arm of the Office of Management and Budget. And so for me, it was not like a tough call in terms of the policy of it.

But I also think that You know, we we Democrats did a very bad job of communicating amongst ourselves. Right. Between the House and the Senate, we were not on the same page. And then maybe more importantly, one of the things that gives me the most hope is this pluralistic people power movement out there for America.

But I also think that You know, we we Democrats did a very bad job of communicating amongst ourselves. Right. Between the House and the Senate, we were not on the same page. And then maybe more importantly, one of the things that gives me the most hope is this pluralistic people power movement out there for America.

But I also think that You know, we we Democrats did a very bad job of communicating amongst ourselves. Right. Between the House and the Senate, we were not on the same page. And then maybe more importantly, one of the things that gives me the most hope is this pluralistic people power movement out there for America.

And it's a little different than Resistance 1.0 in the sense that it doesn't have quite the progressive, I'm an unreconstructed progressive, but I think the thing that's happening now is like veterans and federal workers and retirees and just regular folks are like, I guess I'm a Democrat or I've never been a Democrat or whatever. But it's not this kind of like left-leaning movement.

And it's a little different than Resistance 1.0 in the sense that it doesn't have quite the progressive, I'm an unreconstructed progressive, but I think the thing that's happening now is like veterans and federal workers and retirees and just regular folks are like, I guess I'm a Democrat or I've never been a Democrat or whatever. But it's not this kind of like left-leaning movement.

And it's a little different than Resistance 1.0 in the sense that it doesn't have quite the progressive, I'm an unreconstructed progressive, but I think the thing that's happening now is like veterans and federal workers and retirees and just regular folks are like, I guess I'm a Democrat or I've never been a Democrat or whatever. But it's not this kind of like left-leaning movement.