The US government shut down on Wednesday, after congressional Democrats refused to support a Republican plan to extend funding for federal departments unless they won a series of concessions centered on healthcare.

The GOP, which controls the Senate and the House of Representatives, repudiated their demands, setting off a legislative scramble that lasted into the hours before funding lapsed at midnight, when the Senate failed to advance both parties’ bills to keep funding going.

"Republicans are plunging America into a shutdown, rejecting bipartisan talks, pushing a partisan bill and risking America’s healthcare,” top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday evening, as it became clear a shutdown was inevitable.

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      Assuming there is an “after”, there really needs to be a policy against politics on official government communications. There probably is. One more thing to hold them to account in 3.5 years

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          Not that exactly. While yes, I also dread the possibility of the end of democracy …… elections are run by states (so far). Unless there is actual martial law, many states will continue to hold fair elections.

          Interference will look different. As always red states will continue to disenfranchise voters, nationwide propaganda will increase. So will there be attacks on state certification, on who is allowed to be listed as a candidate, etc?

          • If Trump’s pet Supreme Court continues to rule that it might be against the constitution but we’ll allow it for now, he could be listed as a candidate.
          • If red states continue to disenfranchise voters, regressives hold their monopoly on the state despite being smaller minority.
          • if even one blue state’s election certification is claimed invalid, that’s a lot of electoral votes that suddenly disappear

          What do we do if this happens?