
The latest lucky ducks to learn they’ll be illegally paid during the GOP government shutdown are those terrorizing immigrants. Hey, ICE and Border Patrol agents, come on down!
HuffPost Acquired An internal Department of Homeland Security memo explains that despite the cut in federal funding, the White House has ordered the agency to pay salaries to officers at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol, and Customs and Border Protection.
The memo appears to contain no details such as “Where is this money coming from?” and “What is the legal justification for this?” However, DHS is guaranteeing them “full and timely payments” throughout the shutdown. In fact, so that the most fascist federal employees would not miss a dime, they were promised money (and back wages) no later than October 22nd.
If you wanted any better symbol of how only President Donald Trump’s favorite employees get paid, the Department of Homeland Security employees who are required to cut checks will do it. no They will be paid for their efforts even after the lockdown ends, according to one HuffPost source.
Good, maybe They get paid. Management is planning Way to ignore The law that requires furloughed federal workers to be paid when the shutdown ends. In other words, all workers on the DHS payroll may have the privilege of working for free during the shutdown.
But who cares about them, right? Masked American fascists in ICE and CBP will now join the military, including the armed forces coastguardin obtaining funds during the closure.
Is this illegal?
Folks, this is highly illegal, and it’s all just positive vibes.
Trump And he ordered Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will coordinate with the Office of Management and Budget to “use any congressionally appropriated funds that remain available for expenditure in fiscal year 2026, for the purpose of paying salaries and allowances,” to accomplish the scheduled disbursement of military salaries and allowances.
So, the President is directing the Secretary of Defense to use whatever money he wants to pay the troops, regardless of the fact that Congress may have appropriated that money for other things – and, of course, regardless of the fact that there is a government shutdown and funding expires.
New York Times headline writers never meet the moment; Report this as Trump ‘expands his authority’ to spend federal funds without Congress.
This is nothing. The president does not have this power. There is nothing for him to expand. This is just pure lawlessness with Trump single-handedly deciding how to spend all the tax money. It’s the same rules as the game you play His idea about He took the revenue he earned from imposing illegal tariffs on his own, and illegally passed it on to farmers, who were harmed by his… illegal tariffs. We must keep them voting Republican!
It’s the same motivation behind DHS Demanding Airports are showing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s little propaganda video in which she attacks Democrats for shutting down the Republican Party.
The administration wants to pin the pain of the shutdown on Democrats while sparing its favored groups any pain at all.
And in another new and ominous development, so is Trump claim A “very wealthy” person has offered to foot the bill and pay troops during the lockdown.
This is arguably worse than Trump decreing that he can ignore congressional appropriations and lapse funding, and use the money however he wants. Linking army payments to the alleged largesse of some unnamed donor is the kind of end-of-empire nonsense. The military should not be subject to the whims of a random billionaire, but that is something Trump is discussing now, even if he says it won’t happen.
All of these are steps to bolster the loyalty of the military and other favored groups in the Trump era. And he, Trump, was the one who defended them, made sure they got paid, all while the Democrats kept the government shut down. He, Trump, kept money in their pockets, food on their table, and a roof over their families’ heads while the Democrats kept the government closed.
What won’t Do to a man like that?