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  To shreds you say?
context: But as Josh Marshall wrote, this tidy explanation ignores a larger context: Those who are seeking to flex their newfound majority power in the House Republican caucus don’t want government to function. They don’t care that these stunts hurt their party or the country. These stunts are the whole point of being in government. 
  McCarthy’s fatal mistake was his failure to recognize that the right doesn’t care about what he can offer them, because they have no interest in actually using it for anything. They just want his head, and the thrill of going on television to boast about the decapitation. It’s just vibes, all the way down.
  
  Republicans have been in burn it all down mode. They know they are on their way out. But they forgot about the crazy Republicans that want to be popular more than they care about staying in politics and following orders. 
  
  They don’t want policy; they want airtime. >
  
  Starvation Politics, If you don't like if starve it of funding and then call it a failure when it fails. >
  
  Speaking of that, what happened to the lady on the hunger strike? That still going?