The government shutdown continues. The fake news is attempting to blame the Republicans (even though they are the ones who voted to keep the government open). And life continues pretty much as usual for most Americans. So what is the purpose of this exercise? What are the Democrats fighting for?

On Saturday, Legal Insurrection reported:

The main topic of the shutdown debate has been healthcare funding for illegal aliens, but there are some other items that Democrats are demanding, and they will amaze you. These demands are mainly coming from AOC and the socialist wing of the party.

Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana has a way with words, and he recently listed these demands as only he can.

The article quotes The Tampa Free Press:

The list of projects Kennedy claimed Democrats are insisting on restoring includes:

• • $3.6 million for cooking and dance workshops for male prostitutes in Haiti.
  • Over $4.2 million for LGBTQ projects in the Western Balkans and Uganda.
  • $6 million to subsidize Palestinian media outlets.
  • $3 million for circumcision and vasectomies in Zambia.
  • More than $833,000 for transgender people in Nepal.
  • $500,000 to purchase electric buses in Rwanda.
  • $300,000 to sponsor a pride parade in Lesotho.

One of the comments on the Legal Insurrection article pointed out how this actually works. Rather than the money actually going to the country listed for the designated project, it goes to an NGO that supposedly will do whatever the money is slated for. Actually, much of the money allocated will be kicked back to the campaign coffers of whoever directed the money to the NGO. That is one of many reasons the Democrats are fighting so hard to get this money restored.