I get what you're saying here ... but:

This is the Senate. The "impeachment inquiry" (with the strongest fucking air quotes I can muster) is in the House. It's the House that's holding up the budget; the Senate has passed multiple spending bills in recent days, with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Chuck Schumer did this.

With help from his homies Manchin and Romney

(Edit: you can downvote it but that’s exactly what it says.)

theatrical appearance of competence and authority

No, no, no. It's maintaining the visage of wealth (which is also authority). It has nothing to do with looking impressive or competent, and everything to do with signalling what economic class you're supposed to come from to belong there.

The Senate already handed the house their part of the project. McCarthy refuses to put it up to a vote because the far right terrorists will call for a motion to have McCarthy removed as speaker.

THAT SAID: yeah the Senate could be spending their time getting other legislation passed before McCarthy shuts down the government.

LOL he looks like Kevin from the Office in the pic without facial hair. I think he looks good with the mustache though.

Yeah but reckanize that he did it because they made him wear a suit.

I totally get that was a “f**k you” shave.

In complete fairness the Senate is actually working on the shutdown - their last vote on a CR package passed 77-19 (all nays were R) but McCarthy in the House is rejecting it outright.

Only if there are kids around and your tits are being groped.