Government Shutdown - September, 2025 Editiion

[Anonymous]

Article on the Hatch Act violating campaign emails that Voight is sending to all Federal Agency employees

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-mandatory-email-federal-shutdown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just don't see this lasting through the military missing their first paycheck (10/15). I think they will sort something out or the Democrats will give in by then.

The Dems know that most people won’t be that impacted so why would they cave? They have zero to lose here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is a very DC insider focused thread but as someone who is not in DC, I can tell you most of us dont care at ALL if the government shuts down. I feel like the government shutting down has almost zero downside for the underdog party. The vast majority of Americans will not see immediate job risk issues or immediate ramifications. Sure, it's not great for the TSA but they're not going to find a new career in a week. The dems should shut it down for however long they want. MAGA is psychotic. This is probably the most beige pushback you could give in the circs so they should feel zero pressure to back down until they have to for whatever political reason comes up.

This is one of the dumber posts I've ever read on DCUM.

Many Americans will feel the pain of the government shut down very soon.
This will come back to haunt the GOP.
Yeah, trump may fire lots of government workers, but most will be rehired.
Why is Trump so gung-ho to keep the government open? He knows it's going to kill the GOP if it goes on for a long time.
Finally, the Democrats are standing up and fighting, a bit.
We need a lot more of this.

The post is actually not dumb. You all are just very inside the beltway.

After the 2018–2019 shutdown, a Pew Research Center survey found that only 16% of people said they or a family member were “personally inconvenienced” by the shutdown — and only 7% said it was a major inconvenience. The vast majority (84%) said it had no impact on them.

I agree that the Dems should have shut it down. I just think everyone is overestimating how much the average person cares. You all care bc you are feds. The rest of us barely think about it

*1. I thought the post was an excellent reminder of how different the experience is outside of Washington.

Yes, there are a lot of federal workers around the country, but they are a very small percentage of their local populations.

It's not about Federal employees. It's about Federal programs. Most operations can survive a few days shutdown. The cost is general slowdown in productivity and a bunch of wasted time and money spread out across the whole budget, not immediate catastrophe.


Of course, this time Trump is threatening immediate catastrophe, by illegally killing whole programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a very DC insider focused thread but as someone who is not in DC, I can tell you most of us dont care at ALL if the government shuts down. I feel like the government shutting down has almost zero downside for the underdog party. The vast majority of Americans will not see immediate job risk issues or immediate ramifications. Sure, it's not great for the TSA but they're not going to find a new career in a week. The dems should shut it down for however long they want. MAGA is psychotic. This is probably the most beige pushback you could give in the circs so they should feel zero pressure to back down until they have to for whatever political reason comes up.

This is one of the dumber posts I've ever read on DCUM.

Many Americans will feel the pain of the government shut down very soon.
This will come back to haunt the GOP.
Yeah, trump may fire lots of government workers, but most will be rehired.
Why is Trump so gung-ho to keep the government open? He knows it's going to kill the GOP if it goes on for a long time.
Finally, the Democrats are standing up and fighting, a bit.
We need a lot more of this.

The post is actually not dumb. You all are just very inside the beltway.

After the 2018–2019 shutdown, a Pew Research Center survey found that only 16% of people said they or a family member were “personally inconvenienced” by the shutdown — and only 7% said it was a major inconvenience. The vast majority (84%) said it had no impact on them.

I agree that the Dems should have shut it down. I just think everyone is overestimating how much the average person cares. You all care bc you are feds. The rest of us barely think about it

+1.

And backing up your claim as factually-accurate with statistical evidence from Pew is just more proof:

- DC is an absurdly biased, partisan bubble, plus

- DCUMAD is a progressive echo-chamber, not a discussion forum.

So you're a radical leftist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a very DC insider focused thread but as someone who is not in DC, I can tell you most of us dont care at ALL if the government shuts down. I feel like the government shutting down has almost zero downside for the underdog party. The vast majority of Americans will not see immediate job risk issues or immediate ramifications. Sure, it's not great for the TSA but they're not going to find a new career in a week. The dems should shut it down for however long they want. MAGA is psychotic. This is probably the most beige pushback you could give in the circs so they should feel zero pressure to back down until they have to for whatever political reason comes up.

This is one of the dumber posts I've ever read on DCUM.

Many Americans will feel the pain of the government shut down very soon.
This will come back to haunt the GOP.
Yeah, trump may fire lots of government workers, but most will be rehired.
Why is Trump so gung-ho to keep the government open? He knows it's going to kill the GOP if it goes on for a long time.
Finally, the Democrats are standing up and fighting, a bit.
We need a lot more of this.

The post is actually not dumb. You all are just very inside the beltway.

After the 2018–2019 shutdown, a Pew Research Center survey found that only 16% of people said they or a family member were “personally inconvenienced” by the shutdown — and only 7% said it was a major inconvenience. The vast majority (84%) said it had no impact on them.

I agree that the Dems should have shut it down. I just think everyone is overestimating how much the average person cares. You all care bc you are feds. The rest of us barely think about it

+1.

And backing up your claim as factually-accurate with statistical evidence from Pew is just more proof:

- DC is an absurdly biased, partisan bubble, plus

- DCUMAD is a progressive echo-chamber, not a discussion forum.

So you're a radical leftist?

It’s so weird how bad maga is at insulting people 😂

Oh no! We’re all gonna go cry about being called a ‘radical leftist’ or a ‘clown’

Get some better insults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

That quote is taken out of context.

The context being that it applies to the black guy but not to Trump himself.

[Anonymous]

The President has publicly said on multiple occasions that he’s happy about the shutdown. He has wanted this all along so he can leverage it to continue his unhinged mission to dismantle the federal government and its critical services…based on his misguided partisanship.

Guys, it’s like we have a petulant child in charge of our beloved country.

When will congress push back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The President has publicly said on multiple occasions that he’s happy about the shutdown. He has wanted this all along so he can leverage it to continue his unhinged mission to dismantle the federal government and its critical services…based on his misguided partisanship.

Guys, it’s like we have a petulant child in charge of our beloved country.

When will congress push back?

In terms of damage, it's more like having an enemy agent in charge of our country.

[Anonymous]

Two senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal.

https://x.com/BBKogan/status/1973070716292513959

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal.

https://x.com/BBKogan/status/1973070716292513959

So there are some lightbulbs on in Congress after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal.

https://x.com/BBKogan/status/1973070716292513959

This should be the messaging.
We wont sign a CR until there is language stating the Trump and OMB will not move funds/impound them. Congress passes the budget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That quote is taken out of context.

The context being that it applies to the black guy but not to Trump himself.

Right.

Where are Trump's amazing negotiating skills?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal.

https://x.com/BBKogan/status/1973070716292513959

So there are some lightbulbs on in Congress after all.

Only a few senators speak publicly - but they speak for those who don't. When you hear one Republican senator speak, they are saying what many Republican senators are thinking. (Except Rand Paul.)

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal.

https://x.com/BBKogan/status/1973070716292513959

So there are some lightbulbs on in Congress after all.

Only a few senators speak publicly - but they speak for those who don't. When you hear one Republican senator speak, they are saying what many Republican senators are thinking. (Except Rand Paul.)

They privately probably don’t want insurance premiums to go up either. Independent voters are going to drop like flies.