When you own both the Legislative and Executive branch of government THE BUCK STOPS WITH TRUMP!
Make no mistake about this.

Anonymous wrote:Dems blocked military pay. But are demanding SNAP gets paid out.

Yep, a lot of which goes to military members.

More than 20,000 military families, 213,000 National Guard and Reserve members, and 1.1 million Veterans rely on SNAP benefits. https://veteran.com/snap-benefits/

It's not the military that's the problem, and it's not the Democrats. It's our inability to take care of our own people instead of giving $40 billion away to another country which already has universal healthcare and a fully funded military.

Fix it.

Anonymous wrote:Assume all the money has been spent on something else.

Yeah. And I think Justice Jackson's stay on SNAP was intended to trigger some auditing. We can only hope.

If the money is still there, it may not be easy to prove, but it's trackable. Is it there?

Louder for people in the back:

Trump is ACTIVELY trying to block SNAP in the courts. And Republicans have been trying to kill SNAP for the last couple of decades.

Stop blaming it on Democrats.

Dems blocked military pay. But are demanding SNAP gets paid out.

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Anonymous wrote:I no longer understand anything that is happening. I used to think I had figured some of it out and knew some of the whys and hows -even if I disagreed - I could still figure out motives and reasoning.

None of this makes sense to me.

This doesn’t make sense because our government has reached a severe point of dysfunction. If this was a parliamentary system they would be calling a new election right now. It’s really bad.

And Trump would be booted out.

OUR only option is impeachment.

And the puppets the Republicans put in office won’t do their jobs (of honoring the Constitution). They literally have not reported to work for 8 weeks—though they are collecting paychecks.

The Democrats stand ready to negotiate. The Republicans won’t even show up in DC.

What’s there to negotiate?

Pay attention.
Schumer just made an offer to the Republicans.

Thune called it a nonstarter. Johnson won’t even let his caucus come to work.

That is one side trying to negotiate and the other stonewalling.

The House passed a bill to reopen the government. The Republican majority in the Senate is likewise happy to reopen the government.

It is the Democrat minority in the Senate that is blocking funding to the entire government because they want to demand changes they don’t have the votes for. What they are doing is fundamentally undemocratic.

If the majorities of the House and Senate give in to this type of tactic will the minority party shut down the entire government every time they want something they don’t have the votes for?

It seems the Republicans also don't have the votes for what they want. Why is your position that democrats must capitulate and not Republicans? Or better yet, compromise? Why is it undemocratic for Democrats to vote in a way that reflects the citizens that voted them in?

Because Democrats are keeping the government closed for reasons unrelated to the FY26 budget process. The Republicans voted 13 times to keep the government open during Biden’s term. Democrats have an amazing capacity to conflate issues.

Fundamentally untrue. Had the Democrats played any part in the FY 26 budget process, there would be a very strong reason for them to support a CR. They would have prioritized keeping ACA it in some fashion. Instead, the Republicans pushed it through, with only Republican support, and they now reap what they’ve sown.

But the Senate Democrats could support the CR and still oppose the underlying FY26 bills. Thats how we know this is not about the appropriations process. It’s about Leader Schumers reelection process. Federal workers in MD and VA should be apoplectic with Kaine, Warner, Van Hollen, and Alsobrooks for putting us through this trauma. Reopen the government tomorrow. Then have a separate vote on ACA subsidies and let it win or lose on its own merits.

Make that make sense. Support the CR—which is the execution of the FY 26 Republican-only budget— and then “oppose FY 26”. This is opposing FY 26. If Republicans wanted their support, they had all the time in the world to get it.

The CR would be a continuation of the FY24 budget that Democrats have already voted in favor 15 times. So, no.

Yeah? I seem to remember in 2024...we had a budget for some agency… USAID? This CR restores USAID funding?

Yes, it would.

And then it becomes your boys slush fund to send to Argentina. Nope. Republicans broke this process beginning with DOGE. They have no reasonable expectation that anyone should support the way their governing.

You might be right. But that’s for the courts to decide. Not Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to decide.

Trump ignores the courts. We've all been watching this destructive game for 10 months. So you're saying that the Democrats should simply rubberstamp Trump's plans to loot the country for his own ends?

I’m saying the Democrats should reopen the government. Then hold a separate vote on the unrelated ACS subsidies.

Has Thune and Johnson committed to that?

Thune offered weeks ago to do a separate ACA vote. Anyone who works in or around the Senate knows the framework for an ACA deal has been on the table for months. Income caps, citizenship requirements, no subsidies for new enrollees, and a new sunset date. Most sophisticated Hill folks know what the Ds are doing is theatre. And of course the activists are compliantly lapping it up as usual while federal employers, the flying public, and SNAP recipients suffer.

Anonymous wrote:Assume all the money has been spent on something else.

Argentina
bombing fishermen in the carribean
ballroom
editing eptein files
just plain stealing

you name it

Assume all the money has been spent on something else.

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Anonymous wrote:I no longer understand anything that is happening. I used to think I had figured some of it out and knew some of the whys and hows -even if I disagreed - I could still figure out motives and reasoning.

None of this makes sense to me.

This doesn’t make sense because our government has reached a severe point of dysfunction. If this was a parliamentary system they would be calling a new election right now. It’s really bad.

And Trump would be booted out.

OUR only option is impeachment.

And the puppets the Republicans put in office won’t do their jobs (of honoring the Constitution). They literally have not reported to work for 8 weeks—though they are collecting paychecks.

The Democrats stand ready to negotiate. The Republicans won’t even show up in DC.

What’s there to negotiate?

Pay attention.
Schumer just made an offer to the Republicans.

Thune called it a nonstarter. Johnson won’t even let his caucus come to work.

That is one side trying to negotiate and the other stonewalling.

The House passed a bill to reopen the government. The Republican majority in the Senate is likewise happy to reopen the government.

It is the Democrat minority in the Senate that is blocking funding to the entire government because they want to demand changes they don’t have the votes for. What they are doing is fundamentally undemocratic.

If the majorities of the House and Senate give in to this type of tactic will the minority party shut down the entire government every time they want something they don’t have the votes for?

It seems the Republicans also don't have the votes for what they want. Why is your position that democrats must capitulate and not Republicans? Or better yet, compromise? Why is it undemocratic for Democrats to vote in a way that reflects the citizens that voted them in?

Because Democrats are keeping the government closed for reasons unrelated to the FY26 budget process. The Republicans voted 13 times to keep the government open during Biden’s term. Democrats have an amazing capacity to conflate issues.

Fundamentally untrue. Had the Democrats played any part in the FY 26 budget process, there would be a very strong reason for them to support a CR. They would have prioritized keeping ACA it in some fashion. Instead, the Republicans pushed it through, with only Republican support, and they now reap what they’ve sown.

But the Senate Democrats could support the CR and still oppose the underlying FY26 bills. Thats how we know this is not about the appropriations process. It’s about Leader Schumers reelection process. Federal workers in MD and VA should be apoplectic with Kaine, Warner, Van Hollen, and Alsobrooks for putting us through this trauma. Reopen the government tomorrow. Then have a separate vote on ACA subsidies and let it win or lose on its own merits.

Make that make sense. Support the CR—which is the execution of the FY 26 Republican-only budget— and then “oppose FY 26”. This is opposing FY 26. If Republicans wanted their support, they had all the time in the world to get it.

The CR would be a continuation of the FY24 budget that Democrats have already voted in favor 15 times. So, no.

Yeah? I seem to remember in 2024...we had a budget for some agency… USAID? This CR restores USAID funding?

Yes, it would.

And then it becomes your boys slush fund to send to Argentina. Nope. Republicans broke this process beginning with DOGE. They have no reasonable expectation that anyone should support the way their governing.

You might be right. But that’s for the courts to decide. Not Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to decide.

Trump ignores the courts. We've all been watching this destructive game for 10 months. So you're saying that the Democrats should simply rubberstamp Trump's plans to loot the country for his own ends?

Which court has he ignored?

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Anonymous wrote:I no longer understand anything that is happening. I used to think I had figured some of it out and knew some of the whys and hows -even if I disagreed - I could still figure out motives and reasoning.

None of this makes sense to me.

This doesn’t make sense because our government has reached a severe point of dysfunction. If this was a parliamentary system they would be calling a new election right now. It’s really bad.

And Trump would be booted out.

OUR only option is impeachment.

And the puppets the Republicans put in office won’t do their jobs (of honoring the Constitution). They literally have not reported to work for 8 weeks—though they are collecting paychecks.

The Democrats stand ready to negotiate. The Republicans won’t even show up in DC.

What’s there to negotiate?

Pay attention.
Schumer just made an offer to the Republicans.

Thune called it a nonstarter. Johnson won’t even let his caucus come to work.

That is one side trying to negotiate and the other stonewalling.

The House passed a bill to reopen the government. The Republican majority in the Senate is likewise happy to reopen the government.

It is the Democrat minority in the Senate that is blocking funding to the entire government because they want to demand changes they don’t have the votes for. What they are doing is fundamentally undemocratic.

If the majorities of the House and Senate give in to this type of tactic will the minority party shut down the entire government every time they want something they don’t have the votes for?

It seems the Republicans also don't have the votes for what they want. Why is your position that democrats must capitulate and not Republicans? Or better yet, compromise? Why is it undemocratic for Democrats to vote in a way that reflects the citizens that voted them in?

Because Democrats are keeping the government closed for reasons unrelated to the FY26 budget process. The Republicans voted 13 times to keep the government open during Biden’s term. Democrats have an amazing capacity to conflate issues.

Fundamentally untrue. Had the Democrats played any part in the FY 26 budget process, there would be a very strong reason for them to support a CR. They would have prioritized keeping ACA it in some fashion. Instead, the Republicans pushed it through, with only Republican support, and they now reap what they’ve sown.

But the Senate Democrats could support the CR and still oppose the underlying FY26 bills. Thats how we know this is not about the appropriations process. It’s about Leader Schumers reelection process. Federal workers in MD and VA should be apoplectic with Kaine, Warner, Van Hollen, and Alsobrooks for putting us through this trauma. Reopen the government tomorrow. Then have a separate vote on ACA subsidies and let it win or lose on its own merits.

Make that make sense. Support the CR—which is the execution of the FY 26 Republican-only budget— and then “oppose FY 26”. This is opposing FY 26. If Republicans wanted their support, they had all the time in the world to get it.

The CR would be a continuation of the FY24 budget that Democrats have already voted in favor 15 times. So, no.

Yeah? I seem to remember in 2024...we had a budget for some agency… USAID? This CR restores USAID funding?

Yes, it would.

And then it becomes your boys slush fund to send to Argentina. Nope. Republicans broke this process beginning with DOGE. They have no reasonable expectation that anyone should support the way their governing.

You might be right. But that’s for the courts to decide. Not Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to decide.

Trump ignores the courts. We've all been watching this destructive game for 10 months. So you're saying that the Democrats should simply rubberstamp Trump's plans to loot the country for his own ends?

I’m saying the Democrats should reopen the government. Then hold a separate vote on the unrelated ACS subsidies.

Has Thune and Johnson committed to that?

No, they haven't. And even if they did, how can anyone trust them?

This is what DH and I were just discussing. Republican politicians have zero credibility right now because they are so obviously in thrall to Trump. This is not the good ol' days when politicians had mostly amicable relationships across the aisle and could actually work out compromises.

If that were true they would have gotten rid of the filibuster weeks ago.

Anonymous wrote:Why is trump wanting to block snap benefits? What is the end game? Isn't he alienating his voters?

Because Trump is a mean, hateful, hate-filled, despicable pile of $&it. He is a sociopathic narcissist. motivated only by his desperate need for adoration.

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Anonymous wrote:The Democrats are blocking SNAP benefits.

Pretty amazing that the GOP's permanent "mandate" didn't even last 10 months (not really). They're getting blown out in every election in 2025 and not sure what they plan to run on next year. Going to the SCOTUS to block SNAP? Refusing to help people with exorbitant health care insurance? Driving up grocery and energy costs? Protecting Trump's pedophilia? Great message they have...

You had me until “pedophilia.” That is a fringe left rallying cry that doesn’t resonate with normal people.

Then why is Trump blocking the release of the Epstein files? Something he ran on. And not it’s a hoax?

Trump diddled his own daughter. These MAGAs are sick in the head.

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Anonymous wrote:I no longer understand anything that is happening. I used to think I had figured some of it out and knew some of the whys and hows -even if I disagreed - I could still figure out motives and reasoning.

None of this makes sense to me.

This doesn’t make sense because our government has reached a severe point of dysfunction. If this was a parliamentary system they would be calling a new election right now. It’s really bad.

And Trump would be booted out.

OUR only option is impeachment.

And the puppets the Republicans put in office won’t do their jobs (of honoring the Constitution). They literally have not reported to work for 8 weeks—though they are collecting paychecks.

The Democrats stand ready to negotiate. The Republicans won’t even show up in DC.

What’s there to negotiate?

Pay attention.
Schumer just made an offer to the Republicans.

Thune called it a nonstarter. Johnson won’t even let his caucus come to work.

That is one side trying to negotiate and the other stonewalling.

The House passed a bill to reopen the government. The Republican majority in the Senate is likewise happy to reopen the government.

It is the Democrat minority in the Senate that is blocking funding to the entire government because they want to demand changes they don’t have the votes for. What they are doing is fundamentally undemocratic.

If the majorities of the House and Senate give in to this type of tactic will the minority party shut down the entire government every time they want something they don’t have the votes for?

It seems the Republicans also don't have the votes for what they want. Why is your position that democrats must capitulate and not Republicans? Or better yet, compromise? Why is it undemocratic for Democrats to vote in a way that reflects the citizens that voted them in?

Because Democrats are keeping the government closed for reasons unrelated to the FY26 budget process. The Republicans voted 13 times to keep the government open during Biden’s term. Democrats have an amazing capacity to conflate issues.

Fundamentally untrue. Had the Democrats played any part in the FY 26 budget process, there would be a very strong reason for them to support a CR. They would have prioritized keeping ACA it in some fashion. Instead, the Republicans pushed it through, with only Republican support, and they now reap what they’ve sown.

But the Senate Democrats could support the CR and still oppose the underlying FY26 bills. Thats how we know this is not about the appropriations process. It’s about Leader Schumers reelection process. Federal workers in MD and VA should be apoplectic with Kaine, Warner, Van Hollen, and Alsobrooks for putting us through this trauma. Reopen the government tomorrow. Then have a separate vote on ACA subsidies and let it win or lose on its own merits.

Make that make sense. Support the CR—which is the execution of the FY 26 Republican-only budget— and then “oppose FY 26”. This is opposing FY 26. If Republicans wanted their support, they had all the time in the world to get it.

The CR would be a continuation of the FY24 budget that Democrats have already voted in favor 15 times. So, no.

Yeah? I seem to remember in 2024...we had a budget for some agency… USAID? This CR restores USAID funding?

Yes, it would.

And then it becomes your boys slush fund to send to Argentina. Nope. Republicans broke this process beginning with DOGE. They have no reasonable expectation that anyone should support the way their governing.

You might be right. But that’s for the courts to decide. Not Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to decide.

Trump ignores the courts. We've all been watching this destructive game for 10 months. So you're saying that the Democrats should simply rubberstamp Trump's plans to loot the country for his own ends?

I’m saying the Democrats should reopen the government. Then hold a separate vote on the unrelated ACS subsidies.

Has Thune and Johnson committed to that?

No, they haven't. And even if they did, how can anyone trust them?

This is what DH and I were just discussing. Republican politicians have zero credibility right now because they are so obviously in thrall to Trump. This is not the good ol' days when politicians had mostly amicable relationships across the aisle and could actually work out compromises.

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Anonymous wrote:I no longer understand anything that is happening. I used to think I had figured some of it out and knew some of the whys and hows -even if I disagreed - I could still figure out motives and reasoning.

None of this makes sense to me.

This doesn’t make sense because our government has reached a severe point of dysfunction. If this was a parliamentary system they would be calling a new election right now. It’s really bad.

And Trump would be booted out.

OUR only option is impeachment.

And the puppets the Republicans put in office won’t do their jobs (of honoring the Constitution). They literally have not reported to work for 8 weeks—though they are collecting paychecks.

The Democrats stand ready to negotiate. The Republicans won’t even show up in DC.

What’s there to negotiate?

Pay attention.
Schumer just made an offer to the Republicans.

Thune called it a nonstarter. Johnson won’t even let his caucus come to work.

That is one side trying to negotiate and the other stonewalling.

The House passed a bill to reopen the government. The Republican majority in the Senate is likewise happy to reopen the government.

It is the Democrat minority in the Senate that is blocking funding to the entire government because they want to demand changes they don’t have the votes for. What they are doing is fundamentally undemocratic.

If the majorities of the House and Senate give in to this type of tactic will the minority party shut down the entire government every time they want something they don’t have the votes for?

It seems the Republicans also don't have the votes for what they want. Why is your position that democrats must capitulate and not Republicans? Or better yet, compromise? Why is it undemocratic for Democrats to vote in a way that reflects the citizens that voted them in?

Because Democrats are keeping the government closed for reasons unrelated to the FY26 budget process. The Republicans voted 13 times to keep the government open during Biden’s term. Democrats have an amazing capacity to conflate issues.

Fundamentally untrue. Had the Democrats played any part in the FY 26 budget process, there would be a very strong reason for them to support a CR. They would have prioritized keeping ACA it in some fashion. Instead, the Republicans pushed it through, with only Republican support, and they now reap what they’ve sown.

But the Senate Democrats could support the CR and still oppose the underlying FY26 bills. Thats how we know this is not about the appropriations process. It’s about Leader Schumers reelection process. Federal workers in MD and VA should be apoplectic with Kaine, Warner, Van Hollen, and Alsobrooks for putting us through this trauma. Reopen the government tomorrow. Then have a separate vote on ACA subsidies and let it win or lose on its own merits.

Make that make sense. Support the CR—which is the execution of the FY 26 Republican-only budget— and then “oppose FY 26”. This is opposing FY 26. If Republicans wanted their support, they had all the time in the world to get it.

The CR would be a continuation of the FY24 budget that Democrats have already voted in favor 15 times. So, no.

Yeah? I seem to remember in 2024...we had a budget for some agency… USAID? This CR restores USAID funding?

Yes, it would.

And then it becomes your boys slush fund to send to Argentina. Nope. Republicans broke this process beginning with DOGE. They have no reasonable expectation that anyone should support the way their governing.

You might be right. But that’s for the courts to decide. Not Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to decide.

AOC isn’t in the senate. Right now this is for the Senate to decide, if its Republican leadership can stop tantruming long enough to, you know, govern.

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Anonymous wrote:I no longer understand anything that is happening. I used to think I had figured some of it out and knew some of the whys and hows -even if I disagreed - I could still figure out motives and reasoning.

None of this makes sense to me.

This doesn’t make sense because our government has reached a severe point of dysfunction. If this was a parliamentary system they would be calling a new election right now. It’s really bad.

And Trump would be booted out.

OUR only option is impeachment.

And the puppets the Republicans put in office won’t do their jobs (of honoring the Constitution). They literally have not reported to work for 8 weeks—though they are collecting paychecks.

The Democrats stand ready to negotiate. The Republicans won’t even show up in DC.

What’s there to negotiate?

Pay attention.
Schumer just made an offer to the Republicans.

Thune called it a nonstarter. Johnson won’t even let his caucus come to work.

That is one side trying to negotiate and the other stonewalling.

The House passed a bill to reopen the government. The Republican majority in the Senate is likewise happy to reopen the government.

It is the Democrat minority in the Senate that is blocking funding to the entire government because they want to demand changes they don’t have the votes for. What they are doing is fundamentally undemocratic.

If the majorities of the House and Senate give in to this type of tactic will the minority party shut down the entire government every time they want something they don’t have the votes for?

It seems the Republicans also don't have the votes for what they want. Why is your position that democrats must capitulate and not Republicans? Or better yet, compromise? Why is it undemocratic for Democrats to vote in a way that reflects the citizens that voted them in?

Because Democrats are keeping the government closed for reasons unrelated to the FY26 budget process. The Republicans voted 13 times to keep the government open during Biden’s term. Democrats have an amazing capacity to conflate issues.

Fundamentally untrue. Had the Democrats played any part in the FY 26 budget process, there would be a very strong reason for them to support a CR. They would have prioritized keeping ACA it in some fashion. Instead, the Republicans pushed it through, with only Republican support, and they now reap what they’ve sown.

But the Senate Democrats could support the CR and still oppose the underlying FY26 bills. Thats how we know this is not about the appropriations process. It’s about Leader Schumers reelection process. Federal workers in MD and VA should be apoplectic with Kaine, Warner, Van Hollen, and Alsobrooks for putting us through this trauma. Reopen the government tomorrow. Then have a separate vote on ACA subsidies and let it win or lose on its own merits.

Make that make sense. Support the CR—which is the execution of the FY 26 Republican-only budget— and then “oppose FY 26”. This is opposing FY 26. If Republicans wanted their support, they had all the time in the world to get it.

The CR would be a continuation of the FY24 budget that Democrats have already voted in favor 15 times. So, no.

Yeah? I seem to remember in 2024...we had a budget for some agency… USAID? This CR restores USAID funding?

Yes, it would.

And then it becomes your boys slush fund to send to Argentina. Nope. Republicans broke this process beginning with DOGE. They have no reasonable expectation that anyone should support the way their governing.

You might be right. But that’s for the courts to decide. Not Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to decide.

Trump ignores the courts. We've all been watching this destructive game for 10 months. So you're saying that the Democrats should simply rubberstamp Trump's plans to loot the country for his own ends?

I’m saying the Democrats should reopen the government. Then hold a separate vote on the unrelated ACS subsidies.

Has Thune and Johnson committed to that?

No, they haven't. And even if they did, how can anyone trust them?