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Anonymous wrote:When there is a Democrat President and Republicans in Congress cause a shutdown demanding cuts, the Democrat says give me what I want or I will close the parks and museums and let everyone know how Republicans are ruining your vacation, maybe stopping you from getting Social Security.
The Republicans state their demands and cave a few weeks later.

Here, the Democrats make demands to avoid a shutdown, and the Republican President says if you don't give me what I want, I will do more cuts, getting more of what I want.

The Democrats do not have leverage, but can't help themselves.

They do have leverage, you just don't understand it yet. If Trump follows through, Republicans are going to have a hard time getting elected for a long time.

Actually, you don’t understand it. This White House doesn’t care about Republicans getting elected. Trump is allowing his zealots to enact changes that will have long-lasting impacts on the federal government and be incredibly difficult to reverse in the future. They don’t care about mid-terms. They don’t care about polling. Anything negative is “fake news” or “rigged information” to this President.

Besides most of the damage will be done by November of 2026.

Meanwhile, Schumer and Jeffries look on like buffoons and the Democratic Party remains listless and in disarray.

DP. This really isn't accurate at all. Do you believe this?

DP

I think they are correct. Democrats look like buffoons because they are not adapting to the current environment.

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Anonymous wrote:When there is a Democrat President and Republicans in Congress cause a shutdown demanding cuts, the Democrat says give me what I want or I will close the parks and museums and let everyone know how Republicans are ruining your vacation, maybe stopping you from getting Social Security.
The Republicans state their demands and cave a few weeks later.

Here, the Democrats make demands to avoid a shutdown, and the Republican President says if you don't give me what I want, I will do more cuts, getting more of what I want.

The Democrats do not have leverage, but can't help themselves.

They do have leverage, you just don't understand it yet. If Trump follows through, Republicans are going to have a hard time getting elected for a long time.

Actually, you don’t understand it. This White House doesn’t care about Republicans getting elected. Trump is allowing his zealots to enact changes that will have long-lasting impacts on the federal government and be incredibly difficult to reverse in the future. They don’t care about mid-terms. They don’t care about polling. Anything negative is “fake news” or “rigged information” to this President.

Besides most of the damage will be done by November of 2026.

Meanwhile, Schumer and Jeffries look on like buffoons and the Democratic Party remains listless and in disarray.

DP. This really isn't accurate at all. Do you believe this?

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Anonymous wrote:Trump loves the shutdown because anything that keeps Epstein off page one he loves.

Epstein's trafficking is just one of many Trump crimes.

If that were true the Biden admin would have released the list and all information regarding Trump and Epstein, but they didn’t.

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Anonymous wrote:Trump loves the shutdown because anything that keeps Epstein off page one he loves.

Epstein's trafficking is just one of many Trump crimes.

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Anonymous wrote:When there is a Democrat President and Republicans in Congress cause a shutdown demanding cuts, the Democrat says give me what I want or I will close the parks and museums and let everyone know how Republicans are ruining your vacation, maybe stopping you from getting Social Security.
The Republicans state their demands and cave a few weeks later.

Here, the Democrats make demands to avoid a shutdown, and the Republican President says if you don't give me what I want, I will do more cuts, getting more of what I want.

The Democrats do not have leverage, but can't help themselves.

They do have leverage, you just don't understand it yet. If Trump follows through, Republicans are going to have a hard time getting elected for a long time.

Actually, you don’t understand it. This White House doesn’t care about Republicans getting elected. Trump is allowing his zealots to enact changes that will have long-lasting impacts on the federal government and be incredibly difficult to reverse in the future. They don’t care about mid-terms. They don’t care about polling. Anything negative is “fake news” or “rigged information” to this President.

Besides most of the damage will be done by November of 2026.

Meanwhile, Schumer and Jeffries look on like buffoons and the Democratic Party remains listless and in disarray.

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Anonymous wrote:When there is a Democrat President and Republicans in Congress cause a shutdown demanding cuts, the Democrat says give me what I want or I will close the parks and museums and let everyone know how Republicans are ruining your vacation, maybe stopping you from getting Social Security.
The Republicans state their demands and cave a few weeks later.

Here, the Democrats make demands to avoid a shutdown, and the Republican President says if you don't give me what I want, I will do more cuts, getting more of what I want.

The Democrats do not have leverage, but can't help themselves.

They do have leverage, you just don't understand it yet. If Trump follows through, Republicans are going to have a hard time getting elected for a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:When there is a Democrat President and Republicans in Congress cause a shutdown demanding cuts, the Democrat says give me what I want or I will close the parks and museums and let everyone know how Republicans are ruining your vacation, maybe stopping you from getting Social Security.
The Republicans state their demands and cave a few weeks later.

Here, the Democrats make demands to avoid a shutdown, and the Republican President says if you don't give me what I want, I will do more cuts, getting more of what I want.

The Democrats do not have leverage, but can't help themselves.

They do have leverage, you just don't understand it yet. If Trump follows through, Republicans are going to have a hard time getting elected for a long time.

That's the leverage? Trump isn't running for office again. Vought isn't running. Meanwhile tens of billions in spending cut, hundreds of thousands of Democrats fired.

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Anonymous wrote:When there is a Democrat President and Republicans in Congress cause a shutdown demanding cuts, the Democrat says give me what I want or I will close the parks and museums and let everyone know how Republicans are ruining your vacation, maybe stopping you from getting Social Security.
The Republicans state their demands and cave a few weeks later.

Here, the Democrats make demands to avoid a shutdown, and the Republican President says if you don't give me what I want, I will do more cuts, getting more of what I want.

The Democrats do not have leverage, but can't help themselves.

They do have leverage, you just don't understand it yet. If Trump follows through, Republicans are going to have a hard time getting elected for a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:When there is a Democrat President and Republicans in Congress cause a shutdown demanding cuts, the Democrat says give me what I want or I will close the parks and museums and let everyone know how Republicans are ruining your vacation, maybe stopping you from getting Social Security.
The Republicans state their demands and cave a few weeks later.

Here, the Democrats make demands to avoid a shutdown, and the Republican President says if you don't give me what I want, I will do more cuts, getting more of what I want.

The Democrats do not have leverage, but can't help themselves.

They do have leverage, you just don't understand it yet. If Trump follows through, Republicans are going to have a hard time getting elected for a long time.

Anonymous wrote:When there is a Democrat President and Republicans in Congress cause a shutdown demanding cuts, the Democrat says give me what I want or I will close the parks and museums and let everyone know how Republicans are ruining your vacation, maybe stopping you from getting Social Security.
The Republicans state their demands and cave a few weeks later.

Here, the Democrats make demands to avoid a shutdown, and the Republican President says if you don't give me what I want, I will do more cuts, getting more of what I want.

The Democrats do not have leverage, but can't help themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:The real idiots here are Schumer and Jeffries who played right into the GOP’s hands by making healthcare subsidies the hill they chose to die on. Now the WH can run roughshod and lay off thousands of more federal workers as Russ Vought works unopposed to bring his fever dream to fruition. The Dems will look like clueless impotent imbeciles from the sidelines.

OOH, mommy look what they made me do! Really PP, can't you come up with something better than this toddler BS.

This type of vitriol only tells me Ds know they’ve been played and outmaneuvered.

Trump is using it as an opportunity to do mass layoffs and permanently close whole parts of the federal bureaucracy.

Right. But at what point will Trump actually try to govern the country. Also, when's he going to release those Epstein files?

Oh, he's governing. The fact that you don't like it tells everyone he is.

No, he's actually not. At least not democratically. He hasn't passed a budget. He can't adequately run the executive branch. All he's doing is destroying what he doesn't understand, and that's everything.

The House passed a CR. Democrats didn't go along in the Senate.

Oh well.

That's not the same thing as hashing out a budget based on stated priorities and debating it.

You idiots keep voting for GOP and Dem politicians and then magically expect different results. This is the definition of insanity and stupidity.

This is not a "both sides" thing no matter ho many times you try to post otherwise.

I'm so sick of the "both sides" posters. There are two very distinct sides. On one side we have the regular 99% of American people fighting to cling to some amount of control over their Federal Government. On the other side we have the ultra-wealthy political mega-donors who have gained 99.9% of control over our two corrupt major political parties.

I'm siding with the 99% of regular American people and I say eff you to the lost fools out there who are siding with the mega-donors when they themselves don't have the wealth to buy political influence. Be smarter!!

There are plenty of candidates out there who refuse contributions from mega-donors. You could at least support them.

There are some but not plenty of national level GOP and Dem politicians out there who aren't mega-donor puppets and I do appreciate those politicians who choose to maintain their integrity over advancing their careers (looking at you AOC). Unfortunately for those politicians, their career ceilings are capped at a low level due to their refusal to play nice with money (looking at you AOC).

AOC? Please list AOC’s accomplishments in Congress. Tell us how many pieces of legislation she has authored and passed into law while in Congress? Give us examples of how effective she is and her hard work for the American people. Please. I want to like her but can’t find many examples of concrete work she has successfully completed.

You missed the point, pea-brain. AOC hasn't had much influence in Congress because she is shunned by her colleagues due to her refusal to play nice puppet with the mega-donors and her willingness to call out her colleagues for lining their pockets via what amounts to insider trading. Give me someone with AOC integrity any day over a Trump or Biden.

Right. She's a Bernie Sanders style radical. Therefore, she's not a great choice if the goal is to get things done. Why would this be different when she is President?

AOC’s “style” is not radical. I would argue government based on the whims of billionaire donors is radical. I don’t want to get things done if screwing over regular people is all we can manage to get done.

Anonymous wrote:As far as shutdowns go, this one seems really “meh.”

Anonymous wrote:Trump loves the shutdown because anything that keeps Epstein off page one he loves.