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While that's bad, can we focus on the LITERAL TREASON happening in front of us?
Or the wanton murder off the coast of Venezuela.
Or the abduction of Americans of the streets.
you are asking the party that caved giving away their only leverage to fight for something?
No, it is the Democrats fault for the shutdown in a way (hear me out). Those messages are illegal but they are kinda right. By choosing to cave and getting virtually nothing in exchange, the DNC cemented the complete uselessness of the grandstanding act. Together with the Republicans they are responsible for unnecessary suffering because they folded like a cheap suit. What was even the point? Why not just give Republicans whatever they want from the beginning if you’re going to bend over and gleefully call them daddy?
It was a daring strategy, but now I wish you had never even tried. Now you think you’re going to fight them in court? These people don’t give a shit about the law. You’re just going to keep getting fucked harder. Nicely done. I guess the party is getting exactly what they want.
I apologize dear reader but I am angry.
Do we have a list of the senators who caved? I want to see if I need to primary somebody.
Edit: Here is the list:
The problem is that all of the traitors aren't looking for re-election in 2026.
Clearly the Democrats chose the ones who are most able to take the fall vote yes. An obvious ploy, yet I still see a bunch of people who won't accept that they've been betrayed.
Every other Democrat failed to whip these to hold the line.
Ah yes, Fetterman a genuine DINO. What a piece of shit that guy is
My thoughts exactly. They got, what, a “yeah we might vote on those subsidies” at best, with Johnson saying “nah, I won’t even bring that to a vote lol” and now those ACA marketplace plans are expensive as hell, which was the exact thing they were supposed to be against. Shot themselves in the dick once again. Did the success of last week give them the confidence to do it? Jesus fuck they never learn.
Kind crazy that this happens every time but people still think it's not the working as intended.
Stop having faith in Democrats. Billionaires in blue aren't going to save you from billionaires in red
That is the point of controlled oppo. So this kind of stuff is distraction, so you don't start putting puzzling pieces of data together to form a more complete picture. I imagine an honest person with the proper skills can easily write a script to model a decent approximation.
Google “government shutdown” and top result is this
https://www.whitehouse.gov/government-shutdown-clock/
“## Democrats Have Shut Down the Government” with a clock.
Clearly it isn’t working since Trump’s approval rating keeps dropping.
Not a problem for Trump any more now that the Democrats have caved entirely to the Republicans.
Oh my, not an investigation!
And do what? Wag your finger?
Watch for the inevitable unsurprising fact that, there were actual violations. Because this admin cannot go an hour without violating something.