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Funding the government through the end of January in exchange for a vote that won't pass...
...and a bunch of people who have probably found new jobs getting offered their old ones back
Democratic Chorus: "We got a pinky swear on shit!"
Holy fuck they really outdid themselves - didn't they.
Hey they got the
Everything that happens after is just democracy playing out the way it's supposed to.
Democrat lawmakers are doing violemce against me.
Not their trash policies and capitulation that will almost certainly get me killed, but how spectacularly stupid they are. It's so stupid it hurts to read.
Have you looked around at the job market recently???
Ah but have you considered that this will let them get Republicans on RECORD as voting against it which they will use in attack ads come 2026 mid-terms? Oh yes, their master plan is all coming together thanks to the consultants. Of course those same consultants will tell them in July 2026 that actually that doesn't play and you shouldn't harp on those votes and why people's Obamacare is now $2000/month and instead advise that they triangulate for "moderate anti-abortion centrist voters" and other fairy-tales so they tack right.
Yeah, I guess if you view this exercise solely through the lens of winning elections and successfully fundraising, the shutdown has been a success.