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Good. They'd better stick to their guns this time. Republicans do every time and get exactly what they want when they are the minority.
They have a genius new strategy! I'm sure it will work!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/democrats-anger-swearing
“This is not the Democratic party of your grandfather,” Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), declared earlier this year. “This is a new Democratic party. We’re bringing a knife to a knife fight.”
Um Ken, I do think you are mixing metaphors.
“This is not the Democratic party of your grandfather,”
The Democratic party of my grandfather was FDR, the New Deal, and civil rights.
That's so 20th century.
21st century DNC is all about that sweet private equity cash and making land acknowledgments.
“This is a new Democratic party. We’re bringing a knife to a knife fight.”
He says, showing up for a gun fight
Props to them if they can keep the turncoats in check and actually stick to their guns.
That said, I'll believe it when I see it.
The democrats are just asking for all the massive cuts to CRITICAL infrastructure to be returned back to the american people. We PAID for these programs and we DESERVE to have medicaid, better healthcare, and lower taxes. Republicans don't care about the american people, otherwise they would have voted AGAINST the BBBA.
The democrats are just asking for all the massive cuts to CRITICAL infrastructure to be returned back to the american people.
Republicans will promise them back in the form of tax cuts.
Republicans don’t care about the american people, otherwise they would have voted AGAINST the BBBA.
They care about particular American people and their friends overseas in the EU, Saudi, and Southeast Asian banking sectors.
Republicans will promise them back in the form of tax cuts.
You forgot this part: "... For the rich"
We'll see if the cave after like a week. Their pockets arent infinite like the republicans but this isn't asking much of them.
The news is a joke. I dont watch meet the press, but my wife had it on briefly this morning and the discussion was the shutdown. They all sat there and gave zero reasons why it is acceptable for them to do this and even used a story about how it effects real Americans who live paycheck to paycheck. Not one of them stated anything about how the Republicans are about to remove billions from health care or any other valid argument for why it is needed. It's sad that the news is controlled this much.
Considering Schumer was on television today waxing poetic about how he wants to have a "serious negotiation" with Republicans, once again signaling he's willing to sacrifice everything for nothing, I'm 99% certain they'll puss out yet again, giving these fascists everything they want.
Instead of cutting 100 billion from social services Schumer has negotiated only to cut 99.9 billion
If they dint oppose the administration at every turn, they are complicit
If they spent 20 to 40 years, watching the Republicans formulate this plan and did nothing to oppose it they are complicit
Doge and Trump have been working hard at shutting down everything the government does that actually serves the citizens despite having the funds. But at the same time they're spending trillions in making the country a fascist nightmare with secret police and concentration camps.
What's the downside to a shutdown?
"This time I can trust peppermint patty"
-Charlie Brown
How dare you besmirch Peppermint Patty's name, she's a trustworthy girl. Lucy van Pelt on the other hand...
I'll believe it when I see it, and I don't think there's any fucking way we're going to see it.
Yeah right.
The only question is which specific excuse(s) the Democrats are going to trot out after they do the bidding of their wealthy/corporate donors and cave. Again.
I guarantee they'll roll over and play dead even though it's just about saving some neutered nonsense of what's left (not much) of the ACA.
The government is broken
I am expecting Chuck and Jeffries to comply in advance.
I really don’t get it. Even GOP has the majority why headlines says it’s up to Dems?
I'm not sure if this is the reason but in the Senate standard budget legislation can be subject to a filibuster. To overcome a filibuster and proceed to a final vote, a supermajority of 60 votes is typically needed.