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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This reminds me of that pie chart someone put out several years back where the majority of it was labeled Christian, and the remainder was labeled "other" with the Christian part saying "help! We're being oppressed"

That's how I feel about the US government shutdown right now.

But what do I know? I don't even live in that shithole country.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago

Christians have a massive persecution and saviour complex. Its a core tenet of the lore.

[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

It's somebody else's fault. It always is.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world -5 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

A reminder that absolutely none of this shit would be happening if people just dropped their bullshit virtue signalling faux care for Palestine and voted for her.

Even Palestine and the rest of the Middle-East would be better off.

We knew this would be the case, but so many millions of leftists cared more about virtue signalling than reality.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 4 hours ago

There's a lot of evidence to suggest that voters DID turn out for Kamala Harris, but that the election was stolen. Don't hate on American citizens, please, many of us are doing everything we can to minimize damage and keep our communities safe.

[–] theolodis@feddit.org 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, those millions changing their 'faux care' would have been so much easier than 1 woman expressing clearly that she would care instead of trying to fish republican votes.

You liberals are just brain dead at this point.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Then why can't your party get on the ballot?

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Republicans continuously vote it's why they cater to you know people who reliably vote. Not voting means they don't care about you.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Fair, but I feel like these kinds of comments are on the same level as people refusing to go with Kamala, because Palestine. Understandable sentiment, but adds nothing to the conversation. Only divides people further, which is in the best interest of both candidates.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

The rest of the middle east? Haven't several middle eastern countries made multiple lucrative business deals with American companies since trump entered office?

[–] AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I miss the Car Talk days of NPR, just on my commute to night class today I get to hear them make the statement "Democrats shut down the government."

God this shit is disheartening.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 5 points 15 hours ago

click and clack the tap it brothers.

and whatever you do.. don't drive like my brother!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 14 hours ago

is anyone surprised, its meant to prevent the epstein files from being released by thenewly elected house member.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 21 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Americans need to be introduced to the concept of guillotine

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Its almost like they had one once.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh you mean the one where rich white guys didn't want to pay taxes. So they fit the poors to die for them.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Rich white guys trying to use everyone as pawns seems like an accurate descriptor for many wars over the past several centuries. At least they're consistent?

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

Not all of us, but enough so that this generalization is entirely fair.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Dem's should amend their demands for congressional reversal of every Trump funding fascism attack. So far that includes $18B in NYC infrastructure funding and $8B in blue state renewable energy funding.

Dems/DNC should tell states to collect federal taxes and fund their states with them, instead of remitting them to US treasury. Or governors should invoke that right in support of ending GOP shutdown.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

As much as this feels like a great idea - companies usually collect and allocate taxes on behalf of companies individuals (payroll, income, sales etc.). I don’t think any major company is going to be brave enough to do openly defy the Federal Government and divert taxes away to state coffers instead.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

Law becomes you pay federal taxes to this state. If you get threatened to pay twice, state would keep what you didn't have to pay Feds, and can unionize against infringement of state rights. A union who's governance would stay open. If government shuts down, dissolve union and have new constitutional convention for states that want this government.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago

The IRS is reliant on state level agencies cut off communication with the IRS and cut utilities to IRS offices and server buildings. Then strong arm corporations through similar methods, oh Amazon doesn't want to give the states the federal taxes? Congrats permanent road construction in front of all facilities and no electricity.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago

The Republicans shut down the government to prevent the release of the Epstein files.

[–] NoodlePoint@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I fucking hate bearing witness of a slow collapse of a world power from where I'm sitting at... It's been almost ten months since that fucking day.

This shutdown is just one of the steps towards what amounts to a mafia dictatorship by committee.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Slow collapse? 10 months feels extremely fast to manage taking an economy that was at least somewhat stable and possibly on the rise to straight-up dumpster fire along with everything else thats just crazy thrown in for good fun. Felt really fast to lose it all..

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago

The reason that it's so fast is that the economy never really recovered from Reagan, he took a jackhammer to the base level foundation and empowered the corporations. Fact of the matter is the building was already leaning due to being too top heavy, Trump just kicked out the reinforcement struts that were slowing the inevitable collapse.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Just a form letter at this point.

Republicans do ________. 

Republicans blame everyone else for the negative results.
[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I like you made the important parts red. or is that just programming syntax?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Used the “code” parameter which highlighted the words automatically.

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 day ago

Say it with me kids…. “sleepy joe!” Or something. I dunnno. Trump is a pedo btw.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 129 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Took me too long to understand why my birthday was always so full of strife.

Turns out, it's the end of the fiscal year.

[–] greygore@lemmy.world 91 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Happy birthday! I got you a government shutdown.

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[–] frazw@lemmy.world 86 points 1 day ago (12 children)

The party that practically trademarked government shutdowns now want you to believe they aren't responsible and would never want such a thing.

Even though we ordered our representatives not to negotiate and we ordered them not to show up when the Democrats all did. We really wanted to avoid this. Yeah right.

I kinda would have liked to see what would have happened if the Democrats said yes to all their demands.

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[–] NovaSel@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Ok what the hell is going on? I know the American government has "shutdown" before but don't Trump's party have a majority in both houses of congress? What's in the way of them doing...whatever it is they want to do?

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is another method to destroy the government. They are planning to use the shutdown for mass layoffs. Here's a quick video explaining the topic.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm not in a situation where I can watch videos right now, but I've heard this argument and I don't buy it. Are you telling me that this regime, which has been flouting laws and regulations and norms to do mass layoffs already, and shrugging at every judicial slap on the wrist that has come as a result, even to the point of bringing in a private citizen to go around with a chainsaw and destroy workforces and agencies he doesn't understand— you're telling me that this regime, the most lawless in recent American history, the one that cares far more about appearances and feelings than facts and is so disorganized as to have trouble organizing a church potluck, this one— they suddenly have their act together enough and value the rule of law enough to engineer an unbelievably unpopular government shutdown, in order to justify an unbelievably unpopular layoffs of government workers, when they could clearly just do it anyway with no repercussions?

Yeah, I don't buy it. I don't see any 4D chess here, I just see tic-tac-toe being played in elephant manure.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The courts ordered many of those people fired by DOGE cuts to be returned to their jobs.

This is a way to starve those people out in a way that the courts can’t intervene.

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