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That first paragraph seems deceptively worded. Without reading between the lines it appears to pin blame on Democrats while being vague on details about the healthcare concessions.
That's a shame, I expected better of The Guardian.
The UK is sitting on the knife's edge of fascism as well. Somehow Starmer is in charge and Farage has no fear. That head of lettuce was better.
The Republican controlled house and Senate shut down the government
Ftfy
Not according to hud.gov:
Conservatives are the radical left. It's just words.
And this will work too. The average American is way too dumb to see this for what it is.
Assuming there is an “after”, there really needs to be a policy against politics on official government communications. There probably is. One more thing to hold them to account in 3.5 years
Assuming you have a true democratic election in '28 and not some Putinesque version.
Not that exactly. While yes, I also dread the possibility of the end of democracy …… elections are run by states (so far). Unless there is actual martial law, many states will continue to hold fair elections.
Interference will look different. As always red states will continue to disenfranchise voters, nationwide propaganda will increase. So will there be attacks on state certification, on who is allowed to be listed as a candidate, etc?
What do we do if this happens?
God who falls for this unprofessional shit
Looks around
Sighs
Repeat after me, "Trump and the GOP controlled congress are shutting down the government in order to prevent the Epstein files from bring released."
They'll spend tens of millions of dollars on a fucking ballroom but suggest giving americans healthcare and they'll allow the entire government to shut down.
*hundreds of millions
Can’t forget paving the rose garden to make an eXcLuSiVe ClUb. Now not only do we get “lobbyists” but also “club members.”
Pathetic douchebags.
Not even giving, it's not taking it away.
Ah yes, obviously the Democrats fault for not bending to the fascist budget plan....
/s
From watching almost any news program, that's basically the impression I get, even if it's not actually said. It's disgusting...
It shut down because johnson surrendered and went home. Quit blaming anyone but those in the top spots for it.
Republicans, specifically Donald Trump, have more government power than any administration in modern history. Control of the white house, senate, house, and supreme court, in addition to simply acting outside the law with impunity
Yet they'll still blame Democrats for the shutdown
They do love blaming minorities for their problems.
Oh no, the guy that 70 million dipshits voted in for his deal-making abilities refused to make any deals with the democrats and they didn’t vote for the spending bill as a result.
Why would Obama do dis? 😭
Editorialized headline. The linked article's headline is "US government shuts down after Senate fails to advance both parties’ bills"
The Guardian updated the headline. I have changed the headline here to reflect that.
Thanks for the head's up.
trump doesn't have the cards
I want them to be released as much as the next person, but does anyone really think Republicans will do anything other than masturbate harder over their leader being a child rapist? It's a known fact by this point that his name appears very frequently in the files
No, but why should I let what Republicans masturbate to dictate what I comment on Lemmy?
This happens all the time no biggie
Anything Trump threatens to shut down as a result are things he was already gonna shut down as soon as an excuse came along. Do not cave on keeping healthcare funded, that would destroy so many Americans who depend on this.
Soooooo
Now what
Nothing. We wait several weeks, and then pay WAY more money to put things sorta back together until next time.
The Orange Turd doing what he does best chaos. MAGAts this is all on you.