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Half this forum probably still does.

As you can see, the president is taking the shutdown negotiations very seriously. https://www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/ Teenage-level pranks instead of working to open the government. Great job MAGA voters, you picked a real winner.

You admit you voted for a troll. SAD

I don’t know who he is Trump doesn’t know who he just pardoned. So… who is really pulling the strings while this senile old man shambles around and yells at the clouds?

Half of this list is literally false. The other half is culture war BS that has no effect on your life. You care more about transgender people, statues, and DEI than about basic like the economy. Textbook example of how the GOP uses fake news and bigoted rage bait to get people mad at their fellow Americans instead of at the billionaires picking their pockets daily.

LOL the Twitter files. There truly is no bottom to the depths of human stupidity.

They could have been negotiating since they passed it in mid-September. Instead they left town, and when Democrats went to negotiate.. Trump blew it off and posted some stupid meme with a sombrero. Also, I don’t know if you’ve ever negotiated before… so here’s a tip. Don’t give the other side everything they want in exchange for nothing except vague future promises. Which is what you’re asking the Democrats to do.

Kash is using jets financed by taxpayer money to go on dates. And then he fires the guy in charge of aviation. Patel didn’t get “‘found out” because somebody leaked flight details. He outed himself by posing for selfies on his date. The FBI sure as hell isn’t focused on fighting crime anymore.

The GOP overrode the filibuster this year for: Killing EV mandate in California Passing $3.8 trillion in tax cuts for the top 1% Confirming presidential cabinet positions en masse But they won’t do it to keep the government open. GOP priorities laid bare.

You’re all obsessed with transgender people, who literally aren’t doing anything to harm any of you. Meanwhile, the leaders you elected are picking your pockets and you cheer for it. You can’t even see that this issue is a bogeyman to distract you while they rob you blind.

The Big Pitiful Bill did way more to blow up the deficit than any legislation since Trump’s first term tax cuts. Billionaires keep getting richer, the rest of us get poorer, and the GOP are accelerating the process. GOP is pinching pennies with working class benefits while handing out trillions to the richest people. This is class warfare, and 77 million in the losing class voted for their wealthy conquerors. Truly an idiotic bunch of people.

A white MAGA dude shot another white MAGA dude, and MAGA world responded by threatening HBCU’s with violence, and is now attacking trans people too. This isn’t a mystery. White supremacists are violent; and sometimes that violence hits one of their own. Every other ‘’explanation” or “‘theory” is just deflection from the sad reality of this disgusting movement.

What do you think about Trump covering up the Epstein files then?

I remember when OJ Simpson was loved nationwide.

Meanwhile, public sentiment has turned SHARPLY away from the Republicans on this issue. @supermike80 is one of the only 26% of people who support the GOP handling of the shutdown. https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/poll-americans-prefer-democratic-position-on-ending-the-shutdown-by-a-2-to-1-margin-201200954.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

As dumb as people think the Democrats are, giving into every demand for some vague future promise is not happening…

So you’re calling Trump a liar? For once he actually tells the truth and you think it’s a lie.

Agreed. Not gonna happen with the House on vacation since mid September. Mikey J needs to call them back to DC today.

Yeah the consequences of the 2024 election are higher inflation, mass layoffs, and coming soon: mass starvation! Thanks Daddy Trump… Also, the Republicans in the Senate could abolish the filibuster today. So really they are the ones who could end this. Even senile old Trump knows it, and is telling them to do it.

Concepts of a plan

Mike Johnson promises he will negotiate AFTER the Democrats do what he wants. Even a child knows what a joke that is. Which is why we know the GOP wants this shutdown to continue. Also, his threats to starve Americans… if they don’t agree to double the cost of their healthcare? He’s trying to do the carrot/stick thing but with 2 sticks and no carrots.

25% of people in his state are on Medicaid, and he gutted that too.

Kaiser Family Foundation health news is a non-partisan health news outlet. They break down the impacts of letting the credits expire here: https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/aca-marketplace-premium-payments-would-more-than-double-on-average-next-year-if-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-expire/ The other thing to know: if numerous people cancel their coverage, the pool shrinks. This will increase the rates for everybody, not just ACA plan buyers. That will be further exacerbated by another fact. Young relatively healthy people pay in without spending much, which keeps the system afloat. They are the most likely to cancel coverage when it gets expensive. That will end up raising premiums even higher, since a higher percentage of people in the pool will be those who spend more on healthcare.

Does anybody in GC actually live in NYC?

Congratulations to Charlie Kirk, who has now gone 50 days without saying anything racist.