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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

US government shut down by party that has majority in all three branches, but especially Congress and the White House. Better title for the guardian.

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    [–] 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago

    It shut down because johnson surrendered and went home. Quit blaming anyone but those in the top spots for it.

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  • [–] 103 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 76 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    The Republican controlled house and Senate shut down the government

    Ftfy

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Assuming you have a true democratic election in '28 and not some Putinesque version.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    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?

    • If Trump’s pet Supreme Court continues to rule that it might be against the constitution but we’ll allow it for now, he could be listed as a candidate.
    • If red states continue to disenfranchise voters, regressives hold their monopoly on the state despite being smaller minority.
    • if even one blue state’s election certification is claimed invalid, that’s a lot of electoral votes that suddenly disappear

    What do we do if this happens?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 69 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ah yes, obviously the Democrats fault for not bending to the fascist budget plan....
    /s

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    Why would Obama do dis? 😭

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Editorialized headline. The linked article's headline is "US government shuts down after Senate fails to advance both parties’ bills"

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    trump doesn't have the cards

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    This happens all the time no biggie

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    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The Orange Turd doing what he does best chaos. MAGAts this is all on you.

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  • [+] -27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Love the "Democrats refused to support a Republican plan". Just say "Democrats failed us all".

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I get it, but you just did the same thing as the guardian.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Their blaming a group that has zero power to due anything. The bias is sicking and annoying.

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