Stop Funding Trump's Takeover
In about three weeks, the government’s funding will run out. Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that President Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down.
Democrats faced a version of this choice back in March. DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, was chain-sawing its way through the government. Civil servants were being fired left and right. Government grants and payments were being choked off and reworked into tools of political power and punishment. Trump was signing executive orders demanding the investigation — I would say, the persecution — of his enemies. He had announced shocking tariffs on Mexico and Canada. We were in the muzzle velocity stage of this presidency. And Democrats seemed completely overwhelmed and outmatched.
I often heard people complain that Democrats lacked a message. What Democrats really lacked was power. They didn’t have the House or the Senate, but they did have one sliver of leverage: To fund the government, Senate Republicans needed Democratic votes. And not just one or two. They needed at least seven Democrats to reach that magic 60-vote threshold. House Democrats wanted a shutdown. But Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Senate Democrats, didn’t. He voted for the funding bill and encouraged a crucial number of his colleagues to do the same. The bill passed.
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Posted July 16, 2025
I'm no Ezra Klein, but maybe people listen to him.
I WANT FIGHTERS, NOT COUCH PATRIOTS (you know who you are)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220489632
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WHY?
THAT'S WHY
THAT'S WHY
THAT'S WHY
Good Trouble Tomorrow
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General Strike Info
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10114325 (Activist HQ)
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Goddam it, we already have secret police and concentration camps.
IT MUST STOP NOW
Every day of acquiescence makes an end to fascism more costly in lost freedom and LIVES.
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ADDED: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
THE FUCKING WARSAW GHETTO?
GHET OFF YOUR ASSES
OR YOU'LL GHET JUST THAT
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