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Voltaire2

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11. we are doomed.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2025, 03:00 PM

Feb 2025

Our leaders are stuck in 1994.

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Salon: Schumer suggests Senate Democrats will collaborate with Republicans to avoid government shutdown [View all] Dennis Donovan Feb 2025 OP

Schumer and Jefferies have been a major disappointment the past several weeks, like they couldn't care less... AStern Feb 2025 #1

The problem is Senator Schumer the rethugs in congress do not accept bipartisan agreements. They actually want to burn JohnSJ Feb 2025 #2

Agree. Standing up to bullies has always worked for me. ananda Feb 2025 #34

Yeah let's just throw the only chip we have in the garbage. BannonsLiver Feb 2025 #3

Yeah..you tell em, Schumer Deuxcents Feb 2025 #33

agree Celerity Feb 2025 #46

It would really help JustAnotherGen Feb 2025 #4

Sen. Andy Kim recently stated he's willing to have a shutdown nt Wicked Blue Feb 2025 #6

Thank god JustAnotherGen Feb 2025 #23

Oh, I've been calling, and emailing... electric_blue68 Feb 2025 #40

Schumer is laying to groundwork for Republicans to shoulder all of the blame for the coming shutdown. tritsofme Feb 2025 #5

I think you're right Mysterian Feb 2025 #10

Yes he's keeping his powder dry while playing 3-D chess at a gun fight. Voltaire2 Feb 2025 #12

No, Republicans are barreling towards a shutdown all on their own. tritsofme Feb 2025 #19

Ha! Like that ever mattered. Think. Again. Feb 2025 #13

IMHO, he's framing the narrative by calling it a Trump Shutdown. Phoenix61 Feb 2025 #28

Exactly, framing this as weakness from Schumer is just dishonest. tritsofme Feb 2025 #30

That's what I was thinking Mossfern Feb 2025 #47

Why???? Shut it down and make the GOP own it. Time to GROW A SPINE CHUCK. n/t PatrickforB Feb 2025 #7

I think a shut down is what TSF wants. Easier to install his fascist goons and TSF would be the hero forcing the gov. Exp Feb 2025 #25

You right 👍 NT Tickle Feb 2025 #41

That is not how it would happen, and I think you know it. valleyrogue Feb 2025 #44

Step one will be to concede to all of Trump's current demands Orrex Feb 2025 #8

We shouldn't filibuster but we also shouldn't supply even one vote dsc Feb 2025 #9

we are doomed. Voltaire2 Feb 2025 #11

Schumer just doesn't get it. milestogo Feb 2025 #14

Schumer & Jeffries know in their bones that a govt shutdown will hurt everyone Hekate Feb 2025 #15

...much less than a fascist take over would. Think. Again. Feb 2025 #17

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So, he's going to fold like a cheap suit Bettie Feb 2025 #18

Whatever budget they pass Vought will impound. pfitz59 Feb 2025 #20

Misleading headline Wiz Imp Feb 2025 #21

Exactly, his statement is clear as day. Doesn't stop bad faith actors from trying to smear him. tritsofme Feb 2025 #22

A shut down will make things easier for the Heist House to install their goons. Let's get rid of the debt ceiling Exp Feb 2025 #24

Still deciding to keep with Neville Chamberlain rather than getting Winston Churchill... DSandra Feb 2025 #26

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In the end, we are too big to fail. But we do need to defend ourselves from would be authoritarians. marble falls Feb 2025 #37

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Dems need to pick a hill to die on crud Feb 2025 #29

Blame Republicans. They can't pass their own budget. And want us to fund government collapse. /nt bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #31

Vichy appeasement to a Nazi Fascist government ... Tarzanrock Feb 2025 #32

Vichy didn't workout well for the French, either. marble falls Feb 2025 #48

Since the other side is no longer republican, just drop the r in friend and you get what they are: fiends. GreenWave Feb 2025 #35

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Kill me now..................................... Nanjeanne Feb 2025 #38

Schumer needs to retire. We need fighters in congress The Third Doctor Feb 2025 #39

Schumer wants to "help steady the ship" tavernier Feb 2025 #42

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt Mountainguy Feb 2025 #45