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yardwork

(69,304 posts)
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 12:36 PM Mar 2025

Shut it down [View all]

People calling for the CR don't seem to realize how bad things already are.

The last thing on Earth Democrats should do is vote to continue this madness.

Things are horrible. Musk is being allowed to run rampant. Our only hope is for Democrats to stand up and say "no more!"

NIH funding is on hold, federal employees are bring fired for no reason, no flu vaccine is being developed, the Secretary of Health and Human Services says it would be good for everyone to get measles, Trump is threatening to invade Canada, Greenland, and Panama, we've abandoned Ukraine, the head of our military is a drunken rapist who is hoping for Armageddon, Trump wants to build resorts in Gaza, a Russian plant runs our intelligence agencies, we've abandoned all efforts to control climate change, small businesses are going under all over the country, we've abandoned millions of people all over the world who were getting aid from USAID, the stock market is tanking, prices are up, there's a bird flu epidemic nobody is tracking, federal agencies are deleting decades of data, people are being arrested and held for no cause, immigrants are being sent to Gitmo in chains,

Trump threatens and un-threatens and rethreatens tariffs every couple of hours, all our allies are furious with us, we've abandoned NATO, our astronauts are stuck in space and dependent on Elon Musk to bring them home, historical photos of women, Black, and LGBTQ people are being deleted from federal archives, trans people are being raped and beaten in prison because they've been moved into their opposite sex's populations, trans people can't get passports, people don't know what Musk's 19-year old college dropouts who call themselves "big balls" are doing with our social security and treasury data.... what did I miss?

Sure, courts keep saying "this is unconstitutional, rehire these people" but NOBODY HAS BEEN REHIRED. Nobody has been released from Gitmo or that for-profit prison in Louisiana. Nobody is getting their grants or contracts.

This is happening right now, and Chuck Schumer is going to vote to continue it. Like everything will be fine.

It's not fine. This is not fine. Shut it down.

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Shut it down [View all] yardwork Mar 2025 OP
DURec leftstreet Mar 2025 #1
Thanks. yardwork Mar 2025 #2
Shut It Down is the wrong headline. gab13by13 Mar 2025 #3
Maybe Congress is tired of being held accountable? leftstreet Mar 2025 #7
100% agree Blue_Adept Mar 2025 #4
Even Nancy Reagan said Just Say No. yardwork Mar 2025 #5
Maybe. Ever seen the movie "Sophie's Choice?" This is one... hlthe2b Mar 2025 #6
It's not the right metaphor. yardwork Mar 2025 #9
Look, I've been on the phones to my Senators (Bennett & Hickenlooper) to say NO and NO, but hlthe2b Mar 2025 #12
Democrats in the House are pushing for a 30-day CR. yardwork Mar 2025 #14
I absolutely agree with THAT. hlthe2b Mar 2025 #15
There are more than 2 choices gab13by13 Mar 2025 #17
Yes, it was Cirsium Mar 2025 #25
You clearly don't know the meaning of "Sophie's Choice" either. hlthe2b Mar 2025 #28
Of course Cirsium Mar 2025 #31
No. YOU DON'T. hlthe2b Mar 2025 #32
No need to get upset Cirsium Mar 2025 #36
They sure do! yardwork Mar 2025 #37
I am done donating to any party level fundraisers until Schumer steps out of leadership. Moostache Mar 2025 #8
Hey,if they could drum Biden out,what gives with Chuck? BattleRow Mar 2025 #23
"Hold The Line" is the title you're looking for - TBF Mar 2025 #10
I don't care what words they use as long as they fight. yardwork Mar 2025 #11
Amen and solidarity - nt TBF Mar 2025 #39
I'm not sure I have ever felt this frustrated before with respect to our political leverage and how Passages Mar 2025 #13
Thank you. H2O Man Mar 2025 #16
If the government shuts down, it will be the doing of the Republican Party Martin Eden Mar 2025 #18
Every state should start recall petitions to stop the Republicans--TODAY! h2ebits Mar 2025 #19
Musk needs to be arrested now! Initech Mar 2025 #20
We are going off the cliff one way or the other. So the faster we hit the ground, the better. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #21
The last thing we want to do is help them drive off the cliff. yardwork Mar 2025 #24
Exactly. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #26
We're heading off a cliff either way. Let's make sure that the public knows who's doing the driving GOP. nt Exp Mar 2025 #34
Shut it down! elleng Mar 2025 #22
agreed G_j Mar 2025 #27
If the MAGAs are serious about keeping the country open... mwooldri Mar 2025 #29
Schumer is a collaborator Fil1957 Mar 2025 #30
Betrayed isn't the right word... 3825-87867 Mar 2025 #33
Don't enable the mother fuckers. Take a stand Evolve Dammit Mar 2025 #35
K&R DiamondShark Mar 2025 #38
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