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floofloof@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 days ago

Senate Democrats blink on the shutdown after 40 days of pain

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Senate Democrats blink on the shutdown after 40 days of pain

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The government shutdown looks like it will end sometime this week.
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    This isn’t 8 deluded idiots standing on idiotic principle.

    It’s a carefully stage-managed operation to scuttle the fight for even a few crumbs of healthcare.

    Notice how every single one of these motherfuckers is either retiring or not up for re-election any time soon. They even rigged it so Schumer could vote no and take a little of the recent heat off himself.

    The rot in the Democrat party goes all the way to the core. There’s no reforming it.

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      Certainly seems that Schumer was behind this despite pretending not to be:

      https://prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-does-schumer-keep-trying-to-cave-government-shutdown/

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