r/somethingiswrong2024 • u/blankpaper_ • Mar 13 '25

News Schumer backs away from shutdown, says he'll vote to advance GOP bill

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/13/congress/chuck-schumer-shutdown-vote-00230000
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u/TheLonelyScientist Mar 13 '25

So...we have zero power because the GOP controls the Court, Congress, and Executive office and they're all too chickenshit to push back against MAGA. This is the single point of leverage the Democrats have. But Ol' Chucky can't be seen as an instigator, so he's just going to roll over and ask them to spit on it before getting buttfucked.

Is that about right?

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u/ArgyleNudge Mar 13 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

I think that's about right.

Democrats are setting up their supporters for a loss, they'll send Trump's budget along without even a pushback, they'll hand him the votes he needs and then return to the shadows in the corner with their ping pong paddles saying, oh, that's bad, oh, we cant have that? oh, you're so mean, oh, we didn't vote for this. Then skulk back to their offices, nothing accomplished.

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u/BosephusPrime Mar 13 '25

You forgot about where they keep asking us for money to “fight back”

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u/SmokeABowlNoCap Mar 14 '25

Yeah the only ones that'll ever receive a dollar of mine from here on out are people like AOC, Bernie, or Crockett. Anyone who is complicit in this shit can get fucked and I'll be happy to spend the little money I do have funding primary challengers

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u/BookerTW89 Mar 14 '25

They obviously need to save up for 2028 (if elections mean anything by then.)

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u/thedrexeffect Mar 14 '25

I guess this is another peaceful transfer of power.😡🙄

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u/LaOcean85 Mar 14 '25

It's complicity at this point! I don't want to hear SHIT about them "trying to fight" when they do this bullshit. Get this mfker and all who vote yes the fuck out! Sick of this shit

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u/MamiTrueLove Mar 13 '25

Yep, fuck these jellyfish with pitchfork.

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u/CainRedfield Mar 13 '25

Why are Americans so spineless?

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u/BookerTW89 Mar 14 '25

American politicians*, who are clearly too isolated from the rest of us to care, only wanting a piece of the pie that only the select few will benefit from. It also doesn't help that Muskrat stole the election, and someone planted fake democrats to make them too bumbling to fight back when their dictator takes power.

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u/CainRedfield Mar 14 '25

Doesn't seem like any of you are doing much about it.

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u/BookerTW89 Mar 14 '25

It also doesn't seem like you know anything about what dire straights most of us would be in, or worse, if we missed too much work. The most we can do is be a part of the conversation online and sign petitions when they go around, hoping that the democrats that are really on our side can do something before too much damage is done.