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moonshinegnomie

(3,683 posts)
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 10:47 AM Sep 25

shut it down

moron is threatening mas firings if teh government shuts down.
i say call his bluff
shut it down.

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shut it down (Original Post) moonshinegnomie Sep 25 OP
There have been mass firings with the government open. debPip Sep 25 #1
Correct. MarineCombatEngineer Sep 25 #2
If you give in to a bully, the bully will come for more. Scrivener7 Sep 25 #3
Won't the courts shut down too? Qutzupalotl Sep 25 #4
We can either get screwed standing up or we can get screwed lying down. Midnight Writer Sep 25 #5
He has alredy refused Mossfern Sep 25 #6
Will little Stevie be one of the layoffs? If so, shut it down! rsdsharp Sep 25 #7

debPip

(4 posts)
1. There have been mass firings with the government open.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:00 AM
Sep 25

And the firings will happen either way. It's timing is just so they can use it to bludgeon Democrats over the shutdown.

Scrivener7

(57,377 posts)
3. If you give in to a bully, the bully will come for more.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:03 AM
Sep 25

The only thing to do is to fight the bully. In doing so, we will be hurt. But it's the only way.

Qutzupalotl

(15,528 posts)
4. Won't the courts shut down too?
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:18 AM
Sep 25

That's one of the few guardrails still somewhat functioning, despite the corrupt supremes.

Midnight Writer

(24,841 posts)
5. We can either get screwed standing up or we can get screwed lying down.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 12:08 PM
Sep 25

When you deal with the devil, you always get screwed.

His promises are no good, his assurances are no good, his deals are no good.

There is no point in "dealing" with someone who hates you, has no conscience, and has made it his life goal to hurt you.

We should be screwing with this malignant entity at every turn, every opportunity.

Let us be the ones who are petty and unreasonable for a change.

Mossfern

(4,409 posts)
6. He has alredy refused
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 12:15 PM
Sep 25

to meet with Schumer and Jeffries.
He's the one responsible.
It's up to the Democrats to remind people of that and, of course, that he reappropiated funds to his own purposes that Congress had earmarked for other purposes.

Point out the f'king ballroom and Rose Garden fiascos that only serve to support his insanity.

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