Democrats got their shutdown, but they just gave Trump and DOGE a big win | Opinion
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Brazilian Woman in the US Delivers Powerful Takedown of America's Nanny State (Video) | The Gateway Pundit | by Margaret Flavin
A Brazilian woman now in the US took to social media to deliver a powerful and accurate takedown of America's nanny state that has become even more visible during the Schumer shutdown.
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"The left is so funny,” she began. “Workers who don’t work, students who don’t study, educators who don’t educate, and politicians who cannot lead, so they buy votes instead. But somehow they figured it out.”
“They create dependence and call it compassion.”
“They create victims and call it justice, create laziness and call it equality."
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SNAP benefits are ending November 1st due to the Left holding America hostage by shutting down government.
The forefathers never saw such demonic evil coming or they wouldn't have made this possible.
And without another infusion of cash it is likely the WIC program will be unable to provide benefits to some 7 million babies and children.
Republicans have the majority in both houses. That was great news because it was thought the Democrats couldn't then stymie President Trumps leadership.
But they found a way.
The Left wing media here is referring to the shutdown as Trump's shutdown. As if it's all his fault.
When families can't eat and babies and children are at risk of going hungry,I sure hope SS is doubling its protection around every member of Congress.
The forefathers never saw such demonic evil coming or they wouldn't have made this possible.
And without another infusion of cash it is likely the WIC program will be unable to provide benefits to some 7 million babies and children.
Republicans have the majority in both houses. That was great news because it was thought the Democrats couldn't then stymie President Trumps leadership.
But they found a way.
The Left wing media here is referring to the shutdown as Trump's shutdown. As if it's all his fault.
When families can't eat and babies and children are at risk of going hungry,I sure hope SS is doubling its protection around every member of Congress.
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Trump Says Republicans Must Get Rid Of The Filibuster And End The Shutdown
Trump attacked Democrats and said Senate GOP leaders should get rid of the filibuster and “immediately” end the shutdown.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday night urged the Republicans to use the “nuclear option” and get rid of the Senate filibuster—which would allow them to end the government shutdown and pass legislation with a simple majority—claiming the Democrats wanted to do the same when they had control of the chamber.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One.
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Key Facts
In a lengthy post on Truth Social, the president wrote: “It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what is called the Nuclear Option — Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!”Trump claimed during his recently concluded trip to Asia, he kept getting asked “how did the Democrats SHUT DOWN the United States of America, and why did the powerful Republicans allow them to do it” and he also has “thought a great deal about that question, WHY?”
Trump argued that the Democrats wanted to end the filibuster when they were in power, as they knew it would give them “tremendous strength,” but were blocked by former Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.
The president claimed that if Democrats had managed to get rid of the filibuster, they would have expanded the Supreme Court and granted statehood to Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, “and many other highly destructive things.”
Trump added: “Well, now WE are in power, and if we did what we should be doing,” it would immediately end the shutdown.
Crucial Quote
“I want to do it in order to take advantage of the Democrats…BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,” Trump added in his post.What To Watch For?
While some GOP lawmakers have echoed Trump’s tone on ending the filibuster, such a move still faces significant pushback from the party’s congressional leadership. Earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., had rejected the idea, saying the filibuster is “something that’s been a bulwark against a lot of really bad things happening with the country.” Earlier this week, Axios reported that Vice President JD Vance has privately acknowledged that the push to end the filibuster is unlikely to have the number of votes it needs from the Republicans.
mailmandan
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That's the problem with the Republican party. Too many RINOS! The Schumer shutdown is all about sabotaging Trump. The democrats don't care about the American people. They only care about their path to power by betting against America's success under Trump. They have no real vision or leadership. Their only plan is to hope Trump fails.
Trump Says Republicans Must Get Rid Of The Filibuster And End The Shutdown
Trump attacked Democrats and said Senate GOP leaders should get rid of the filibuster and “immediately” end the shutdown.
Topline
President Donald Trump on Thursday night urged the Republicans to use the “nuclear option” and get rid of the Senate filibuster—which would allow them to end the government shutdown and pass legislation with a simple majority—claiming the Democrats wanted to do the same when they had control of the chamber.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One.
Getty Images
Key Facts
In a lengthy post on Truth Social, the president wrote: “It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what is called the Nuclear Option — Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!”
Trump claimed during his recently concluded trip to Asia, he kept getting asked “how did the Democrats SHUT DOWN the United States of America, and why did the powerful Republicans allow them to do it” and he also has “thought a great deal about that question, WHY?”
Trump argued that the Democrats wanted to end the filibuster when they were in power, as they knew it would give them “tremendous strength,” but were blocked by former Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.
The president claimed that if Democrats had managed to get rid of the filibuster, they would have expanded the Supreme Court and granted statehood to Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, “and many other highly destructive things.”
Trump added: “Well, now WE are in power, and if we did what we should be doing,” it would immediately end the shutdown.
Crucial Quote
“I want to do it in order to take advantage of the Democrats…BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,” Trump added in his post.
What To Watch For?
While some GOP lawmakers have echoed Trump’s tone on ending the filibuster, such a move still faces significant pushback from the party’s congressional leadership. Earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., had rejected the idea, saying the filibuster is “something that’s been a bulwark against a lot of really bad things happening with the country.” Earlier this week, Axios reported that Vice President JD Vance has privately acknowledged that the push to end the filibuster is unlikely to have the number of votes it needs from the Republicans.
amigo de christo
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But the progressive liberals claim to LOVE the people . YEAH RIGHT .
Democrats have decided to enter their fight era.
As they try to refurbish their reputation and lagging poll numbers, party leaders have decided that causing a government shutdown is the way to go.
Good luck with that.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have refused to back down on costly demands they want included in a continuing resolution backed by Republicans to keep the government funded for the next few weeks. Democrats want to extend Obamacare subsidies, among other unlikely wishes.
Democrats may think their tough talk will earn them points come the 2026 midterm elections, but I don’t think it’s going to work out the way they envision.
Republicans and President Donald Trump stand to win in the court of public opinion, as their liberal counterparts will bear the blame for blocking funding.
And Democrats are inadvertently helping Trump fulfill one of his campaign promises of trimming the size of government – something he started at the beginning of 2025 with the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.
Perhaps he’s forgotten, but Schumer voted in March with Republicans to prevent a shutdown and federal workforce cuts. The Senate Democratic leader got maligned by progressive lawmakers for his vote, but he defended it this way: “Under a shutdown, the Trump administration would have wide-ranging authority to deem whole agencies, programs and personnel nonessential, furloughing staff members with no promise they would ever be rehired.”
Guess what? That’s still true.
Trump stands ready to fire 'vast numbers' of federal workers
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 17, 2025.© Nathan Howard, REUTERS
Trump warned ahead of the midnight Sept. 30 deadline that his administration was ready to slash jobs and programs if Democrats blocked the funding plan. Downsizing the federal government is something 61% of the country agrees on, a January Ipsos poll found. And given that our national debt is marching quickly toward $38 trillion, savings must be found where they can.
The president is right to use any opportunity to trim costs, including a shutdown.
“We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people and cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like,” Trump told reporters. “They’re taking a risk by having a shutdown.”
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Russell Vought, the director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, has said that permanent job cuts – not just the usual temporary furloughs – are on the table during this shutdown. In a memo, the OMB directed agencies that will run out of funding to prepare “reduction in force” plans.
“Programs that did not benefit from an infusion of mandatory appropriations will bear the brunt of a shutdown,” OMB wrote in the memo, placing full blame on Democrats. “With respect to those Federal programs whose funding would lapse and which are otherwise unfunded, such programs are no longer statutorily required to be carried out.”
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Since he returned to office, Trump’s efforts through DOGE to downsize the more than 2 million federal civilian workforce will lead to an estimated 300,000 workers leaving their jobs by the end of 2025, according to White House officials in August.
The Democratic-led shutdown could speed up the pace and scope of the job cuts.
Shutdown hypocrisy, anyone?
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, speaks with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, after they met with President Donald Trump and Republican leaders on Sept. 29, 2025, at the White House about the government shutdown. Funding for the federal government expires at midnight Sept. 30.© Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Let me spend a minute pointing out the glaring hypocrisy congressional Democrats are flaunting right now.
Democratic leaders used to be very against using the threat of shutdowns before they decided they liked them.
Sen. Schumer himself was once among that number. In 2013, he chided Republicans: “You are not going to get us to give in to extortion. You are not going to take, as hostage, millions of innocent Americans and succeed in getting us to do something you want, and we don’t, and they don’t.”
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The White House recently compiled a long list of Democrats who are on record having spoken out about the “dangers” of shutdowns. Here are a few:
I guess it’s just Republican-led shutdowns they don’t like.
- Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, in 2013 — “There is a time and a place to debate health care, just like there is a time and place to debate energy policy and immigration and education ‒ but not when the funding of the federal government, and all the lives that are impacted by it, hang in the balance.”
- Sen. Schumer, D-New York, in 2024 — “Passing a clean (continuing resolution) is important for two main reasons: First, passing the CR, of course, will avert a harmful and unnecessary government shutdown. No reasonable member on either side ‒ Democrat or Republican ‒ wants a government shutdown.”
- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, in 2024: “A shutdown solves nothing, but hurts everyone.”
Democrats may pat themselves on the back for bringing the government to a halt, but in the end, they just handed Trump a win.
IF so WHY did they try and negotiate such much stuff
into this so called EMERGENCY FUND . f or example
one of the things in it was
TO SEND money to a little horn in africa . AND worse yet
it was for to educate them about THE LGBTQ .
amigo de christo
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That aint the only problem . we got an even far worse problem in the churches .
We got CINOS all over the place from the top to the bottom and from the bottom to the top .
mailmandan
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Yes, we do have a problem with "nominal" Christians in the churches. (Acts 20:28-31)
amigo de christo
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we gots wolves in wool leading this people to the day of their own destruction .
Mount up , its JESUS PREACHING TIME .
I expect that the shutdown will end in the next couple of days.
Either Democrats will capitulate or Republicans will override the filibuster for a CR.
I do NOT expect a real budget until AFTER mid-terms.
Either Democrats will capitulate or Republicans will override the filibuster for a CR.
I do NOT expect a real budget until AFTER mid-terms.
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The Congress are still being paid in all this.
The Democrats can't stop Trump in his second term because they are not majority in either House now. Unlike his first term.
So,this is their tactic. I wouldn't be surprised if they carry on this shutdown the duration of his term.
The forefathers of this nation were either reprehensible dogs in setting up our government in this way, or they were short sighted even though they had the experience of living in a monarchal ruled country.
Giving Congress and SCOTUS more power than the Executive Branch was ridiculous.
Not putting term limits on any of the three branches ,given their experience of a Monarchy,was silly.
Washington ,thank God, pursued term limits for the Executive Branch.
The obscene factor in the forefathers governance mechanism is they insured no term limits could apply to the Legislative Branch unless they vote for that themselves by a 2/3rds majority vote so to amend the Constitution.
Which is never going to happen among greedy corrupt members of Congress.
amigo de christo
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Blood is coming all right . Soon the digitized powerful system
and its kings will rage war against the last saints standing . Be faithful unto to death .
Compromise not a word of the LORD and conform not to the harlots cup of ecumencial fornication .
Preach CHRIST JESUS to the last and final breath .
amigo de christo
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What is this boomerang that rang my friend . Was it a beat down of sorts . do explain .
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And buy guns. And ammunition, and bullet loaders, with cash only. If you have Revolvers,buy speed loaders.
amigo de christo
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he or she who liveth by the gun shall die by the gun .
The only need for guns is to hunt down food if we end up on the run .
I already have several hunting weapons for food my friend with some ammo too .
Many will bleed in these last and late and final hours for the GLORIOUS cause of CHRIST .
but fear not man , fear not death , Preach and point to CHRIST to the last breath ebbs out those lungs .
amigo de christo
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For a second i was about to call you proverbs in red . No promotion of the taking of lives my friend .
Just point to CHRIST JESUS to the last and final breath .
And by no means sip , whiff or even taste of that ecumenical harlots cup . That killeth the soul . That ho is one power hungry harlot .
Who cares not for the sheep but only for survival at the seat of the beasts religoin .
amigo de christo
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Just remember you were talking to a man that did not even beleive to take the life of one who came to kill me .
NOW why am i saying this too you now .
Because soon out of fear many of you all will conform to the HARLOT
and you all will beleive it was men like me that were dangerous the whole time .
Mark them words well . Only it aint me that ever once was dangerous .
I JUST refused to conform unlike the many . Oh yes soon i will be seen as nothing more
but as an extremist potential terroist by both harris and trump supporters . THEY ALL gonna merge
under the false love god . But many could not see that one coming .
