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Can you feel the shutdown?
Oct 1, 2025 | Kit

Posted on 10/01/2025 5:13:26 AM PDT by KitJ

It's after 8 am East Coast time. I thought the world was going to end eight hours ago? For lack of a budget.

"Our Democracy" was supposed to collapse, leaving the Republic in the hands of Hitler.

I didn't feel anything.

Wait. I did feel anger. Because our elected garbage only has two Constitutional duties: protect our citizens and pass a budget.


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1 posted on 10/01/2025 5:13:26 AM PDT by KitJ
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To: KitJ

I hope the shutdown lasts until the mid terms. That would be fun.


2 posted on 10/01/2025 5:14:51 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: KitJ

What shutdown? Im getting more hours at work than I can handle ๐Ÿšง๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™‚๏ธ


3 posted on 10/01/2025 5:21:05 AM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: KitJ

Sunrise was on time.


4 posted on 10/01/2025 5:21:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: DeplorablePaul

I want to see what group of professional leeches gets the axe first.


5 posted on 10/01/2025 5:21:51 AM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: KitJ
My computer was supposed to quit working because of Y2K. Yet on Jan 1 that year it was working just fine.

That's what the govt "shutdown" is like.

6 posted on 10/01/2025 5:22:24 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Itโ€™ll last until the first batch of pink slips goes out. Chuckie thinks he can bluff his way out of it.

EC


7 posted on 10/01/2025 5:22:38 AM PDT by Ex-Con777 (Leftists quote the Constitution like an atheist quotes the Bible)
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To: KitJ

From the USDA’s website...

https://www.usda.gov/

“This government website will not be updated during a funding lapse. Information may not be up-to-date, transactions submitted via this website may not be processed and inquiries may not be responded to until appropriations are enacted.”

Fine.

Abolish it.

Let the states do the job.


8 posted on 10/01/2025 5:23:06 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Boggles my mind that the RATS let it happen and didn’t fight the narrative. They knew Trump will axe the fed employees and their Union is the RAT foot soldiers. There is SO MUCH more to the story that we are not getting.


9 posted on 10/01/2025 5:23:56 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are designed to sell more ads & polls only. If it's not a horse race the money dries up.)
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To: KitJ

So now gov employees can sit around and vape, play video games and look at porn. Just like yesterday!


10 posted on 10/01/2025 5:24:03 AM PDT by albie
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To: Spacetrucker

The “Leaders”, whoever they are, have been playing this control game for at least 20 years. The idea is to scare the people and make them believe that the government is all they have and if they lose it, they will die. So, the best thing that can happen is to wait until the Democrats come pounding the table to open the government up again and don’t let them bring ‘demands’.


11 posted on 10/01/2025 5:24:12 AM PDT by silent majority rising ( United Israel - Judea, Samaria, and Gaza - US get out of the UN-we are not United with them.)
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To: KitJ

I passed by 100 bodies on my way to get my daily bowl of gruel./s


12 posted on 10/01/2025 5:24:14 AM PDT by dynachrome (โ€œThey donโ€™t kill you because youโ€™re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.โ€)
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To: mewzilla

https://www.transportation.gov/

“Portions of the Department of Transportation are currently in shutdown/furlough status due to a lapse in appropriations. Please continue to monitor this page for updates on DOTโ€™s operating status.”

Fine.

Abolish it.

Send the responsibility back to the states.

Congress can write checks when needed.


13 posted on 10/01/2025 5:24:35 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: KitJ
I just read an email from the EBT processor that they would not be processing due of the shutdown...because somehow they must have to turn off all the computers and banks that probably do this off-shore with Worldbank or FIS. Tell us who you side with without telling us ๐Ÿ˜‰
BTW, it's totally worth it if the pubs stick to their guns!
14 posted on 10/01/2025 5:25:28 AM PDT by small farm girl
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To: Spacetrucker
Democrats don't care.

Chuck Schumer is still getting paid.

Jerry Nadler is still eating juicy, boneless baby fingers and toes. With BbQ sauce.

15 posted on 10/01/2025 5:25:48 AM PDT by Kudsman (Emulate Charlie, not the left.)
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To: mewzilla

Interesting...

Not seeing a similar message at the DoL or OSHA...


16 posted on 10/01/2025 5:26:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: mewzilla

Sounds like a “non-essential” website to me.


17 posted on 10/01/2025 5:26:06 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The Shumer Shutdown. Today is Sandy Cortez's first step towards Chunky Shoomer's job. LOL!)
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To: mewzilla

Not seeing it at the IRS, either...


18 posted on 10/01/2025 5:26:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: dynachrome

“”I passed by 100 bodies on my way to get my daily bowl of gruel./s””

You are brave. I don’t dare leave the bunker.


19 posted on 10/01/2025 5:27:13 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: FlingWingFlyer

We don’t need most of it.

Send the responsibilities back to the states.

Let them come to Congress for money.


20 posted on 10/01/2025 5:27:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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