The Schumer Shutdown Firings Are Underway

Townhall ^ | October 10, 2025 4:35 PM | Katie Pavlich

[Libloather]

"That's the way it works. They wanted to do this."

Smash 'em til they shed tears. And then smash 'em s'more.

[Telepathic Intruder]

You snooze you lose.

[HIDEK6]

I voted for more of this.

[Dr. Franklin]

The correct framing of the issue is why does the U.S. Senate require 60 votes for anything related to the budget?

If we care about “democracy”, (which the corporate media sometimes harps about IF it can use that term to denigrate Trump and MAGA), then elections must have consequences the minority gets no veto power over appropriations for discretionary spending.

[Paladin2]

“Yeah, baby...”

[Paladin2]

In a Civil Society, one would think that the vast preponderance of the peeps would agree on the Common Sense things to do.

The filibuster used to be 67 votes to pass until some magic was performed by Mondale in 1975 to make it 60 votes.

If the vast preponderance don’t agree, do nothing.

Of course we could always go kinetic in the absence of common sense....

[anonsquared]

Number of Federal Government civilian employees = 2,000,000

Reduction In Force layoffs on Friday = 4,000

Wake me up when the RIFs get to 400,000

[Dr. Franklin]

The filibuster used to be 67 votes to pass until some magic was performed by Mondale in 1975 to make it 60 votes.

They are filibustering spending money for a budget that people want. That's not like filibustering new legislation or a judicial or cabinet nominee. This is just the majority setting the budget and spending the money like they were elected to do. I can't remember the Senate shutting down the government like this before.

[Organic Panic]

Some bean counting bureaucrat can walk in to shop, house, or property and shut it all down with a signature. They did it to my first property to turn in to a parking lot for a park. This began my extreme mistrust and hatred of all things government. I don’t feel the least bit bad democrats are getting fired.

[17th Miss Regt]

Permanent firings of federal government workers are underway...

My world is collapsing about me! Whatever will I do?

[gildafarrell]

Make the demoncRATS bleed profusely over their ridiculousness.

[Secret Agent Man]

Thank you Up Chucky.

Keep holding your ground Chuck. We need more permanent firings.

[Secret Agent Man]

Schumer Shutdown == Democrat Decreases

I like it. Lets have it remain until,the end of the year, and then on into 2026.

[No name given]

We all did.

[spokeshave]

FAFO

With a big dose of Schadenfreude sauce.

[Bshaw]

Perfectly on par with expectations; pray continue.

[Sequoyah101]

One wonders why they can do that without fear.

[TigerClaws]

Cut cut cut.

And then cut some more.

Codify and make permanent the cuts.

Move offices outside of D. C. to other cities and states.

[SaveFerris]

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