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The ‘least intensity’ shutdown ever and why it could go on longer
The Washington Post ^ | October 11, 2025 | Paul Kane

Posted on 10/11/2025 2:42:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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1 posted on 10/11/2025 2:42:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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The GOPee is not interested in cutting spending.

I say just shut it down forever.


2 posted on 10/11/2025 2:44:09 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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Are the Dems waiting until after their protests on Saturday, 10/18 to cave?


3 posted on 10/11/2025 2:46:17 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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Are the Dems waiting until after their protests on Saturday, 10/18 to cave?

That appears to be the case.

4 posted on 10/11/2025 2:47:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Je suis Charlie Kirk.)
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JUST IN: A helicopter has CRASHED in Huntington Beach, CA, narrowly missing beach-goers

Casualties unknown.


5 posted on 10/11/2025 2:47:51 PM PDT by CFW
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I’m managing…somehow…


6 posted on 10/11/2025 2:48:49 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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If they cave before they will deflate the numbers methinks. They’ve marched themselves up a dead-end street.


7 posted on 10/11/2025 2:50:38 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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8 posted on 10/11/2025 2:50:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Je suis Charlie Kirk.)
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“and a House that has stood defiantly closed to try to force Democrats into caving to Republican demands.”
No bias in this article/s
The only demands are the irrational ones from the democrats. We couldn’t get the Nation to vote us into power after the mess we made. We couldn’t convince Congress to keep kicking the can down the road so now we are going to hold our collective breath, fake a tantrum & turn blue.


9 posted on 10/11/2025 2:57:07 PM PDT by JayGalt (For America!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You are right. The trees may have saved several people from being killed.

Locals are reporting that the helicopter is stuck between a building and palm trees, according to the Citizen app.


10 posted on 10/11/2025 3:02:36 PM PDT by CFW
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Are the Dems waiting until after their protests on Saturday, 10/18 to cave?“

Yes. That was always the plan. I would love to see Trump use this and send out a pile of RIF’s every day.


11 posted on 10/11/2025 3:04:08 PM PDT by iamgalt
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I honestly forget about the “shutdown”. Is there anyone here who has been affected by it?


12 posted on 10/11/2025 3:05:55 PM PDT by MAGA2017
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I honestly forgot about the “shutdown”. Is there anyone here who has been affected by it?


13 posted on 10/11/2025 3:06:36 PM PDT by MAGA2017
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“I honestly forgot about the “shutdown”. Is there anyone here who has been affected by it?”

I only worry about the military getting paid.
I’m not in the military anymore,
Other than that, no effect on my life yet.
I’ve always set myself up to be as free
from your Democrat run governments
as possible.


14 posted on 10/11/2025 3:16:09 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Money talks and Trump enjoys a good fight. I don’t expect Trump would be doing this if he couldn’t make sure his side got paid. The Federal RIFs are coming and the ‘Rats will be seen as powerless to stop it. They will try to blame Trump, but unpaid people get angry.


15 posted on 10/11/2025 3:43:54 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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Bkmk


16 posted on 10/11/2025 3:48:17 PM PDT by sauropod
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The breathless reporting on this topic reminds of the !Covid Crisis!

Since most of the people who work for the government are unemployable anywhere else, no great loss.

17 posted on 10/11/2025 3:48:30 PM PDT by Cobra64 (ECommon sense isn’t common anymore. )
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I’m betting this lasts til after the election (this November)


18 posted on 10/11/2025 3:52:38 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The military will be paid and funded, the Social Security Admin will keep running, essential foreign policy work (that does not include visas) will keep running, public facing entities like the National Parks and essential services like air traffic control will keep running.

The rest can wait, and in fact, the longer it waits the more it becomes apparent it's not really needed and only exists to buy votes.

19 posted on 10/11/2025 3:57:37 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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Well, the IRS sent me a certified letter today. So, they are just dandy. I don’t notice anything else.


20 posted on 10/11/2025 3:59:10 PM PDT by healy61
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