White House budget director Russell Vought sent a memo telling the heads of agencies and departments to “execute their plans for an orderly shutdown.”
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The wealthy people's Ponzi Scheme(stock market) is not going to like this!!
If I traded the stock market as a short term speculator, I would be short right now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States
Senate votes 47-53, with all Republicans opposed, to reject Democrats’ counterproposal to fund government; Mike Johnson says House will return
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Rand Paul was the only R that had the guts to vote against his party!
Trump, unsurprisingly plans to exploit the shutdown to serve his needs. Increasing his already abusive/excessive, Constitution busting power.
Weaponizing it to apply more punishment to the side that he professed hate for, of all times....... during the eulogy of Charlie Kirk.
Nothing is too low for President Trump. From picking up under age girls for sex with his BEST FRIEND, Jeffrey Epstein in the late 1980's, 1990's to early 2000's, to the 2025 most powerful man in the world.........abusing his power to inflict pain and suffering on the half of Americans that he hates to withdrawing hundreds of billions to help the less fortunate in our world, there is nothing too despicable for this morally bankrupt person.
"A lot of good can come down from shutdowns," Trump offered Tuesday evening as the deadline loomed, adding "we can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want, and they'd be Democrat things."
One shutdown day surprise came Wednesday from Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, who posted plans to put roughly $18 billion infrastructure funding for New York City on hold.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/01/trump-racist-deepfake-video-jeffries-schumer
As the Trump administration insists it is serious about negotiating an end to the government shutdown, a pair of racist deepfake videos mocking Democratic leaders played on a loop in the White House briefing room for hours on Wednesday.
The videos, posted by Trump on his social media platform on Monday, use fabricated audio to make it seem as if the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, called Democrats “woke pieces of shit”, and showed the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, with a fake mustache and sombrero.
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv
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This president is not qualified to remain is his current position. He displays blatant disqualifying traits EVERY SINGLE DAY! The Rs in Congress not only enable him, they give him constant positive reinforcement.
Unfortunately, Americans will need to wait until November 2026 to finally get some justice. That's a long time for Trumps worsening, UNTREATED AND IN FACT REINFORCED mental illness and dementia to damage the people of our country and the world as the most powerful man on the planet.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/business/economy-data-jobs-chaos
Trump celebrating the government shut down seems incredibly odd, ok maybe not for Trump but it means the Epstein files can’t be released. Maybe that’s the best part for him and the Rs that seem determined to NOT negotiate anything.
President Trump Posts Insane Meme Video of Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, and a Sombrero
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This is our president after a government shut down.
And we wonder why HATE is going up in this country, when the most powerful man in the world and our leader, brags about hating half the people in our country during his Donald Trump is great, eulogy of Charlie Kirk.
And the Rs not only enable it, they give him positive reinforcement TO DO MORE OF IT!
I get humor and do my own funny meme's here but shutting down the government is no funny matter and calling the other side pieces of shit and lying about their position with racist meme's posted on his (fake) Truth Social when he should be negotiating in good faith for the American people is reason number 197 that he is unfit to be president.
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In case my position on this is not clear:
Hate(and love)
Started by metmike - Oct. 17, 2023, 4:15 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/99752/
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https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/government-shutdown-news-10-02-25
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Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, told House Republicans on a conference call Wednesday that reductions in the federal workforce would happen soon.
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Here's the deal. Americans were blaming the Ds and were on the side of the Rs regarding this shutdown but as Trump does so often.........he's snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in this battle by USING THE SHUTDOWN FOR HIS PERSONAL AGENDA TO HURT AMERICANS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO RESOLVE IT!!!!
MAGA, Fox and Rs interpret EVERYTHING as Trump wins, no matter what he does..........even if he shot somebody on main street. The rest of the world with common sense thinks otherwise.
https://www.yourdictionary.com/snatch-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory
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Trump: I could shoot somebody and not lose voters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTACH1eVIaA
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This ABOVE was a video from 9 years ago when Trump, although suffering from mental illness and pathological thinking was still extremely sharp and NOT impacted by his current, accelerating dementia!!
Note the difference today below: Trump dragged 800 top military leaders from around the world to listen to a lunatic's rambling political screed of manufactured lies below.
I watched the entire thing. OMG!!!! This is our low energy, very tired, dementia suffering, delusional president!!!! Not just speaking to anybody but to the top military brass in our country, so he should have been at the top of his game. This was his best in September 2025????
I can just imagine the horror of our top military leaders witnessing in person, their commander in chief being way more unqualified than they imagined!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBPy4EcAf8s
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Is Trump 'unwell?' New questions emerge after 'striking low-energy and rambling' military speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Onu4IGVJMg
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Retired General Barry McCaffrey, said the presentation at Quantico, in Virginia, was ‘one of the most bizarre, unsettling events I’ve ever encountered’
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Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-hegseth-speech-incoherent/684421/
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/30/2346177/-Trump-Dementia-Speech-to-Generals-Admirals
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-chicago-government-shutdown-funding-projects-10823760
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/politics/republicans-trump-shutdown-layoffs-analysis
The speaker’s statement highlights what seems to be unease among some Republicans about the Trump administration’s rather blatant efforts to politically weaponize a shutdown.
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Trump's insanity is becoming increasingly damaging to the Rs. Their only choice is to come to an agreement with Ds to limit the damage Trump, who only blindly thinks about his self serving interests, which includes HATING democrats and punishing what he considers his enemies, which is an increasing list of anybody that opposes him.
I am starting to think that Trump may not be able to finish his 2nd term because he is becoming increasingly unhinged and dangerous.
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There are 100+ important items for Congress to be concerned with on any given day. The government shutdown is extremely important but only the 2nd most important for Congress because #1 stands alone at the top and will always be #1!
#1. The elections in November 2026! What Trump is doing right now with his actions to weaponize the government shut down is without a doubt costing the Rs more votes in the 2026 election.
The no brainer solution would be for them to negotiate and give the Ds most of what they want on this 1 issue.
1. It makes the Rs look good because the Rs will have stopped the government shut down.
2. It stops the increasing damage to their party(from this issue) from an out of control, completely unhinged R president that acts out of hatred, revenge, self serving interests and pathological, delusions of grandeur thinking that is escalating with his rapidly advancing dementia.
The president's detractors say he’s following his scorched-earth playbook by cutting projects in liberal states.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/03/trump-shutdown-weapon-blue-america-00592573
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ANTI Good Samaritan Parable 2025
Started by metmike - Oct. 2, 2025, 8:19 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/115043/
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How ironic and hypocritical that the Rs were going on and on about Biden's cognitive decline, well into this year after he was no longer president in fact.........and Trump is CRYSTAL CLEARLY suffering from advancing dementia but we don't hear a peep from them.
The president's top economic adviser put the onus on Democrats.
The Fox News version:
Schumer says pressure on Republicans will force negotiations
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Members of Congress appreciate the political cover but don’t love how the White House is circumventing Capitol Hill’s power of the purse yet again.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/20/troops-showdown-trump-funding-00614874
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This is exactly how a KING acts!
No Kings protests
Started by metmike - June 14, 2025, 12:57 p.m
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Republicans won both houses and the White House in November so they either had the votes to pass everything they wanted and sadly, gave up their power to a reckless president who is practicing an authoritarian regime, while constantly violating the Constitution, while acting illegally in numerous realms to impose personal Trump, self serving agenda with impunity.
However, the Rs Don't have the votes they need to pass this (BAD) spending bill, like they did to pass their FAKE Big(NOT) Beautiful Bill.
So what do reasonable people do to get the needed votes when they are short votes and have to motivate the other side to come on board?
THEY NEGOTIATE. In this case, the Ds represent at least 50% of the country and what they are asking for is not just reasonable but it's actually profoundly good for over 10 million Americans that will be royally screwed by the Rs if the Ds don't take a stand here.
Instead of negotiating, the Rs (kowtowing to King Trump) are insisting that they want EVERYTHING, despite not having the votes this time. Not budging an inch. 100% R agenda, 0% D agenda. 100% MAGA agenda, 100% Trump agenda and screw everybody else.
Not surprising since Trump brags about how much he hates Americans that didn't vote for him.
Instead of being everybody's president and being the president of THE UNITED STATES, Trump is the president of MAGA as he intentionally tries to punish and hurt non MAGA Americans.
Not just ignore their needs but actually, go out of his way to vindictively and intentionally HURT non MAGA Americans!
25th Amendment
Started by metmike - Oct. 4, 2025, 8:47 p.m.
I love this guy!
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-news-10-23-25
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I know several people that are being severely impacted by the shutdown. 1 of them that is very close to us could lose their business and he's had to lay off all his employees. They can get unemployment but that's insufficient to support their families.
My wife's main source of income is threatened.