Now that the Great Government Shutdown of 2025 (And Probably 2026) is into its second month, we’re getting into the serious stuff. The Republicans have decided not to fund further SNAP benefits, even though there is money set aside specifically for that purpose. As usual, they want to inflict maximum damage on the American people and rely on Democrats to have the conscience that they lack themselves, and end the suffering.
The Dems so far are standing firm, and the new ACA
rates that are rolling out right now show you why. Policies are going from
$400-some to $4000-some per month, all over the country, which is causing
widespread panic. The Democrats need to do a better job at communicating that
THIS is why they won’t help reopen the government, and that the idea that undocumented immigrants are in any way eligible for SNAP is a complete fabrication. Democrats won’t cooperate
without movement on the issue and realize that Republican promises to negotiate
insurance rates AFTER the government reopens ring hollow. The Republicans created this rate increase deliberately
in the Big Ugly Bill; that means it’s what they want. Maybe they’re trying
(again) to make the ACA unpalatable so they can find some support for another
option. But it’s relevant to note that they have never produced a single
alternative, despite 15 years of fighting against it. So they want the Dems to
take their word for it that they’ll negotiate in good faith to end something they
intentionally created, AFTER an irreversible action is taken to reopen the Fed.
Right… Take the word of the lyingest bunch of crooks ever to sully the Capitol
building. Maybe they can offer to pinky-swear.
No, Democrats have to hold the line and hope that eventually, enough protest rolls in from Red States to change some minds. It’s one thing to support the team… It’s another thing to have to give up having insurance to do it. Maybe Republicans’ continued resistance to reinstating ACA funding will show some of these MAGAs just how little their leaders actually care about them. And if we ever have a fair election again, maybe some of these cretins get voted out.
Yeah, "Kash is working on it,” right after he gets back from using taxpayer-funded government jets to follow his girlfriend around the country. That is, if he can somehow pause his concern for the plight of those suffering from this shutdown. These fuckers don’t give a single shit about US citizens. You can see, “plane” as day, that they consider themselves to be the proper beneficiary of taxpayer largesse. Sending anything else back to the people would be Socialism.
I’ll be interested to see how they play this week’s handful
of elections. I think whatever they do will be a beta test for next year, which
will be an even bigger beta test for 2028.
I’m saying it again. They’re not leaving. No one makes
this kind of effort to stack the government in their own favor only to walk
away from it peacefully because of some silly election. They will influence it,
rig it with multiple barriers to registering and voting, and contest and
disavow any result they don’t like, counting on their hand-placed judges to
back them up.
We need to act like it matters and resist them at every turn, from now until the country is back in the hands of people worthy of running it.
