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Trump’s MO seems to be to intimidate and threaten, and his threat to fire workers rather than furloughing them is in line with that. So is his threat to affect

Trump’s MO seems to be to intimidate and threaten, and his threat to fire workers rather than furloughing them is in line with that. So is his threat to affect WIC first. Given this tendency, it seems like this shutdown could be worse and longer than past shutdowns. Combined with the AI bubble, tariffs, and poor job numbers, I wonder if this could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

centiar 1y ago
I avoid readig news due to the obvious bias that has seemingly infected all publications. However, tried Kagi News today and here is the summary of the shutdown: "Republicans are pressing a clean stopgap bill to fund agencies through November 21, while Democrats insist on extending health-care subsidies and reversing recent Medicaid cuts in any deal." https://kite.kagi.com/ecc8e0de-f9d3-421c-99cb-9b165e14e9c6/world/0 https://kite.kagi.com/ecc8e0de-f9d3-421c-99cb-9b165e14e9c6/w...
- jgoewert 1y ago
  Dang. I guess kagi is about as useful as a cuecat with a synopsis like that.
- AnimalMuppet 1y ago
  What good is a clean spending bill if the president is going to use recission? So, under current circumstances, why should it matter to the Democrats that it's a clean bill?
  - centiar 1y ago
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- cosmicgadget 1y ago
  What obvious bias?
  - centiar 1y ago
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- mint5 1y ago
  Well that summary is curiously ignoring the glaring elephant in the room - selective context is useful for propaganda I suppose - a clean resolution is an utterly meaningless concept in the context of an administration that is already arbitrarily revoking funding to anything they dislike.
- sgnelson 1y ago
  Well thank god it took a complex event like the modern politics around budgeting for the entire US government and broke it down into a 1 paragraph synopsis for you. How would you ever know what was going on if it didn't? /s
  - centiar 1y ago
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- asacrowflies 1y ago
  Jesus
- KingLancelot 1y ago
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centiar 1y ago

I avoid readig news due to the obvious bias that has seemingly infected all publications. However, tried Kagi News today and here is the summary of the shutdown: "Republicans are pressing a clean stopgap bill to fund agencies through November 21, while Democrats insist on extending health-care subsidies and reversing recent Medicaid cuts in any deal." https://kite.kagi.com/ecc8e0de-f9d3-421c-99cb-9b165e14e9c6/world/0 https://kite.kagi.com/ecc8e0de-f9d3-421c-99cb-9b165e14e9c6/w...

jgoewert 1y ago
Dang. I guess kagi is about as useful as a cuecat with a synopsis like that.
AnimalMuppet 1y ago
What good is a clean spending bill if the president is going to use recission? So, under current circumstances, why should it matter to the Democrats that it's a clean bill?
- centiar 1y ago
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cosmicgadget 1y ago
What obvious bias?
- centiar 1y ago
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mint5 1y ago
Well that summary is curiously ignoring the glaring elephant in the room - selective context is useful for propaganda I suppose - a clean resolution is an utterly meaningless concept in the context of an administration that is already arbitrarily revoking funding to anything they dislike.
sgnelson 1y ago
Well thank god it took a complex event like the modern politics around budgeting for the entire US government and broke it down into a 1 paragraph synopsis for you. How would you ever know what was going on if it didn't? /s
- centiar 1y ago
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asacrowflies 1y ago
Jesus
KingLancelot 1y ago
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