Another Government Shutdown Thread

[BreatheUT]

Imagine being one of the 41 million on food stamps mad; but voting for Zohran Mamdani
EBT is socialism lite. Wait until people aren't getting their free bus ride to pick up their free food and never actually get that reduced rented apartment...
Poor Useless Idiots, slaves to the government. I don't want anyone to starve, nor even be hungry; but this should be a HUGE eye opener for anyone that depends on the gov for anything to survive.... Dems/Socialist just use you for your vote and let you waste away. Chicago, San Fran, ETC..... all are holes led by the party that is keeping ya from that EBT.
#TRUMP2028! (kidding)

Excuse me....you're wrong! They are useful idiots, not useless. Useful for their vote.

 

[volfan102455]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/snap-trump-judge-food-stamps-shutdown.html

$6 bn. Not sure how long that would last.

I read somewhere that it is 9 billion that is needed.

Assuming they don't resolve this and reopen the government in the next 7 hours or so - one thing we will find out is the parts of the country who have communities that band together to help others when someone is in need.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Trump's in full blown meltdown mode after realizing he cant lead worth a damn. It's ALL CAPS so it's SERIOUS BUSINESS!!¡¡!!

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

….BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

truthsocial.com

 

[BreatheUT]

Trump's in full blown meltdown mode after realizing he cant lead worth a damn. It's ALL CAPS so it's SERIOUS BUSINESS!!¡¡!!

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

….BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

truthsocial.com

If he is smart this will backfire on the democrats. If he is dumb, he will make himself look guilty when there is little he can do when the other side are playing extremism games. I look at this as an opportunity to finish what little credibility the democrat party has left and save some money in the process.

 

[volfan102455]

Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund

The ruling came one day before funding for SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, was set to lapse.

www.nbcnews.com

Ruling in favor of a group of cities and community organizations that sued over the cuts, McConnell said that the USDA must fund SNAP using money in a contingency fund. But, he added that if the department finds that the money in the contingency fund is insufficient, then the agency must use other funding sources to make those payments.


In other words, the judge is choosing to fund SNAP over the 80-100 other items in the USDA contingency plan and then fund SNAP with magical money that does not exist.

Why have Congress, the executive branch, and bureaucracy when district judges tell them how to spend money...

Unfortunately, most don't understand this.

I truly believe this is just a hold out until after the elections next week, after which the CR, as is, will magically get the votes. Since there isn't enough money - just allocate week by week.

 

[hog88]

If he is smart this will backfire on the demorats. If he will dumb, he will make himself look guilty when their is little he can do when the other side are playing extremism games. I look at this as an opportunity to finish what little credibility the demorat party has left and save some money in the process.

Agree, killing the filibuster is a terrible move.

 

[allstar34bd]

Excuse me....you're wrong! They are useful idiots, not useless. Useful for their vote.

You’re right lol I used the wrong word

 

[RockyTop85]

Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund

The ruling came one day before funding for SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, was set to lapse.

www.nbcnews.com

Ruling in favor of a group of cities and community organizations that sued over the cuts, McConnell said that the USDA must fund SNAP using money in a contingency fund. But, he added that if the department finds that the money in the contingency fund is insufficient, then the agency must use other funding sources to make those payments.


In other words, the judge is choosing to fund SNAP over the 80-100 other items in the USDA contingency plan and then fund SNAP with magical money that does not exist.

Why have Congress, the executive branch, and bureaucracy when district judges tell them how to spend money...

Are you sure he’s saying they need to find additional funding and not just eliminating avenues to weasel out of spending other available funds?

 

[Orangeburst]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/snap-trump-judge-food-stamps-shutdown.html

$6 bn. Not sure how long that would last.

the gov spent about 100B last year, so about 3 weeks.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Bc the Dems refuse to negotiate

GOP:

Pass a 6 week CR so we can negotiate


Dems:

Agree to what we want or its a shutdown

Lol. Only a clown blames the GOP for this. And I'm all for it. So its not me being mad

This shutdown is the best thing Dems in Congress have done since at LEAST prior to the Obama Administration.

When they're at home binge drinking and snorting blow, they can't pilfer the public (taxpayer) funds to enrich themselves and destroy this nation.

The best thing the Dems in Congress could do for the US is retire. All of them. The Republicans aren't much better honestly. Might be the most corrupt legislative body on Earth...considering every single one of them is bought and paid for by lobbyists from Big Pharma, the MIC, etc before they ever sponsor their 1st bill or place their 1st vote. We need strict term limits. Now.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Dem Rep. Bynum: GOP CR Wasn't Clean, But I Won't Say Why and Asking Me Is Blaming Dems

On Thursday's broadcast of C-SPAN's "Washington Journal," Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR) claimed that she voted against the continuing resolution to keep the | Clips

www.breitbart.com

Host Greta Brawner asked, “We talked earlier to Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), he was on the program, and he made the argument that Democrats, in previous situations, avoided government shutdowns by voting 13 times for so-called clean continuing resolutions that would fund the government at the previous year’s funding levels. Why not agree now?”

Bynum answered, “Well, look, I just got here. I don’t play politics. I want a clean bill that focuses on the American people, that makes sure kids have a full belly. And all of the clean this, clean that, Americans don’t understand that. They know if they have their benefits or not. So, put a bill on the table, make sure it’s very pure and clean, as they like to say, and it doesn’t have a whole lot of fluff in it. I’m not here for games. I just want to make sure kids get fed.”

Brawner then asked, “They did have a clean CR vote on September 19 in the House. Did you vote for it?”

Bynum responded, “I disagree with your characterization and want to make sure that we’re very clear about what Republicans have been doing. Any bill that they’ve put forth, they’ve always had some extra stuff to it. There’s always been a poison pill to it. So, I disagree with your characterization.”

Brawner followed up, “What were the poison pills of the clean CR — or the continuing resolution, you say it’s not clean, that was voted on in the House in mid-September?”

Bynum responded, “Here’s what is important: I think what you’re trying to do is shift the responsibility to Democrats. Speaker Johnson (R-LA) controls the House. He should come back, pull Republicans off of vacation, and make sure that we have discussions on what the country needs. We know children need to be fed. Anything else is passing the buck and is playing politics.”​

Lmao. Its like arguing with a 3 year old.

These are not serious people. Much less honest people. Perfectly reasonable that these are the same EXACT Dems that will look straight in a TV camera and tell people that women can have penises*, and that men can give birth*. There is no truth in them. There is no logic or reason. There is only the Leftist Agenda that is well on its way to completely destroying the Western world. Worthless puppets.

* other than Mike Obama and the other tiny fraction of 1% of people who are actually hermaphrodites. These extremely rare individuals can actually have a penis and still give birth and live as a woman in some cases ...OR have a vagina and male sex organs and choose to live as a man. They are not purely male or female, but a genetic combination of both. The fact that 1 became 1st Lady of the United States is unfathomably long odds when measured as the total number of functional female hermaphrodites versus regular females among US citizens.

 

[Sandman 423]

Are you sure he’s saying they need to find additional funding and not just eliminating avenues to weasel out of spending other available funds?

According to ABC news on the radio ride home, they are to find other monies to fund it.

 

[Orangeburst]

According to ABC news on the radio ride home, they are to find other monies to fund it.

that cant be constitutional

 

[Orangeburst]

We spend 100B year to feed our citizens..that is messed up.

 

[Sandman 423]

that cant be constitutional

, that is what they said. I’m ignorant on the snap laws so I’ll just set back and watch.

 

[CobbVol]

that cant be constitutional

District judges have been trying to operate the Executive branch since his inauguration.

 

[RockyTop85]

According to ABC news on the radio ride home, they are to find other monies to fund it.

I don’t know anything about this area of law but that seems like a really questionable decision.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

I don’t know anything about this area of law but that seems like a really questionable decision.

The judge was former director of Planned Parenthood in RI.....


You know me well enough where Ill call a spade a spade...

 

[hog88]

Might start buying up some SNAP cards, pay pennies on the dollar on the gamble they’ll get funded.

 

[Orangeburst]

Might start buying up some SNAP cards, pay pennies on the dollar on the gamble they’ll get funded.

get paid in Argentinean pesos and you will be a gazillionaire.

nm..that doesnt make cents..lol

 

[Ritzwatch]

District judges have been trying to operate the Executive branch since his inauguration.

This isn’t just executive infringement, this would infringe upon Congress’ power of the purse as well.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Don’t disagree with any of this.

At the same time, his past public comments on this points to his weakness as to why this shutdown happened and is still happening. What he said points to this absolutely being on him.

You don’t agree, and I’m not sure I do either, but he is the President and he is the one that said shutdowns are due to weak Presidents.

And I’ll add that the whataboutism for other government leaders as an answer to some nonsense the President said is just silly.

I find it interesting that whenever Trump says something it is carved in diamonds and he can never reverse course. He says something.... that's it. Forever. I just don't see that kind of treatment anywhere else. Puddinhead said BLATENTLY RACIST stuff and got a pass because (D). In the vault, never heard again.

That isn't aimed at you.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

If he is smart this will backfire on the demorats. If he is dumb, he will make himself look guilty when their is little he can do when the other side are playing extremism games. I look at this as an opportunity to finish what little credibility the demorat party has left and save some money in the process.

It's all in how it's marketed, and Trump is the 'King' of marketing.

 

[lawgator1]

I read somewhere that it is 9 billion that is needed.

Assuming they don't resolve this and reopen the government in the next 7 hours or so - one thing we will find out is the parts of the country who have communities that band together to help others when someone is in need.

And the poorer communities in red states that find themselves wondering whether they made a mistake last November.

 

[hog88]

And the poorer communities in red states that find themselves wondering whether they made a mistake last November.

Doubtful.