BEHIND THE SHUTDOWN: Relief or Reckless?

A dispute over federal relief for health-insurance premiums has shut down our government. The fight comes down to whether these subsidies are a middle-class lifeline or just reckless spending.

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96 thoughts on “BEHIND THE SHUTDOWN: Relief or Reckless?”


  1. Although the federal government has shut down, President Trump’s deportations and troop deployments to American cities will proceed without pause. In Washington, Democratic leaders played Vice President Vance for laughs and told reporters they won’t give in to Republican pressure to let healthcare subsidies expire.


  2. With a government shutdown fully in effect, Ronny Chieng takes a look at Trump’s confusingly racist AI videos of Democratic leaders and braces for how the shutdown will impact everything from the TSA to national parks. Plus, Josh Johnson reports live from the Grand Canyon, which is already turning into a literal s**thole.

  3. an idea suggested oct. a year ago, but even more applicable now:
    “I think they should do a double 25th Amendment. Get them both out,” Trump, 78, mused on “The Ben Shapiro Show…. This has got to be the worst administration ever,” he added. “They both don’t know what the hell they’re doing.”

    and others agree at least when it comes to DOTUS

    Gov. JB Pritzker for the first time is calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment, after the president said cities like Chicago should be used as “training grounds for the military.”
    and

    MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Donald Trump gives every indication “that he has lost his mind and every single elected Republican official in Washington excuses it.”

  5. The Washington Post poll found significantly more Americans blame President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans for the shutdown than Democrats.
    — GIFT LINK
    By a 17-percentage-point margin (47%-30%), the poll found more saying Trump and Republicans are responsible for the shutdown than Democrats in Congress.

  6. Who’s getting the blame for the shutdown? WaPo. (Hint, the liars)

    How concerned are Americans about the partial shutdown of the federal government and whom do they blame for causing it? The Washington Post texted a nationally representative sample of 1,010 people on Wednesday to ask.

    The Post’s poll found significantly more Americans blame President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans for the shutdown than Democrats, though many say they are not sure. People express moderate concern about the shutdown’s impact at this early stage, with “somewhat concerned” the most common answer. A large majority support Democrats’ call to extend federal health insurance subsidies in general, though just under half support the party demanding this if it extends the government shutdown.

    Democrats in Congress – 30%
    Not sure – 23%
    Trump and Republicans in Congress – 47%

    Who do you think is mainly responsible for the federal government partially shutting down?

    By a 17-percentage-point margin, the poll found more saying Trump and Republicans are responsible for the partial government shutdown than Democrats in Congress, while a sizable 23 percent say they are not sure. In an open-ended question, those blaming Trump and Republicans cited a refusal to compromise, the party’s control of the presidency and Congress, and Trump’s actions. People who blamed Democrats also criticized the party for refusing to compromise or said that they always oppose Trump’s actions. Some also echoed false claims by Trump and Republicans that Democratic lawmakers are trying to force the government to offer full health care benefits to people who are in the country illegally.

    The poll shows two factors driving opinions about Republicans. Political independents are more than twice as likely to say Trump and Republicans are responsible for the shutdown as Democrats, 50 percent vs. 22 percent. Second, while 67 percent of Republicans blame Democrats for the shutdown, an even larger 87 percent of Democrats blame Trump and Republicans. That gap may shrink as the shutdown goes on.

    Public opinion today is comparable to several past government shutdowns when Republicans have shouldered the bulk of the blame, including twice during Trump’s first presidential term.
    One exception to this pattern was a near government shutdown in the fall of 2023, when more Americans said they would blame President Joe Biden and the Democrats for a possible government shutdown than would blame Republicans (40 percent to 33 percent). Democrats struck a last-minute deal with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (California) to keep the government open; Republicans voted to remove McCarthy from his post just days later.

    How concerned, if at all, are you about the partial shutdown of the federal government?
    About two-thirds of Americans say they are concerned about the partial federal shutdown, with about one-quarter saying they are “very concerned” while a 41 percent plurality are “somewhat concerned.”

    More than 8 in 10 Democrats and 7 in 10 independents say they’re concerned about the shutdown, while fewer than half of Republicans say the same.
    […]

    It continues in the same vein. If Dumbass reads the tea leaves, these numbers don’t bode well for Repugs if (a) this drags on and (b) assholes like jDouché and Vought take the opportunity to hurt more Americans while the shutdown continues.

  7. Poobah, great minds…?

    BTW, it seems no one on MoJo has seen this poll.

    And just as I posted this Mika starts talking about it.

  8. “You have a president who is unwell.”
    Rep. Madeleine Dean to Speaker Mike Johnson
    This wasn’t theater — she’s on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations. “Allies are looking elsewhere. Enemies are laughing”

  9. “There is still so much in the world worth fighting for. So much that is beautiful, so many wonderful people working to reverse the harm, to help alleviate the suffering. And so many young people dedicated to making this a better world.”
    ​

    – JANE GOODALL

  11. All miller is missing is the sash and epaulets.

    Speaking of epaulets, my nephew go his warrant officer bars (USMC) this week. His specialty is cyber intelligence. Smart kid.

  12. mikey’s “on your side too” is more than a tacit agreement responding to dean’s “You have a president who is unwell.”

    they remind me of this couple

  14. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/02/us-give-ukraine-intelligence-long-range-energy-targets-russia-reports

    The US will provide Ukraine with intelligence on long-range energy infrastructure targets deep inside Russia, according to overnight reports, a move that would signal a significant shift in White House support for Kyiv.

    The decision would be the first example of a change in policy by Donald Trump since his comments on social media towards the end of September that Ukraine could win back all of the territories occupied by Russia.

    Reports in the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, citing unnamed US sources, said the policy had quietly changed ahead of that statement and that the White House wanted Nato allies to follow suit.

    No decision, however, had been made on whether the US would supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. Earlier this week the US vice-president, JD Vance, said Trump was considering a request from Kyiv for the missiles that have a range of 1,500 miles.

    Western, and particularly US, intelligence in the form of satellite imagery and other monitoring data is considered a significant help in permitting the accurate targeting of Russian facilities deep inside its borders.

    A focus on energy targets, such as oil refineries, would allow Ukraine to extend an already successful campaign that has hit 21 out of 38 refineries with long-range drone strikes. That has led to fuel shortages in parts of Russia, and on some days it has been estimated that daily production is down by fifth.

    Russia said nothing had changed. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesperson, said: “The US transmits intelligence to Ukraine on a regular basis online. The supply and use of the entire infrastructure of Nato and the US to collect and transfer intelligence to Ukrainians is obvious.” [continues]

  15. On October 2, 1789, George Washington transmitted the proposed Constitutional amendments (The Bill of Rights) to the states for ratification.

    The fight continues.

  18. GOP Shutdown: For This?

    The fight over ACA premium subsidies is what shut down the government. Families could see $200/month premium hikes once the extra help vanishes. Stat Dude runs the math.

    ▶️ Watch the new Short in our SHUTDOWN WATCH playlist:

  19. https://radaronline.com/p/donald-trump-admits-struggles-walking-down-stairs-dementia-rumors/

    At one point in his jumbled speech to the nation’s top military brass, Trump took a dig at former President Joe Biden, 82.

    After several incidents of Biden visibly struggling to navigate stairs, the 82-year-old began wearing special shoes for support.

    Trump mocked in his Quantico speech: “Every day, the guy’s falling down stairs. I’m very careful. You know, when I walk downstairs – like I’m on stairs like these stairs – I walk very slowly.

    “Nobody has to set a record. Just try not to fall because it doesn’t work out well… Just walk nice and easy. You don’t have to set any record.”

  20. Stupid is afraid of stairs. That is one of the pieces of information that came out during the first run. But, it was buried under all sorts of horse apples. I wondered, at the time, how he was going to navigate the stairs off Air Force One. Maybe enough nose candy and he lost the fear. The funniest was him navigating the Army ramp, with help.

    Now that the noise is calming down from the idiotic gathering one very big concept was shoved around a bit. The Constitutional effect on the military of disobeying an illegal order. When I was in, during the reign of the first crook president, we had many meetings regarding this issue. The thing is Nixon was a patriot, a solid America, My America, type guy. I heard some of the things he ordered that were/are covered by DoD classifications that were questionable. But, nothing that would hurt America.

    Today we have a low intelligence, anti-American and anti-American cabinet in the WH, the Congress and the court formerly known as supreme. The danger is real that he would order more military action against Americans, he already said he would. Due to his forecasting his actions we can be assured he will do something terrible putting the military in the decision role of following or not following his orders.

  21. So, Stephen Goebbels Miller saying law enforcement has permission to do things that are sadistic and illegal…

    If anyone does that, the full force of the law can and should be brought upon any officer acting like a POS, as well as Miller, whose words incited them.

    Right?

  22. Stairs. Ivana.

    Also, when Jr. & Erik were younger, they had a nanny/housekeeper who died from a stair fall, as well.

  23. The asswipes (currently Mikey) are doubling down on the money for illegals lie. Dem leaders need to be in front of every mic and camera telling the American people that Dumbass, Thune, JDouché and Mikey are lying about this, just like they are lying about Dems shutting the government down and every other fucking thing they say.

  24. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyr2lwg1rjo

    Earlier, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had urged the activists to stop the journey, saying their actions could serve as a pretext to those who want to destroy the “hope” of ending the conflict.
    Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar noted the Italy-Greece statement and called on the flotilla to stop.

    “Please transfer any aid you might have peacefully through the Port of Cyprus, [Israel’s] Ashkelon Marina, or any other port in the region into Gaza,” he wrote on X.
    Trump and Netanyahu agree new Gaza peace plan

    The GSF said in an earlier statement that it would continue to sail.
    “The humanitarian demand to break the blockade cannot be walked back to port,” it said.

    *Meloni loves Mussolini. Pretending to be a helper & then stabbing them in the back.

  25. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/strike-called-italy-protests-flare-over-interception-gaza-aid-ships-2025-10-01/

    Italian unions called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the international aid flotilla for Gaza, while protests sprang up in a number of cities late on Wednesday after reports that the ships had been intercepted by military personnel.

    In the southern city of Naples, demonstrators got into the main railway station and halted train traffic, while police surrounded the Termini railway station in Rome after protesters gathered close to entrances.

    Over the past two weeks, protesting Italian dockworkers have prevented various ships from docking and loading, targeting vessels they say were involved in trade with Israel.

    *The US can’t even get it together to fight got our own democracy, let alone the safety of others far away.

  26. Global Sumud Flotilla: Colombia expels Israel’s trade delegates after kidnapping of activists

    Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro expelled Israel’s economic delegation after its US-backed Navy kidnapped two Colombian activists who were trying to break a siege and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

    In a post on social media platform X, Petro said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was already wanted by the International Criminal Court, committed “another international crime” by ordering the kidnapping of Colombian citizens in international waters.

    *Lil Marco Rubio won’t do Jack to help Americans who have been kidnapped by Israeli forces while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians.

  27. Pogo – I called my members of Congress, plus Schumer & Jeffries yesterday, and told them just to agree to language strictly prohibiting the undocumented from accessing benefits, even though they already can’t do that.

    Just effing call their bluff.

  31. “Joseph Goebbels died by suicide on May 1, 1945, after poisoning his six children and then taking his own life, following Adolf Hitler’s suicide the day before. He had briefly served as Chancellor of Germany for one day before his death.” -ai

    *The clock is ticking on “Weird Stephen,” as he’s known in the WH.

  32. We put a chair lift in our recent house for friends and family who are loathe to climb stairs. It’s a mid-century house with a very steep staircase to get to the main level. They thought we were nuts for getting such a house. My take is you should walk as many stairs/steps as you can – up and down – every day for as long as you’re able.

  34. More daily brilliance from The Delaware Liberal:

    There’s been some speculation recently that Donald Trump’s “advisers” (a more accurate term would be “manipulators”) are feeding him a steady diet of fake videos to influence his “decisions” (a more accurate term would be “ragegasms”). The latest evidence: Medbeds.

    As Wikipedia has been forced to explain, medbeds are “a type of nonexistent medical technology present in a conspiracy theory alleging that they can cure any condition, but have been kept secret from the general public.” The key word there is “nonexistent.” If it sounds like something out of the Weekly World News, that’s because it basically is – it’s yet another bit of crack-brained lunacy that started in the QAnon universe.

    Though it’s obviously nonsense – if such a thing existed, Donald Trump wouldn’t be in the shape he’s in – the notion gained enormous traction a few days ago when Trump himself posted an obviously AI-generated video touting the technology on Truth Social. Interest exploded exponentially.

    How could people be so gullible? As science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke postulated in 1968, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, so a lot of the modern world must seem magical to the sort of people who would believe a pedophile ring operates from a Washington DC pizzeria’s non-existent basement.

    He goes on to share some musical context from The Lovin’ Spoonful.

    https://delawareliberal.net/2025/10/02/song-of-the-day-10-2-the-lovin-spoonful-do-you-believe-in-magic/

  36. Since federal workers are getting furloughed (with threats of being fired), and employment numbers are down, let’s just shut it all down.

    Maybe now is the time for a general strike to get the attention of the MAGAt Republicans & the billionaires who own them.

    Stay home, don’t buy anything, just shut it down.

  37. Under “shit that should scare all of us” column.
    Ice has contracted with Palantir using advanced AI tech to search through government data basis, including Social security and IRS. This is just practice folks. Right now it is ICE looking for the undocumented but you know how the government works, who is next.
    Read the whole thing

    At the center of this platform is the integration of data from an extraordinary range of sources. ImmigrationOS pulls from the Social Security Administration (SSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and state voter rolls, among others. But it doesn’t stop there. Leaked documents obtained by 404 Media revealed that ICE is also working to incorporate data from agencies typically unrelated to immigration enforcement.

    Additionally, there are allegations that data for ImmigrationOS is being sourced through unauthorized access to government databases, facilitated by individuals with high-level access. This has led to concerns about the legality and ethics of the data collection methods that are being employed

  39. https://people.com/ice-agents-attending-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-11822897

    A member of the Trump administration said ICE agents will be present at the Super Bowl and Bad Bunny’s halftime show

    “There is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally,” said Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski, who called it “shameful” that the Puerto Rican rapper was chosen to give the Super Bowl LX halftime performance

    Bad Bunny previously opted to skip touring in the U.S. out of fear that ICE would target his concerts

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be present at the 2026 Super Bowl and its halftime show, according to a member of President Donald Trump’s administration.

    *Super Bowl tickets are not being snatched up by low wage workers. Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico, meaning he’s a US citizen. Lewandowski is a violent POS.

  40. That Madeleine Dean “He’s unwell” clip really went viral. Thinking about doing a livestream chat topic — Is Trump Crazy? Behold The 25th Amendment.

  41. So how much data of your private government data has Palantir collected through it’s government contracts. It is starting to sound like “all of it”. Add that to the private data and we are not very far off from a time where a local sheriff with a grudge can access the data and know just when you go to the local club and have 2 too many. Boom you are busted.
    We are letting this shit get out of control and this is just as scary to rural Republicans as it is to liberal urban America.
    This is a lever to tear down Trump, but you have to get away from the usual liberal talking points. This time it is different, and we need to recognize it. This is not 1984, this has the potential to be much worse.

    Jack

  42. AI Overview

    The Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, known for its brutal methods and its role in enforcing Nazi policies, including the Holocaust. Operating above the law without judicial review, it investigated treason, espionage, and sabotage, and had the power to arrest anyone who offended the Nazi Party or government. The organization was founded by Hermann Göring and became part of the Schutzstaffel (SS) under Heinrich Himmler in 1936.
    Key aspects of the Gestapo:
    Purpose: To suppress opposition to the Nazi regime and enforce its policies through terror and intimidation.
    Authority: The 1936 basic law gave the Gestapo unchecked power, exempting it from judicial review and placing it above the law.
    Leadership: Initially formed by Göring, it came under the control of Heinrich Himmler, the SS national leader. Heinrich Müller was a key figure and chief of the Gestapo during World War II.
    Role in the Holocaust: The Gestapo was instrumental in carrying out the Final Solution, the plan to exterminate the Jewish people.
    Suppression of Dissent: It used its authority to investigate, arrest, and prosecute individuals for acts considered treasonous, a threat to the state, or an affront to the Nazi Party.
    End of Operations: The Gestapo ceased to exist on May 8, 1945, with the end of World War II in Europe.

  43. AI Overview

    The Stasi was the secret police of East Germany, while the Gestapo was the secret police of Nazi Germany. The Stasi was more pervasive in its control over its population, with a much higher ratio of agents to citizens, aiming for a complete network of informants to maintain control, whereas the Gestapo focused on instilling fear through its power and actions, rather than sheer numbers. Both were brutal instruments of oppression, but the Stasi’s system was more extensive and lasted much longer.
    Stasi (East Germany’s Ministry for State Security)
    Time Period: Operated for four decades during the existence of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
    Methods of Control: Employed a vast network of official and unofficial informers, known as “unofficial collaborators,” making it arguably the most pervasive surveillance state in history.
    Objective: To control the population, prevent defections to West Germany, and act as the “Shield and Sword of the Party” (the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany).
    Scale of Operation: Had a high density of agents, with one secret policeman for every 166 East Germans, and potentially one spy for every 66 citizens when informers are included.

  44. Sick of seeing repeats of the untruthful ICE recruitment ad. I know my government is lying to me.

  45. This is a lever to tear down Trump, but you have to get away from the usual liberal talking points.

    too late, we were warned

  47. 📩📩📩

    The U.S. Postal Service created a stamp with a photo of President Trump, but the new stamp didn’t stick to envelopes. This angered the president, who demanded a full investigation. After weeks of testing and $1.73 million in congressional spending, a special presidential commission reported the following conclusions: The stamp is in perfect condition. There is no problem with the adhesive. People are spitting on the wrong side.

    🤣🤣🤣

  48. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/10/01/bad-bunny-super-bowl-maga-meltdown/86437504007/

    For those of us who like Bad Bunny, the decision to bill him for the halftime show makes perfect sense: With his hit album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” his onscreen appearances in “Happy Gilmore 2” and “Caught Stealing,” and his sold-out 31-day residency in Puerto Rico, his star power is undeniable. His presence at the Super Bowl will bring in even more viewers, no matter which teams end up playing in February.

    Bad Bunny isn’t just an influential artist; he’s also someone who has championed his community in the face of adversity. His most recent album, “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” is a love letter to his island. He notably refused to play any shows in the United States for the album’s tour out of concern that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would use the concerts to target his fans.

    “This Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show is going to be a giant ‘ANTI-ICE’ rally,” one conservative posted to X. Another said that this was a sign the NFL was “self-destructing.”

    But the importance of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance goes beyond standing up to ICE. It’s about the fact that Trump has emboldened people to complain when someone speaks Spanish in a public place. It’s about the fact that people feel comfortable using anti-immigrant slurs. It’s about the fact that countries like Cuba and Venezuela have become shorthand for “look at what happens when the left takes control” without any understanding of the nuances of how these Latin American countries have been affected by U.S. interference. It’s about the material ramifications of anti-Latino sentiment, like how the U.S. government failed Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria decimated the island in 2017.

    “It’s representation, it’s defiance, it is joy in the face of people who tried to shrink us,” Pessoa told her followers. “That’s what it is. And you know what? It’s proof to Latino kids all over the United States that you don’t have to code-switch to belong.”

  49. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/10/02/taylor-swift-on-snl-oct-4-album-drop-new-snl-season-life-of-a-showgirl-release-time-date-late-night/86472345007/

    When does SNL come back? It just so happens SNL Season 51 returns this weekend, Oct. 4, 2025, with host Bad Bunny and music guest Doja Cat.

    Taylor Nation, social accounts run by Swift’s team, dropped the #TSLifeofaShowgirl schedule for Oct. 3 through Oct. 9, including Swift’s album release, release party, and “Showgirl” movie premiere, but has “Standby” listed at 7 p.m. on Oct. 4.

    In the SNL Season 51 promo, some fans believe Swift’s fiancé, Travis Kelce, is heard saying “Let’s start this show,” and Selena Gomez, Swift’s bestie, is saying “Get the host on the stage for the monologue. It’s quick, but the word “standby” can be heard — which fans speculate is Swift’s voice.

    https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/bad-bunny-first-snl-host-ever-to-be-musical-guest-then-host

    The Puerto Rican singer, rapper, and actor — who was announced as the Super Bowl LX halftime show performer on September 28 — is hosting the Season 51 premiere, mere months after he performed as Musical Guest (and appeared in two sketches) on the Season 50 finale hosted by Scarlett Johansson. It’s the first time in the show’s 50-year history anyone has ever been officially billed on two episodes in a row.

    Per the Guiness Book of World Records, his fourth studio album, Un Verano Sin Ti (A Summer Without You) is the most-streamed album of all time…

    *Gringo-Americans have no idea how big of a deal Bad Bunny is worldwide. The NFL holds games overseas to try to build its customer base; Bad Bunny makes sense.

  51. Don-Old has always lived in the altered reality of a spoiled brat.

    He is an adolescent who is pushing 80.

    It seems that he is being manipulated (perhaps willfully) by others close to him who know he thinks TV is real.

    Did they start doing this after he watched The Man From Alcatraz, and he started talking about reopening it? Did it start before that?

    They are showing him video of George Floyd protests in Portland from 2020, he has asked if what he’s seeing isn’t the truth.

    The fight for his seat in 2028 is going to be something else. JD, Rubio, Johnson, a buncha dumb, summabitch Senators.

    Donold J. tRUMP is incompetent. He has always been incompetent. It’s amazing he’s not too stupid to breathe. His bloated ego has always made him easy to manipulate, just ask Putin.

    He is being manipulated, and can also be blamed for anything his administration gets him to do. They are going to push this as long as they can. They hate tRUMP and think he’s a fool, just like everyone else does.

    There are a lot of bad folks around Orange Adolf. There is no shortage of corrupt, greedy, detestable fascists.

    SFB definitely shows signs of dementia. During the campaign, it seemed to just be Sundowners Syndrome. It seems to have progressed. Not only can’t tRUMP be trusted, but those who manipulate him also endanger our country.

    FDT

  55. https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-backlash-maga-10797694

    Bad Bunny will continue his world tour through the fall and winter. The Super Bowl will serve as his sole U.S. appearance.

    Robby Starbuck, a conservative social media activist and former music video director, wrote in a post on X, which as of press time has been viewed over 270,000 times, “Is it that hard to pick a unifying music act who doesn’t want to peddle woke propaganda? Does this guy really scream American football to anyone? Be for real with me. No one thinks he does. This isn’t about music, it’s about putting a guy on stage who hates Trump and MAGA.”

    Meanwhile, the media personality Benny Johnson wrote on X, “The NFL is self-destructing year after year,” in a post that has been viewed 1.5 million times.
    The response from MAGA is unsurprising, as the NFL has frequently become a flash point in online culture wars over the past few years.

    This year, a high-profile controversy arose over some NFL teams having male cheerleaders, and backlash ensued regarding this year’s Super Bowl performer, Kendrick Lamar. Following his performance, the Federal Complaints Commission (FCC) was hit with complaints about the rapper’s halftime show, with some people saying it was racist towards white people.

    The Redheaded Libertarian, in a post on X viewed over 70,000 times: “Bad Bunny is a demonic Marxist who was been granted the largest stage with the greatest audience in the middle of a Christian revival. This is by design. We are in a spiritual war and once you see it you can’t unsee it.”

    *MAGAts want Kid Rock for every halftime show. White, male, misogynistic is ~American culture~ to MAGAts.

  56. Wait until half of these maga people find out racists don’t consider them white either

    prepare the shadenfreude region of your brain

  57. OK, yeah I get the right wing influencers that have to make a podcast every day are complaining about Bad Bunny but is any actual regular person complaining about it

  58. oh, I swear this is a true story bid I know a racist who took an ancestry.com test because racists wanna know all about their pure European heritage and of course the test came back with African ancestry

    I probably shouldn’t have laughed in their face when they told me, I have haven’t heard from them since 😆

  59. https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674148294/

    President Donald Trump’s unprecedented announcement that his administration would be withholding $18 billion in federal funds earmarked for New York infrastructure projects has led one Democratic Party candidate to propose a unique response, and one that involves seizing one of Trump’s more than a dozen golf clubs and resorts.

    “This is not how the government is supposed to work,” said Katie Brennan, the Democratic nominee for the New Jersey General Assembly, Insider NJ reported. “We pay federal taxes but get a President who sees us as the enemy and takes away our own money as retaliation. This has to stop.”

    But for Brennan, New Jersey, she argued, was in a unique position to hit back at the Trump administration, and in a way she characterized as personal.

    Yes, New Jersey should sue the Trump administration, but we have to do more. We should be withholding federal taxes, dollar for dollar, to backfill funding that’s illegally cut,” Brennan said.

    “The state should also eminent domain Trump’s golf course in Bedminster and build some affordable housing there instead. If the federal government won’t stand up for New Jersey, Trenton should.”

    Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, sits 40 miles west of New York City, and was purchased by Trump in 2002 for $35 million. The Bedminster golf club is also the spot of the controversial LIV Golf Invitational Series, an event funded and backed by the Saudi Arabian government that saw Trump’s organization paid a still-unknown sum of money.

    For Brennan, however, seizing the golf club was among the only ways to effectively fight back against Trump.

    “Donald Trump has shown again and again that he is unfit to lead this country. When he’s not too busy golfing, he’s doing active harm, whether it’s sending masked troops into cities or shutting down vital infrastructure projects like this,” Brennan said.

    “These funds were already approved. And if people can’t cross the Hudson to get to work, it will literally destroy our economy. We have to show Trump that this isn’t okay.”

    Trump official Russ Vought, director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, announced Wednesday that the $18 billion in federal funds – funds already approved by Congress to build a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City, New York – would be “put on hold” to ensure it was not allocated “based on unconstitutional [diversity, equity and inclusion] principles.”

    The timing of the announcement, coming just days after the Trump administration offered Argentina President and Trump ally Javier Milei a $20 billion bailout in a move that has enraged American farmers, didn’t go unnoticed by critics.

  60. Anon

    Sheesh! That’s the opposite of what I wanted. I hoped to find that Cherokee link that everyone in Oklahoma thinks they have. No such luck. Somewhere in the dim past the ancients headed north, did a quick U-turn in Scandinavia, plopped down in the British tiles to bleach for several thousand years.

    End result: Almost all Scottish with smidgen of Nordic, German, and Syrian. Boring!!!

  63. Yep, a lot of purged voters and intimidation by goons for voters who “don’t look right.” It has to look like we have elections.

  64. Anon- MAGAts don’t see Puerto Rico as “American,” and want to live in an “English only” America. Speaking Spanish, or either an accent, is enough to get turned into ICE. This may seem like a fluff story, but it is not.

    They bitched about Beyoncé, and Shakira, and Kendrick Lamar.

    They know tRUMP and MAGA are hateful and hated. They won’t give up their football, but they will use the halftime show to whine about their white, misogynistic assholishness being erased.

    I was hoping Rosalia would do some of the show with him, but probably not safe for her.

    Depending on how this goes down, FIFA could move US matches for World Cup 2036 to Canada and/or Mexico. They can make changes within 90 days of matches. It’s not a done deal.

    FDT

  65. I always thought it was cool that Puerto Rico was part of the United States

    I think conservatives are just having a stupidity competition at this point

    Oh Jamie, a family member is texting me from the kelpies, google it

  66. oh dumb racist white people hate Spanish because Latinos tend to be multilingual and dumb racist white people feel stupid by comparison because they can’t even speak one language

    no amount of education will fix that

    if you’re a dumb white piece of shit, of course you hate Bad Bunny who speaks multiple languages, is Charismatic, successful…

    if you’re white and found what I just posted offensive, then don’t be a dumb racist piece of shit and you’re fine

  68. @realDonald Trump

    I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT

    *Project 2025. The thing he knew nothing about. Craig – Does this post seem like he’s worried about the shutdown? I think he’s worried about bringing blamed for it & this is his move to get Dems back to the table. You know, the table they were never invited to because he told Dems to go eff themselves. He pooped the bed with Hegseth. Farmers are mad. He had no concept of a plan for healthcare. Grocery prices are up. The ICE budget is out of control & his cronies building concentration camps are making out like N&zi bandits. The world thinks the US is lost & that he is a dangerous joke. On top of that, he is in failing health. That whole “I have a big heart” thing is from hearing his heart is enlarged from congestive heart failure. He’s going down soon & he knows it.

    The best thing that could happen is that Adolf get impeached, convicted and removed for treason, so that the entire administration could go away.

    Second best thing: Asteroid.

  69. Craig – Everyone is to converge on DC, November 5th, but I like the idea of multiple location protests (like on 10/18) better. Harder to contain lots of groups.

  70. Anon,

    No kelpies in the lineup, but they must know that one of my favorite films is The Secret of Roan Innish.

  71. Without Puerto Rico, we might not have Lin Manuel-Miranda or Hamilton with its all black cast and piece of unhappy American history. That’s about as woke as you can get.

  72. https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/mandla-mandela-abducted-by-israeli-forces-during-intercept-of-humanitarian-flotilla-66e39d04-6dd9-45f5-81eb-f4b5ccb63e5a

    Activist and grandson of Nelson Mandela, Mandla Mandela, who was sailing to Gaza aboard a boat which is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), has been kidnapped by Israeli forces who intercepted the flotilla in the early hours of Thursday.

    Mandela prerecorded a message in case of interception by Israel.

    “I’m a citizen of the Republic of South Africa. If you are receiving this video, it means that we have been intercepted and have been abducted by the state of apartheid Israel,” he said. “I call you to request our government to exert pressure for my immediate release.”

  73. https://www.wired.com/story/government-employees-out-of-office-email-replies/

    Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown
    Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

    AT 9:35 AM on Wednesday, the first morning of the US government shutdown, employees at the Small Business Administration (SBA) received a template from human resources for their suggested “out-of-office” email. They were advised to blame the Democrats.

    “I am out of office for the foreseeable future because Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal spending bill (HR 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the US Small Business Administration from serving America’s 36 million small businesses. Every day that Senate Democrats continue [to] oppose a clean funding bill, they are stopping an estimated 320 small businesses from accessing $170 million in SBA-guaranteed funding.”

    The email goes on to say that once the shutdown is over, “we are prepared to immediately return to the record-breaking services we are providing under the leadership of the Trump Administration.”

    *Violation of the Hatch Act? Violation of 1A if forced expression?

  74. BiD – is it assholishness or assholiness? I can never keep that straight.

    I hope Bad Bunny tells his fans in the US that if you aren’t white and anglo-looking, don’t try to come to the SNL show this weekend or Super Bowl on 2/8/26 – they’ll be televised.

  75. Rappeling from helicopters arresting everyone without allowing them to identify themselves.

  76. https://www.ibtimes.com/election-2016-what-was-marco-rubio-arrested-age-18-miami-2276157

    After a bad first year at college in Missouri, Rubio returned home to Miami shortly before the summer of 1990, when he was arrested in May at age 18 for being in a public park after it had closed for the night…

    The misdemeanor offense was eventually dismissed, and most of the documentation that led to the dismissal of charges has been destroyed by the Miami-Dade County court clerk’s office. The police report didn’t indicate there was any alcohol or drug activity going on. Police officials said it was commonplace at the time to dismiss minor offenses at the park.

    The apparent youthful indiscretion took place just a year after Rubio’s brother-in-law was convicted for drug trafficking. Orlando Cicilia, who now works in real estate, was reported to be the “front man” in a massive cocaine ring, coordinating with buyers and organizing shipments…

  77. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5535490-top-air-force-general-retirement/

    A top Air Force commander, Gen. Thomas Bussiere, announced his retirement Tuesday for “personal and family reasons.”

    “After much reflection and with a full heart, Barb and I have made a difficult decision to request retirement from the United States Air Force for personal and family reasons,” Bussiere, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command…

    “While I’m stepping away from active duty, my commitment to service remains. I look forward to finding new ways to support our Air Force, our national defense and the incredible people who make it all possible,” wrote Bussiere, who was nominated by the Trump administration to be the Air Force’s vice chief of staff over the summer.

  79. I guess they couldn’t find a good bunny.

    Land o’Goshen, goodness gracious, sakes alive.

  80. They found a good enough bunny. I’ll watch SNL so that I can help their ratings – it will piss Dumbass off, and that’s reason enough for me.

  83. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/flotilla-activists-to-be-taken-to-ketziot-prison/ar-AA1NJLjx

    OCT 2 – Gobal Sumud Flotilla activists who have been stopped by Israel are about to disembark at the Israeli port of Ashdod, where they will be handed over to the police before transfer to Ketziot Prison, Israeli sources said Thursday. At the large prison facility in the Negev Desert, southwest of Beersheba, they will be taken care of by staff, according to the plan developed by Israeli authorities.

    Those who refuse deportation will be tried by a special court of Interior Ministry officials, rather than a regular court, for illegal entry. According to the plan approved by Police Chief Dany Levi, approximately 600 officers will participate in the operation. (ANSA).

  87. PROJECT 2025
    UNITED STATES MILITARY

    FIRE GENERALS LOYAL TO THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW, ENSURING THAT THE MILITARY BECOMES LOYAL TO TRUMP ALONE.
    –
    INSTEAD OF REPLACING FLAG OFFICERS, REDUCE THEIR NUMBERS AND
    LEAVE ONLY LOYALISTS AT THE TOP.

    BOLSTER USE OF THE INSURRECTION ACT TO DEPLOY THE MILITARY
    WITHIN THE U.S. FOR “LAW ENFORCEMENT” PURPOSES.

    DISMANTLE MILITARY DIVERSITY PROGRAMS, ROLLING BACK
    POLICIES THAT MAKE OUR ARMED FORCES COHESIVE AND STRONG.

    INJECT THE RANKS WITH RADICALIZED TROOPS LOYAL TO THE MAGA AGENDA.

    THE MILITARY WILL BE PURGED OF NON-LOYALISTS AND STAFFED WITH INDIVIDUALS LOYAL TO TRUMP, WITH LESS RESISTANCE OR PUSHBACK
    WHEN TRUMP GIVES ORDERS TO USE LETHAL FORCE AGAINST PROTESTERS AND/OR ROUND UP MIGRANTS.

    *Putin couldn’t have written it better himself.

  88. Well, anon, so we agree on Creed. What, time didn’t improve crappy god rock fueled by alcohol and drugs? Who could have predicted that? Perfect SB halftime band for MAGAts. Fucking morons.
    From Wiki:

    In 2013, readers of Rolling Stone magazine voted Creed the worst band of the 1990s. Jonah Weiner of Slate has tried to make the case that the band was “seriously underrated”; Joe Coscarelli of Mediaite countered that “most people hate Creed’s combination of overwrought power-balladry and Christian-infused testosterone.” In 2011, Billboard ranked Creed as the 18th-best artist of the 2000s

    “Christian-infused testosterone.” MAGA!🙄

  89. i’m actually not a Creed hater, there is much worse

    Once again, maga is trolling, we gotta stop taking the bait

    which is hard, that’s why it’s bait

    I’d rather talk about bad music than Civil War not gonna lie

  90. Right after Kash Patel tells Congress there’s no evidence Epstein trafficked women and blackmailed clients, the president’s Commerce Secy says just the opposite.

  91. Creed wasn’t good in their prime 🤮

    Not a hater, but certainly not a fan.

    I suspect few MAGAts actually had a clue about Creed until the RWNM started pushing for them to play at the Superbowl. I do have to say I liked Alter Bridge though.

  92. looked up alter bridge, oof

    i suppose Creed was influential enough to spawn clones 🤮

    Americans love crap, can’t get enough

    All the good music is coming from Canada and overseas now

  95. Mr Beast’s newest video got 63 million views in a week or less, apparently one of the most famous people alive right now

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