🚨MAGA Mike EMPTIES HOUSE and FORCES SHUTDOWN!! - Meidas Touch

[Rhiannon12866]

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republican Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson forcing a government shutdown by sending Congress into recess for another vacation as the Senate sends back its appropriations to be passed by the House. - 01/29/2026.

[2naSalit]

1. Fuck that guy...

I hope he goes home and finds everybody pissed at him about FEMA and the ice storm.

[gab13by13]

2. Mikey doesn't do anything on his own,

Mikey got his orders from Krasnov, this is Krasnov's shutdown.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Looks like the felon-in-chief is afraid of the House vote, so MAGA Mike was just following orders

This appears to be the felon's recent tactic, avoiding the inevitable as long as possible. Meanwhile, I'm guessing that the House is still playing catchup from their previous shutdown. So much for the business of the country...

[usonian]

3. Transcript, a bit jagged.

https://pastebin.com/raw/K3SnRAQG

Can anyone summarize?

What good does this do for magats?

If I were from outer space I'd have shut it down completely. Like so.





And take that orange blob out to dinner.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I remember that last one, it was called "To Serve Man"

But the Earth humans didn't realize until it was too late exactly what that meant...

[usonian]

6. The first is "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

You will understand "Klaatu Barada Nikto"

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I do remember that! And we need that one now more than ever right now

Both because of the changing climate and because of the changing climate among deteriorating international relationships (mostly due to the insanity of the felon-in-chief!).