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haele

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1. As permanent as Mike Johnson can make it.

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:23 PM

Oct 22

The GOP Congress is "perfectly" happy to collect their pay and perks while people are starving or dying from lack of access to health care or shelter.

All these perfect Christians truly believe 90% of the American people need assistance or are poor from poor choices, and they all need to have their "foolish" ideas about freedom and independence from the proper order of things beaten out of them.
The rarely spoken feeling is that the American general population are either stupid or criminals, and really don't deserve anything they can't pay for.

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Anyone else worried this govt shutdown is permanent? I'm really not sure what is going to end this mess, at least [View all] LymphocyteLover Oct 22 OP

As permanent as Mike Johnson can make it. haele Oct 22 #1

it's so goddamn sick, it makes me sick thinking about it LymphocyteLover Oct 22 #8

Eventually the government cant write IOUs Johonny Oct 22 #2

Yes, one would think. But seems likely the White House will make corrupt private deals to keep key companies afloat LymphocyteLover Oct 22 #7

The White House only has IOUs Johonny Oct 22 #10

this obscene GOP Congress has given them all the money they want, no questions asked LymphocyteLover Oct 22 #11

Mike has begun the general strike!! usonian Oct 22 #3

No, I'm not worried it will be permanent Fiendish Thingy Oct 22 #4

Nothing is permanent NeoTrajan Oct 22 #5

well, relatively permanent, in terms of having a functional govt while Dump is POTUS LymphocyteLover Oct 22 #6

Essentially JustAnotherGen Oct 22 #9

Trump seems happy with it, that's for sure. thought crime Oct 22 #12

Congress has been effectively dissolved orangecrush Oct 22 #13

Seems like! Fuck.... LymphocyteLover Oct 23 #14