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Crunch time: Democrats ready for shutdown standoff over Republican health cuts
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2025
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Good. They'd better stick to their guns this time. Republicans do every time and get exactly what they want when they are the minority.
They have a genius new strategy! I'm sure it will work!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/democrats-anger-swearing
“This is not the Democratic party of your grandfather,” Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), declared earlier this year. “This is a new Democratic party. We’re bringing a knife to a knife fight.”
Um Ken, I do think you are mixing metaphors.
The Democratic party of my grandfather was FDR, the New Deal, and civil rights.
That's so 20th century.
21st century DNC is all about that sweet private equity cash and making land acknowledgments.
Imagine a new FDR
Fucking yes.
He says, showing up for a gun fight
"No more taking the high road! When they go low, we will also go low, behind them, choking on their exhaust! Give me $5 for a mask!"
they will both agree to raise the debt ceiling again while they say little one liners to farm clips for their tik tok accounts. They are also planning to use this shutdown as a excuse to fire government employees. Nothing about this is "good" its the same performative cycle and they'll do it again next year.
Agree. Be tough!