October 1, 2025
Day One: Last night when I went to bed, we had a federal government. We had hopes and dreams and those little candies that are crunchy on the outside but chewy inside. Now we have none of that. It's all gone, stolen from us by evil men. Because they're trying to control us, that's why we'll never have a government again.
But they can't beat me! I'll govern myself! I'll campaign vigorously, and spend every penny I have on ads to win my vote. The debates will be harsh. The speeches will win over every one of my votes. No one will even notice that I didn't have a primary, because Democracy is at stake!
That's why I don't need a federal government. I can just go out and do it myself. And I'm trustworthy, you'll never see me abandoning myself like that heartless wench! I'm good! I'm loyal! I'll be there when I need me the most! I'll never be so lonely again! I'm not crying, you're crying!
I'm curious how long the House funding bill remains active. This is all from memory but it's been a week or so since they passed it. I'm pretty sure normal bills can stay until at least the end of the term, or end of the year, but funding would probably be held to different rules. The Senate can pass their own bill which then needs to be merged with the House and then go up for a vote again. Like I said, I don't remember the specifics and am not remotely interested in looking them up.
I don't see any patterns but it does look like Democrats are having trouble with their members. One or two Senators have started voting with the Republican bill. To Veep Vance, this is a sign that the shutdown won't last very long, they're breaking apart. Can't we have both?
The central concern seems to be that the Big Beautiful Bill had eliminated the methods used to provide illegal immigrants with free health care. The Democrat version of the bill that would re-open the government restores those methods. There's other things like funding NPR and PBS but it looks like this is the main concern. Why not just get leftist doctors to provide free healthcare for illegals and charge Americans more for their treatment?
October 1, 2025
This is an subtle indicator of the problems the party is having. AOC is presenting herself as the one to talk to and Nancy doesn't like that. I hadn't heard about this so I don't know if it's true, but it sounds like Nancy doesn't either. She makes the generic public statement about how wonderful AOC is but points out this isn't her job. AOC is the one who decides that, Nancy.
It's also rumored that AOC is considering running for POTUS - as she's finally old enough - or Senator, where she'd be challenging Chuck Schumer in a primary. And now she's calling the shots while Nancy Pelosi is babbling like an old woman. She really didn't sound good in this video and probably wasn't even drunk.
For a long time, I've thought that leftists were aiming towards the modern equivalent of a "cultural revolution," what Mao had the young people do in his last decade. They needed to purge out the old no matter how dedicated they'd been to Mao for decades. Not sure if AOC has any authority or if she's just riding the waves but that's effectively what's going on here. No matter how dedicated a Democrat you are, at some point you've got to be sick of looking at these old people.
This may be why old videos suddenly popped up of Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking out against illegal immigration and, in Hillary's case, specifically testifying to Congress against providing them free health care. The party's not allowed to publicly ask them what changed their mind but they can at least put this out to remind the public that they're just saying whatever it takes to keep power.
October 1, 2025
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A few days ago, there was a meme of Jeffries wearing a sombrero, Mexican music playing, and so on. It wasn't that interesting but Trump certainly thought it was. But the Democrat reaction to this is definitely interesting. You can argue that Trump should have better things to do and you would be right. But leftists really need to find a better way to complain than just saying something is "racist."
They've thrown in a few others, with Trump's approval. By the way, I don't think he's handling his social media posts. The reason might be good or bad but I think the writing style has changed in the last several months, much more text than before. But whoever's handling it at least has the right targets.
Anyway, stuff like this shows that Trump and his people think, probably correctly, that they have a handle on this. *IF* going without a government is so horrifying and oppressive and all that stuff, why are Democrats so determined to make everybody suffer until illegals get free health care? And who do they think they're going to convince? Portland, Oregon is preparing a naked gay bicycle race to protest, what planet do you have to live on where you think this will help anybody?
They're really going to need Antifa or China or whoever's replaced Al-Qaida/ISIS to strike if they expect to go anywhere with this. As with previous shutdowns, nobody cares. The rest of us have our own lives to get to, which those obsessed with politics always ignore. As usual, I didn't even notice Trump's meme until the left started complaining about it. There's probably going to be more of this every few days, mocking the Democrat inability to do anything.
October 1, 2025
You'll punish people for getting your fictional pronouns wrong and order the internet to silence people who say things you don't like. "Fascist" is close-enough for government work to use on you. As you've shown for the last several years without any punishment whatsoever from the government.
Pritzker is just trying to show off to the rest of the party. IIRC they haven't had a nationally-successful state executive politician since Bill Clinton, and that was a long time ago. He's also egotistical enough to want to challenge Gavin Newsom and isn't that interested in the truth. A couple days ago he insisted the 25th amendment should be used on Trump, which means he hadn't paid attention to the last several years. Who is really going to take him seriously?
He's doing it now for more than just the shutdown, the feds have moved into Chicago and arrested a couple dozen Tren de Aragua members. They've also gone into Memphis and if they haven't entered Portland yet, they're ready to go. It's unclear if these are just federal agents or if troops are included, they're probably being vague on this for a reason. I was pretty sure Trump would use the shutdown to make this happen.
Now the states need to decide what they're going to do without a federal government. Even worse, they claim to want the federal government back, which means they can be prosecuted for fighting it. It's a trap whichever way you go, so whoever's making decisions for Pritzker better get ready for it to blow back on them.
October 1, 2025
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