SPEAR OF GRASS
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Who will finally lead us?
Is this all based on one Axios article that is behind a paywall?
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Is this all based on one Axios article that is behind a paywall?
Trump calling for the end of the Filibuster is a tactical mistake. It takes away a key plank of Johnson's argument, which is that Republicans can't be blamed for the shutdown because they need 60 votes in the Senate.
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Trump calling for the end of the Filibuster is a tactical mistake. It takes away a key plank of Johnson's argument, which is that Republicans can't be blamed for the shutdown because they need 60 votes in the Senate.
Republicans have only two options. End the filibuster or negotiate.
Shit or get off the pot.
Shit or get off the pot.
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Republicans have only two options. End the filibuster or negotiate.
Shit or get off the pot.
Shit or get off the pot.
This is a wrong-headed take. No one should want to see Article 1 of the constitution disregarded. Only money allocated by congress should be spend.
Cool we can fund SNAP, pay air traffic controllers, ACA subsidies, all kinds of stuff. Right when we really need it. When do we get the cash?
October 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is a wrong-headed take. No one should want to see Article 1 of the constitution disregarded. Only money allocated by congress should be spend.
If SNAP really goes unpaid, feeding your neighbors will become a powerful act of political resistance.
Of course it always was.
Of course it always was.
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If SNAP really goes unpaid, feeding your neighbors will become a powerful act of political resistance.
Of course it always was.
Of course it always was.
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Wow.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wow.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
It doesnt make any sense to say Republicans just plan to let SNAP expire, ACA rates to sky rocket, the Military and Air Traffic Controllers to not get paid. They think the Democrats will cave. We will find out
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It doesnt make any sense to say Republicans just plan to let SNAP expire, ACA rates to sky rocket, the Military and Air Traffic Controllers to not get paid. They think the Democrats will cave. We will find out
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The US is in a death spiral that it refuses to get out of because everyone is too wedded to a fake sense of normalcy and the broken status quo. Instead of fundamentally changing things, people just double down on what they know, and it exacerbates every problem, accelerating the collapse.
October 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The US is in a death spiral that it refuses to get out of because everyone is too wedded to a fake sense of normalcy and the broken status quo. Instead of fundamentally changing things, people just double down on what they know, and it exacerbates every problem, accelerating the collapse.
He is right that the Republicans need Democrat votes in the Senate. He cant get them because he refuses to negotiate. It is absurd to suggest that Democrats should be expected to rubber stamp Trump's agenda.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
He is right that the Republicans need Democrat votes in the Senate. He cant get them because he refuses to negotiate. It is absurd to suggest that Democrats should be expected to rubber stamp Trump's agenda.
If the Democrats take ACA subsidies and that's all, then either they are suckers, or they think we are.
At the center of the shutdown — now in its fourth week with no end in sight — is a Democratic demand that Affordable Care Act subsidies passed in 2021 be extended. https://to.pbs.org/4oCexk7
WATCH LIVE: Johnson holds news conference on Day 27 of government shutdown
President Donald Trump and GOP leaders say they’ll consider extending the enhanced tax credits that otherwise expire at year's end — but only after Democrats vote to reopen the government. In the mean...
to.pbs.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If the Democrats take ACA subsidies and that's all, then either they are suckers, or they think we are.
If SNAP benefits dont go out right as Q4 is supposed to be heating up, retailers are going to be pissed
October 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If SNAP benefits dont go out right as Q4 is supposed to be heating up, retailers are going to be pissed
In one week, SNAP funding will expire, ACA rates will explode, the Military will miss a pay check, and the Air Traffic controllers may go on strike right before Thanksgiving.
This is a real game of chicken we find ourselves in.
This is a real game of chicken we find ourselves in.
October 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In one week, SNAP funding will expire, ACA rates will explode, the Military will miss a pay check, and the Air Traffic controllers may go on strike right before Thanksgiving.
This is a real game of chicken we find ourselves in.
This is a real game of chicken we find ourselves in.
I take comfort in my assessment that none of this is sustainable. Something is going to give. I hope for the best.
October 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I take comfort in my assessment that none of this is sustainable. Something is going to give. I hope for the best.
Allowing millions of people to put their kids to bed hungry is how revolutions are born.
October 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Allowing millions of people to put their kids to bed hungry is how revolutions are born.
Some suggest that the best way to challenge a Prsident intent on rigging an election is to show up to vote in such overwhelming numbers that the rigging fails.
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Some suggest that the best way to challenge a Prsident intent on rigging an election is to show up to vote in such overwhelming numbers that the rigging fails.
Wide spread hunger is worth all of the fight we have in us.
Pausing SNAP is a nuclear bomb. I dont think they will do it.
But if they do...
Pausing SNAP is a nuclear bomb. I dont think they will do it.
But if they do...
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Wide spread hunger is worth all of the fight we have in us.
Pausing SNAP is a nuclear bomb. I dont think they will do it.
But if they do...
Pausing SNAP is a nuclear bomb. I dont think they will do it.
But if they do...
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It would be such an obvious blunder for the GOP to allow SNAP to miss a payment, that it is very hard for me to see it happening.
The money is there. If they dont spend it, then only a stand alone bill would work, and that requires bringing the house back.
What is the end game here?
The money is there. If they dont spend it, then only a stand alone bill would work, and that requires bringing the house back.
What is the end game here?
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It would be such an obvious blunder for the GOP to allow SNAP to miss a payment, that it is very hard for me to see it happening.
The money is there. If they dont spend it, then only a stand alone bill would work, and that requires bringing the house back.
What is the end game here?
The money is there. If they dont spend it, then only a stand alone bill would work, and that requires bringing the house back.
What is the end game here?
It is hard for some Americans, (particularly older Americans) to admit to themselves that facism rose up in America, and the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" allowed it to happen with barely a fight.
October 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It is hard for some Americans, (particularly older Americans) to admit to themselves that facism rose up in America, and the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" allowed it to happen with barely a fight.
For the record
ICE IS TOO SCARED TO FUCK WITH PHILLY
ICE IS TOO SCARED TO FUCK WITH PHILLY
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
For the record
ICE IS TOO SCARED TO FUCK WITH PHILLY
ICE IS TOO SCARED TO FUCK WITH PHILLY
If the Senate passes a stand alone bill to fund SNAP then the house would need to come back to vote on it. The Democrats should demand that Grijalva is sworn in first
October 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If the Senate passes a stand alone bill to fund SNAP then the house would need to come back to vote on it. The Democrats should demand that Grijalva is sworn in first
So any word from the air traffic controllers? Strike right before Thanksgiving?
October 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
So any word from the air traffic controllers? Strike right before Thanksgiving?
I have a hard time believing that SNAP wont be funded in a last minute deal. Both sides have strong incentives to get that done.
If SNAP is ultimately allowed to lapse, however, it may signal that a new phase in this fight has begun
If SNAP is ultimately allowed to lapse, however, it may signal that a new phase in this fight has begun
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I have a hard time believing that SNAP wont be funded in a last minute deal. Both sides have strong incentives to get that done.
If SNAP is ultimately allowed to lapse, however, it may signal that a new phase in this fight has begun
If SNAP is ultimately allowed to lapse, however, it may signal that a new phase in this fight has begun
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Just got a restraining order from the void, so guess I need to find something else to scream into.
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Just got a restraining order from the void, so guess I need to find something else to scream into.
This is taken out of context. Dont get me wrong. I support that.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is taken out of context. Dont get me wrong. I support that.