Of course employees feel the pain. But Democrats ending the shutdown without being met on their demands (demands in the public interest!) is a surrender. Trump didn’t make good on his threat to massively fire employees in a shutdown not due to any court actions (he doesn’t give a shit about the law, and SCOTUS will support him anyways), but because of political optics (his own party dissented against it, rightly fearing public backlash).
Any surrender to Trump raises his legitimacy and will enable far worse actions on his part (including against government employees) than holding the line. Never appease dictators.
Artistic_Amoeba_7778 on
why are they not asking the GOP?
Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo on
Maybe ask the party in power to come to the table to negotiate in good faith? Too much to ask…
WhoMD85 on
Why are they complaining to democrats? They should be begging republicans especially Mike Johnson. He refuses to negotiate.
ThdeusDadeus on
This is a GOP shutdown.
oldfrancis on
The Democrats aren’t in charge of all three branches of government.
fache on
CNN finally gave up the centrist charade eh?
nerphurp on
There’s no difference to ending the shutdown via nuking the filibuster or Democrats passing the bill as is.
Why so afraid, GOP?
It’s yours, own it.
JPenniman on
Democrats are fighting for working people. Unions can choose to do that too.
valis010 on
Ending ACA subsidy extensions at the end of the year will be catastrophic for tens of millions of Americans. The working class is going to lose insurance because they won’t be able to afford the premiums. The top earners, the billionaires, will receive tremendous tax breaks.
wwhsd on
So a group of people with insurance from
their employer are urging Democrats to not hold out for the ACA subsidy cuts to be rolled back?
That seems kind of “fuck you, I got mine” of them.
PrincesStarButterfly on
It’s the GOP’s shutdown. The union should be hammering them!
Alwaystired254 on
What? What do democrats have to do with this?
tacs97 on
Why don’t these clowns request the GOP to do this? It’s amazing how strong GOP propaganda is. The little shrivel Mike Johnson just advised that the republicans aren’t in power and here we are. The unions asking the minority holding democrats since they seem to have a majority vote. Weird shit.
Duane_ on
A union calling for Dems to calm down while a Rep president calls for collective bargaining rights for the feds to be dissolved is a new flavor of stupid. Fuck that guy for even writing the letter.
st2439 on
Republican government, Republican Senate, Republican shut down. Go cry to the Republicans.
thoughtful_human on
The GOP controls the house and the senate. Not sure what this shutdown has to do with democrats
LuigiTheTweak_eth on
Look at the facts. Democrats have a bill already to be voted on that would en the shutdown and provide for a budget that goes beyond Election day meanwhile The gop has no plan beyond the continuing resolution that would keep the government going for *checks notes* another two weeks at this point.
Superminiminion on
They should be against Republicans. Dems have one demand: fund healthcare. I feel like that’s not a hard ask to not let our people die of preventable diseases, but apparently feeding your masses is impossible because they wanted to demolish the white house.
Highthere_90 on
Are they aware republicans are in charge?
Symphonycomposer on
Why won’t anyone mention how Democrats bailed Republicans out back in March from a bailout??! Enough of this bull shit. Let MAGA come to the negotiating table.
TransiTorri on
If the Democrats cave first, then all of this is for nothing.
rizcriz on
What the fuck are democrats who have DONT POWER IN ANY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW GOING TO DO
bofoshow51 on
Weird headline CNN. Feels like it’s blaming the dems and not the party in control of all 3 branches of govt for it not working?
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Of course employees feel the pain. But Democrats ending the shutdown without being met on their demands (demands in the public interest!) is a surrender. Trump didn’t make good on his threat to massively fire employees in a shutdown not due to any court actions (he doesn’t give a shit about the law, and SCOTUS will support him anyways), but because of political optics (his own party dissented against it, rightly fearing public backlash).
Any surrender to Trump raises his legitimacy and will enable far worse actions on his part (including against government employees) than holding the line. Never appease dictators.
why are they not asking the GOP?
Maybe ask the party in power to come to the table to negotiate in good faith? Too much to ask…
Why are they complaining to democrats? They should be begging republicans especially Mike Johnson. He refuses to negotiate.
This is a GOP shutdown.
The Democrats aren’t in charge of all three branches of government.
CNN finally gave up the centrist charade eh?
There’s no difference to ending the shutdown via nuking the filibuster or Democrats passing the bill as is.
Why so afraid, GOP?
It’s yours, own it.
Democrats are fighting for working people. Unions can choose to do that too.
Ending ACA subsidy extensions at the end of the year will be catastrophic for tens of millions of Americans. The working class is going to lose insurance because they won’t be able to afford the premiums. The top earners, the billionaires, will receive tremendous tax breaks.
So a group of people with insurance from
their employer are urging Democrats to not hold out for the ACA subsidy cuts to be rolled back?
That seems kind of “fuck you, I got mine” of them.
It’s the GOP’s shutdown. The union should be hammering them!
What? What do democrats have to do with this?
Why don’t these clowns request the GOP to do this? It’s amazing how strong GOP propaganda is. The little shrivel Mike Johnson just advised that the republicans aren’t in power and here we are. The unions asking the minority holding democrats since they seem to have a majority vote. Weird shit.
A union calling for Dems to calm down while a Rep president calls for collective bargaining rights for the feds to be dissolved is a new flavor of stupid. Fuck that guy for even writing the letter.
Republican government, Republican Senate, Republican shut down. Go cry to the Republicans.
The GOP controls the house and the senate. Not sure what this shutdown has to do with democrats
Look at the facts. Democrats have a bill already to be voted on that would en the shutdown and provide for a budget that goes beyond Election day meanwhile The gop has no plan beyond the continuing resolution that would keep the government going for *checks notes* another two weeks at this point.
They should be against Republicans. Dems have one demand: fund healthcare. I feel like that’s not a hard ask to not let our people die of preventable diseases, but apparently feeding your masses is impossible because they wanted to demolish the white house.
Are they aware republicans are in charge?
Why won’t anyone mention how Democrats bailed Republicans out back in March from a bailout??! Enough of this bull shit. Let MAGA come to the negotiating table.
If the Democrats cave first, then all of this is for nothing.
What the fuck are democrats who have DONT POWER IN ANY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW GOING TO DO
Weird headline CNN. Feels like it’s blaming the dems and not the party in control of all 3 branches of govt for it not working?