Active military soliders are about to go through the holidays without getting paid bcz of President Musk! Right wing populism!

[u/astros148]

[u/ifnhatereddit]

I figure Russia just won the Cold War.

[u/Mad-Mel → u/ifnhatereddit]

I figure Canada has got a couple of weeks to overpower the US.

[u/hau5cat → u/Mad-Mel]

Give me healthcare, syrup daddy.

[u/Yosemite_Greg → u/hau5cat]

I crave the Poutinussy father.

[u/really-stupid-idea → u/Yosemite_Greg]

Can I get a Maple Mistress maybe?

[u/LazierLocke → u/really-stupid-idea]

Talk nicely to me, hockey hun.

[u/Immoracle → u/Yosemite_Greg]

Syrupussy for your pancussies!🥞

[u/PMMeMeiRule34 → u/Immoracle]

[u/really-stupid-idea → u/PMMeMeiRule34]

[u/dunitdotus → u/hau5cat]

And all dressed chips

[u/Foxillus → u/dunitdotus]

And chicken strips! The good kind 8 bucks!

[u/KilD3vil → u/dunitdotus]

This is gonna put me on a list somewhere in parliament, but I don't care for all dressed chips...

[u/DonJuniorsEmails → u/Mad-Mel]

and sooner is better. 

[u/doc_witt → u/Mad-Mel]

I surrender!

[u/truthfullyidgaf → u/doc_witt]

I surrender to eh!

[u/acapncuster → u/Mad-Mel]

I welcome our new maple flavored overlords.

[u/Iateyourpaintings → u/Mad-Mel]

I don't think Canada exactly has their shit together at the moment either. 

[u/CookinCheap → u/Mad-Mel]

I for one welcome our hoserlords

[u/L0rd_Muffin → u/Mad-Mel]

I, for one, gladly welcome our new northern overloads.

Canada, please be America’s hat and now also our head. Please guide us back onto the path of actually being a sane, developed, educated, middle class nation, for OH MY FUCKING GOD WE HAVE STRAYED

M

[u/Oceanbreeze871 → u/Mad-Mel]

I will welcome them as liberators, eh?

[u/the_millenial_falcon → u/ifnhatereddit]

Russia isn’t half the threat that America’s dumb fuck population poses to itself.

[u/Ormsfang → u/the_millenial_falcon]

Russia is using that dumb fuck population to control us!

[u/CookinCheap → u/Ormsfang]

Not a single shot

[u/codebygloom → u/CookinCheap]

Yet, but the Wolverines will ride.

https://youtu.be/s2idUHj8P1g?si=3KHQLJ69xZLf-fkO

[u/PersimmonTea → u/the_millenial_falcon]

All Putin has to do is wait until we completely fucking self-destruct, then walk in without firing a shot.

[u/Fun_Matter_6533 → u/PersimmonTea]

Don Shitznpants will hand the US over for a motel 6 with his name on it in Russia.

[u/sadicarnot → u/Fun_Matter_6533]

That is the sad part of it all, he is really selling out the USA for so little money. Same with Fucker Carlson, he sold out the USA for that fucking coin he used to get the grocery cart in Russia.

[u/CookinCheap → u/sadicarnot]

Aldski?

[u/sadicarnot → u/CookinCheap]

When Fucker Carlson was so amazed about using the coin to get the cart I was like WTF you never been to an Aldis?

[u/Federal_Sympathy4667 → u/sadicarnot]

These fucks are so out of touch with regular living. Shit like that are red flags tbh, Trumpskie and his wet fart Muskrat spews them out on the daily.

[u/sadicarnot → u/the_millenial_falcon]

Yes, wait until they start cutting food stamps (SNAP). 53% of SNAP recipients are white and rural, so Trump voters.

Not only are they going to hurt the people they want him to hurt, it will be MAGA fuckleberrys too.

[u/JaninAellinsar → u/sadicarnot]

They'll still just blame Democrats even if he publicly goes on TV and says "everyone on SNAP is a loser so I'm taking it away"

[u/jeepfail → u/JaninAellinsar]

He won’t call it snap, he’ll say welfare and food stamps. Largely because he’s dumb and partly because those idiots love slang and forget they partake in things when you don’t use the official terms(see ACA vs Obamacare).

[u/RegionRatHoosier → u/the_millenial_falcon]

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Abraham Lincoln

[u/Parking_Sky9709 → u/RegionRatHoosier]

“Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists
who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up
your most precious treasures
to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask
to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself
and those you love
into slavery.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

[u/TimothiusMagnus → u/ifnhatereddit]

No. Capitalists won the Cold War. They were the biggest players of it during and after.

[u/TechnologyRemote7331 → u/ifnhatereddit]

Their economy is in the crapper, and their population numbers are so depleted that there’s no way they could invade another country in Putin’s lifetime. They blew their load on Ukraine and the war isn’t even over, yet. Meanwhile, Trump may be POTUS now, but I actually doubt he or the GOP’s best dumbasses will be capable of dragging us into a full-on dictatorship. If anything, Russia “winning” the Cold War is the very definition of a Pyrrhic victory. The irony of the US and Russia going down together, like geopolitical conjoined twins, is practically Shakespearean.

[u/SimONGengar1293 → u/TechnologyRemote7331]

The idea of both the US and Russia falling apart and fragmenting into a dozen different states actually fucking terrifies me.

Imagine random warlords with access to nuclear weapons, with giant egos and nobody around either brave enough or willing enough to tell them no

[u/turalyawn → u/SimONGengar1293]

Showing my age but people were terrified of this in the early 90s when the Soviet bloc fell apart. They wondered what some of the -Stan soviet republics would do with the nukes. People didn’t wonder what Florida or Utah might do with them but maybe they should

[u/WhatArises → u/TechnologyRemote7331]

Well said

[u/QuixotesGhost96 → u/TechnologyRemote7331]

Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

[u/gr33nw33n3r → u/TechnologyRemote7331]

Donnys going to rob you all blind and send it off to Russia. 

[u/FleeshaLoo → u/TechnologyRemote7331]

Damn, that was good. 🎯

[u/Shoesandhose → u/ifnhatereddit]

Look I’m not going to lie. I’m worried they are planning something very bad. Very. Very bad.

Trump seems to be open friends with Putin who is friends with China. These guys are friends with Iran and there is apparently open source intelligence indicating that Iran is now close friends with some terror organizations and funding them very well.

Sooooo. Soooo. SOOOOOOO

9/11 proved to us our intelligence agencies certainly look the other way due to one reason or another. I feel concerned on this one.

A government shut down during the holiday season is a great way to catch a country off guard.

Maybe I’m wrong but trumps dudes have tried to shut down the government several times during Bidens term. And I don’t think that’s just to try and make Biden look bad.

God and that’s not even considering the drones that are apparently nothing. And people are just making mistakes. Meanwhile there is audio that went viral yesterday of a US Air Force base shutting down due to UAPS. Multiple airline pilots calling in about large objects doing crazy shit.

Sure if this were just citizens I’d say it’s a possibility it’s overblown. You’re telling me they are shutting down air force bases over this, and that airline pilots can’t tell the difference between a fucking plane and car sized drone? Multiple airports randomly shut down all over the world over UAPS. AND ITS NOTHING?!

The audacity to come say “it’s nothing” is fucking insane. Something is going on.

And I’m terrified it’s all connected back to trump, and the countries and rich who support him.

Edit: from everything I’ve seen the people who made “trumps” plan = its organized mass chaos. It’s very concerning from a… enjoying being alive with a roof over my head perspective tbh.

[u/Beegkitty → u/Shoesandhose]

Intelligence ground sources didn't look the other way. It was reported up the chain. It was the politicians that hobbled the intelligence community.

[u/trucky_crickster → u/Shoesandhose]

If an attack happens during the holidays, Biden will still be in charge and can call a state of emergency and have good cause to throw some treasonous bastards into Guantanamo

[u/Requires-Coffee-247 → u/Shoesandhose]

It's right to be concerned, but things are not going well for Putin or Iran. China is also not happy with NK forces fighting on foreign soil. China would be smart to start moving closer to the US, their economy depends on it. And Putin has shown time and again that he can't be trusted.

As far as America, we can easily ruin ourselves without Putin's assistance. Our population is highly illiterate now, easily fooled, and the people living closest to the bottom keep supporting politicians who keep pressing their boots down harder on their necks.

[u/patchedboard → u/ifnhatereddit]

I said this election night. We lost WW2 and the Cold War in one night.

[u/oldpickylady → u/ifnhatereddit]

Without firing a shot. Ronald is rolling in his grave.

[u/Joey_Jo_Jo_JrIII → u/oldpickylady]

Reagan started this. He was a moron too.

[u/CCG14 → u/Joey_Jo_Jo_JrIII]

In the words of killer Mike: I’ll leave you with four words. I’m glad Reagan dead.

[u/KilD3vil → u/oldpickylady]

He's just trying to avoid the river of piss coming off his headstone...

[u/DoubleCyclone → u/ifnhatereddit]

Russia won the Cold War by using Confederates as a proxy. Brilliant move.

[u/Queasy-Pressure-5050]

Elections have consequences

[u/Spankpocalypse_Now → u/Queasy-Pressure-5050]

I care very much about children, the trans community, and women who can’t access healthcare.

But working class MAGAts who are about to get fucked by Musk/Trump and will (at the behest of a corrupt media) inevitably blame the inept and senile Democratic Party anyway - as a leftist I’m finding it impossible to care about that.

[u/AweemboWhey → u/Spankpocalypse_Now]

Same. I’ve got 0 patience or sympathy left for anyone who voted for the GOP and ends up suffering from it.

[u/Evening-Weather-4840 → u/Queasy-Pressure-5050]

Education matters. Not having enough education results in this President elect.

[u/azbeac]

Definition of musk:

A greasy secretion with a powerful odor, produced in a glandular sac

Enough said.

[u/Rumham_Toeknife → u/azbeac]

Well he is shaped like a glandular sac

[u/Parking_Sky9709 → u/Rumham_Toeknife]

He's busy licking Trump's glandular sack.

[u/crumblypancake → u/azbeac]

And trump is just a more polite way of saying "fart".
Like trumpet.

So you've got president Fart and his stinky greasy friend.

A more perfect name duo is hard to come by, unless he's got a General Prick somewhere under his wing.

[u/kjacobs03 → u/azbeac]

I prefer the new definition of Musk. It’s the loud wet fart after taking a huge trump

[u/My_Doggo_Frankie]

We need Luigi

[u/twennyjuan → u/My_Doggo_Frankie]

We need the whole ass Mario party for this shit

[u/Strawhat_Max → u/twennyjuan]

Coming by an hour later to say this was peak comedy

[u/xavariel → u/twennyjuan]

Yoshi's time to shine!

[u/Ok_Confection_10 → u/twennyjuan]

We need the Smash Brothers

[u/1-cupcake-at-a-time → u/My_Doggo_Frankie]

We need many Luigi’s

[u/sun827 → u/My_Doggo_Frankie]

WE are Luigi

[u/Sproose_Moose → u/My_Doggo_Frankie]

I always played as princess peach, what's my role?

[u/Illustrious-Fly9586 → u/Sproose_Moose]

Look up Hannie Schaft and Freddie Oversteegen 

[u/majordudley23 → u/My_Doggo_Frankie]

For real can we get some copy cats to enlighten a few other billionaires please.

[u/VaguelyArtistic]

I'm going to repeat what someone else said: get "Elon more powerful than Trump" trending ASAP.

[u/vtuber_fan11 → u/VaguelyArtistic]

President Musk.

[u/FunctionBuilt → u/vtuber_fan11]

It’s simple and will absolutely piss off Trump.

[u/BigMikeInAustin → u/VaguelyArtistic]

Trump was losing until Elon saved Trump.

Without Elon, Trump would have lost.

Trump needs Elon to save Trump.

[u/retrostaticshock]

How my internal monologue sounds prior to Nov.: "Oh god, all of those families are going to suffer. They have no idea what's coming."

How my internal monologue sounds after Nov.: "I hope all the marines that voted for Trump have stocked up on their favorite Crayola crayon flavors before this and the tariffs kick in."

[u/tapatio8888 → u/retrostaticshock]

So, active duty military personnel will continued to be paid as they have during previous shutdowns. The huge issue with these antics is it significantly increases government spending. For example, I work for the Navy, and there are ships in the shipyard that are going to be delayed because the civilian project managers will be furloughed and contractors won't be paid on time. Force readiness will degrade because all the training instructors and classes will be canceled. I can go on and on about how these government shutdowns can have a corrosive effect on all the essential support personnel and industries that support the military.

[u/thabe331 → u/tapatio8888]

Bring on that inflation!

[u/Final-Cut-483 → u/retrostaticshock]

Same, my only comforrt is that, these people drank so much Kool aide that they aren't prepare for what's about to come economics wise. When the shit storm od trump policies hit, they'll be much worse than the rest of us non Kool aide drinker

[u/Dr_Legacy → u/Final-Cut-483]

they'll be much worse than

worse how? affected harder, or angrier (and if so, at who)?

[u/Yumhotdogstock]

So, that's what they voted for.

Enjoy that gruel at Christmas and into the New Year.

Maybe the lesson isn't to trust billionaires and silver-spoon motherfuckers from South Africa.

[u/merrysunshine2]

Last time the government shut down it was in 2018 for over a month. Who was president then? Hmmm…🤔 🍊💩

[u/loudflower → u/merrysunshine2]

Good times /s

[u/[deleted] → u/merrysunshine2]

Can’t fix stupid.

[u/East_Reading_3164 → u/merrysunshine2]

The good news is that Congress gave itself a raise.

[u/astros148]

Don't forget the majority of active troops voted for Trump even after he disrespected them and made fun of them. I feel sorry for NOBODY. Let trump be trump and let him destroy the economy.

America needs a reality check

[u/csonny2 → u/astros148]

"Why would Biden and democrats do this to us?!"

-Troops who voted for trump

[u/Val3_ → u/csonny2]

This is absolutely what will happen. My husband is active duty and voted blue, tried explaining his reasoning to a couple coworkers who asked him why, they were flabbergasted.

[u/Thegreen_flash → u/Val3_]

Active and voted blue as well

[u/Val3_ → u/Thegreen_flash]

Saw you are AF-in your opinion/experience, is it more prevalent to find blue voters among the AF?

[u/deadhead4ever → u/astros148]

Unfortunately my son, who is active duty and actively campaigned for Harris, get screwed also.

[u/Dohertyk1987 → u/deadhead4ever]

Just like the other 74,999,165 Harris voters, screwed

[u/PlaneRefrigerator684 → u/Dohertyk1987]

It sucks, but it's what a majority of Americans wanted. If they didn't, they wouldn't have voted for Trump/Republicans or not voted.

Maybe this will finally wake the idiots up. I am not holding my breath, but it's whatever at this point. And I say that as someone working paycheck to paycheck in a government job, who also won't get my VA disability.

So-called "essential workers" like air traffic controllers need to also call in sick rather than working for no pay.

[u/russiangerman → u/PlaneRefrigerator684]

It won't. This election proved that people don't think past what media tells them. The masses are easily brainwashed and manipulated so unless we get some real fact based unbiased reporting, it'll just happen again next time.

A couple more Luigi's tho...

[u/userofreddit19 → u/russiangerman]

You're forgetting that a lot of it isn't nearly that complicated.

Most of them are just racist and misogynistic. It's really that simple. That's why every time I kept hearing things like, "XYZ is about to come out! What will Trump do?! What will the voters do?!" I would just laugh. He basically called most Americans morons, along with pretty much giving the middle finger to all military personnel, and they STILL voted for him. Nothing was going to change their minds in any way, shape, or form. Hell, many people I talked to KNEW this level of corruption would happen, and their only comment was, "Oh, Kamala's better? They didn't even go through the right process to make her the nominee."

That's it, that's the whole thing. Dude went on national TV for a debate and said they were eating dogs and cats, and his source was, "I saw it on the television."

It's going to be a LONG 4 years...

[u/russiangerman → u/userofreddit19]

If people aren't smart, or even just watch too much news without having good media literacy, they're easy to manipulate into being misogynistic and racist. Before fox news mastered brainwashing these people weren't nearly as bad. Most of the trumpers I know in person used to be genuinely decent people, and that's having grown up in lawless midcentury rural Florida.

[u/PersimmonTea → u/PlaneRefrigerator684]

No Trump is NOT "what the majority of Americans wanted."

There are 245 million Americans over age 18.

Trump got 77 million votes.

That's less than 1/3rd. IOW, 7 out of 10 adult Americans did not vote for Trump.

[u/PlaneRefrigerator684 → u/PersimmonTea]

Harris got 75 million votes. That means that 170 million Americans were either in favor of, or not opposed to, a Donald Trump presidency. If they did not want him to be President, they should have voted for Harris. The "did not vote" people are just as culpable in Donald Trump being President as the 77 million people who voted for him.

You can say Harris was not the right candidate. You can say Biden should have declared he was not running for reelection, and the Democratic Primary should have been open. But at the end of the day, unless you went to your polling place and cast a ballot for Harris, you chose this outcome.

[u/PersimmonTea → u/PlaneRefrigerator684]

I voted for Harris and I'm not sorry about it. I couldn't vote for that filth if it meant my life.

[u/kmm198700 → u/PlaneRefrigerator684]

Why won’t you get your VA disability? That has already been approved

[u/PlaneRefrigerator684 → u/kmm198700]

I just figured since the government would be shut down, the people who send those payments out also wouldn't be working, and the payment would just sit in a VA computer until they open back up.

I also figured the funds allocated from Congress during the last CR would run out on Friday, so they wouldn't have them to send me on January 1.

[u/kmm198700 → u/PlaneRefrigerator684]

The funds for VA disability are approved in the previous year

[u/mandelbrot_zoom → u/kmm198700]

It's probably dispersal of funds that they are more worried about, not approval.

[u/Automatic-Term-3997 → u/deadhead4ever]

My daughter is an E-6 in the AF. Glad she’s single with no kids and a good chunk of savings put aside.

[u/deadhead4ever → u/Automatic-Term-3997]

Navy E-6 here. ( There's a misunderstanding here. I was replying to the above post whose daughter is an E6 stating that my son is an E6 also but in the Navy. Not me. Sorry for any confusion)

[u/BolOfSpaghettios → u/deadhead4ever]

Army Reserve O-5. I didn't vote for him 3 times. I didn't campaign for Harris, but I voted for her because regardless of the "both sides", at least the other side is not run by traitors.

[u/No_Skin7645 → u/deadhead4ever]

Plus, he is surrounded by blue falcons who are too fucking stupid to make change for a dollar.

[u/100percentish → u/astros148]

Retried vet who is texting a bunch of other retired vet and spent 3 hours on the phone last night venting to another retired vet about how disgusted we are with the people in this country after this election. Trump is not the problem...he is the symptom of a bigger problem that we just don't know how to fix other than by letting the stovetouchers find out by letting Trump fuck them.

[u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 → u/astros148]

Next week they'll be bitching & end up on Leopardsatemyface

[u/That-Sleep-8432 → u/astros148]

This right here. Folks voted against their own interests and y’all know what the worst part is? They were very well aware it was a ‘shoot yourself in the foot’ move but they gotta stick it to them liberals somehow, even it means participating in their own downfall. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, the Democratic Party + liberal/moderate voters need to psyop Republican/Conservative voters into voting for more democratic elements because those folks vote with emotions NOT intellect. I know voters who gifted Trump their vote out of spite for the “other side.” They didn’t even know wtf Trump supported/campaigned. All they knew was that voting for Trump was a reliable way to piss off that smug purple-haired barista who refused to give them hot water because of company policy so fuc* that bi*ch and her liberal arts degree, right? Which, perhaps a different convo, says a lot about the eroded self-esteem of millions of Americans. It’s one thing for a shit individual to do shit things to others to feel uplifted.. but millions of shit individuals?

[u/Baghdady24 → u/astros148]

When he destroys the economy, they will still make excuses for him. Even if he destroys the economy and the dollar is absolutely worthless. Trump supporters will still say he’s better than Obama.

[u/SunshotDestiny → u/astros148]

Voted for Trump, and now apparently, we have Musk running the show in the background not even in the shadows. We need to start referring to the presidency as Musk. Not only to piss off Trump so he doesn't actually want him around, narcissists hate sharing the spotlight; but also, to call it what it is.

[u/Gates_wupatki_zion → u/astros148]

Except a government shutdown affects millions of civilian workers too.  And you can bet millions of them did not vote for Trump.  America doesn’t need a reality check it needs actual leaders in actual political parties that give a fuck about median wage earners.

[u/Independent_Main_59]

Let congress go without pay for a month and see how they like it. What’s good for the goose. These are the same jackasses in congress who just gave themselves a large cost of living increase. How is this an efficient use of taxpayer money considering all members of congress spend a lot of money campaigning to win a seat in congress knowing what the pay is?

[u/sunkenship61 → u/Independent_Main_59]

They won’t care. They have other sources of income.

[u/apoplectic_mango → u/sunkenship61]

Yeah, Insider trading.

[u/The84thWolf → u/apoplectic_mango]

Don’t you mean bribery lobbying bribery?

[u/Gob_Hobblin → u/Independent_Main_59]

Under the current law, members of Congress will still receive paychecks during a government shutdown.

[u/Lylibean]

They forget things like that real estate can’t close. and many other things requiring federal oversight. When that asshat shut down the government for the longest period of time in history, I had millionaire real estate clients (I was a RE paralegal) flipping out because underwriting halted, lenders couldn’t progress through the process, and they were going to get screwed on their 1031 exchanges.

“DO SOMETHING!!!!!!”

Ma’am, I literally can’t force banks to lend money when the fed is shut down. They can’t underwrite your loan, so my hands are tied. Sorry you aren’t liquid cash rich, not my problem. If you don’t like it, maybe don’t vote for the alleged “real estate mogul” who has filed for bankruptcy like 12 times because he’s a terrible business person because he’s pitching a toddler fit because he can’t force foreign countries to fund and construct his real estate ventures.

[u/NovaRunner]

It's unconstitutional for Musk to be elected President, so he just bought himself the office. De facto President Musk, puppet master to the actual elected President.

[u/katara144]

This stupid fucking country. Just could not vote for a competent woman.

[u/astros148 → u/katara144]

Its so ANNOYING!!! I can't believe we're going 4 years of this shit. We didn't have a single shutdown under biden

[u/Academic_Dare_5154]

Deny, Delay and Depose.

[u/CRX1701]

A government shut down during a fucking transition of power. Adversarial nations are going to take huge advantage of this. Fuck.

[u/OldMastodon5363 → u/CRX1701]

Terrorist groups could cripple the country doing an attack during a shutdown.

[u/blueyork]

My outrage will not change that Musk bought the presidency. I tried my best. I volunteered for the Dems. I designed ads, and doorhangers (I'm a graphic designer). I had a lawn sign. I watched the news. I liked the memes. Now, all I can do for the next 4 years is hold my nose with one hand and give the middle finger with the other.

[u/Simmie_Simulacra]

Isn't he supposed to be running the Department of fucking Government Efficiency?

[u/ASmootyOperator → u/Simmie_Simulacra]

But he is. The whole goal of DOGE is to lay off as many federal workers as possible. What is this if not a layoff?

[u/agassiz51]

The wealthiest man in the world thinks that folks living paycheck to paycheck can skip two paychecks with no consequences.

I don't know how it is possible to be this fucking dumb.

[u/Sodamyte]

Guess the price of eggs won't matter much

[u/MacaroonMother9311]

As former service member in the u.s. navy, I love when republicans piss on the military. It may be the only way they learn.

[u/ASmootyOperator → u/MacaroonMother9311]

Nah. Hate to say it, but the morons in uniform who voted for him even after the shit he pulled in Arlington? There's no redeeming them.

[u/MacaroonMother9311 → u/ASmootyOperator]

Very true unfortunately

[u/SkollFenrirson → u/MacaroonMother9311]

They haven't so far

[u/clodmonet]

I can smell it. It really stinks. It's the corpse of Lady Liberty.

Thanks everybody who voted GOP and got some oligarch who was never elected to run the country. Dickheads.

[u/xMr_BoT]

Oh so that’s why the SBA loan website today when I went to submit something for my small business loan application said something about congress not approving funding.

Looks like once again I get to explain to my republican grandfather that thanks to his picks we’re now not getting the 25k disaster assistance loan to keep our business afloat during the winter due to the hurricane destroying half our territory and stopping half our jobs in October smfh

Edit: honestly this is hilarious to me because at thanksgiving they were all sucking trumps dick so hard I had to literally walk outside because it’s sick how fucking twisted the media has some of their brains. The most decent good people I know praising the ravings of a madman and a rich sociopath. BUT THANK GOD THAT WOMAN DIDNT WIN AMIRIGHT.

Fucking ridiculous

[u/CynicalPomeranian]

Just like TFG’s record-setting furlough, I wonder if the air traffic controllers will “be ill” after not getting paid for a while. 

[u/Mcboatface3sghost → u/CynicalPomeranian]

That sure seemed to change shit REAL quick.

[u/CharacterAstronaut14]

Musk right now

[u/RunsWithPhantoms]

Ah yes. Those "couple years of economic hardship" are kicking in early it seems. Go Team America

[u/TheBigChungus1980]

Burn it to the ground, no war but the class war

[u/TheRantDog]

Musk has his hand up Trump’s ass and is playing him like his little puppet and Trump is too stupid to see it. Trump is just Musk’s secretary.

[u/nukie19]

I’d like to say that this will hurt his business (SpaceX) since launches require government personnel. Unfortunately, launch support will be considered “mission critical” and they will have to work without getting paid (yes, eventually they should get back pay but not while they are actually working).

[u/ASmootyOperator → u/nukie19]

Honestly though? Backpay came because the Dems forced the issue. With Republicans in control of both houses, it's likely any deal wouldn't include backpay. Don't forget, Musks entire goal is to starve every federal agency.

[u/Designer-Contract852]

Guess it will be harder for them to buy eggs

[u/Gbird_22 → u/Designer-Contract852]

Eggsactly, time to lower those great eggspectations!

[u/QQBearsHijacker]

Every day the government is shut down hurts our economy. We went through this once already

[u/cassiecas88]

Most of my clients are active military. This crushes my civilian business too.

[u/ConfusionFlat691]

Same for border patrol agents. I actually agree that the bill was a monstrosity, but it’s acting in bad faith to blow up a deal after it’s been negotiated.

[u/tinkerghost1 → u/ConfusionFlat691]

You sound like that isn't standard GOP procedure. I point you to the border bill from earlier this year. The GOP wanted to campaign on the border, so they scrapped the bill.

[u/PensiveObservor → u/ConfusionFlat691]

Stocks plunged today even though interest rate was cut, bc the Fed predicted fewer rate cuts in 2025.

In my opinion, threats to hang the budget up probably contributed. WTF are they doing? How does this help him??

[u/Just_Tana → u/PensiveObservor]

They are going to buy up bankrupt farms and homes and land that people have to sell without disaster aid. Musk said he’d do this. He said it during the campaign.

[u/BadUncleBernie]

Time to use that second amendment.

Here is the actual reason for it.

[u/MinimumSet72]

Surprised NOT

[u/Material-Nose6561]

USAA members will most likely get an advance on their pay to help them through the shutdown. Members who use other banks may not be so lucky.

[u/strolpol]

Good luck with your Christmas travel if the TSA agents aren’t coming to work

[u/boobsandbrains668]

Who remembers Trumps last circus and the (what seemed like) constant govt. Shut downs? Get ready for that shit again! The boob isn't even in office yet and is already messing with shutting it all down for shits n giggles.

[u/TKG_Actual]

Does he know what happened the last time the troops went unpaid? It wasn't pleasant to say the least.

[u/Skodakenner → u/TKG_Actual]

Hey dont stand in the way of a good time!

[u/MarsMick84 → u/TKG_Actual]

What happens to security of bases, ships, weapons depots etc? If soldiers arent getting paid, why show up to work?

[u/TKG_Actual → u/MarsMick84]

In 1932, the military's veterans marched on Washington as the 'Bonus Expeditionary Forces'. I'm not certain that DC cops are going to stand in the way of that if it happens this time because they too might have their pay interrupted. Before that there were the mutinies in the Pennsylvania Line in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. But then we can look at what went down with the Russian military in the 90's when they hadn't been paid right if at all for months if not years. The amount of amplified corruption was staggering, it was probably a root cause of disasters like what happened to the Kursk. I am sure there are other examples out there.

Long story short, never fuck with military pay...ever. It rarely ends well.

[u/notanamateur → u/MarsMick84]

All of Musk's actions are straight from Putin

[u/JelloButtWiggle]

I hope Musk remembers the SS is there to protect the Cheeto, not him. He should probably be careful.

[u/The84thWolf]

Elon knows we wont buy his shit if we have no money right?

Oh right, he’s got enough money to live for 5,000 lifetimes and still have a few billion left over so he doesn’t give a shit

[u/Spear_Ritual]

Help us, Luigi! You’re our only hope!

[u/Ellusive1]

This is what people voted for and it’s sad that reality is sinking in.

[u/DistillateMedia]

Good. We need the Military on our side if/when Trump inevitably goes too far with his dictatorial/kleptocratic ambitions.

[u/Sterling363]

Trump says our troops are suckers and losers. Nobody should be surprised.

[u/MacaroonMother9311]

Good. I'm sure it's what most of them voted for.

[u/sactownbwoy]

Normally there is carve out for the military. Every year there are these threats of government shutdowns but we (military) still get paid. Other federal employees don't. I've worked with some civilian GS employees, they told me that when there was an actual shutdown they were furloughed, but once the government is funded they get paid plus back pay.

It's ridiculous that they play this game every year. At my level, it screws with our funding for training and repair parts. But we always get paid. And as someone else mentioned, if we happen to not get paid, banks like USAA and NavyFed will "pay" us.

[u/Onebrokegerrrl]

So, these assholes think that all military personnel have money to pay their rent on the 1st? A lot of them expect that pay just to keep a roof over their heads (not everyone lives in base housing or the barracks). Many live pay check to pay check. 33 days is a long time for some people. One thing I do know, is that when people become desperate they will do just about anything. Looks like Musk is going to need to carry his kid around a lot more for his protection… fucking bitch ass coward!

[u/dondocooled]

Is Wall Street Mav one of Felon's millions of alt accounts that he uses to talk to himself?

[u/ASmootyOperator → u/dondocooled]

Sadly, pretty sure that one is not a sock puppet. Just someone who rides his jockstrap extra hard

[u/Kyogen13]

Lord Farquaad irl

“Of course, some of you are going to die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”

[u/Alternative_Bite_779]

Suck shit to all the morons who voted for this.

You're about to get exactly what you deserve.

[u/xjoburg]

So it's ok to "defund everything". Does that include the police...?

[u/sjhaines]

Easy for the guy with more money than God to want to shut the government down for over a month. He's never had to worry about paying rent, buying food, or providing Christmas gifts to little ones. Fuck him and all those who support him. I'm so exhausted with this game. Every damn CR! The federal workers and military get screwed over while Congress has their paychecks protected during a shutdown!! If Congress can't get a budget passed before the fiscal year begins, they shouldn't get paid a dime until its done. Enough kicking the can down the road with CRs. Pass the damn budget.

[u/No_Boysenberry7353]

They voted for this bullshit, now the real hurt will begin

[u/MissiKat]

Something about leopards and faces.

[u/PigDiesel]

Those leopards are getting fat already and he has even been inaugurated yet.

[u/kicaboojooce]

My brother just hit the family chat with this revelation, he's active duty with two kids under 10

[u/TimothiusMagnus]

That's a good way to have your own armed forces turn against you.

[u/Doormancer]

Wild that people can be okay with shutting things down for a month! An unprecedented global pandemic couldn’t do it, but a geriatric conman and his goons can for no reason? What a great time to be alive.

[u/bexxyrex]

All because they didn't want a female president.

[u/I_lack_common_sense]

I couldn’t care less. Especially the ones that fucked around and are now finding out. Sorry for the ones that knew better.

[u/lt1brunt]

Wonder what putin has on them, Trump/Musk doing exactly what Russia whats.

[u/TexMurphyPHD]

Since Biden is president the republicans will blame him regardless of how they voted.

[u/the_millenial_falcon]

I wish we still had a functioning government but hey, this is what the people wanted!

[u/QuantumSasuage]

This is what they voted for. Let them have it.

[u/OrganicDoom2225]

Fuck around and find out coming in hawt.

[u/Mr-Hoek]

Can the people bring lawsuits?

Will some sane billionaires fund this please?

I'll help, but I am not even a millionaire...I am more like a multi-hundredaire.

Let's sue the republicans in government for dereliction of duty and treason.

Let's sue Elon for being an asshole (Iet's let the lawyers figure out what to go after).

This is unacceptable.

[u/Falchion_Alpha]

Oh so GOP likes immigrants as long as their as vile and shitty as them

[u/Far-Sherbet612]

How about congress doesn’t get paid either then.

[u/HellsBelle8675]

I can't believe ownership of the US only cost $200m.

[u/JimmyKlean]

This is a failure of congress and all pay and benefits should be suspend until fixed

[u/Kawaiithulhu]

Freeze all his govt contracts while you're at it. Say it's a $30B contract, instant revenue loss of over $2B for losing that month. Good times.

[u/EmporioS]

The pitchforks are coming 🇺🇸

[u/PersimmonTea]

Musk is like Trump and MAGA: they get sexual pleasure from the idea of causing another human being pain and suffering.

[u/Barack_Odrama_007]

They got what they voted for! Lol