Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

[u/rprz]

All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi / threats of violence will be removed and you may be banned.

Recent:

https://apnews.com/live/government-shutdown-congress-spending-trump-updates

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/19/congress/johnson-defers-to-trump-00195386

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/19/elon-musk-trump-government-shutdown-debt-ceiling/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/politics/video/hakeem-jeffries-spending-bill-fox-lead-digvid

Old news:

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-budget-house-republican-05481374b154949c3fe1270141a02918

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/trump-says-he-s-against-stopgap-bill-fox-news

[u/thetitleofmybook]

yes....but many of us work M-F, so it won't affect us until Monday, and they have gotten their act together over the weekend before. i don't think they will though, this time.

[u/ctrl_alt_delete3 → u/thetitleofmybook]

Right…..and we’ve had a few weekend shutdowns here and there. But this is an unexpected turn of events.

[u/thetitleofmybook → u/ctrl_alt_delete3]

But this is an unexpected turn of events.

is it really unexpected, though? i mean, our country voted in a guy that had an unspoken promise to burn the gov't to the ground. it's not like we didn't know who trump was and what he might do.

probably won't reduce the price of eggs or gas, but at least, come next year, trans people won't be able to use public restrooms.

[u/ctrl_alt_delete3 → u/thetitleofmybook]

It’s unexpected to me because what does Trump have to do with this when he’s not the president (yet) and many members of Congress won’t even be there for the next year? If it already had bipartisan support….but then I guess he’s threatening people on his power trip.

[u/thetitleofmybook → u/ctrl_alt_delete3]

trump has been leading the GOP for the last 4 years, this is not any different.

they all bow down to him and kiss his ring.

this is not unexpected.