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standingtall

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1. Elected Democrats need to start fearing their voters more then their big donors

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 01:42 AM

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If they did this cave in wouldn't have happened. I'm not buying the spin they caved to put an end to the suffering due to the shutdown. I think it's more likely their big donors got in their ear and said okay you had good election night, but the shutdown is hurting our bottom line so reopen the Government. Now the Trump administration is going to cause even more suffering. I predict before we even get to the 2026 midterms republicans will pass even more bills making even more cuts to medicare,medicaid,snap etc.

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I expect tons of protests popping up all across the USA tomorrow. [View all] BigmanPigman Monday OP

Elected Democrats need to start fearing their voters more then their big donors standingtall Monday #1

I agree with the sentiment that we all need to become effective citizen lobbyists pushing our electeds -- or replacing pat_k Monday #2