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leftstreet

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1. You are right. BUT

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 09:46 PM

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A couple of months of their own voters anxiety boiling over is what's really always been the thing most likely to move republicans, not what Democrats do or say to them.

I think people thought this was happening. States were stepping in, Courts were stepping in. Trump's people were starting to speak against him. The GOPers were starting to take the heat.

Ending the shutdown stops it.

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Here's a thought. Maybe the 'caving' is coming from people quick to declare the fight for the tax credit over [View all] bigtree Tuesday OP

You are right. BUT leftstreet Tuesday #1

stops what? bigtree Tuesday #2

The albeit temporary funding of the government takes the pressure off the republicans. CentralMass Tuesday #4

I disagree bigtree Tuesday #9

The GOPers caving first leftstreet Tuesday #5

The opposite is more likely FBaggins Tuesday #3

I heard Fetterman saying he'd vote for cloture before the elections fujiyamasan Tuesday #7

There were three democratic senators who refused to filibuster from the start FBaggins Wednesday #12

that's O'Donnell's take tonight, too bigtree Tuesday #10

If you think the Republicans are going to negotiate on the ACA, I have Cuthbert Allgood Tuesday #6

it's called political pressure bigtree Tuesday #11

What pressure did we apply? Cuthbert Allgood Wednesday #13

People cannot be browbeaten into joining the fantasy Sympthsical Tuesday #8