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3. "an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors"

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:52 PM

23 hrs ago

Just promoting the false narrative. trump was already doing this and was going to continue doing it whether or not the budget was passed. And, even if it were passed, he'd just continue to illegally (but approved by the corrupt supreme court) "rescind" or "impound" congress-approved funds anyway.

If we're lucky, the shutdown will continue until the next congress in '26.

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