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ancianita

(43,134 posts)
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 11:32 PM 22 hrs ago

Democratic Senators: Code Red on America -- Shut the Government Down

Call the Senate and tell Democrats: lead the USA into a national strike right out of the Senate.
And add this:

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Democratic Senators: Code Red on America -- Shut the Government Down (Original Post) ancianita 22 hrs ago OP
If God really had to spell it out for modern day decisionmakers, this is what He would have said. Beartracks 22 hrs ago #1
Amen. God doesn't stutter. ancianita 22 hrs ago #3
The Senate should go on strike? MichMan 22 hrs ago #2
Shutting the government down is tantamount to a national strike. ancianita 22 hrs ago #4
Not quite, in that the government can decide on "essential services" (you know what that means) usonian 22 hrs ago #5
This is what it has come to. notinkansas 22 hrs ago #6

Beartracks

(14,414 posts)
1. If God really had to spell it out for modern day decisionmakers, this is what He would have said.
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 11:41 PM
22 hrs ago

ancianita

(43,134 posts)
4. Shutting the government down is tantamount to a national strike.
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 11:45 PM
22 hrs ago

We can quibble over semantics but they'll get the idea.

usonian

(23,827 posts)
5. Not quite, in that the government can decide on "essential services" (you know what that means)
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 11:55 PM
22 hrs ago

I'd favor a complete shutdown as shut everything down. As in The Day the World Stood Still.

THIS kind.





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