The dem senators need to agree to a temporary CR bill.

[Jacson6]

I don't want to give Trump a victory, but it will just hurt welfare, military families and federal workers who are just trying to get by in life. The 2026 election will hopefully right the ship.

[Prairie Gates]

1. Soooooooft

[leftstreet]

2. "welfare" Do people still say that? n/t

[sleroy49]

3. Apparently ...

but what would you suggest is the appropriate term?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. How about Temporary Govt. Assisted Living Expenses?

Sounds much more humane.

[Mossfern]

18. It's called TANF - I worked as a case manager

Here's what it is:

TANF, or
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, is a state-administered, federally-funded program that provides temporary cash assistance and support services to low-income families with children. The program offers help with basic needs like food, housing, and energy, but it is designed to be time-limited, typically with a lifetime limit of 60 months. Each state sets its own rules for eligibility, the type and amount of benefits, and the services provided, which can include job preparation and childcare assistance, with the goal of promoting work and reducing dependency on welfare.

More than giving people "money", TANF provides education, training, child care, transportation a bit of food stamps in the goal of clients gaining independence. Many of the people in these programs are pretty much the victims of circumstance. I wonder what my former clients think of Trump - I doubt that they're supporters. Hopefully charitable organizations and religious institutions and local governments will take up the slack in services if they're cut.

Voting for a CR does not insure that the Trump administration won't cut them anyway.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

19. Did not know this.

Thanks for the info.

[awesomerwb1]

4. Nope

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. So you want Dems to cave to Been A Dick Donald again?

As has been proven time after time after time that caving to Been A Dick Donald just emboldens him to demand even more caving.
Nope, Dems need to hold the line here and make it clear that there will be no more caving to this lunatic and his MAGAt criminals.

[ananda]

8. No, and hell no!

Never cave to a bully.

[rampartd]

6. there is option 3

we give krasnov money for

welfare, military families and federal workers

and no one will stop him from building ball rooms and deporting us all.

we will have to help each other through eventually. take away his credit card.

[Mossfern]

20. Trump will commandeer the funds

and use them for frivolous shit to boost his teeny tiny ego.

[walkingman]

9. Shut it down and keep it shutdown until the GOP stops destroying healthcare.

[mackdaddy]

10. If they don't redo the funding for health care now, it will be too late for millions.

This is about the only time the democrats have any real power to get anything through at all.
Pain now, or pain forever.

You give Trump an inch and he takes your life.

[newdeal2]

11. Definition of insanity

We need to try a different approach.

BUT Dems need to have a clear simple message right now and repeat it on all channels. If they are not on the same page on this and speaking the same language, Trump will win this battle.

[gab13by13]

15. The majority of Congressional Democrats

thought they were on the same page back in March, were prepared to fight.

[gab13by13]

14. The time to fight was back in March

before the gutting of our social net became law.

I wanted to take a stand back in March and many people criticized my opinion, many people felt a shutdown would be blamed on Democrats.

Remember?

With that said, better late than never, would have been much easier back in March but a handful of Senate Democrats kneecapped the majority.

Remember - back in March Krasnov got everything he wanted and Democrats got nothing in return, now Democrats have to try to undo a law.

Good luck Chuck, I'm on board, have been since March.

[BannonsLiver]

12. That's the same argument Chuck made earlier this year.

Of course, you can see where it got us. I’ll take a pass on capitulation strategy.

[Happy Hoosier]

13. NOPE

We're at the point where we must fight back in any way possible.

If Democrats aren;t willing to fight now, then when?

[617Blue]

16. DOUBLE NOPE.

[Progressive dog]

17. I Disagree

Lots of people have already been hurt and many more will be if the Trump plan is allowed to continue. This will be a GOP shutdown, they run the government.

[Patton French]

21. We need to stand strong and be proactive in controlling the narrative

Resolute and unyielding appears to be a foreign concept to some....

[agingdem]

22. No..never!

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No more playing nice..no more saving Trump’s ass for the good of the country..no more “when they go low we go high”…when they go low we get them on the ground and step down hard on their fucking necks..

[Autumn]

23. No thanks. Fuck that .