Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I actually don’t think the Dem spin on who did the shutdown is necessary because it is probably a good idea to try to limit government functions if you think the ruling party is doing accelerated fascism 661683213
Radical Capitalist @theradcap.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Cancel the dollar. End taxation. Free the world. Peace on Earth. 000
Expatriot @expatriot.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Yeah, by all freaking means. Keep the shit shut until november 2026. 010
Birdergal 💙💛🌊 @kestrel61.bsky.social · 02/10/2025This will all backfire on them big time. The economic fall out will be a lot worse than anticipated. 000
Roland @rolandwall.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Exactly. What do we think is going to be *worse* with the gov't shutdown? 010
Cazador S. Thompson @goatpseudonym.bsky.social · 02/10/2025The challenge is the 1/3 of voters who just blithely go on their business and don’t pay attention to (and aren’t the target of) the fascism. So you gotta have a different message for them. 010
PUBLIUS - Scientia potentia est @wearemadashell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025They’re shutting down the cool stuff like NASA and the decent stuff like museums. Luckily postal service will still work. 000
Sandy-O @sandy-o.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Esp because they aren't going to pay ICE but still expect them to work. That could get interesting. 000
justabitupset.bsky.social @justabitupset.bsky.social · 02/10/2025They don't even need a message. I have never seen polling showing people blame dems for shutdowns nor did the last shutdown lead to the dems being punished. So I see no logical reason to fear the response to a shutdown. 000
Katie Cannon @katiecannon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Yes. And they need to keep at it with ever increasing demands 000
Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 02/10/2025They will not shutdown the accelerated fascism part. They will simply shut down stuff that can potentially help a common person. Dems don’t need to spin. They need to aggressively communicate the facts. Republicans shut down the government to deny Americans healthcare. 271
William Burns @williameburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Except it looks like the ruling party is just continuing to spend money on the things they like. 1180
Derek Smalls’ Moustache @smallsmoustache.bsky.social · 02/10/2025What if the fascism accelerates even faster when he fires government employees and just starts issuing Executive Orders in place of laws? 000
Trump's Tombstone @tbayard.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Besides, Trump’s been proving for 4 years 8 months and counting that we don’t need a working government. 060
Let Luigi Cook @yellownumber5.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I think the opposite is true. They can inflict more damage while the government is shut down. 000
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall @rollingnscratching.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Well, the BIG problem is, is that gov is very large, and even if huge chunks are doing a fascism, other sizable chunks are still helping and feeding people. And then it gets complicated. 010
kikime2.bsky.social @kikime2.bsky.social · 02/10/2025He's not trying to limit them. He's trying to eliminate them. Except for the military, which he plans to use to put down any resistance. 000
Texas Krusty @texaskrusty.bsky.social · 02/10/2025And voters blame Republicans for government shutdowns. Baked I the cake because they know Republicans hate the government. Trump gleefully shouting how he is going to destroy everything unless he gets his way just reinforces it. This is all bluff on their part. The Fox bubble will be penetrated 070
Bree / initial B (Tacoma's Original BlueSky Personality) @tacoma.bsky.social · 02/10/2025But the parts doing the fash are not shutdown 010
Mack Steele @macksteele.bsky.social · 02/10/2025There is the administration THEY are still working hard to implement Project 2025 031
Donna C @free2b.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Too many mental steps for the politically uneducated American everyman, who just wants to know who to blame so they can be punished next time at the polls. The Rs are much better at this game, so yes, it's VERY necessary. 050
Narrator @narratively.bsky.social · 02/10/2025But the Dems can't even really narrate that their opposition is doing anything all that extraordinary because if they did that, they'd have to explain why it's still business as usual. 260
The Flying Spaghetti Monster @almightynoodle1.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Plus, the vast majority of voters have no idea it's happening, so when things go bad for them, they will blame the President because he's the only name in Government they actually know. 000
Final Soln. 2 the Fascist Question 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🇬🇱🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thefascistquestion.bsky.social · 02/10/2025TRUMP-EPSTEIN SHUTDOWN is all the messaging they need 020
Johnny G @gothuncle.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I feel like they can totally cause more harm with the government shut down. The shut down just brings more eyes to what’s happening. There’s still a lot of normies that don’t pay attention to this stuff everyday. 010
R L B @rlb-21.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I get your point, but that's not the parts they shut down. The cancel services that people need, and label ICE as essential. 020
myhouseofcats.bsky.social @myhouseofcats.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Can you imagine if Dems had said that out loud... "Yes, we are shutting down the government because allowing it to continue this way is more dangerous!" GOP would have jumped through hoops to get the bill passed just so Dems could not claim a WIN. 000
Not THAT Karen @punakfa.bsky.social · 02/10/2025But ICE will keep deporting while court cases are paused. 010
Charles Taggart @sikolnam.bsky.social · 02/10/2025The spin leaves them vulnerable to criticisms that they’re being wonky - which they are - when they should just lean into having a pair. 000
shaunoftheliving.bsky.social @shaunoftheliving.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Couldn’t agree more. The Democrats primary, if not sole talking point should be “we’ll gladly vote to fund things when you stop with this pseudo-line-item bullshit, and actually pay for the things we told you to pay for.” 020
jessp12.bsky.social @jessp12.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Yea-It makes you seem less Weak and ineffectual if you say, “Fuck, yea. We shut the government down because tRump is a dick and wouldnt play ball to save health care for folks”. 030
Skibee @skibee.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Unfortunately, the fascist agencies are still getting paid and doing their fascist stuff, while the ones that actually help people are shuttered. 010
David Patterson @monogramdp.bsky.social · 02/10/2025In all seriousness, the Trump administration will reduce or eliminate useful services, like health care or lots of other things that people do take for granted, and accelerate their fascistic efforts, like their own grifting and I.C.E. brutalities. Fascist governments are smaller, not larger, oddly. 120
Chuck W knows Kamala won… @cwbis.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I fear the goverment is taking advantage of the “shitdown” to continue its nefarious dealings in the background… 000
Electronic Panopticon @electronicpanopticon.com · 02/10/2025It's a blame loop. Contributes nothing substantial. Don't play your enemies strong suit. 000
Big Dill @b1gd1ll.bsky.social · 02/10/2025No shit, I can't believe more Ds are open to just funding the gestapo. Bunch of dumb fucks in Congress owned by big money donors. 010
AMC1119 @annlovesdogs.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Ice agents don’t get paid until it ends so let’s see how long they last 210
Welcome to the party pal! @jhmblvd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Exactly. At this time shutting down this machine is an act of protection for our democracy. I care about insurance but what good is the Affordable Care Act if the President is destroying democracy or telling generals Dems are the enemy? Shut it down. Keep it closed. 1140
@Skribbler.bsky.social @skribbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Trump’s MO is to destroy Obamacare. That's domino #1. 000
Comen-tator @comen-tator.bsky.social · 02/10/2025What the DEMs really need to explain about the shutdown is just how damaging to the people and their welfare it is, while it is NOT stopping the abuses that trump is keeping going! 000
rohirim1.bsky.social @rohirim1.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Fckng DNC needs to go do rallies, bypass the rightwing media. 010
lifelearn.bsky.social @lifelearn.bsky.social · 02/10/2025After they fire everybody they won’t have a government. States need to withhold all federal taxes until the they release the funding frozen by “ him” . And then fund the state areas that were left out in the cold. It’s time governors to join together and oppose this administration. 010
socalbookish.bsky.social @socalbookish.bsky.social · 02/10/2025THAT needs to be the Dems message: We are not funding a government that invades our cities, cuts off health care, and subsidizes genocide 0419
Marc Martin @marcjmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025A shutdown enables them to obliterate the government. Having an operable government means the Republicans must actually govern. They're incapable of and uninterested in governing. They simply want to rule over us without oversight. 020
Sophia Florence (Swolephia Arc Pt 2) @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I've been saying this! Like yes, it is bad that people who work at agencies in the "carrot" part of the government can't get paid. But the "stick" part of the government has been turned into a massive iron rod and used to beat people into submission. Hopefully losing out on pay for a while will 120
RIBlue401 @riblue401.bsky.social · 02/10/2025If the government won’t serve its people then shutter it. We are circling the drain. 000
John Brownell @johnbrownell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I'd agree, but Trump and Miller are going to decide what is essential and keeps operating. That $50K signing bonus for ICE agents was probably to compensate for delayed pay now 020
giant bag of mostly water ♿️ @alabunmiamj.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Yes, and… Given the way they’ve been behaving, I don’t have much faith that things will be stymied. 000
gaylemearley @gmearley.bsky.social · 02/10/2025They are not shutting down the fascist functions. ICE is still operating. 010
Funk Dr @funkdr.bsky.social · 03/10/2025It always seems overblown to me as well. What seems more important: what lines each side are drawing. Dems are fighting to keep healthcare premiums from skyrocketing and Pubs are fighting to make it so 000
hippieatheart🦋 @hippieatheart.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Only republicans are saying democrats are fighting about it. Bad not very good reporting trying hard to stir the septic tanks together. Ignore it and roll my eyes, talk to the hand 000
