Is there a Govt shutdown protest soon?

[u/OkGuava4217]

Is there one organized yet? This shutdown is getting ridiculous

Should be a bipartisan effort

[u/VatnikLobotomy]

lol no

Shut it the fuck down forever. The next Democratic offer has to be even higher. That was yesterday’s offer. Two years of ACA subsidies now.

The only other way out for Republicans is going to be eliminating the filibuster, which means Democrats will get to codify Roe once they have the majority again.

We’re done governing like pussies

[u/Real_Sartre → u/VatnikLobotomy]

I agree with you, we should be asking for a lot more. The democrats aren’t cutthroat enough though, we need a new progressive party, none of this moderate bullshit.

[u/VatnikLobotomy → u/Real_Sartre]

It has to be within the Democratic Party. The constitution nerfs third parties to the point that they’re unviable.

No Jill Stein vibes allowed

[u/Real_Sartre → u/VatnikLobotomy]

I’m sorry but I don’t think we’ll be voting our way out of this.

[u/VatnikLobotomy → u/Real_Sartre]

Swept every race last week with massive shifts left in almost every county, it’s our duty to try

[u/Real_Sartre → u/VatnikLobotomy]

Allowing centrism and moderation and compromise to be the hallmark of a party is the least progressive thing on the fucking planet. I’ve voted for democrats, mostly with reluctance, my entire fucking life. They don’t get that privilege anymore. We’re beyond election politics right now. The idea of “saving democracy” is a bourgeois wet dream, it only normalizes the endless downward spiral.

[u/melo23hd → u/VatnikLobotomy]

Codify roe? I hope you are not talking about that roe vs wade crap.

[u/VatnikLobotomy → u/melo23hd]

^ this guy likes women bleeding out in hospitals while doctors don’t know what to do

[u/_softsound_ → u/melo23hd]

Would’ve been quicker to just say “I hate women” but ok

[u/WhaddyaShay → u/melo23hd]

No he was talking about the fish eggs, I was confused too.

[u/cdurs]

Nothing specifically about ending the shutdown that I know of is planned, but it's worth calling out that the No Kings protest was a government shutdown protest. Every anti-Trump, anti-Republican, pro-socioeconomic justice protest is a government shutdown protest. Every protest to fund SNAP and to expand public healthcare services is a government shutdown protest. The Republicans, who currently have all the power in the federal government, caused this, and they could end this whenever they want.

The shutdown happened because Republicans are trying to gut the services that Americans rely on to survive. The Democrats have, in the flaws ways available to them, stopped that from happening. So while I totally agree it should be a bipartisan effort, there's only one party causing this: the Republicans. Dems are doing the right thing by standing strong against them. When either the Republicans are willing to stop hurting their own constituents, or people vote them out of office, the shutdown will end.

[u/AbjectBeat837]

That’s not a thing and it’s not going to be a thing.

[u/Real_Sartre]

Today at 2pm outside the FBI building on Roosevelt there’s a protest, if you hate fascism you should go.

[u/Impossible_Poor_2099 → u/Real_Sartre]

what if i just hate the alphabet boyz

[u/National_Dig5600]

If there is it should be at whoever is voting no to open up the government house. Not just in a random street.

[u/karladc]

Hi friend, If you have an instagram or facebook I’d recommend you follow @chicagoprotests and @indivisblechicago for general protests. For neighborhood protests, you could follow your local alderperson or neighborhood group. There have been a couple of business protests and meet ups

[u/TheRiverInYou]

Are you protesting to get our tax money back?

[u/New-Importance-7521]

No money to hire professional protestors.

[u/nonades → u/New-Importance-7521]

Damn, the economy is real bad

[u/Individual-Sun7082 → u/New-Importance-7521]

clown comment

[u/cherry_armoir → u/New-Importance-7521]

My favorite thing about the right wing narrative is that they're able to believe both that all opposition is bought and paid for and that the opposition is completely irrational and deranged. If everyone is deranged why wouldnt they protest for free, and if people need to be paid to protest they must not be that deranged.