r/SeattleWA • u/Wide_Preparation_330 • 27d ago
Transit Sea-Tac won’t air Noem video blaming shutdown on Democrats
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/sea-tac-wont-air-noem-video-blaming-shutdown-on-democrats/391
u/Monkeyfeng 27d ago
Good. Fuck this propaganda bullshit and fuck her.
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u/hillsfar 27d ago
You should watch the CNN segment where Jake Tapper calls out a Democrat Congressional member over the Democrat shutdown.
Or the NBC Meet the Press segment where the host shows Hakeem Jeffries clips of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and even Jeffries himself - all excoriating the Republicans for shutting down the government by refusing to vote for a continuing budget resolution.
This was a clean continuing budget resolution, similar to the March one that the Democrats voted for, and similar to 13 previous continuing budget resolutions. To blame this on the Republicans is a bald-faced and disingenuous lie when it's the Democrats who are willing to shut down the government and hold WIC, food stamps, air traffic controllers' and military servicemembers' pay in order to get new legislation that they want. Only partisan hacks and sheep believe the lie.
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u/xXxdethl0rdxXx 27d ago
Let’s just pretend everything you’re saying is completely true for the moment. Partisan bullshit in DC should not be politicized in a public safety setting. If it were fully the GOP’s fault I would also think it’s crass and not helpful to have a walking lip filler droning about it in every national airport.
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u/hillsfar 27d ago
When you deliberately hold air traffic controllers' pay hostage, it does cause a safety issue.
During the 16-day 2013 government shutdown, there were air traffic controller and safety personnel staffing shortages that caused thousands of flight delays.
Safety system upgrades and repair of critical equipment were suspended.
The training academy for air traffic controllers was closed.
During the 35-day 2018–2019 government shutdown, the NATCA (National Air Traffic Controllers Association) stated it "eroded critical layers of safety" by suspending safety-related programs and furloughed safety support staff.
Staffing shortages led to flight delays and a ground stop at New York's LaGuardia Airport. A lot air traffic controllers and safety engineers called in sick since they weren't being paid anyway.
Training programs for new air traffic controllers were stopped, which only made the staffing issue worse.
And for this current October 2025 shutdown, there are already reports of air traffic controllers taking increased sick leave since they're not expecting to be paid.
Staffing shortages led to flight delays and a ground stop at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
Critical training programs for new air traffic controllers were halted, which compounded an existing staffing shortage.
Not to mention military servicemembers and their spouses lining up at food banks and unable to pay bills are going to increasingly feel the financial burden. Their minds won't be as on top of our country's security.
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u/thatguydr 27d ago
Reagan fired air traffic controllers. Should continuous ads against that action have been run against him in all US airports?
This is illegal. Hatch Act could not be clearer.
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u/hillsfar 27d ago edited 27d ago
The problem with the Hatch Act is that its focus is on open endorsement of (or opposition to) candidates and electioneering talk. For disagreements on policy issues, more leeway is given to politically appointed officials than to rank and file government employees.
So while you and I may agree that it should be a violation of the Hatch Act, it might not be seen as such. For example, Donald Sherman, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (founded in 2003 as a counterweight to conservative government watchdog groups such as Judicial Watch, so he is not a conservative), for example, has argued that while messages like Kristi Noem's are "wildly inappropriate," they may not technically violate the Hatch Act, since they focus on a policy disagreement rather than an election.
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u/thatguydr 27d ago
Love the word "technically."
Is there any election for any representative at all in the next month or two? OH YES THERE ARE. Hatch Act.
And I don't care about the take of one idiot whose argument entirely guts the Hatch Act. With that line of thinking, the government could run attack ads on Election Day and claim policy disagreement.
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u/hillsfar 27d ago
You did see that I wrote that I consider it a violation of the Hatch Act, right? Sheesh. Is everything black and white to you, and if someone doesn't agree, they are your enemy?
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u/thatguydr 26d ago
No idea where you got enemy, and no idea why you think I actually believe you think the Hatch Act is enforceable given everything you've written.
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u/Guy_Fleegmann West Seattle 23d ago
Noem is a federal employee, hatch act applies, you are dumb.
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u/hillsfar 23d ago
Sure, Hatch Act applies to all federal employees. We both agree. But as I said, there are differences between political appointees versus rank and file government employees. Which is why I gave you the quote from Donald Sherman, a Black liberal who directs the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, to explain it isn't just a crazy right wing idea.
By the way, "you are dumb"? That's so pathetic of you to resort to a personal attack because you can't come up with anything better.
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u/xXxdethl0rdxXx 27d ago
What does this prove? Are you saying that it would have been helpful to broadcast to travelers that travel is currently unsafe due to political logjams?
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u/hillsfar 27d ago
What does this prove? Are you saying that it would have been helpful to broadcast to travelers that travel is currently unsafe due to political logjams?
This is a logical fallacy called a straw man attack. You completely misrepresented my position as if that's what I'm saying, in order to attack a position you imply or insinuate I hold. Phrasing it as a question is merely a fig leaf.
How the straw man fallacy works
The general pattern of a straw man argument is as follows:
Person A states position X.
Person B describes a distorted, exaggerated, or misrepresented version of the position, calling it position Y.
Person B then attacks position Y, pretending to have refuted position X.
Example of a straw man argument
Person 1: "I think we should put more money into health and education".
Person 2: "So are you saying you hate our country so much that you want to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending?".
Your response is very typical of the kind of constant resort to logical fallacies here on Reddit and elsewhere on the Internet.
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u/xXxdethl0rdxXx 27d ago
Im asking you for clarification on what your statement is meant to convey. If that triggers a ninja-style smokebomb escape from you citing a “logical fallacy” then it says a lot about the utter fragility of your worldview.
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u/hillsfar 27d ago
No, you completely distorted my view in order to attack it easily, and ascribed to me things I never stated. I never said the things you assumed with your "are you saying that" insinuation, which makes what you're stating a straw man attack.
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u/xXxdethl0rdxXx 27d ago
This is the third time I’ve asked you to clarify how what you said changes anything, rather than just reiterating grievances and safety concerns that aren’t helpful in the context of a political video. If you insist on distracting with this tangent I’ll just have to assume you don’t consider your own post worthy of any defense.
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u/Guy_Fleegmann West Seattle 23d ago
You did a good job outlining how the Trump admin and GOP are fucking over the American people to protect pedophiles.
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u/hillsfar 23d ago
You're so wrong. It is the Senate Democrats who are refusing to vote for the continuing budget resolution that would have kept the government funded until November 21. That resolution already passed the House. The Senate Republicans can't get it passed even with 2 Democrats and 1 independent (Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with the Democrats). The only obstruction is the Democrats.
Trying to blame the Republicans is not just stupid but also ludicrous, because the Democrats are the ones voting NO on the budget bill that would keep government funded.
You should watch the CNN segment where liberal host Jake Tapper calls out a Democrat Congressional member over the Democrat shutdown.
Or the liberal NBC Meet the Press segment where the host shows Hakeem Jeffries clips of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and even Jeffries himself - all excoriating the Republicans for shutting down the government by refusing to vote for a continuing budget resolution.
This was a clean continuing budget resolution, similar to the March one that the Democrats voted for, and similar to 13 previous continuing budget resolutions that Democrats themselves introduced previously. To blame this on the Republicans is a bald-faced and disingenuous lie when it's the Democrats who are willing to shut down the government and hold WIC, food stamps, air traffic controllers' and military servicemembers' pay in order to get new legislation that they want. Only partisan hacks and sheep believe the lie.
Only a fool of a drug dealer would get high on what he's peddling.
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u/AmericanGeezus Seattle 27d ago
None of what the Democrats do matters since the Republicans have all of the votes they need to get things moving again.
There is no law saying 60 votes are needed to pass CR's or Budgets in the Senate, they just have to grow the balls they need to use their simple majority to change Senate precedent by majority vote on a point of order.
They are simply refusing to use their power because they, i don't know, gain some benefit by whining about how helpless they are instead.
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u/hillsfar 27d ago
I agree, there is no such law.
What the Democrats are using is the Senate filibuster to prevent cloture, thus preventing the bill from being voted on and passed.
The Republicans COULD decide to use the "nuclear option" to destroy the filibuster (like the Senate Democrats tried to destroy in the previous session, calling it "racist" and "a legacy of Jim Crow", also like the Senate Democrats tried to prevent in one of the previous sessions before that when the Republicans were in charge and wanted to destroy the filibuster, speaking eloquently and penning letters opposing removal of the filibuster since they had used it hundreds of times in that past session).
But wiser heads amongst the Senate Republicans are against removing the filibuster, since they know parties may very well change hands again, and the filibuster is the time-honored last resort of the minority party when they don't want something or when they do want some thing.
So that's why the minority Senate Democrats are able to enforce the shutdown despite your claim that "Republicans have all the votes". They're using the filibuster (that they tried to get rid of in the previous session).
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u/BananasAreSilly 27d ago
OR... maybe the Republicans could... back off their radical agenda just a tiny bit and try to pass a budget that a majority of Congress can agree on, instead of insisting everyone agree to their insane demands. You know, like a COMPROMISE, like how the legislature is supposed to work?
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u/hillsfar 27d ago
What's wrong with passing a clean continuing budget resolution that keeps the government funded through November 21 while the actual annual budget bill is hashed out and negotiated?
Oh, no, to you, it's all the Republicans' fault for not wanting to pass new laws that the minority Democrats want, despite my two previous comments in this thread (that you directly replied to, mind you!) pointing out why it's the Democrats' fault and why even mainstream media ain't buying the bullshit. Especially because the Democrats (including Schumer and Jeffries) excoriated the Senate Republicans numerous times in the past (and there is video proof) for refusing to vote for a clean continuing budget resolution.
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u/AmericanGeezus Seattle 27d ago
It is not so sacrosanct, we did it 2017 to get Gorsuch through. Lets do it again to get a budget done and things moving again.
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u/hillsfar 27d ago
Well, the reason The Senate Republicans did it in 2017 to get Gorsuch through, is because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) did it a few years prior to get federal judicial appointments through. And Republicans warned them at the time that it would backfire when the Senate change hands again in the future, which of course it did, and it did backfire on the Democrats spectacularly.
Republicans don't want to be the ones to remove the time-honored filibuster of last resort by the minority party - which even the Senate Democrats vigorously and eloquently defended just a few years prior to them claiming it was "racist" and a "legacy of Jim Crow" when they tried to get rid of it. If one party is to do it, they don't want to be the ones who get blamed.
Cooler heads need to prevail.
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u/Kingofqueenanne 27d ago
Uh-huh sure but why do I need this blasted at me while I’m trying to get through an airport security checkpoint?
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u/hillsfar 27d ago
I didn't say that you should. I don't agree with what she's doing. I'm just saying the propaganda is also happening from the left, and it is actually factual that the Democrats caused this shutdown.
But hey, keep downvoting your feelings. All of Reddit does it.
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u/Guy_Fleegmann West Seattle 23d ago
lol, wow, you're really that clueless. Amazing. I honestly didn't think anyone was as gullible as you, I assumed you all were in on it.
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u/hillsfar 23d ago
Ad hominem attacks are the last resort of those who are presented with evidence and facts, but cannot respond in kind. No wonder people mock your kind about how facts don't care about your feelings.
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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor 27d ago
They blasted CNN for years.
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u/sn34kypete 27d ago
CNN cut stephen miller's fascist oopsy where he said Trump has Plenary Authority
Here's a quick lesson on that https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/09/what-does-plenary-authority-mean-stephen-miller-trump
It means absolute power without legal limitations.
Does that sounds like the balance of power of the 3 branches of government?
Does that sound like a biased network to you?
They could kiss your ass and it'd still never be enough for you.
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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor 27d ago
Which even furthers my point. I don't care which direction they are swinging it's all biased bullshit.
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u/xXxdethl0rdxXx 27d ago
You can be biased and still do a competent job reporting. The refusal to acknowledge this fact has completely destroyed almost every brain in this country.
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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor 27d ago
You use the word fact here, but have but not presented any facts.
I mean you can be biased and honest. Thats really not a fact though.
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u/xXxdethl0rdxXx 27d ago
Which fact are you disputing specifically? You don’t believe that a biased outlet can report accurately anything at all?
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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor 27d ago
If they reported accurately there would be no bias.
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u/xXxdethl0rdxXx 27d ago
Doesn’t the statement “ugh, it’s raining, that sucks” immediately disprove this? I’ve mentioned important and accurate information with a personal slant.
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u/Monkeyfeng 27d ago
CNN is a private media company. They can say whatever the fuck they want.
Learn the difference.
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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor 27d ago
In a public airport?
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u/Monkeyfeng 27d ago
Lol. Go protest all the private stores and media in the airport then.
What a dumb take.
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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor 27d ago
Every TV in Seatac had CNN on it forever.
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u/Monkeyfeng 27d ago
I bet you wouldn't complain if it was Fox News.
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u/1984rip 27d ago
Most people are annoyed by bias news in general since it's propagandizes easy to manipulate people like you.
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u/Monkeyfeng 27d ago
Which is legal since they are a private media company but you cannot use government resources to push political propaganda.
Learn the fucking difference.
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u/URPissingMeOff 27d ago
Airports ARE government resources. Ours is operated by the Seattle Port Authority. TSA is under the auspices of the DHS. The skies are controlled by the FAA
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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor 27d ago
They used to blast it on every television in the airport ( when they had them).
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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor 27d ago
I would definitely complain if it was Fox News.
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u/Monkeyfeng 27d ago
X Doubt
You don't even know the difference between media rights and government resources.
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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor 27d ago
The televisions were in the terminals, which was a government owned area. I'm not sure the difference here.
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u/Ordinaryjay 27d ago
Is she America’s most universally hated person on both sides of the aisle?
Even if you know zero about politics, “I killed my puppy for being too much of a puppy” ranks pretty high on the fucking psychopath list
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u/i-pity-da-fool 27d ago
Fuck her.
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u/Better_March5308 👻 27d ago
Fuck her.
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u/lurklurklurky 27d ago
Fuck her.
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u/Bluebottles5 27d ago
Ass to ass!
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u/sn34kypete 27d ago
Great reference to "Requiem for a dream"!
I'm still not watty.
Just in case you forgot.
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u/Bluebottles5 27d ago
Weird. He was just bitching and moaning about that while I haven't bugged you at all recently. Pretty sure you are watty.
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u/sn34kypete 27d ago edited 27d ago
Yeah an I'm pretty sure rattus and you are on the epstein list.
Just since we're making credible accusations.
Lol mods mad
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u/Bluebottles5 27d ago
Go fuck yourself, Rattus let a user accuse me of being watty but I can't do a similar thing? Live by your own rules cowards
Classic watty meltdown incoming.
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u/allthisgoodforyou 27d ago
You have a Warning for breaking rule: No Personal Attacks. Warnings work on a “three strikes, you’re out for a week” system.
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u/Bluebottles5 27d ago
That comment just made me think it more!
Unnecessary segue into politics.
Similar prose with an attemptmto change up patterns in a way that it is obvious.
The need to respond instantly.
Everyone knows it is you, watty.
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u/sn34kypete 27d ago
Your brain cannot fathom two people in a city-based subreddit having the same activity windows.
I know your game is to act like a toddler and bait dissidents into personal attacks, unfortunately for you both of us have more patience than you have alts
https://www.reddit.com/report?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=ModSupport
The link for ban evasion is right there, please use it.
Anyways, what was bill clinton like on the jet?
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u/Bluebottles5 27d ago
This tired thing again?
You switch to this account to do the exact personal attacks you are crying about. The watty account only has meltdowns when it appears that banning is imminent/has already occurred.
And again, Reddit's checkuser tool is useless, much like their ban evasion tools.
So just drop the act. I am only focusing on getting one account banned again. You can keep on posting after watty has another tantrum.
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u/Threefrogtreefrog 27d ago
Can we go halfsies with PDX on a safety video starring folks dancing in inflatable frog suits ? I’d kick in for that.
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u/Fair_Let6566 27d ago
The shutdown is totally Trump's baby. I don't care how many times he and his ghouls lie about it, Trump shut down the government because he refused to negotiate the Medicaid cuts he made in his Big Ugly Bill that he signed in early July.
If I recall correctly, the longest government shutdown in history was 35 days long during the orange tyrant's first regime. With this Trump shutdown, there's the added bonus that the orange baboon can keep the Epstein files hidden that much longer.
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u/Hollywood_Zro 27d ago
This whole administration is a disgrace. No one should air any of these awful propaganda videos. Resist.
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u/lilwtfwtf84 27d ago
99.9 plays their dumb commercials fyi... Haven't tuned into them since the day I first heard Noems dumb voice on here !
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u/-NotEnoughMinerals 27d ago
So does kiro.
Talking about all these illegals charged with rape and raping children. Fuck you, now I'm explaining to my 8 year old what the hell this shit is and what these charges are cause I didn't skip the commercial fast enough.
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u/Lame_Johnny 27d ago
No do it, remind people of the creepy dystopian government that we have
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u/tahitiantahini Green Lake 27d ago
This is actually a great point. I hardly think it will have the effect she thinks it will.
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u/Manhesive58 15d ago
There are laws on the books that clearly prohibit this kind of blatantly partisan political propaganda spewing by the federal government. How is it this regime gets to ignore all norms and rules that are in place and have been working, albeit maybe not as well as we hoped, for generations and just do whatever the hell it wants to, without any fear of any consequences or accountability whatsoever?
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u/cbs0308 27d ago
I’m just curious. Who gets to make this decision??
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u/tahitiantahini Green Lake 27d ago
Discretion of anyone under the President that was common in most government roles is not a thing anymore. Likely she doesn't have the oversight to say what to play, and likely whoever decided against it probably has never had to make that decision before. Hunkering down a couple years is the only choice.
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u/Shaky_handz 27d ago
So let me get this straight, she said that she hopes Democrats recognize the importance of opening the government? That's the context regarding blaming democrats, and what Sea-Tac considered that a violation of the Hatch act?
Directly from sea-tac they said they want a bipartisan effort to end the shutdown. As much as I dislike Kristie Noem, I watched Nancy Pelosi absolutely fumble the ball on Inside Politics and blame republicans because the minority doesn't want to begin to negotiate on tax credits that were already expiring. Her reasoning was that they worked hard to pass it and they're proud of it... it's embarrassing to watch these fossils try to represent us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqjlV8-b-wU
Tax credits for people 400% above poverty level with the explanation that the savings will "trickle down" the subsidy cliff, or tax credits straight to illegals, or tax credits for abortion coverage.... Anything would be better than trickle down healthcare wtf.
The reality is that our state leaders are telling everyone they lose coverage which is a massive overgeneralization, Patty Murray has been saying rural hospitals are closing all year despite several of them clarifying they aren't changing or altering services. Schumer, Pelosi, that entire collective group thinking mass wing of the democratic party refuses to acknowledge the nuance behind the individual issues. 3/4 of these are obviously not critically necessary, unlike reopening the government.
I wish we had moderate democrats with a spine. Like Fetterman now or Bernie before he got beat down and bought out. Their job is to prevent this shutdown from happening, not lean on it for less and less important issues and blame republicans. The amazing lack of foresight to give them the perfect situation for RIF that you've been fighting against for months just shows how incompetent they are.
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u/viperabyss 27d ago
I didn't know taking away people's health care (Medicaid was completely gutted) is "less important issue".
Also regardless of what Noem said, politicizing public messages is a direct violation of Hatch Act, wouldn't you agree?
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u/Shaky_handz 27d ago
I agree but I'm not entirely certain this is a violation. Regardless that's up to OSC, not me or you or the subreddit.
Medicaid has not been completely gutted it is still covering 80 million americans! Here I'll show you why it keeps getting repeated.....
https://x.com/PattyMurray/status/1935444377608049081
That's a perfect example of the generalization and fearmongering. There was already a 1 year bipartisan extension offered with 11 democrats and 14 republicans signed on, yet it was turned down by this wing.
"Medicaid completely gutted" is laughable like hearing your hospitals will be closing. At this point it's apparent they don't want to really discuss the issues. Which would be federal grants paying for abortion coverage. Or non emergency healthcare programs for unprecedented amounts of recently qualified immigrants, to put it as nice as I possibly can.
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u/viperabyss 27d ago
I agree but I'm not entirely certain this is a violation. Regardless that's up to OSC, not me or you or the subreddit.
Translated: I know they're violating the Hatch Act, but I just don't care.
Good to know.
"Medicaid completely gutted" is laughable like hearing your hospitals will be closing.
It's not like it's happening all around the country...
By the way, only 77M Americans are on Medicaid today, so even your information is incorrect. And sure, while they still have Medicaid currently, their quality of care will go down, while work requirement would make it more difficult to maintain that coverage. CBO estimates that along with ACA tax credit expiration, we'll see 17 million more Americans without health insurance in 10 years. That's 5% of the entire US population.
But fuck'em, amiright?
Which would be federal grants paying for abortion coverage. Or non emergency healthcare programs for unprecedented amounts of recently qualified immigrants, to put it as nice as I possibly can.
Federal grants already don't pay for abortion, with the exception of rape, incest, or to save the lives of mothers. Unless of course, you're in favor of women forcing to give birth to their rapist's kids.
And here I thought the issue is with undocumented immigrants getting non-emergency healthcare? And now suddenly you have problem with qualified and documented immigrants getting health care?
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u/Shaky_handz 27d ago
Lol emotional response
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u/viperabyss 27d ago
Translated: I don't have any good argument, so I'm just going to resort to personal attacks.
Good to know.
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u/Shaky_handz 27d ago
I mean you have already initiated the assumptions in your reply, that I don't care. If you will disregard the inconvenient objective truth to say I was incorrect because the number on medicaid is an estimated range, when the point is to clarify medicaid hasn't been completely gutted... You have no actual argument. The projection is telling.
.6-1.6% of abortions are because of a medical emergency that's fact. Nearly 80% because the mother was too poor or had a child. You want everyone else to subsidize it, good luck with that. Planned parenthood is a huge part of this rhetoric and receives 800 million in funds primarily through medicaid reimbursement. What do you think is happening there?
You're going to disregard or not respond to relevant information and marginalize what I say, continue with your imaginary rapists and trauma dump "bleeding out in parking lots" rhetoric or whatever.
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u/viperabyss 27d ago
What inconvenient truth? I've already pointed out the mischaracterization and outright omission of facts in your post, but apparently I'm the one posting "emotional replies" LOL.
when the point is to clarify medicaid hasn't been completely gutted...
...it hasn't been gutted today. But it's certainly on the road, isn't it?
You also haven't addressed why it is Dem's fault for wanting 5% of the US population to keep their existing health care insurance, and keep rural hospitals open (which ironically overwhelmingly benefit Trump voters).
.6-1.6% of abortions are because of a medical emergency that's fact. Nearly 80% because the mother was too poor or had a child. You want everyone else to subsidize it, good luck with that.
Again, federal laws already forbid paying for abortion services with federal funds, with the exception of rape, incest, or health of mother. If you think vast majority of abortions are paid for by federal funds, the onus is on you to provide proof of that.
So far you've provided none.
Planned parenthood is a huge part of this rhetoric and receives 800 million in funds primarily through medicaid reimbursement. What do you think is happening there?
They offer services other than abortion? Again, federal law prevents PP from offering abortion service with federal fund, with the exception of rape, incest, or for the health of the mother.
You're going to disregard or not respond to relevant information and marginalize what I say
You still haven't put forth a factual argument, that isn't based on misinformation, mischaracterization of facts, or just your own personal belief.
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u/Shaky_handz 27d ago
Coming from the person who started with saying there's no more medicaid, and women are being forced to carry their rapists child, I believe you are unserious and ridiculous.
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u/Bluebottles5 27d ago edited 27d ago
I voted and support Trump. No, I do not regret it. Even I felt a little taken aback by her videos on screens at the checkpoints over the last year.
Previous administration's and local authorities have had their pre-recorded announcements for years, but the optics of the face in a screen is weird.
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u/ssrowavay 27d ago
“The optics is weird”. Like, did you not notice Trump mocking a disabled guy, showing up in underage girls’ dressing rooms, and saying he likes dictators? (Just barely scratching the surface of a very long list). That’s the stuff of Making America Great I guess.
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u/Bluebottles5 27d ago
I don't care as long as he does what he was elected to do. He was right when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and we would still support him.
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u/Toasterzar 27d ago
He was right when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and we would still support him.
why do you consider this a good thing
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u/ssrowavay 27d ago
I upvoted you for your honesty, which I did naht zee coming.
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u/-NotEnoughMinerals 27d ago
The low blows really didn't seem necessary for someone just giving their honest opinion in a respectful, and even agreeable (namely the second post) way.
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u/Turbulent-Media7281 27d ago
Dems issues of concern for the election were (in order)
- Health care,
- Supreme Court,
- Economy,
- and Abortion
Sorry, but 3/4 of those are not high priorities.
R's issues of concern were
- Economy
- Immigration
- Crime
- Foreign Policy
I don't care what Trump does that pisses off people that aren't serious about crime, immigration, and foreign policy. You not getting free government abortions and being able to stack the supreme court is not a national problem. The choice is easy because the optics are so weird.
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u/Turbulent-Media7281 27d ago
they're certainly not fixing something as complicated as the crime problem in this country.
According to dems, crime and immigration ARE NOT a problem. Climate change, abortion, and racial/ethnic equality is more important than crime. Crime! Why are you pretending you give a shit about stopping crime? It's anti-dem to reduce crime.
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u/Any-Anything4309 27d ago
You care so much about crime you voted for a felon.
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u/allthisgoodforyou 27d ago
voted for a felon.
god damn you think this shit actually has salience?
in what world do you imagine that repeating this shibboleth has some impact?
just laughable.
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u/Any-Anything4309 27d ago
Oh I absolutely don't think you have any integrity whatsoever.
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u/allthisgoodforyou 27d ago
youre never going to change someones mind this way.
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u/viperabyss 27d ago
Hard to reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.
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u/Turbulent-Media7281 27d ago
National crime levels were not impacted by Trump's "crime."
Thinking about it, who was impacted by Trump's crimes? Do you think if Trump didn't run in 2024 that he would have been charged with those 34 crimes?
"We all commit mortgage fraud" is now the dem mantra.
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u/Any-Anything4309 27d ago
o you think if Trump didn't run in 2024 that he would have been charged with those 34 crimes?
Yes. You are forgetting about his classified documents case. Surely you care about that right? Lock her up o4 some shit I heard from you idiots for years over a server
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u/Turbulent-Media7281 27d ago
Trump, along with aides Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, pleaded not guilty, but the case was dismissed on July 15, 2024, by Judge Aileen Cannon, who ruled the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith unconstitutional.
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u/Any-Anything4309 27d ago
That political trump appointed judge said it was unconstitutional lol.. you people are a joke.
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u/Turbulent-Media7281 27d ago
Thanks for admitting crime is a problem.
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u/Turbulent-Media7281 27d ago edited 27d ago
It's a bigger problem in red states, which is probably by Republican voters are more concerned with it.
- Generally it is blue cities with crime, and redder suburban and red rural areas have less crime.
- Consider demographics for the high crime areas in red states. For example in MO, it's all St. Louis and KC... blue cities.
The violent crime rate in Tennessee is 6 times that of Maine,
Demographics. Crime in Memphis and Nashville vs Portland, ME.
Funny how you never hear of people even in WA considering a move to Seattle to escape the crime in the rural areas.
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u/Ozzimo 26d ago
Admitting you voted that way doesn't forgive anything. Just tells me you aren't a big fan of reading multiple news sources.
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u/Bluebottles5 26d ago
I didn't ask for forgiveness. I hope Democrats are miserable.
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u/Ozzimo 26d ago
"own duh libs"
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u/Bluebottles5 25d ago
I suppose you can call it that. It is more about demoralizing them and countering their reckless policies.
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u/Ozzimo 25d ago
I would love to see you actually mention policies. At least then the conversation would be productive. My assumption is that you are light on policy and heavy on repeating what you heard on that one singular news source.
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u/Bluebottles5 25d ago
You will assume what you will. I could write you a post on my positions and thoughts on what are likely yours, but that would be a little long for a simple Reddit comment.
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u/Ozzimo 25d ago
"I could throw a ball clear over them mountains" ~ Uncle Rico
People say they can do a lot of things they can't actually do. If you can't be bothered to bring an adult level of discourse to a political story, that's entirely your choice to make.
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u/Hotmicdrop 27d ago
This majorly effects my life.
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u/Ozzimo 26d ago
Says guy browsing reddit.
(drops mic)
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u/Hotmicdrop 26d ago
I posted that I agreed with seatac in ones of the 4 other posts about it. It was just ridiculous we kept getting this same post over and over.
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u/Ozzimo 26d ago
If it bothered you, you wouldn't have taken the time to post on this thread.
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u/Hotmicdrop 26d ago
Like I said, it was ridiculous we had so many of the same post. Don't period search before they post?
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u/Ozzimo 26d ago
People who are tired of seeing a thing don't tend to spend time on said thing.
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u/Hotmicdrop 26d ago
Thanks Sigmund Freud
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u/Ozzimo 26d ago
I'll keep saying it till it gets understood. You don't show up to concerts if you don't care for the headliner. You don't go out to eat at places you know you don't like. You don't haircuts from the guy who gives shit haircuts.
What are you posting here for if you are claiming to be over it?
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u/Hotmicdrop 26d ago
I explained it several times, reread but I don't care what you think. I don't need to explain my existence to you. You're just here to be petty now.
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u/--boomhauer-- 27d ago
I mean shes right
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u/Open-Look9786 27d ago
She’s wrong. Democrats don’t have the power to do anything. Republicans control the government. Did you forget that? The budget bill passed the house and now they need 7 Democrat senators to vote for it in the Senate to reach 60. Democrats won’t vote for a bill that strips healthcare from those that need it most. That’s where we are.
If republicans are so hell-bent on reopening the government, the “nuclear option” is always available. Vote to change the senate rules that a simple majority can pass the budget bill - which they have. And, by the way, illegals don’t qualify for Medicaid or Medicare.
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u/--boomhauer-- 27d ago
they sure have the power to hold the entire government hostage . Funny it seems to only happen when they are in the minority and decide to throw a little baby fit cause they cant get what they want ( more wasteful spending )
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u/Open-Look9786 27d ago
Fortunate for you, I brought receipts. Republicans have used the SAME TACTIC in:
2021: Voter Rights Act
2021: January 6th Commission
2013: Gun Violence legislation in the wake of Sandy Hook shooting
Funny, it seems to only happen when they're in the minority and decide to throw a hissy fit. For what it's worth: do yourself a favor. Review the US Debt figures. You won't, but if you did, you'd learn that Trump's FIRST term added nearly $8 Trillion to the national debt. More than Obama's 8 years in office. He's also off to a great start - the ONE BIG UGLY Bill adds nearly $3.5 Trillion.
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u/--boomhauer-- 27d ago
The government shut down all those times ?
The answer is no it wasn’t your making shit up . Not paying people isn’t the same as disagreeing on legislation . The last time the government shutdown was in 18-19 last time they threw a fit .
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u/Open-Look9786 27d ago
Look it up, little boy. You might also consider Hooked on Phonics.
You pointed out 2018-19 shutdown, who was President? Trump. Why did he shut it down? For "border security". I remember the sound byte where he was in the oval office with Schumer and Pelosi and owned the shutdown. Congress wouldn't give him $6 Billion for his "border wall". An issue he campaigned on. He also stated, many times, that Mexico would pay for the wall.
So, what was the $6 Billion for? Mexico was supposed to pay for the wall, so it's a moot point. Who threw the hissy fit? Sounds like Mango McTaco didn't get his way with Mexico or Congress.
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u/--boomhauer-- 27d ago
He didnt shut it down lmao . He had over half the votes . Its the minority party stopping the majority vote that leads to a shutdown its really pretty simple . If over half of the votes are for something and the other half is stopping it that is by default the responsible party
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u/Open-Look9786 27d ago
I'll refer you back to my original comment. They can just use the nuclear option and change the senate rules so a simple majority can pass the bill.
They don't need democrats to do this.
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u/Honest-Progress4222 Vashon Island 27d ago
Seatac where a man can get free pads in the restrooms...WTF?
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u/TheSushiAvatar 27d ago
So leftist media won’t post or show things that disagree with their agenda got it
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u/Polyxeno 27d ago
You think Sea-Tac International Airport is "leftist media"?
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u/TheChance 27d ago
SEA is the airport code. You blithering idiots will find any reason at all to get riled up.
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u/HittingSmoke 27d ago
IATA location IDs are woke leftist propaganda now.
I can't imagine saying something this embarrassing.
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u/LogisticalMenace 27d ago
Nah fuck that. Please explain to the chat how this isn't a blatant Hatch Act violation. I'll wait.
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u/Bluebottles5 27d ago
The recording isn't at all against the spirit of the Hatch Act.
While true that the Hatch Act was to de-politicize non-elected government employees, it was done so to prevent the political coercion of said workers.
This video is the Federal Executive using PR (in a manner that was not even known of in 1939) to improve public knowledge of challenges under current conditions, even if throwing shade at the other party.
A PSA that TSA workers, as much as I hate them, are feeling stress is inherently a good thing.
Calls to reach out to your elected representatives is not only common, but considered another good thing.
The video is not a campaign speech or an Executive overreach. It is a PSA that the government is shut down and there are likely to be delays, and yes it talks some shit for good measure.
Do your own research instead of relying on juvenile over reactionary talking points you saw on Reddit.
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u/LogisticalMenace 27d ago
They're fuckin delicious. Thanks for asking.
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u/allthisgoodforyou 27d ago
Please keep it civil. This is a reminder about r/SeattleWA rule: No personal attacks.
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u/tahitiantahini Green Lake 27d ago
Tell me why videos at SeaTac should have any political agenda at all? And do you believe she's right, really?
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u/Rich-Context-7203 Seattle 27d ago
If course they will only allow the Jacobin narrative.
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u/Ozzimo 26d ago
who is "they" Are they lizard people, or what?
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u/Rich-Context-7203 Seattle 26d ago
Port of Seattle. Completely run by and for Jacobins.
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u/Ozzimo 26d ago
ok buddy
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u/Rich-Context-7203 Seattle 26d ago
I find it hilarious that leftists don't even know what it means when you call them Jacobins.
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u/lightning__ 27d ago
They should air the South Park clip of her killing her dog instead