It really seems like they were completely unprepared for the usual line of "It's the evil commie Democrats who are hurting you!" to fail. Like they don't realize they're no longer the opposition and everything bad that happens is their fault in the eyes of normal people.

Well actually woke ruined Thanksgiving

The crucial time for the dems to cave was the first three weeks of the shutdown.

I'm really shocked they didn't cave. I was nearly 100% certain they would.

The biggest capital holiday of the year is coming: black Friday.

This capital holiday, this entire holiday season, has already been well and thoroughly fucked by this admin.

Normies denied treats are already screaming. People losing food benefits are screaming. Soon, the grocery stores will scream, the retailers will scream, and perhaps even wall street will scream. It's like if Rome had all the bread and circuses in the world, but executed the clowns (I know they were races, but bear with me) in the streets and pissed on all the bread, instead of distracting the public.

Honestly I keep thinking that if you're interested in dual power structures, you need to be building all of this yesterday because there is no better time to exploit demonstrable weakness and build class solidarity.

Thanksgiving treats

traveling during one of the few national holidays to see family is now a treat?

It is literally already too fucking late for that, he already ruined it

Maybe they end the filibuster, end the shutdown, and then put the filibuster back in place.

That gives Democrats cover when they regain power. They can't get rid of the filibuster! That would make them as bad as the Republicans. 🙃

How the Donald stole turkey day.

B-but I was planning to go to the Rocky Mountains for Thxgiving

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