The Schumer Shutdown

[B-Man]

 

 

Trump: We're Ready for a Long Schumer Shutdown — Thanks to Tariffs

Ed Morrissey

 

Democrats have put themselves in a historically bad spot by choosing to reject a clean continuing resolution offered each day by Republicans anyway. The track record for government shutdowns has been grimmer than a roulette wheel on a dodgy casino on a secondary highway. The house, or more accurately the White House, always wins. Presidents control the designation of essential services and the use of funds when Congress refuses to budget, which is why Democrats -- who know this better than the GOP, usually -- have never opted for a shutdown as a bargaining tactic.

 

After winging his way back from a global triumph in the Middle East, Donald Trump comes back to the Schumer Shutdown with an even stronger hand politically. However, Trump's foreign policy also offers him fiscal strength that previous presidents have not had in shutdowns, or at least not to the extent Trump will enjoy. Punchbowl explains:

 

The White House is girding for a long shutdown and has found several new funding streams for critical programs, according to top Trump administration officials.

— The Office of Management and Budget is “working on ways” to get paychecks to federal law-enforcement officers, according to an administration official. This is similar to what Trump ordered over the weekend for 1.3 million active duty military service members.

— The Trump administration will ensure the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — known as WIC — can continue to operate for the foreseeable future, a White House official said. The administration says it will use hundreds of millions of dollars in Section 32 tariff revenue. This is a vital nutrition program that serves more than six million participants per month, including 40%-plus of U.S. infants.

 

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/10/14/trump-were-ready-for-a-long-schumer-shutdown-thanks-to-tariffs-n3807818

 

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[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

Here’s How You Know That Dems Own This Shutdown

I & I Editorial Board

October 15, 2025

 

Those who follow the news might have noticed something different about the current government shutdown, which is now entering its third week.

 

Namely, the lack of horror stories that usually accompany shutdowns. Anyone want to guess why that is?

 

Consider what the news media were reporting when the government shut down for more than a month starting in late 2018 – the result of a fight over funding for the border wall.

 

Then, the public was treated to headlines such as:

• “The Government Shutdown Is ‘Life And Death’ For Low-Wage Subcontractors Who Likely Won’t Be Repaid For Lost Time”
• “How The Shutdown Is Reaching A Breaking Point “
• “Delayed Tax Refunds. Missed Federal Paychecks. The Shutdown’s Pain Keeps Growing”
• “Government Shutdown Leaves Workers Reeling: ‘We Seem To Be Pawns’”
• “How The Federal Shutdown Is Affecting Health Programs”
• “Fallout Grows As Partial Government Shutdown Drags On”

As with most shutdowns, the press raced to record the trauma of national parks closing, with headlines such as: “National Parks Are Overflowing With Poop Thanks To The Government Shutdown.”

 

This time around, we’re being told things like: “Governors Tap State Funds To Keep Some National Parks Open During The Government Shutdown.”

 

Back then, air travelers were warned to fear for their lives: “Travel industry fears damage from a long government shutdown”

“’Every day it gets less safe to fly’: air travelers begin to feel effects of shutdown”

 

This time, the press has spent its time reassuring passengers that their flights won’t get canceled because “commercial flights will continue to operate and airline employees will not be impacted.”

 

Even the fact that the Trump administration is using the shutdown to fire federal workers – which team Trump thought would pressure Democrats to cave – seems to be getting short shrift.

 

So why the blasé attitude by the mainstream press about this shutdown?

 

Because this one is 100% caused by Democrats, who refused to pass a bill to keep the government open unless Republicans agree to spend hundreds of billions on health care subsidies for wealthier Americans and illegal immigrants.

 

During that 2018-19 shutdown, all those horror stories in the news made sure to pin the blame on Republicans for the shutdown – which is exactly how Democrats wanted it told.

 

This time around, the strategy appears to be to downplay the supposed harm of a shutdown while muddying the Democrats’ responsibility for it. And the press is once again taking its marching orders from the party’s leaders.

 

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/10/15/heres-how-you-know-that-dems-own-this-shutdown/

 

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[rusty shackleford]

[B-Man]

 

 

NO WONDER IT’S NO LONGER FRONT-PAGE NEWS: 

 

Democrats Just Got Some Bad News About the Schumer Shutdown.

 

 

Democrats thought the Schumer Shutdown would be a political gift for them, but it is starting to look more like a liability. You’ve heard the talking points that Republicans own the shutdown because they control the House, the Senate, and the White House, but I guess the left wasn't counting on people realizing that the party filibustering the continuing resolution is actually the Democrats.

 

And now, a new YouGov/The Economist poll reveals that American voters are increasingly blaming Democrats for the impasse, and the numbers tell a story that should worry Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries as the shutdown drags into its third week.

 

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/10/16/democrats-just-got-some-bad-news-about-the-schumer-shutdown-n4944921

[The Frankish Reich]

On 10/15/2025 at 7:56 AM, B-Man said:

 

 

 

 

Here’s How You Know That Dems Own This Shutdown

I & I Editorial Board

October 15, 2025

 

Those who follow the news might have noticed something different about the current government shutdown, which is now entering its third week.

 

Namely, the lack of horror stories that usually accompany shutdowns. Anyone want to guess why that is?

 

Consider what the news media were reporting when the government shut down for more than a month starting in late 2018 – the result of a fight over funding for the border wall.

 

Then, the public was treated to headlines such as:

• “The Government Shutdown Is ‘Life And Death’ For Low-Wage Subcontractors Who Likely Won’t Be Repaid For Lost Time”
• “How The Shutdown Is Reaching A Breaking Point “
• “Delayed Tax Refunds. Missed Federal Paychecks. The Shutdown’s Pain Keeps Growing”
• “Government Shutdown Leaves Workers Reeling: ‘We Seem To Be Pawns’”
• “How The Federal Shutdown Is Affecting Health Programs”
• “Fallout Grows As Partial Government Shutdown Drags On”

As with most shutdowns, the press raced to record the trauma of national parks closing, with headlines such as: “National Parks Are Overflowing With Poop Thanks To The Government Shutdown.”

 

This time around, we’re being told things like: “Governors Tap State Funds To Keep Some National Parks Open During The Government Shutdown.”

 

Back then, air travelers were warned to fear for their lives: “Travel industry fears damage from a long government shutdown”

“’Every day it gets less safe to fly’: air travelers begin to feel effects of shutdown”

 

This time, the press has spent its time reassuring passengers that their flights won’t get canceled because “commercial flights will continue to operate and airline employees will not be impacted.”

 

Even the fact that the Trump administration is using the shutdown to fire federal workers – which team Trump thought would pressure Democrats to cave – seems to be getting short shrift.

 

So why the blasé attitude by the mainstream press about this shutdown?

 

Because this one is 100% caused by Democrats, who refused to pass a bill to keep the government open unless Republicans agree to spend hundreds of billions on health care subsidies for wealthier Americans and illegal immigrants.

 

During that 2018-19 shutdown, all those horror stories in the news made sure to pin the blame on Republicans for the shutdown – which is exactly how Democrats wanted it told.

 

This time around, the strategy appears to be to downplay the supposed harm of a shutdown while muddying the Democrats’ responsibility for it. And the press is once again taking its marching orders from the party’s leaders.

 

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/10/15/heres-how-you-know-that-dems-own-this-shutdown/

 

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On 10/14/2025 at 9:53 AM, B-Man said:

 

 

Trump: We're Ready for a Long Schumer Shutdown — Thanks to Tariffs

Ed Morrissey

 

Democrats have put themselves in a historically bad spot by choosing to reject a clean continuing resolution offered each day by Republicans anyway. The track record for government shutdowns has been grimmer than a roulette wheel on a dodgy casino on a secondary highway. The house, or more accurately the White House, always wins. Presidents control the designation of essential services and the use of funds when Congress refuses to budget, which is why Democrats -- who know this better than the GOP, usually -- have never opted for a shutdown as a bargaining tactic.

 

After winging his way back from a global triumph in the Middle East, Donald Trump comes back to the Schumer Shutdown with an even stronger hand politically. However, Trump's foreign policy also offers him fiscal strength that previous presidents have not had in shutdowns, or at least not to the extent Trump will enjoy. Punchbowl explains:

 

The White House is girding for a long shutdown and has found several new funding streams for critical programs, according to top Trump administration officials.

— The Office of Management and Budget is “working on ways” to get paychecks to federal law-enforcement officers, according to an administration official. This is similar to what Trump ordered over the weekend for 1.3 million active duty military service members.

— The Trump administration will ensure the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — known as WIC — can continue to operate for the foreseeable future, a White House official said. The administration says it will use hundreds of millions of dollars in Section 32 tariff revenue. This is a vital nutrition program that serves more than six million participants per month, including 40%-plus of U.S. infants.

 

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/10/14/trump-were-ready-for-a-long-schumer-shutdown-thanks-to-tariffs-n3807818

 

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Mr. ZVA (Zero Value Added) with another (Multi) Daily Double!

[B-Man]

 

 

 

[JDHillFan]

1 hour ago, The Frankish Reich said:

 

Mr. ZVA (Zero Value Added) with another (Multi) Daily Double!

You’ve had yourself quite a morning. Congrats!

[The Frankish Reich]

1 minute ago, JDHillFan said:

You’ve had yourself quite a morning. Congrats!

YOU ARE NOW UNDER MY NARRATIVE CONTROL.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

[JDHillFan]

5 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

YOU ARE NOW UNDER MY NARRATIVE CONTROL.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

I’m fine with that if it includes you finally being funny. It’s bound to happen at some point. 

[BillsFanNC]

 

[BillsFanNC]

 

[Wolfgang]

9 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

 

 

 

Every day is like Christmas...  

[All_Pro_Bills]

21 minutes ago, Wolfgang said:

 

 

 

Every day is like Christmas...  

I'm not sure about everyone else here but I don't notice any difference in my life between the Federal government being open or closed.

[Wolfgang]

18 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

I'm not sure about everyone else here but I don't notice any difference in my life between the Federal government being open or closed.

 

 

 

A lot of overhead will be cut, especially beginning in November...

 

My eyes are on 11/2/2025...

[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

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[B-Man]

 

[B-Man]

FAFO.

 

 

[sherpa]

The Republican proposal contains no riders.

 

Here is what is demanded by Dems in their proposal.

1.5 trillion dollars of additional spending.

     Removing a rule to keep illegal aliens off of taxpayer funded healthcare. 200 billion.

     Removing able bodied males with no dependents from drawing Medicaid. No work, not problem. We'll fund it.

     Permanent Covid era subsidies for healthcare without any income exclusions. 350 billion. We'll fund it.

     Take away 50 billion to support rural area hospitals.

     500 million for grossly partisan "news outlets." They want to refund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

     5 billion dollars of US taxpayer money for "international projects," including:

         24.6 million for climate resilience in Honduras.

         13.4 million for "civic engagement in Zimbabwe.

         3.4 million for LGBGQ for "democracy grants" in the Balkans.

         2.9 million for "desert locust risk reduction in the horn of Africa.

         2 million for "organizing for feminist democratic principles" in Africa.

 

Ya. The Republicans shut it down.

[B-Man]

This must have originated from an alternate universe.

 

Then again, perhaps Democrats sincerely believe they are not the ones taking advantage of this opportunity and slowing down progress.

 

This is a place in which Democrats must show some humility and understand the position they are in.

 

Things stand not a chance of becoming solved through unreasonable, delusional demands.

 

That tweet also seems to indicate a misunderstanding of how things sit with respect to balance of power broken down by party.

 

https://twitchy.com/jacobb/2025/10/19/republicans-refuse-to-come-to-the-table-are-thedemocrats-serious-with-this-tweet-n2420564