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22nd thread, with daily coverage of The 2025 Democrat Shutdown
Day 22 Updates:
- (CBS) Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is so determined to keep the government shutdown for as long as possible, he delivered a "marathon" 22-hour long speech as part of his unprecedented filibuster https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-merkley-senate-speech-trump/
- (CNN) Senate Democrats again block GOP-backed funding bill - https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-news-10-22-25
- (Politico) The White House has tried to blunt the shutdown's impacts on Americans. But that may not last much longer. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/22/the-longer-the-shutdown-lasts-the-harder-it-is-to-mask-00618958
Why did Democrats shutdown the US government? In 2021 they passed emergency corporate subsidies for COVID, and decided they would expire on Jan 1, 2026. But now, this makes them angry that these corporate subsidies are expiring as planned, and so they are shutting down the government.
Day 22 Updates:
- (CBS) Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is so determined to keep the government shutdown for as long as possible, he delivered a "marathon" 22-hour long speech as part of his unprecedented filibuster https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-merkley-senate-speech-trump/
- (CNN) Senate Democrats again block GOP-backed funding bill - https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-news-10-22-25
- (Politico) The White House has tried to blunt the shutdown's impacts on Americans. But that may not last much longer. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/22/the-longer-the-shutdown-lasts-the-harder-it-is-to-mask-00618958
Why did Democrats shutdown the US government? In 2021 they passed emergency corporate subsidies for COVID, and decided they would expire on Jan 1, 2026. But now, this makes them angry that these corporate subsidies are expiring as planned, and so they are shutting down the government.
