Senate Democrats are becoming more partial to ending the Democrat Shutdown
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5577883-senate-democrats-government-shutdown-pressure/
Democrats wobble as pressure to end shutdown ramps up

Senate Democrats are taking a close look at a Republican proposal to pay all federal employees — including essential and furloughed workers — as they’re under new pressure from the nation’s largest federal workers union to pass a clean continuing resolution to stop shutting down the government.

They also plan to introduce legislation to pay for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and extend funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, which provides essential nutrition assistance for lower income mothers.

The developments reveal Democrats are looking for a way to ease the impact of the four-week Schumer Shutdown on federal workers who are struggling to pay their daily expenses and on lower income Americans who may soon run out of food.

Publicly, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and his leadership team are sticking to their arguments that President Trump needs to start negotiating on health insurance subsidies before they agree to reopen the government.

At the same time, Democrats are feeling intense pressure to end the Schumer Shutdown in a way that gives them a political win — or at least a face-saving off-ramp from the stalemate that has stalled Washington for nearly 30 days.

Democratic leaders say they want Trump to negotiate with them over rising health insurance premiums, but they haven’t yet said what exactly it would take to get enough votes for Democrats to agree to reopen the government.

5,698 days since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga. 14th) laments Republicans have no plan to address rising healthcare costs.
Her grievance comes 27 days into the government shutdown under Republican leadership in the White House and Congress over expiring subsides implemented to keep healthcare costs affordable for millions of Americans.
The Republican majority is demanding Democrats agree to their bill to let the subsides expire and have so far offered nothing in return, going so far as to deliberately close channels for negotaition.
Republicans in the Senate, who could end the shutdown immediately by invoking the nuclear option, have instead chosen to put forth the bill 13 times, each time expecting a different outcome despite changing nothing.
This strategy has so far been unsuccessful.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5577071-greene-johnson-health-care-plans-shutdown/

>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) on Tuesday called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for not providing any plans on a Republican alternative to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and tax subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

>“You left out that I said I have no respect for the House not being in session passing our bills and the President’s executive orders,” Greene wrote on social platform X, in response to a post from Punchbowl News’s Jake Sherman following a recent GOP conference call.

>“And I demanded to know from Speaker Johnson what the Republican plan for healthcare is to build the off-ramp off Obamacare and the ACA tax credits to make health insurance affordable for Americans,” she added.

>“Johnson said he’s got ideas and pages of policy ideas and committees of jurisdiction are working on it, but he refused to give one policy proposal to our GOP conference on our own conference call,” the Georgia Republican continued. “Apparently I have to go into a SCIF to find out the Republican healthcare plan!!!”

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/pierre-robert-wmmr-dies/

Pierre Robert, the longtime radio host on 93.3 WMMR in Philadelphia, has died, the Beasley Media Group said Wednesday.

Robert joined the rock station in 1981 and was one of the most recognizable personalities on the airwaves in the region.

He "hosted the midday show with his unabashed love for music, his listeners, and the city." the statement says. "The legendary rock radio personality was best known for his welcoming 'Greetings Citizens' salutation, along with his big heart and warm voice."

His show included daily features such as Pierre's Vinyl Cut and "On This Day" history lessons.

"He truly cared about his listeners and the people of Philadelphia," Beasley Media Group, which owns WMMR, said in the statement.

He supported charitable efforts, including the Aids Walk and Manna's Pie in the Sky fundraiser.

"We all have heavy hearts today," Caroline Beasley, CEO of the media group, said. "Pierre's unwavering love for music and his deep connection with listeners made him one of radio's most enduring and beloved voices. He will be greatly missed."

Robert was found dead at his home Wednesday, and no foul play is suspected, according to the media group.

The largest federal union in the United States is literally begging Democrats to pass the clean cr and end the Democrat Shutdown.
https://thehill.com/business/5574613-federal-workers-union-demands-end-shutdown/
Largest government union calls for clean CR to end shutdown

The largest union representing federal workers is calling for an end to the government shutdown, as it hits Day 27.

In a Monday release, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley said “it’s time” for Congress to immediately pass a clean continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government.

“No half measures, and no gamesmanship,” Kelley said. “Put every single federal worker back on the job with full back pay — today.”

The AFGE, according to its website, represents more than 800,000 workers in “nearly every” federal government agency. The agencies with the most AFGE members include the departments of Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security and Defense, as well as the Social Security Administration.

The union has filed lawsuits on behalf of furloughed and laid-off workers throughout the shutdown, including Oct. 3, when it sued the Education Department over automatic email responses from agency employees blaming congressional Democrats for the shutdown.

The union represents 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers.

Federal employees last received partial paychecks on Oct. 10, Oct. 14 or Oct. 16, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.

"How would you fix population decline problems in your country if you were the head of state?" — a thread penned by an anonymous author who never bothered to partake in it other than samefagging, has died peacefully in its fentanyl-induced sleep earlier today.
It has been succeeded by nearly identical threads across a dozen other boards.
https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/520097416/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-miller-puts-up-hysterical-defense-of-white-house-teardown/

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller mounted an impassioned defense of President Donald Trump’s controversial White House renovations, for which the entire East Wing has been destroyed.

In an appearance on Fox News’ The Will Cain Show, Miller railed against the left, which has “scarred the landscape of our country with grotesque, so-called ‘modern art’ that celebrates ugliness, that celebrates defacement.”

“The tragedy is a political party and a movement that has ripped down our statues, our monuments, our holidays, our heroes, our heritage,” Miller continued, ignoring the fact that the Trump administration has itself called for the removal of statues that do not align with its version of history.

“The Republican Party under President Trump celebrates beauty again and beautification again, and just as President Trump has beautified Washington D.C., now he’s repairing, finally, an area of the White House that has been left in disrepair for decades.”