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18th sequential daily thread covering The 2025 Democrat Shutdown of the United States Government
Day 18 Updates:
- The Democrat Shutdown has now resulted in SNAP benefits in PA being paused https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pennsylvania-snap-benefits-government-shutdown/
- The Democrat Shutdown has enabled Trump's plans to reduce the size of the government and layoff federal employees: https://www.axios.com/2025/10/18/government-shutdown-trump-federal-workers
- the house will be out of session next week: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/government-shutdown-live-updates/?id=126242587
- Trump believes that most federal layoffs are not blocked by court order: https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5577691/layoffs-rifs-government-shutdown-trump
The issue is caused by Democrats. What did they do? They passed COVID emergency corporate subsidies to health insurance companies during COVID, and set them to expire on Jan 1, 2026. Now that these subsidies are expiring as planned, they are angry and shutting down the government.
Day 18 Updates:
- The Democrat Shutdown has now resulted in SNAP benefits in PA being paused https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pennsylvania-snap-benefits-government-shutdown/
- The Democrat Shutdown has enabled Trump's plans to reduce the size of the government and layoff federal employees: https://www.axios.com/2025/10/18/government-shutdown-trump-federal-workers
- the house will be out of session next week: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/government-shutdown-live-updates/?id=126242587
- Trump believes that most federal layoffs are not blocked by court order: https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5577691/layoffs-rifs-government-shutdown-trump
The issue is caused by Democrats. What did they do? They passed COVID emergency corporate subsidies to health insurance companies during COVID, and set them to expire on Jan 1, 2026. Now that these subsidies are expiring as planned, they are angry and shutting down the government.
