This is a big day for potential winnamins. We may just reach the “too much winning” phase.
Democrats are threatening to shut down government by not supporting the Continuing Resolution (CR) measure that passed the House and is about to reach the floor of the Senate. This threat is awesome, and we can only hope it happens.
Personally, I think Chuck Schumer will tell eight of his Senate members to vote cloture on the CR (they need 60 votes) and then tell them to vote against the underlying bill on the floor (where only 51 are needed for passage). However, the looney leftists in the base are stomping their feet and telling Schumer not to support the Trump CR measure.
If the CR is not passed, the govt goes into “shutdown mode” at midnight tonight and all “nonessential” employees, as determined by the Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, are laid-off.
This is perfect for DOGE and the objectives of shrinking government very quickly. Even Politico notes the Democrats are about to step on a rake.
WASHINGTON DC – […] There’s another reason the White House isn’t sweating a shutdown: Senior officials agree that when coffers run dry, the Trump administration — specifically Vought, the longtime cost-cutting conservative now running OMB — would have unprecedented flexibility to choose which agencies get to stay open and which don’t.
[…] It’s not hard to see Musk getting out his chainsaw and Vought finding a hammer.
“Musk in charge of furloughs in a shutdown? He’d be giddy. He’d be beside himself with joy,” the official joked.
A Democrat-triggered shutdown would be tough for the party for another reason as well: For weeks they’ve been lambasting Trump and Musk for tearing apart the government. Democrats in a shutdown would effectively have to argue that they’re trying to protect the government by shutting down the government.
Good luck making that argument to anyone outside the Democratic base. (read more)
Of course, Majority Leader John Thune could mess this up and give Chuck Schumer something in exchange for votes that we really don’t want, but that’s the problem counting on the UniParty to drive MAGA strategy.
The best-case scenario is that Schumer listens to his base, refuses to give Senate republicans any votes and then we watch the government “shut down.” President Trump, Elon Musk and Russ Vought then decide which agencies and operations are essential while the rest of the government is closed. 😊 Perfect!
The bonus prize is that all the left-wing investments into Lawfare against Trump for reducing the size and scope of government, become moot. In shutdown mode, all the lawsuits are useless. lolol Happy Winnamin Day!
“vote against the underlying bill on the floor (where only 51 are needed for passage).”
Any Republicans – Rand Paul comes to mind – indicate they will be a “no” vote?
GOPe to the rescue of drowning Democrats.
Kentucky is a hot mess of “Republicans.”
As is Texas. Sigh…
I’m a Texan. We’re in lockstep.
Good comment. 👏
Let them drown.
Hmmmm…… perhaps the D’s have an ulterior motive that will deflect the outcry.
What happens when ICE runs out of money to keep the detained locked up? What about no more deportation flights because there is no money?
According to reports, all the facilities are currently full….
I know people here will go apoplectic when there aren’t 1 million arrests per day….
CNN/AP:
Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/alien-enemies-act-deportation-consideration/index.html
Excellent!
Revenue continues to come in, funding continues for agencies that stay open.
Non-essential are shut down, essential keep working. Border Patrol, and ICE, as a part of the National Security apparatus, are essential.
It’s not hard to understand; it’s an easy game to play. The best part and most satisfying part- all being done under current laws. Laws used by Marxists to their advantage but not hate that these laws exist and they just yell “dictator!”
Trump can declare a sector essential and any sector non-essential; it’s all about what he considers to be priorities. Ahh, the use of equal but seperate branches of government. Next, you will see a “Federal Judge” jump in and say Trump can’t keep spending the money, he must shut down because the liberals filed a suite; this one will be heard right after the one they filed to keep money flowing.
Simple. Cut their rations. Turn off heat and/or AC. LIGHTS OUT at 7pm. Lots of hidden costs to be saved. Too crowded? Hot bunk em.
Ah, it is simply DEE-lightful to see Senator Chas “Putz” Schumer, the Democrats’ Captain Edward Smith (Titanic’s Captain), in the process of going down along with the entire Democrat Pahty.
Indeed, the Democrats’ ship, just like the Titanic is taking on water & is in the process of swan-diving to the bottom of the ocean of irrelevance.
‘Tis a beautiful sight indeed.
Lead on Schmucky!!
Chucky was certainly one of the architects of the Dems temper tantrum during the recent Joint session speech,…
and we see no attempt to apologise, or otherwise mitigate the perception, after.
Hence, I think it likely the Dems WILL run the ship into the iceburg, they are too TDS infected, and can’t help themselves…
and I pray the RINOS are sufficiently neutred that they will not intervene to save the dems from their self destruction.
The RINOS are stuck between a hard place and AOC’s brain. They have no good path:
They help the Dems and they ensure they are primaried.
They don’t help the Dems they are getting primaired anyway but may save face; however, save face from what? They are hatred by both sides while only one side finds them useful.
They are screwed either way.
The Computer Will Be Right – End of Democratic Party
Posted Mar 6, 2025 By Martin Armstrong
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/the-computer-will-be-right-end-of-democratic-party/
“ChuckU.Schumer!”
Signed:
Rush Limbaugh. 🤭
From your mouth to God’s ears. But what are the chances that the House then comes back with 12 separate bills as suggested by Thomas Massie rather than the CR? That would be a real win.
Under current leadership I say that is unlikely. Republican leadership and most of the Republican reps couldn’t find their ashes with both hands.
Sadly you are spot on.
I agree it’s unlikely, but we can dream. Actually, I would like to see the information get out there that indeed the “normal” budgetary process involves 12 separate bills. At some point an informed public can then exert pressure on our “friends” in congress.
With MAGA-PDJT in the White House, the Democrats are really doubling down on the issues they have gone to extremes in all manners to champion and ‘protect’ – just about anything LGBTQ – etal; especially transgenderism, the use of correct pronouns, and even more passionate about trans men in women’s sports. Their insistence that American democracy is total submission to their only menu fueling their anti-Trump spearheading feedfest; while being amply paid for by Soros-affiliated organizations, NGOs, etal.
Our so-called ‘leaders’ demonstrated obligations to endure this Nazi-collaborating thug – whose life mission has always been to demolish any country that tries to live by Judeo-Christian values.
Biden-provoked proxy war brought the left’s love of war to the forefront and the Democrats are really committed to this bloodbath.
Democrats continue to demonstrate their mindless, childish, recalcitrant, rude and heartless under these 20-percenters against the 80%-ters. Now, without Biden,on whose abominable direction? Pelosi, “$-store O”, Hank-Johnson-Jeffries?
Schumer’s briar patch aspirations may well find that he himself better be investing in some specifically-crafted protective Prigami Customs underwear; (I’m being nasty here).
Schumer, the phony personified – that Schumer would purport to demonstrate what an ordinary guy he is has, himself, established that perspective indelibly. Stick to hot dogs cooked by someone else, Schumer creep.
Look to Greenland Democrats, where the MAGA moon rises high .. You’re well too late. Our VSPDJT knows the fight and how to fight!
I just can’t get over the brilliance of the Republican move here! The picture of Donald the Fox should be blasted on billboards across the nation
To be fair, this is not a Republican move but a PDJT-MAGA move. Somehow, PDJT has been able to keep most of the RINOs in control.
It’s simple, really. Do you want to get re-elected?
Its become obvious, with the epstien operation, the exposure of the abuse of the NSA database, etc. that BLACKMAIL is at least one of the currencies, that the Swamp runs on, at least as much as lucre.
I speculated earlier that PDJT may come back to DC, with a “full wallet” in this regard, and as I see Marco’s performance as SoS, as I see Congressional and even Senate Republicons basically lining up behind him, on nominations, on budgetary and legislative priorities, and see John Thune as seeming to be a very different leader than his mentor,…I have to wonder if all this “party unity” has some degree of blackmail material, or “counter-blackmail” material as the explanation?
After all, if you can have “counter-espionage” why can’t you have “counter-blackmail”?
“Whatever it takes”…right?
I’ve had similar thoughts for many months now. I don’t want to believe it, but also realize we are in a war to save America and war is dirty. Use same tactics as the enemy? Justified in order to have a free country and to try to save the world? Yes.
Get’em Chuck-E-Schummer…shut it down.
Br’er Rabbit: “Please don’t throw me in the Briar Patch!”
little bunny foo foo…had 3 chances….to stop scooping up the field mice…hare today, goon tomorrow?
Li’l Chuckie foo-foo, I don’t want to see you…
Scoop up an NGO n’ fill it full of cash…
I wonder if we should all call our Cogressmen, i.e. the Dems, and urge them to shut it down?
“the Democrats are about to step on a rake”
hahahahaha In your best Homer Simpson voice: DOH!
S will never deliberately give Repubs a win, he’ll wait til the 11th hour, claim that they are saving jobs by reluctantly voting w Repubs to keep the govt open. What he won’t ever say is that our govt under Dems/Uniparty became so grossly bloated that 1/2 of all govt jobs could b cut and no one would notice except their own kind…. Lawfare would go into overdrive
Dems thrive on drama, divisiveness and playing the “victim card,” hence their move to empower activist judges to illegally stop Trump and their newest attempt to “normalize violence.” Usurping plenary powers will continue….
The President just rolled out new EO to stop radical activist judges: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/trump-signs-executive-order-cracking-down-radical-activist/
AG must enforce this for all activist TROs…
Deplorable_Infidel posted about this last night but the EO “news” wasn’t quite as current as DI’s source, so wasn’t sure if it was click bait. Looks like source was correct and kudos to DI!!!
Let’s go Pam. Show us your (legal) stuff!
And thank you, rumor, for posting this!
I had to send your comment to the professor that sent me the Pam Geller link
“Pam just made sure I won’t trust her again.”
He publishes, so knows how to research. He was feeling bad because he might have sent something out unverified.
Looks like he can trust Geller. It was confusing between the EO and the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), which was posted to the White House website March 11th. The EO was late to the news cycle. Thanks for following up. And thanks to the professor!
And when I said, “Let’s go, Pam. Show us your (legal) stuff!” I was actually referring to Bondi.
Yes, I thanked him and sent him the links to your posts!
He reads a bit here when I send him links, but he does not go through the entire thread.
I assume the courts get shut down, too. Correct?
MAGA
Bannon and others seem to think that the gvt will get shut down. If that happens I suggest the following:
Federal workers still get paid in a shut down regardless of their “essential” status or not.
No they don’t. It takes a special bill to pay them after the shut down is over
True, but since this has happened 100% of the past Govt shut downs the difference is without distinction.
In other words, just like on “paid administrative leave”..….it’s a vacation
Yes, those of us who had to work the shutdowns were not real pleased that the furloughed employees got full backpay
That’s for sure.
Booger! That is criminal! Thank you for your service…and no, I’m not BSing. 🤝
Clearly a public “serve-us” mentality.
They told us the future was a “serve-us” economy, and it is!
Agree with U, the largest group of lazy, status-quo freeloaders in the American workforce = govt. 1/2 could be fired / laid off and the govt would become more productive and efficient
Their aggregate KPIs are probably NET -50!
Obama did #1 (except Congress, of course, of course)
And now that we are at this point. Even if they hold a vote tonight, Trump could still let OMB/DOGE to review everything and decide who is or isn’t “essential personnel”. After all, Trump has ten days, excluding Sundays, to sign or veto the bill.
MAGA
I’m confused. I thought Trump wanted it to pass. What am I missing here?
?…this story was written by Politico, not President Trump
Honest question here. he’s angry with Massie for announcing he’d vote against it. So, doesn’t that point to Trump wanting the CR to pass?
Yes he wants it to pass, the story by Politico doesn’t say he wants the government to shutdown
And, Schumer is refusing to vote to pass a CR, which would be the same budget he and Dems previously voted FOR.
LEAVE it shutdown, for months for all I care, never un-shut it down, its fine with me.
If we could prevent paychecks to congresscritters, fine with me too. Maybe that would be a way to get back some of the kickback money they took from the taxpayers by their many trips to ukraine. That is the only way we would recover the funds that made them so wealthy.
Agreed. Why should we pay for,and why do we have ANY, nonessential workers on the dole?
Head wag. 🕶️✝️🕶️
Serious question: If the government is shut down can PDJT do so-called recession appointments?
Like for example could he appoint Weldon, the highly competent man whose nomination PDJT Had to withdraw today because we didn’t have the votes in the Senate?
Why do I think of Bevis and Butthead when I see upChuck?
doofus.
why does he get secret service protection when he is protesting? It was his choice to be out there. This i do not understand.
I’m utterly shocked at the winning! So much better than anticipated.
here a question, when are they going to look into how all of these “people” got rich on a Gov’t paycheck ?
and why do they get paid for life after they worked there ? I may be wrong here, but why do they get a gold plated healthcare
and our vets who have bled for this country have to make do with whatever is at hand at the VA?
I don’t know about most of you, but I am getting real tired of them talking down to me about anything.
I bet the shutdown doesn’t stop THEIR paycheck. kind of funny isn’t it ?
I believe since the 80s Congress has gotten the same retirement and since Obamacare health plans as other feds.
The Dems are completely bereft of ideas and talent.
Congressional GOP isn’t a whole lot better.
Democrats look to save face in shutdown battle
Excerpt:
Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow the government to shut down Saturday, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill a GOP-crafted six-month stopgap spending bill.
Senate Democratic sources say Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is giving plenty of room to centrists in his caucus to vote for the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) if doing so is the only way to avoid a government shutdown at week’s end.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5191954-senate-democrats-government-shutdown/amp
Schumer is now a Palestinian is the best quote from President Trump all week.
Palestinian . . .
Philestinian . . .
Phoenician.
I just get sick of the same old drama time after time……..shut da sucker down…….or don`t .
sh!t or get off da pot.
You might not be bored soon. Not the same old same old.
And a lunar eclipse tonight as well. 🌖
it’s a sign.
https://griffithobservatory.org/event/total-lunar-eclipse-broadcast-march-13-2025/
Blood moon.
Big storm.
17 states.
. . . My fellow Americans.
. . . . . mebbe.
Mebbe not.
The Moon Howlers will have a great night
Have the demonrats (with their media toadies) ever been broken once by the wimpy GOPrick RINOrats?
We just need to break them once.
I saw Schumer yesterday on C-span with the fake reading glasses talking as if everyone listening (?) had the IQ of a 2 year old, mesmerized by his every lying word about medicare going away. Words can’t describe how much I hate this slimeball. Rot in hell, Chucky.
Go ahead, step on that rake…FAFO
Got a laugh out of the title. Years ago when Clinnochio shut it down, someone brought it up at lunch one day and a gal I worked with at the time said, ‘I got my new passport in the mail yesterday — I don’t care what they do now!’ 🙂
There’s zero chance they’ll shut down. So far, Rep. Massey’s predictions are coming to pass.
It’s all for show. Shame they couldn’t get a few DOGE- and courts-related things in there.
IRS DS holdover gone.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/irs-swaps-chief-counsel-for-a-lawyer-friendly-with-doge-ap-sources-say/
The Dems want a one month CR so they can get all the tax receipts in the kitty?
President Trump should announce a one month tax filing deadline extension to May 15th, for all 1040’s.
Including for payments.
I really like that one month tax filing deadline extension except for all taxes due……awesome idea.
Effectively you don’t need to file until Oct 15 anyway. For me the April 15 estimated tax payment is a much bigger deal than the return. To avoid the under-estimating penalty I use the 110% prior year safe-harbor, so get stuck with a refund on the return typically.
#SchumerShutdown…make it happen…make it trend on X
just got an email from my brain dead senator kaine on why he is opposing everything, basically he told me, “yeah, you are a constituent, but, effyou.”
And what are those consequences? Things so dastardly and scary they have not yet been named by anyone. oh, the fear!!!!!!
No, not really, shut her down.
The Lunatic Left fringe is about to FAFO that America is fed up with their bullshit! It’s now MAGA!
Schummer is, in reality a moron. He’s no diplomat. He’s a knee jerk Libby reactionary who has only one trick – the 1960s era sit in protests and the “Hey-Heys – Ho-Hos”. He’s not a strategist. I really didn’t understand how incompetent he is prior to this. I always believed he was a strategist.
IT is also great because the Dems have been whinning
about how DOGE is laying off Federal workers and well
boo hoo and such so how do they now justify
shutting down the Gov and causing more
federal worker to not have jobs at the moment?
So shall it be written, so shall it be done!
Trumpzilla must be smiling!
Thanks Sundance.
So it’s heads, Trump wins (gets the CR he asked for via Dem capitulation).
Tails, Dems lose (get blamed for shutdown and DOGE goes to town on “nonessentials”).
I like this game.
With all this leverage, don’t be surprised if R’s in house and senate step on a rake and give D’s what they want. If they would only follow Trump’s lead.
Gov t shutdown – tonight?
Means the FCC won’t be full-staffing/manning their HF DF system, time to fire up the ‘pirate’ 6925 kHz transmitter …
https://www.fcc.gov/general/high-frequency-direction-finding-center
6925 KHz is nowhere near the HF spectrum 😎
re: “6925 KHz is nowhere near the HF spectrum 😎”
Okay, “hoser.”
High Frequency – HF is the ITU designation for the band of radio waves with frequency between 3 and 30 megahertz (3,000 kHz and 30,000 kHz).
Link: Hf Frequency Range: Everything You Need to Know
(I’ve only been involved in, and with, radio technology for over 55 yrs now)
BTW, my favorite band is one of the MF (AKA MW) bands, called ‘Top band’, and dollars to donuts you don’t know which one THAT is.
PS. There is NO such designation as “KHz”.
“kHz” (lower case k)) is valid, as the small “k” is the x1000 multiplier for the unit Hz which represents cycles per second in the International System (SI) of Units. For high frequencies, the unit is commonly expressed in multiples: kilohertz (kHz), megahertz (MHz), gigahertz (GHz), terahertz (THz).
Well. Jim. Let that be a lesson to us then. 🤩
HF is 3000 – 30000 KHz.
Jim, 11:59:59 pm on March 14 is the official government shutdown if the CR isn’t passed.
As entertaining as the optics are it would be better if the GOP produced results. This is the ninety nine millionth time the Republicans tell us “we’ll do it next time”, and sure as Lucy pulls the football away the Republicans do not do it “next time”. They’ve had since November to prepare budgets, and Johnson promised in December that we’d get cuts with the new Congress in March. Well here we are in March and no cuts, just continuation of the prior Congress’ spending and “trust us we’ll do it in September”
Expecting political solutions to problems primarily caused by previous political solutions is (GOP, looking at you) well, crazy thought…..no??
It’s the same show over and over again. I’ve seen the re-runs too many times.
“If the CR is not passed, the govt goes into “shutdown mode” at midnight tonight and all “nonessential” employees, as determined by the Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, are laid-off.”
If those employees are laid off do they get paid or not? I’m hoping not.
They have been paid 100% in the past
Hmm Boog, do you see Trump following any of the past mistakes?
It’s a new day in the swamp. Things could go down 180 degrees from what you experienced.
We will have to wait and see
Unemployment is less expensive for taxpayers. Who gets full pay when they are laid off, BS on that.
If non essential maybe they will be fired
WINNAMINS Day!!!! Gotta LOVE it! As far as Charlie Schemer, did he ever have an IQ test???? Was it even a positive number?? IMESHO, given the damage that Charlie and the Dims have inflicted on America, he/she/it should be held responsible. the problem now is to get the morons and the LOSERS in the media to understand that and report to that objectively.
Democrats are in a huddle right now: “So do we shoot ourselves in one foot or both??”
Thank you WeeWeed. I really like Branco cartoons. I am smiling. Have a blessed evening.
You know Joe Dan Gorman had Branco at his last Intellectual Froglegs cookout. They had a raffle on one of Branco’s sketches (it was President Trump but I don’t remember the content) and it went for like $1000 bucks.
Can’t wait for this year’s Intel Froglegs event. Joe Dan has been supporting OUR President Trump since the beginning while blasting out some fine video and musical accompaniment, usually of the Rock variety.
With a bit of SARCASM thrown in…..for any Lefties who may have stumbled in by accident.
“Please, Brer Fox, whatever you do, please don’t throw me in that briar patch!” – Brer Rabbit
I suspect the strategy is to use the uncertainty, along with on again/off again tariffs from the administration and DOGE, to tank the economy and blame it on Trump/MAGA.
I’m a small business owner. We run a tight, profitable, small ship. If a project or process is not highly profitable we take a pass.
To us, the thought of nonessential employees is a combination of hilarious and putrid.
Go DOGE! 🕶️👊✝️👊🕶️
“Business is in Business to make money”….money is not made by careless or dumb use of assets and resources!
Carry on Frank Field!!!
Lucky Chucky obviously thinks he can do this every 30 days until the Dems get some concessions. Hell no. Let the Dems shut-down the government and wear and own it. It will make 2026 a lot easier for us.
Reports coming in that Schumer has caved. Heh.
Beat me to it 😎