Shut it down

Oh the government's going to get shut down

I wish I had that ability to just say „damn 300 million people, I gotta take my luxury vacation“

It's unfortunate that the people are suffering while Congress takes a break and enjoys themselves.

If they are supposed to be on break, why are they still working behind the scenes

FFS, this happens every year. The system is broken. Every year one side blocks the spending plans of the other. Fix it, we would all welcome a period of stability when spending plans are designed to help the people as a whole and not a small number of them. Come back once you’ve done so.

This has been happening for decades. The government always manages to do stuff, so it's a pointless drama: Since the GOP wants government departments to break, it's the Democratic Party who sacrifice their principles and destroy trust from the voters to "put" money in various departments.

There’s a little more than that waiting.

Chaos & the Epstein Files!

Each of the assholes who voted to gut Medicare should be tormented daily by their constituents.

The Epstein Recess courtesy of house speaker Mike Johnson

As if it isn’t always chaos, add another factor to it.

#LaziestCongressInHumanHistory #MostExpensiveCongressInHumanHistory

Love how we can’t get a single day off but these clowns take weeks off at a time all year round.

CONGRESS IS THE CHAOS

If the Dems back down we start removal wars.

Notice how Politico posts a picture of a Dem--as if they have ANYTHING to do with the shitshow going on right now, or when they come back, or Smirkin' Mikey Johnson sending the House home early to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. We see you, Politico. Sleazebags.

They’re a sleazy rag based on a private equity/ family office P&L. They can literally fuck themselves.

The irony of Texas Republicans calling out Texas Democrats for doing the exact same thing as speaker Johnson

Hypocrisy is the only thing they do well

that’s not fair, they are also super good at racism

Exactly

How many times do you print this headline about the same issue and chaos never happens.

Republicans dropped bread crumbs so they can find their way back.

They ran away from their boss pardoning a sex offender to cover for his rapes. Politico remains pro-sex offender. Talk to any victims yet?

They 🌮out!

If congress can run and hide to avoid talking about child trafficking, rape, etc., it seems more than fair dems in TX can do it to prevent (well stall) gerrymandering...

I hope chaos finds them on vacation. They should not be allowed peace of mind, while simultaneously destroying our democracy. Protestors are everywhere.

Blah, blah, blah...🤣 Same old bullshit, different day.

when they come back there may not be a constitution as you know it

Release the Epstein files

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Democrats have a second chance, now. They bungled it the first time with the infamous nine. I really don't to hear about how a shutdown will hurt people. Amplify Trump's "work." I want to hear Dems asking for the Epstein files. "It might be easier to cooperate if we had the Epstein files..."

Let it shut down!

😒

The new norm.

It shouldn't be though. If congress is going to act like a bunch of undisciplined hourly employees, we should treat them as such, and make them punch a damn clock. Why do we have to continue paying their salaries while they're off fundraising for their next campaign? Not doing the work of the ppl.

You say chaos, I say insane f*ckery.🤬👿

While they’re on break, Dumpsterfire is destroying the White House.

Welcome back.

Why do they get such long breaks.. didn’t they just return from a break?

Criminals squatting in our White House.

Find out where they are and beat your war drums to send a message.

Surprise, surprise. This is just a lot of the same ole GOP Bullshit. Nothing new👽

Epstein will still be waiting for them 👇🏼

I’m sure the republicans will attach something horrible to the bill that averts a shutdown.

Hopefully the American fascist party House of Representatives all die in their sleep

"awaits"?

I wonder how many went home thinking that they won't be back. 🪟 🔫 💀

Has no one realised that this is a crazy way to run a government's spending, whoever is in charge? I doubt any other country decides spending all in one go and allows so many small amendments in it

SO DO THE EPSTEIN FILES

Any one of us abandoning our jobs for 8 weeks would be FIRED!

What totally uncreative reason will the New York democrats come up with to capitulate?

Not only funding chaos awaits, but EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN!

It wasn't a summer break. Teachers take summer break. Children get a summer break. It is a sexual predator rememberance break. Congress decided to take the summer off in rememberance of Maxwell and Epstein.

Trump is a pedophile. Release the Epstein/Trump files.

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The USA needs a modern day revolution and blue states should be holding back your federal tax dollars from Washington. Hit them where it hurts, money talks

All part of the grand strategy!

CHAOS AWAITS US ALL!

Ok but how else would you avoid publishing lists of rich pedophiles?

JFC, why can't they just fund the government for one fiscal year at a time? This is stupid bullshit.

Has there been any recent time without chaos in Congress?

I'm old. No, there hasn't; but we didn't have MAGA over the decades, nor intentionally elect a fascist. We are witness to the dismantling of our Democracy in real time. Step up and vote like your lives depend on it. Because it does. Those of you who sat out voting? You can't afford to anymore.

Shut the fucker down. Why pay to fund people destroying the government. You think it will hurt to shut down? Wait till you feel what they do when it is funded.

And a number of other issues ...

An exhaustingly long list of issues.

I do concur

And he apparently has a history of protecting pedophiles.

They don’t give a fuck! To hell with out joke a a two party system Let’s vote them all out! Find some Americans that can get the job done! Balance the budget Fix the broken immigration system Fix the healthcare system

Shitler dismantled the Federal government with DOGE and further with his Big Murder Bill. States will have to fill the void and Cali, NY and Illinois governors have had enough of the right wing white supremacist bullshit.

All to avoid voting on releasing the Epstien files. Make sure to call your reps over the break. Don't let them forget about it!

Shut it down.

Could someone explain to Fetterman that defunding the government does not keep it open.

Fetterman is going through a change, or maybe it's coming close to an end. As his brain heals, as much as it can, the rerouting is changing some of his beliefs. It will be interesting where he ends up after it finishes healing all it can. I'm willing to bet he leans more to the right in the end.

Why the fuck do they get a summer break? Get back to work

Nothing like kicking the can down the road. What a bunch of spineless losers.

dock the pay of every congress person for 8 weeks.

The very same people force us to work seven days a week just to survive and have the attitude that -we’re- lazy.

The same people who force us to work seven days a week just to survive are the ones calling us lazy. The hypocrisy is staggering.

Well, gosh darn it. Those Republicans deserve a vaca full of Pornhub and popcorn😑. Predators.

Good ! Let ‘em all suffer

I thought I saw that guy somewhere!

They need to let all budgets fail. The GOP will fuck EVERYONE ANYWAY!! No negotiation with these vile creatures. SHUTDOWN!!! FRAME IT AS TRUMP AND LITTLE BOY MIKEY’S FAULT.

Our entire system is this far from inevitable collapse and complete chaos.

Must be nice to just take off a month whenever you want. And have free healthcare FOR LIFE.

The Epstein files are not going away!!!

What kind of job gives you 2 months of vacations with one of the most high salaries levels to be paid on the public system while the same job where they work is in the middle of the most serious and dangerous constitutional crisis. This is immoral as GOP has no moral, no decency. Congress = Cancer

Republicans fled went on vacation not working their pay should be refunded

The government shut down on January 20th.

It is All Chaos All the Time with Republicans.

Democrats should loudly threaten to shut the government down if the Epstein files aren’t released. They won’t tho

Unfortunately ... or, predictably.

Silly reason. There are so many good reasons.

Under no circumstances should they negotiate with the GOP after the rescissions debacle from a couple of weeks ago. THIS is why the whole country hates Dems. Anything they get in negotiation will just be rescinded. But here they go business as usual. As though they've had their memories wiped

Until they can actually grow a spine they should be hated. By not fighting back they lose their current supporters and gain no new ones. So that sort of strategy will just ensure they become a moribund political party dominated by GOP fascists.

Dude, F that. They should shut down the house if Trump doesn't revise his bullshit spending bill. That is way more important to the lives of your avg American than anything else going on right now.

I think they will have to or completely lose the younger vote they desperately need. Younger voters want actual pushback and change not strongly worded letters. They will stay home if ignored

how the hell do they get 8 weeks off? time for another “insurrection”

We should be getting 8 weeks paid vacation and all their benefits. And if American was really so fucking great we'd be get that and More! 😒

It’s not 8 weeks of vacation. Lawmakers take four weeks to head back to their districts and meet with constituents, hold town halls, etc. It’s necessary face-time with the people they represent. Once they get back they have four weeks until the potential shutdown.

Can’t wait to see the 4 week flood of just that.

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And taxpayers pay for this 💩

It's so funny this happens. USA workers. When's the last time you were able to vote to all take time off at your workplace?

Republican left the country in the hands of an orange pedophile hellbent on destroying America and its attempt at decency

Pass the john lewis voting rights act and end gerrymandering or they need to shut the government down indefinitely. our democracy is at stake.

So rather than deal with it at the time they ensure that it will once again be topic number one for another news cycle in September. Brilliant as ever. #Epstein #EpsteinTrump #ListenToTheVictims #PedoPrez #ComplicitCongress

Maybe they should just shut down

Well hopefully they will have a nice vacation 🙃

Good. Shut it all down. This is the way.

No help. Burn it down

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Think the Dems will have gotten their game by that time and actually put up a fight?

Congress has been on a summer break since January 20! Are the Democrats all hiding in holes? Stop talking peacefully about the law while every part of our democracy gets stripped. DO SOMETHING!!!

Shame on them!!!

Idk why Democrats aren't threatening hold the funding bill hostage. There's no universe where any concessions given to them will stand since Trump will just take away any appropriated funds from it and The Supreme Court will give him 6 thumbs up.

Either way, they make sure THEY get paid, right?

Congress is a sewer.

They need to be followed and harassed non-stop for the shit they have pulled and what they plan to do!!! Fuck them all!!

Shut it the fuck down

Republicans want chaos

Mike Johnson is a clown!!

Release the Epstein Files.

Oh yeah? Shut down, huh? What about Epstein ?? Don't let them change the subject......this is newsworthy but its worse if the PUTUS is a PEDO

blah blah

CONGRESS IS A DYSTOPIAN SHITSHOW UNDER REPUBLICANS.

Congress should be paid for only the days they work. Take their salaries away. They don't do enough to actually deserve it anyway.

Chaos because that is what the republi-fascists created.

The Republicans are off rehearsing their “blame the Democrats” talking points for when they get back.

$174,000 plus full medical and they get the month of August off? 200 years ago the world was less complicated and slower you could take time off. Now things are faster and more global they should not get a month off.

The real tell is when Senator Fetterman says he'll vote to keep the government open no matter what. That's not leadership – that's Stockholm syndrome. You might as well announce to a kidnapper that you'll pay whatever ransom they demand. Of course, they're going to keep taking hostages.

As a Pennsylvania x-pat I had hopes for Fetterman, I'm very disappointed

Seriously. The man recovered from a stroke only to suffer brain damage from spending too much time in the Senate.

Same OLD SAME OLD , stall wait than do it at the final minute, Please our HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES are a JOKE

Sure hope the "Pedophile Budget Negotiations" go smoothly....

Chaos and a looming shutdown disaster is now SOP for the Rethuglicans. Apparently it helps them get more awful things done that they later can claim they didn't know anything about.

Trump and GOP shut down the Federal government 3 times between 2016 and 2020, one the longest in history. Now DOGE has destroyed large swaths of the Federal Government. Easy to steal without oversight or a professional civil service that once put the nation first not Shitler.

I think they thrive on chaos.

There’s no chaos when everyone knows they will just issue another continuing resolution. And on and on it goes.

No where in the constitution is Congress entitled to a paid summer break. Our government is lazy, fat on insider trading, and unaccountable for their actions.

Partly depends on how quickly they can pass a resolution to release uncensored versions of all Epstein related materials. The quicker they get that done, the more time left for them to think about the budget.

They LOVE chaos.

💯 Totally irresponsible. Once again, Republicans in Congress show us all that they cannot lead effectively.

MAGA are leading into their dystopian knuckle dragging world.

😡

Congress when on break do the republicans could run away from voting on whether to release the Epstein files

This is just political chicken doodoo. Johnson is spineless. But the good thing is that members have to go home and face their constituents, if they have the guts to do so. Around the middle states they’re hiding.

Chaos Merchants after all. And I sincerely hope they have a shitty summer vacation too. 😒 Get busy out there in the Wilds and make it so. Dog your local reps, State and Federal!

We are watching the MOST rigged cheating Maga Trump congress ONLY destroying the USA!

Republicansare are deeply and fundamentally opposed to any sort of negotiation, compromise, or good fairh.

8 weeks?! I went 18 YEARS without a vacation thanks to the "gig" economy. And all this time we're paying these fools for nothing.

Vacation? What is a 'Vacation'? it sounds so familiar, yet so foreign Is that the thing where they Release the Trump/Epstein Files and Trumps Client List?

Not sure. For me it was the occasional trip to the emergency room with broken bones. But I hear they're supposed to be something called "fun".

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Just another day in trump world 😓

They should refuse a deal until the Epstein files are released.

We have two months to solve the budget. I know, let’s just go on vacation for two months. Wow, just wow.

Summer vaycay, sheesh.

You know what else waits for them? The Epstein files

Pedophile House...

I want 8 weeks off work…

Should issue arrests 4 88.van gelical.s 4 going on break not 2 vote on releasing ep.steain files.

They went on vacation so they wouldn't have to vote on Epstein because they all seem to be worried about who's on that list. Who flew Epstein air - to go molest children

Chaos is the point.

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Congressional sessions can happen virtually and elected officials can interact with their communities virtually, so maybe our government is outgrowing the month-long recess.

Chaos is BECAUSE of U. S. Lawmakers!

when has it not been chaos since Jan 20?

CLOWN AND CROOK SHOW

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When do they get back to work

Dems, do NOT capitulate. Shut it the fuck down if you need to…!!!

They haven't done anything productive in the last 7 months, but capitulated to FF47. They should actually have their salaries frozen. They have created the chaos by refusing to perform their sworn duties.

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The freaking same crap!!

Shut it down …… why not , most already is .

Correction: Republicans went on 8 week summer break

Is this different from the "chaos" we're facing now? What do those guys do there, aside from plotting how to wreck America?

Congress seems to stay on break Why are we paying these folks? Let's primary them all - and put in some folks that actually want to work to improve things for the common man #TermLimits #PrimaryThem #NoMillionairesInCongress Just for good measure #ScrewTedCruz

We no longer have a functioning government

Dems should do everything they can to shut it down.

Chaos is his mission in life! He was born from chaos, & thrives in it! 🤬🖕🤯

It's almost like the Republicans hope we'll forget about the Epstein files. Keep the pressure on. Contact their offices. Let them know it is not ok to protect pedophiles and sex traffickers.

why do they deserve a break ?

This isn’t drama. Murkowski, Collins, “establishment Dems” etc will capitulate, new CR will be passed after CNN has 72 hours of coverage on it. Trump will congratulate himself as being a genius for fixing this, the sycophants will appear on TV to praise him and agree

Republicans fleeing congress

And don’t forget

Do you really think they care. They probably go on another vacation till January

Why do these slags get so many days off? Why do they receive free healthcare even when they end their position? Why are they paid such a large salary when none do their jobs properly? Why is national minimum wage $7.50?

Oh, and it's going to built up strong!!!!

When did the rest of us get eight weeks paid time off annually?

I'm pretty sure there was an important reason, like summer camp with their pedophile friends or something.

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Republicans shut it down first to protect their pedophile friends and donors. So now democrats should take the opportunity to shut down to protect us. Republicans will never play fair and will cheat as instructed by Trump, enough is enough.

Congress does NEXT to NOTHING to earn their pay & benefits (especially in this Administration). They’ve been rendered virtually IMPOTENT. Honestly, I’m less than impressed with how our Government has worked. Maybe it’s time to examine things. Maybe it’s time for a 3rd Party? We’ve got to CHANGE. 😳

We need to upgrade our Constitution. The Germans have done it since WWII and we can too. We can start with that Equal Rights Amendment and go from there. 😒

You’re right!

Biden was the best President of our lifetime. However, it looked like if he was re-elected, RICH PEOPLD WOULD HAVD BEEN FORCED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. So, corporate media conspired to blame him for Netanyahu, the Israeli Trump, and worldwide inflation. You were played.

How is this different from what's going on in Texas?

Chaos that was started because of republicans. Cant believe I'm using my goon account to yell this.

Maybe, American Carnage !!

I was entitled to two 15-minute breaks & 1-hour lunch break when I was working as a legal secretary for 30 years. If I had on overload of work, I did not take the breaks, cut lunch short. But golfing Trump & AWOL Republicans call people who work remotely “lazy.”

We need to remind them of what lazy really is. They haven't tasted it in forever.

Dictatorship of pedo dolts needs removed like founders said.

Let’s give them a piece of our minds. Pissed as hell. Take a break and Dems. keep the Fascists on break until 2026 or they snap out of their knee dropping, blind allegiance to the 34 count felon, cheater, liar u know the rest. It’s supposed to be allegiance to the Constitution&’We The People’.