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Lindsey Graham Having Fun During The 2025 Government Shutdown (europe.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Reposting this in case anyone out there honestly thinks they should have any measure of sympathy for this monster, who apart from celebrating dead schoolkids, partied at the White House while 10,000,000 Americans were kicked off food stamps during the 2025 government shutdown.

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[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I hope the rest of them shown here die soon too.

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

fucking Josh Hawley looking like the guy who wasn't invited into the conversation but donkey laughs for attention

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's actually one of my senators, which is why I saved the photo originally. It's just quite appropriate to remember these bastards today too.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah Missouri fuckin sucks.

I live here too.

[–] Boe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, it does, I really want to move but I like my job.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Damn, and here I am getting rejected or just not hearing back because everyone says they're hiring but in reality they're just saying they are.

I actually applied at Taco Bell, and wasted a day and a half of my time filling out online and paper applications, only to be told two days later when I called that they're not actually hiring even though it says they are.

[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

So ridiculous that it looks like AI

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

I wish very much that it was fake, but yes, this is how most of our legislators party when ten million people are about to be kicked off food stamps.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

What makes you think that ?

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

This is why I would vote to have all reps be sequestered during a shutdown. No fundraising, no fancy brunches, no visiting your mistress, no podcasting.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can we have some dialog please?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I thought the info in the post and image was enough context.

But here you go: https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-republicans-senate-trump-white-house-8cac539f2a553ced68bc9e0b32bc7b94

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

I wasn't criticizing any lack of info. Just thought it'd be funny to invent some.

[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The other user is probably referring to the support for Ukraine.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Ah, didn't realize that. Thank you for clarifying.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 1 day ago

I had a different kind of fun:
Since your spies didn't get appropriately compensated for four months, we had time to reassess which spies served your empire, and cleaned house.

So thank you Trump, for gifting the world a much needed break from your surveillance abroad.