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As Trump Attacks America Your Job is to Fill the Space

The Republican shutdown is yet another step in their nihilistic attack on the U.S., which is part of their war on liberalism and western democracy. You have an assignment during it: Fill the space.

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Sarah Jones
Oct 06, 2025
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People cannot wait for Republican attacks in the empty space of the Trump shutdown.

The Trump shutdown is part of their war against liberalism and western democracy. They don’t mind the government being shut down, this is why they do it every chance they get rather than doing their job of balancing the budget through negotiation.

Republicans have come to expect Democrats to save them from their nihilistic attacks on the United States government. But this time might be different. Already, elected Democrats are showing a spine at least demand to be a part of the negotiation process even as Trump calls all Democrats vermin, “communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs,” and then days ago called Democrats the “party of hate, evil, and Satan.”

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