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| By sugartitsme on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 1:49 pm: | 
This is really getting old!  Back when I was still working for the government we never got hit for more than a few days, so we still got paid on time. This isn't funny, two people in my family are affected.  The one that upsets me the most is one of my kids, I was told today, I've worked hard and tried to do all the right things, lived below my means if anything and now I made to feel as if I have fucked up.  It's terrible.  When I was still working for the government, I worked soooo many hours that I never got paid for, we are not lazy loafers trying to get something for nothing and do not deserve to be treated as such.
| By maturedwm on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 1:59 pm: | 
Thank the evil Demonrats who care more about illegals than American citizens and want to give AMERICAN taxpayer dollars (not their own) to ILLEGALS.
Let’s solve the illegal immigration problem ! Stop all manner of funding to illegals, housing, food, healthcare, education and let them all go home to their own countries ! Then let vetted people from those countries come here legally, still with no taxpayer money and build a life here , like all of the other immigrants that helped build this great nation 100 years ago !
What happened to Mike Johnson & the House. Why haven't they been in Washington. The Scumbags all get paid while inflicting pain & suffering to the American people. And then you got the clown building a ballroom for 300 million dollars while people are scrambling to get enough money to pay their mortgage or buy food. This is not the America I grew up in back in the 50s and 60s.
| By sugartitsme on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 2:19 pm: | 
Agree with both of you, mature and hotwife!  It's not fair, I worked for the navy for 39 years all together and we get a bad rap.  During the covid we all worked from home and nobody refused a call outside of their work hours and we all did more than our share without getting paid for quite a bit of it.
| By womenrock on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 2:25 pm: | 
Hey road he paid for it with his own money and donations. He no different than the past clowns who put additions, basketball court, swimming pool all on our dime!! 
 
If people don't have money they can thank the past administration for that.  
The only thing about growing up in the 50's and 60's that you think was good is because we didn't know all the corruption in our government!! 
Thanks to DJT he brought it all to the surface!!
| By doctortits2 on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 2:26 pm: | 
roafmaster70...are you having trouble making ends meet, having to pay late penalties on payments now overdue..?
| By snappahead8 on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 2:27 pm: | 
Hey Roaf, 
 
Mike Johnson is in Washington. The rest of the republican congress people are in their districts helping their constituents negotiate the shut down, as they are supposed to be.  
 
Where are your democratic Gods? They are parading around protests blaming Trump for the mess they created. Yes, they created this mess. They let the illegals in, they passed Obamacare, they created the 38 trillion debt and they want more money to continue their awful government management.  
 
And people like you are pissing and moaning about Trump who is doing exactly what he said he was going to and what the people voted for. 
 
You sir are a dope.
But what about the ballroom! LOL 
 
The house did their job, they passed a clean CR. 
 

| By rodsbible on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 2:32 pm: | 
Fed workers get their pay even if they were furloughed. They just need to wait till the govt opens back. Large part of their lives they have job security if even they work or just do work very inefficiently. They do get fat paychecks.
| By sugartitsme on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 2:34 pm: | 
We are not paying for the fucking ballroom, who cares!
| By snappahead8 on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 2:38 pm: | 
News Flash: Republicans presented a bill to pay Federal Workers during the shut down. The Democrats voted it down.  
 
I'll wait to hear how this somehow becomes Trump's fault.  
 
This outta be good.
| By funcpl0947 on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 2:56 pm: | 
Just a question. 
Did any of the folks who work for the federal government, and are missing their pay, ever hear of the idea about saving some funds for hard times? 
 
Just asking
| By smokeyd on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 3:23 pm: | 
Conflicted are you aware  that illegals go to ER's for medical care? Then ER's charge Medicare, Medicaid (our taxpayer money) to get paid. Kinda back door illegal medical paying. 
I also notice other liberals ignoring the OP to avoid admitting Democrats not negotiating.
| By mistified on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 3:25 pm: | 
The democrats have admitted they are responsible and it is their only leverage. But Republicans are not giving them back their slush funds to embezzle from. In California illegals get everything while Americans don't in many ways. Lots of Dr offices and the hospital mostly are done with Spanish. Its amazing how many times we are the only English speaking and white people there. Newsom gives illegals everything and hates Americans.
| By rodsbible on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 3:51 pm: | 
When illegals get legal and later become citizen they future voter to dem party. Dems are not fools to encourage illegal migration.
| By mistified on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 3:58 pm: | 
They vote in California. No id required, in fact it is illegal to show it or for them to ask.  Other than a bunch of Karens and idiocy nobody votes democrat so Newsom needs illegal votes. That is the main reason for the shutdown. They need to buy illegal votes.
| By bak4mor on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 4:02 pm: | 
News flash, Democrats proposed legislation to pay ALL federal workers and prevent Trump from mass firings and Republicans objected. 
 
This isn't a partisan issue. Its called a negotiation. Every government shutdown involves one. Get Republicans back to Washington and work out a deal.
| By sugartitsme on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 4:06 pm: | 
Bullshit Rod, they have bills to pay like everyone does.  The fact that you may have made a poor career choice is not their problem.
| By rodsbible on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 4:32 pm: | 
Sugartit, that's bullshit. Why taxpayers money is required to pay for those fed workers who have not worked during the shutdown?  
 
Do you mean worker as fed worker is only good career choice? Rest of citizens who work in other companies, small and medium businesses are all poor career choices?
This is stupid ass Democrats that don’t like this country
He conflicted wake up and smell the coffee and turn off CNN
| By clyde601958 on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 4:58 pm: | 
2:24. What am I missing.   The j hi Ouse passed a bill. They did their part   It’s the Senate that’s holding t hi msg up   I kind of wish the Senate would have a vote and we can see who’s holding things up even though they don’t have enough votes   We all k no who  is. But it would be more visible                                                                                   Funny blaming  NJ it on Johnson
A lot of the disagreements of undocumented getting public assistance benefits and also who is eligible, the information needed for each program and income/asset limits for them could be settled if a person took the time to look up the assistance Combined Manual(s) for TANF(cash assistance) SNAP and medicaid. The Manuals are available on line. 
 
I've read through them many of times over my career.   
 
As for undocumented and healthcare-- yes there is a program called emergency medical they may be eligible for. It only covers a specific injury/illness and there is still income/assets needed for the EMA program.  You can thank Ronald Reagan for signing the program into law.    
 
As for Federal workers getting back pay once a Fed government shutdown is over you can thank Trump --he signed the Government Fair Treatment Act in 2019
| By sugartitsme on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 7:36 pm: | 
Love you womenrock! Totally the truth and completely with you!
| By sugartitsme on Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 7:50 pm: | 
Don't give a  about the ballroom, very MANY presidents have made changes and renovations to the White House!  They were all more selfish and done on the taxpayer dime!  This is a gift and people need to shut the fuck up about it.
Congress is the group which should not be paid nor their expenses.   Kf course they would not miss it.
bak4mor- 
 
The democrats shut down the government for leverage. Openly admitted so. They refused to vote for a CR which is an extension to work under the existing budget. It's done regularly and often. But there's nothing regular about the socialist democrat party these days.  
 
Got any other MSNBC bullshit news flashes to share?
Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Morin, Laken Riley, all killed by democrats' illegal aliens!  Democrats are the party of rape and murder!!  Now they're shutting down the government until they provide money and healthcare to the very people that killed these women!!  Fuck them and fuck you if you support them!!
An anonymous Republican donated 130 million dollars to pay the troops during the democrat shutdown. 
 
Ever hear of a democrat doing something like this?
| By bak4mor on Friday, October 24, 2025 - 1:46 pm: | 
Snapp, yes they did. To the benefit of Americans who need assistance getting Healthcare.  
 
This includes individuals who own and work at small businesses. 
 
What are Republicans doing to help Americans with Healthcare?  What are their solutions? They had a chance in 2017, and since to come up with a better plan and crickets. 
 
Johnson keeps saying we can put forth a plan tomorrow. Then fucking do it! 
 
Until they come up with a better plan, I suggest laying off the finger pointing.
Bak, 
 
No it was to pay members of the military. 
 
Healthcare, don't go there with me. The dems fucked that up royally. Obamacare is a disaster and that had nothing to do with Trump and the Republicans. That was Obama and the democratic controlled congress. 
 
Healthcare is a problem. But it got worse since Obamacare
| By mistified on Friday, October 24, 2025 - 10:39 pm: | 
Specific Injury,,,doesn't matter in California. They are covered in California for anything at any time. And yes they get snap ,phones, section 8 ,etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc All For Votes
| By standy on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 4:53 am: | 
It's realy upsetting that the nude beaches are closed.  We were going to Apollo or Playalinda every weekend. As a former Federal employee went through these several times in my career.  Always got back pay.  It was like an unexpected vacation time.  Absolutely stupid.  Has to be a way for this not to happen again!