Comment posted by Glitching Angel
This shutdown is not about ACA subsidies or partisan stubbornness. It’s about collapsing public trust to justify centralized control. When both parties admit they can’t guarantee outcomes, when Senate leaders like John Thune surrender leverage to appease Democrats, and when Democrats refuse deals without permanent welfare expansions, you’re not watching negotiations, you’re watching submission rituals. The script is written by global actors: WEF policy funnels, IMF budget constraints, and WHO medical compliance protocols. They’re using “temporary” shutdowns to normalize emergency governance and engineer obedience fatigue, until the people beg for digital chains in exchange for resumed services.
This is the final rehearsal before executive emergency rule. The Senate is already neutered, Thune openly says he can’t promise results, only process. The House is fragmented by design. And both sides defer to Trump’s unpredictable nod, proving the Republic has been gutted and replaced with televised puppetry. The ACA isn’t the prize. The prize is precedent: shut down the government, extract permanent programs, bypass legislative safeguards. They will use this same model for climate lockdowns, CBDC rollouts, and digital speech laws. This isn’t incompetence; it’s precision demolition.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/thune-willing-give-democrats-all-things-they-want-friday-shutdown-vote-looms