MAGA IMPLODES.

The Rift Between MTG and
Trump, the Shutdown, the 
support for endless wars has
probably set MAGA to
implode.

(1)>>MAGA may have Imploded. Has Trump betrayed his base supporters? You have to notice how MAGA is starting to slowly wake up . Talk about Trump’s numbers in the polls invariably leads to a counterpunch that the polls are always wrong or that a specific poll is rigged to make Trump look bad.  So for all my MAGA friends who think things are going great, let’s put some facts on the record. This is undoubtedly where American public opinion is, and MAGA and the White House needs to accept it and change accordingly. Failure to do so will effectively end the Trump administration with Democratic majorities in the Congress issuing subpoenas on a daily basis. The current state of the Democratic Party is the best thing Republicans have going for us as we approach the 2026 midterm election. This is not about one poll from an organization that leans left. This is about multiple polls from multiple respected outlets. Washington’s stubborn budget impasse found an ignominious place in history on Wednesday when it entered its marking the longest government shutdown since the nation’s founding. Trump’s economy has now arrived, and it’s as catastrophic as the experts predicted. Despite his promises not only to curb inflation but also to bring prices down, there is no relief in sight, because Trump never had a plan for dealing with any of that. Housing remains out of reach for many, unemployment is rising, and, thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill Act, Medicaid is about to eject millions of recipients to help offset a budget-busting tax cut for rich people. The SHUTDOWN probably exposed a fundamental weakness in our Government System. The Government has a lack of empathy towards its people. While we may argue that the signs of a eroded, dysfunctional Congress is evidence.  Federal Workers are trapped working, while Congress members receive pay funded by tax payers. Congress is both Democrats and Republicans. Both parties are disgusting, should be held accountable for their stupidity, gaslighting and finger pointing. Trump , the President too should be blamed as well. The OBBBA cuts medicare & medicaid subsidies which are projected to cause health care costs to double, triple and in some cases to dectuple, making it unaffordable for millions of people who still have it. It's also projected to cause some rural hospitals to close. Republicans claim that the cut is to prevent undocumented immigrants from getting services, even though there are laws against that, and the undocumented don't have Medicare cards. The Republicans then pivot to illegals getting care at emergency rooms, which is covered by a Reagan era law, and then they say it's to prevent paying for transgender surgery, which is pretty much elective. After the smoke & flashing mirrors, the dispute boils down to where the (2)>>Democrats have drawn a line in the sand, refusing to pass the budget bill as long as it includes cuts to Medicare, Medicaid & social security. Mike Johnson's response is that Dems should allow the cuts to go through, and he promises that Republicans will try to fix the resulting carnage some other time, Trump's healthcare plan will be ready in 2 weeks, (a quote from 2017) .There’s still a very real possibility that he’ll swoop in at the last second and send SNAP out via executive order so he can be the hero. And if that happens, I want everyone to remember he has had the power to do that (3)>>THE ENTIRE TIME and could have reassured people from the start that they wouldn’t go hungry. The cruelty is the point here. He wants people to turn on each other. He wants a reason to declare martial law and deploy more troops in the streets. I don’t think the shut down is a bug of the plan, I think it’s a feature. The shutdown allows Trump and company to squeeze more overreach. It’s a way to a means, of presuming more control to reshape and reform our republic. It’s a ‘blank check’ to do what they want. For instance, they cut hundreds of billions from SNAP in the big, beautiful bill. With the shut down, they’ve been able to cut it all, even in defiance of court orders. They’ve cleaned out more federal workers. They’ve ended even more programs.…and we’ve still added what? Almost $2 trillion to our deficit in FY2025. He WANTS us to act like it’s the goddamn Hunger Games. But if he does saunter in and issue SNAP at the last second- (4)>>HE IS NOT THE HERO. HE’S THE ABUSER. But the Trump Administration is making the situation worse by taking unprecedented, and even illegal, steps during the shutdown to inflict unnecessary damage to public services and investments, the federal workers who deliver them, and the public who depends on them, seemingly to force Democrats in Congress to accede to the Administration’s funding demands. The irony is that the longer this drags on, the more it demonstrates exactly the opposite of strength. Economic disruptions from government shutdowns cascade through supply chains, federal contracts, and consumer confidence none of which make any country more competitive globally. The real test of leadership isn't how long you can sustain dysfunction, but how quickly you can restore stability and growth. History shows that nations that prioritize governance over grandstanding consistently outperform those that don't. My true apologies if that sounds biased, but the Dems stance is simply that they refuse to vote to pass the cuts, the projected consequences come from independent sources, and the Republicans won't commit to a clear and credible alternative. Trump admin has been getting too high on their own supply. They thought the voter base he had is so strong and the Democrats are so toxic that they’d follow him wherever he goes. Even if it’s off a cliff. The reality is that only ~30% of voters fit that bill (which is already too high). So they could use the shutdown for their own gain. But the economy is terrible. Prices are rising. The distinction is worse than ever.  (5)>>People are pissed and they’re tired. With the Epstein files implicating Trump and Trump on Laura Ingrams show saying he wants more Chinese immigrants pissing off maga and the maga civil war brewing it appears they are finally collapsing. I couldn’t believe it at first I thought surely they’ll pull back together they always do but not this time I don’t think. Mtg is going on the view to criticize republicans. Owen shroyer left infowars because Alex refused to criticize Trump. Nick Fuentes,Candace Owen’s ,Tucker Carlson and Megan Kelly are fighting with all of the old guard republicans and conservative podcasters.

 NOTES AND COMMENTS:

(1)>>MAGA may have Imploded.  MAGA isn't imploding from within. Yes, there is some infighting happening, but until the Republican party reps and senators abandon MAGA, it will remain. I'm not saying it won't happen, but we need to atleast wait until the midterms are over before we start making posts about MAGA dying off. Republicans have, for a long time, made it clear that they believe that the services the federal government provides should be greatly reduced. The current government shutdown was/is never going to end with Democrats getting the things they've been pushing for (namely the ACA subsidy extensions) because Republicans have no incentive to cave to any such demands. In fact, they've made it quite clear that they're totally fine with literally starving people and crippling many basic public functions.Or even think about it from the other direction: why do Democrats care about the ACA susbisdies being extended? Because access to healthcare is a basic need and many people will die as a result of not being able to afford basic treatment for any number of injuries and illness. But isn't the same thing true about Republicans currently blocking SNAP benefits (i.e., access to affordable food)? They have been pretty vocal about this being something they want (and it's literally outlined in Project 2025).So, on the one one hand - Democrats can hold out on the slim hope that Republicans will eventually cave (which they won't because they are uncaring sociopaths) but in the meantime, people (especially children, disabled, amd elderly) will literally starve and die. That's on top of many public workers being pushed closer to poverty because they are either fired, furloughed, not being paid, or resigning - all of which has ripple effects on the agencies they work for being able to operate effectively. Plus, the longer the shutdown goes on, the more likely Republicans will be to end the filibuster, which would allow them to push through far, far worse legislation with minimal resistance.On the other hand, they can sign onto Republican's bill and people will die because they can't afford medical care. Plus, Republicans will be shown that their terroristic threats on the American people will work in the future as well (which, let's be honest, they've known that for a long time). It sounds like a dammed if you do, dammed if you don't kind of situation - Republicans are going to get people killed no matter what and they don't care.(2)>>Democrats have drawn a line in the sand. HOLY CRAP! It's now been exposed that 14 days into the federal government shutdown - Democrat moderates were about to REOPEN everything, but Chuck Schumer ordered them into a 'backroom' and said "NO. HOLD OUT." "A group of moderates came to Schumer 2 weeks in and said, 'we're ready to reopen the government.' He said 'no, hold out!' He said if anyone tried to reopen the government, he'd stand against them!" "He caused the pain. He pushed the pain through!" Despicable, Chuck. You disgust America! To make matters worse Trump can’t even rely on corporate media to get Trump fatigue and stop covering him like last time, because there is now an exploding left wing online media industry which is covering his every move and not letting it fade into the background. This in turn is giving focus to protestors and even giving the do nothing Democratic leadership a hard time keeping their control over the party who wants young Democrats with bold Ideas instead of the old guard. Exciting times. (3)>>THE ENTIRE TIME and could have reassured people from the start that they wouldn’t go hungry.  43 million Americans on SNAP means 1 in 8 people are on Food Stamps. I think it's a balance of electoral interest vs actual long-term policy goals. It's one thing to have SNAP die for a month or two, it's another to make healthcare entirely unaffordable for 10 million people for the foreseeable future. Plus, politically, it's better to be able to say "we fought tooth and nail against rising premiums, even shut down the government" than simply "the other side did this and we watched them fuck you over." I think the sheer act of forcing a government shutdown is the best way for Dems to position themselves as having the moral high ground. And in fact, making it the hill they die on and forcing Republicans to negotiate or kill the filibuster would have been the optimal strategy in my opinion. Because next year they'd be able to say they did everything legally in their power to stop Republicans from doing this, and they had to change longstanding Senate rules to increase your premiums. "They really wanted this and we couldn't do anything about it because we're the minority, now vote for us so we have a chance to stop more damage" seems like a solid midterm argument to me.  (4)>>HE IS NOT THE HERO. HE’S THE ABUSER. The current shutdown is not over yet but at the very least it will tie for longest shutdown in history (and it's a full one unlike the previous record holder). Back during Obama's presidency Trump said that ALL shutdowns are the president's fault since it's his job to get people around the table and find a deal to solve the problem or avoid it entirely. The first shutdown was 100% Trump fault since he was the one that vetoed a budget proposal passed by congress but this time it's a more "conventional" case of both parties refusing to move from their positions (Trump did tell republicans to just ignore democrats). And I’ll clarify this a bit. I do not believe that we can blame these two longest shutdowns on it being solely Donald Trump as the variable. Instead, I would argue that the issue is Congress becoming comfortable working under the operating norm that truth is relative to their need. For democrats this is used to state that republicans want families to go hungry. I think that is secondary to republicans having the most stonewall approach to existence ever whether they are the minority or majority. They loathe negotiations. Which sucks, because that’s their job they just prefer to do all the secondary tasks rather than the primary ones. For republicans, it’s culture wars and talking points. Using illegal aliens as a prop and claiming that emergency care, which goes to all Americans because your local hospitals aren’t going to let you bleed out after a car crash waiting for your documents to be confirmed, is also demonstrating a tenuous relationship with the truth. Both parties have desires, and while I am absolutely willing to admit that republicans these last few years have been proportionally more likely to dig in and refuse to cooperate (even amongst each other), that is the “strong willed” trait they have been weeded out for by their constituents. They wanted personality traits of leaders, not leaders themselves. (5)>>People are pissed and they’re tired. Blame to swirl around. President Trump so happens to be a man who can be swayed by his party (arguably the other way around but I feel they both point at each other as their source now) and thus has no problem refusing to leash his Congress into action. While I am fully aware that the difference between these is so small as to almost be pointless, I genuinely believe that even if the President is making demands of Congress, it is Congress’ fault if they choose to have no spine or choose not to negotiate themselves. They answer to their constituents a hell of a lot sooner than the President.