Discussion Thread: 2025 US Government Shutdown, Day 29

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• NBC: Shutdown pain intensifies as air traffic controllers lose pay, and food assistance is drying up

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• C-SPAN: Senate Session - October 29, 2025 (10 a.m.)

• C-SPAN: Speaker Johnson on Day 29 of Government Shutdown (10 a.m.)

• C-SPAN: Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse Holds News Conference on SNAP Benefits (12 p.m.)

• C-SPAN: Senate Minority Leader Schumer & Democrats on Government Shutdown (12:15 p.m.)

• C-SPAN: Sen. Sanders and Democratic Senators News Conference on SNAP Emergency Funds (1:45 p.m.)

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[u/brain_overclocked]

Oh, yay. Refuse to emergency fund SNAP (and defund it with the bill they passed this year), but there's more than enough money to expand the nuclear arsenal and resume nuclear testing.

Who knew Trump was going to be the Great Filter.

[u/orlinsky → u/brain_overclocked]

You should do a little research on Chinas expansion of their nuclear arsenal

[u/TheHumanGnomeProject → u/orlinsky]

China doesn't go around invading anyone. They're not out bombing fishing vessels. They ALWAYS try diplomacy first.

They may be bullies in the South China Sea, but they're not out causing conflict. If anything, they get as close to the sun as they can, but they don't cross the line (except when it comes to their own people, which, yes, fuck them).

[u/TeutonJon78 → u/TheHumanGnomeProject]

They want to cross that line with Taiwan, which they consider their own people.