Folks, the government runs out of money next week — and Republicans are pushing us straight into a shutdown.
This isn’t about budgeting. It’s about power. Trump and his allies are threatening to grind the country to a halt unless Democrats cave on health care, Medicaid, and basic protections millions of families rely on.
And to make the threat even crueler, Trump’s administration has told agencies to prepare for permanent layoffs if the shutdown happens. Not furloughs. Not a pause. Layoffs.
Think about what that means: families thrown into crisis overnight, federal workers losing their jobs for good, essential services stopped cold. Air traffic control training suspended. Food safety inspections delayed. Public health agencies crippled. All because Republicans would rather create chaos than govern responsibly.
This is political extortion, plain and simple. And if they get away with it now, they’ll use shutdowns as a weapon every time they don’t get their way.
We can’t let that happen. We have to make it crystal clear: no more hostage-taking, no more shutdown threats, no more putting families and workers on the chopping block to satisfy Trump’s agenda.
Add your name right now to tell Congress: stop the GOP shutdown and protect our democracy.
Thank you for speaking out.
- Forward Blue