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The longest government shutdown in America's history finally over.

The stopgap funding measure keeps the government operating through January the 30th while Congress works on a long-term deal.

Now, let's be very clear.

There's a very good chance come January 30th that Democrats could shut the government

down yet again.

President Donald Trump signed the legislation to fund the government again, putting an end

to the longest shutdown in history.

And Democrats got nothing from doing this. The exact same deal that was made in Washington to reopen

the government was on the table before the government even shut down. So why did they hold Americans hostage, hurt so many

Americans, and make sure that Americans suffered whether it was food stamps or missing a paycheck

because they wanted to hurt Donald Trump and they put politics ahead of the country.

Now, Trump signaled Monday the government would reopen soon as

consequence of elapsed and funding continued to snowball, including missed paychecks for federal workers

and airline delays stemming from air traffic controller staffing shortages.

Some Democrats wanted this to actually move past Thanksgiving to really hurt

Americans because they believed you would blame Donald Trump for it. Now, the bill keeps the

funding of the government at the same levels during the fiscal year of 2025 through January

the 30th to provide additional time to hash out a longer appropriations

measure for the fiscal year 2026. Now, the measure also funds a supplemental nutrition

assistant program known as SNAP or food stamps that more than 42 million Americans rely on

through September. Yes, that's far too many Americans rely on through September.

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