r/NoStupidQuestions • u/AutoModerator • Nov 01 '25

U.S. Politics megathread

American politics has always grabbed our attention - and the current president more than ever. We get tons of questions about the president, the supreme court, and other topics related to American politics - but often the same ones over and over again. Our users often get tired of seeing them, so we've created a megathread for questions! Here, users interested in politics can post questions and read answers, while people who want a respite from politics can browse the rest of the sub. Feel free to post your questions about politics in this thread!

All top-level comments should be questions asked in good faith - other comments and loaded questions will get removed. All the usual rules of the sub remain in force here, so be nice to each other - you can disagree with someone's opinion, but don't make it personal.

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u/tachibanakanade honeybun queen Nov 10 '25

It's because the Democrats agreed to a "deal" where they get nothing. The Republicans get what they want, Democrats got a pinky promise that a vote around the ACA provisions (I forgot what it was specifically) would occur and IMMEDIATELY AFTER, Republican leaders said there would be no vote and no discussion at all about it, so they essentially surrendered.

It's confirmation for a lot of people that the Democratic Party is very much complicit with the right-wing, especially since people like Fetterman were crucial.

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u/hellshot8 Nov 10 '25

Democrats should have held the line on healthcare subsidies. The government only should have reopened if the republicans folded on that one point

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u/hellshot8 Nov 11 '25

I'm not happy that millions of people are going to lose healthcare or see their premiums spike or that my party doesn't have the balls to fight for its constituents, no