40 Days in the Wilderness: This Shutdown Solved Nothing and It’s Coming Back

 🛑 40 Days in the Wilderness: This Shutdown Solved Nothing and It’s Coming Back

Let’s not kid ourselves—this shutdown may be over, but we are not out of the woods. The continuing resolution (CR) passed to reopen the government is nothing more than a political bandage slapped over a festering wound. In just two months, we’ll be right back at the edge of the cliff, staring down another potential shutdown. Why? Because nothing was actually resolved.

For 40 days, the American people were held hostage in a political standoff that produced no deal, no reform, no compromise—just pain. Federal workers went unpaid. Military families were left in limbo. Air traffic controllers kept our skies safe without a paycheck. Public transportation systems strained under uncertainty. And 42 million SNAP recipients—including children—faced delays and disruptions in accessing food assistance.

This wasn’t governance. It was a game of chicken, and the American people were the ones in the crosshairs.

Even moderate Democrats who supported the CR knew the score. They weren’t voting for a solution—they were voting to stop the bleeding. Senator Dick Durbin didn’t mince words when he said the Senate minority leader was willing to let families suffer and children starve just to score political points. That’s not leadership. That’s cruelty dressed in a suit.

And what did we get after 40 days? Nothing. No long-term budget. No structural fixes. No bipartisan framework. Just a reset button that guarantees we’ll be back here in January, watching the same political theater unfold while real people suffer the consequences.

Shutdowns aren’t strategy—they’re symptoms of a broken system. And unless both parties stop using the American people as bargaining chips, we’ll keep reliving this nightmare on repeat.

So no, this isn’t over. It’s just halftime.