Graphic Copy: What Will Happen Now That Republicans Shut Down the Government Federal workers will stop getting paid Air travel could be delayed food inspection services may be delayed Head Start services may be disrupted Passport + Visa applications could slow National Parks may shut down

Republicans shut down the government. Here’s what happens now.

Pete’s lost Peggy Noonan

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Mr. President, it’s not spin — it’s real life for millions of American families. If their health care premiums go up, they’re going to feel the pain and a lot of them won’t be able to afford it. Let’s sit down and fix this

In the midst of the shutdown, Democrats need to lead.

Donald Trump is plotting to cut Social Security benefits for older Americans — after he promised during the campaign that he wouldn’t touch Social Security.

We must call it out and stop these cuts.

Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

"'They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van,' she said..."

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Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent." The people living near Trump's "grim reaper" of government cuts have put up signs letting him know they stand with federal workers.

“He takes food and health care from the neediest and tries to, in his words, traumatize people—then he calls himself a Christian,” a neighbor told Mother Jones. “Pretty despicable.”

DOJ furloughs could impact domestic violence grants. Some fear that's the point. The grant managers sent home this week have typically worked through past government shutdowns.

Furloughs at the DOJ could impact domestic violence grants.

Some fear that's the point.

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Trump's FAA just lifted restrictions placed on Boeing after its fatal 737 MAX crashes.

Meanwhile, Boeing workers in St. Louis just entered their ninth week on strike.

Putting profits over workers and safety is a key reason why Boeing has taken a nosedive.

This chart clearly shows that what Democrats believe about the economy lines up with objective reality, whereas Republicans will believe whatever they are told to believe by the charlatans in charge of their cult. Democratic opinions acknowledged the pandemic, the recovery, *and* the current market.

Trump launches new bid to save coal Leaders at DOE, EPA and Interior tossed another lifeline of policy changes and funding to the coal industry.

"Government shouldn't pick winners and losers" goes out the window when they become one of the losers.

America's first attempt to tackle climate relocation sparks regret Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises.

In 2016, Louisiana received $48.3 million to relocate 37 residents or families of Isle de Jean Charles as climate-charged hurricanes and sea-level rise made the community uninhabitable.

Years later, Indigenous residents report broken homes — and promises.

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The people of Arizona have spoken. It’s time to swear in our elected representative! Speaker Johnson is interfering with our election process in order to protect the president. Disgraceful. What are you afraid of, Mike??

Federal agents shoot woman on Southwest Side, battle protesters for hours The shooting occurred Saturday in Brighton Park when federal patrols were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security, an account that has yet to be verified...

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Sam Bankman-Fried and the multibillion-dollar drama over FTX’s ruins In exclusive prison interviews, the convicted crypto king is still fighting to control the narrative ahead of a high-stakes appeal.

Next month, Sam Bankman-Fried will appeal his conviction.

We interviewed him in prison about the rise and ruin of FTX and what has become one the biggest bankruptcies in US history.

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

if you think this is anything but intentional, you're really not paying attention to what's going on in AmeriKKKa.

Things to consider:

Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter

Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed

You are a witness.
Expose it.

Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government

One of the most brazen conflicts in history.

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

This president is not healthy. He is unhinged.

October 1, 2025 Last night, as the government barreled toward a shutdown, President Donald J.

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Donald Trump’s Shutdown Power Play The President learned in 2019 how to undercut Congress in a funding fight, and he’s been making the same move ever since.

Democratic leaders are charging ahead with a government shutdown, claiming that they want to stand up to an erratic President. But, rather than seeking a way out of the impasse, Donald Trump is looking to benefit from it, sbg1.bsky.social writes.

A pie chart entitled "ICE, ICE, Maybe?" with a dek that says "a fraction of deportation personnel are employed by ICE's primary deportation unit." 13% percent of the graph is shaded in orange, with ICE ERO written in white, while the remaining 87% of the graph is shaded in gray and labelled Other

Fact-check: Most of the goons in Trump's deportation army aren't even ICE agents.

Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.

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September 2, 2025 In the early hours of Sunday morning, in the middle of a three-day holiday weekend, the Trump administration attempted to take children out of government custody and ship them alone to their country o...

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Meiselas: Xi Jinping and Modi and Putin and all these world leaders are gathering in China, and they're laughing. You know when Donald Trump says the world was laughing at us — the world was not laughing at us before. The world is quite literally laughing at us right now.