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Shutdown Slashes Nearly All Federal Food Stamps Office Staff

As the government shutdown drags into its fifth day, nearly all employees in

Disgusting

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The Government Shutdown Is Like a Hostage Situation, With Unrelenting Kidnappers and a Very Hefty Ransom

The question at stake is whether the government will close every time extremists demand money for a pet cause.

Yes, it’s Slate. Just read it

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President Trump Signs Back Pay Bill : FedSmith.com

President Trump has signed legislation into law today that guarantees back pay to federal employees.

Yay!

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The Suicide of a Great Democracy

A shutdown looks like the beginning of the end that Lincoln always knew was possible.

The Library of Congress is open

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Who gets sent home when the government shuts down

Here are the federal workers that will be affected.

Helpful guide

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SHUTDOWN

Call it what you will #Shutdown2018

#SchumerShutdown

#Trumpdown

It is here. We’ll see how long it lasts. It may be over tomorrow.

Get some sleep.

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‘Rats jumping off the sinking ship’: Trump’s red meat has ‘unnerved Republicans’ who ‘enabled’ him

Image via Screengrab. President Donald Trump was clearly trying to fire up his MAGA base during his divisive Friday, July 3 speech at South Dakota’s Mt. Rushmore, where he angrily railed against George Floyd protestors and defended Confederate symbols. Trump is not shying away from playing the race card: he is doubling down on it. And his reliance on racial politics is the focus of two recent Washington Post pieces: a news article by Robert Costa and Philip Rucker and a column by Dana Milbank . In their article, Costa and Rucker stress that Trump’s racism is worrying fellow Republicans — even if they are afraid to criticize the president publicly. “President Trump’s unyielding push to preserve Confederate symbols and the legacy of white domination, crystallized by his harsh denunciation of the racial justice movement Friday night at Mt. Rushmore, has unnerved Republicans who have long enabled him but now fear losing power and forever associating their party with his racial animus,” Costa and Rucker explain. “Although amplifying racism and stoking culture wars have been mainstays of Trump’s public identity for decades, they have been particularly pronounced this summer as the president has reacted to the national reckoning over systemic discrimination by seeking to weaponize the anger and resentment of some white Americans for his own political gain.” During the Mt. Read the full article

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Tales of the Trumpdown

If you or someone you know is being affected by the shutdown, there’s a Tumblr out collecting statements and stories.

talesofthetrumpdown.tumblr.com

You can email directly to:

[email protected]

Please share with anyone and everyone. This travesty must be documented.