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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Trump Admin Tells Furloughed Workers To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown  —  One health department employee said the directions seemed to be “coercing” subordinates into political activity.  —  After the government shutdown began Wednesday morning, furloughed employees …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
How John Thune sees the shutdown ending … “I keep telling them: When they have eight or 10 — preferably 10, or more — when they have a critical mass, let me know if there's a conversation they want to have,” Thune said.  —  He insisted he would not negotiate on the substance of an extension while the government is closed.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Newsweek
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Vought: Mass firings will begin ‘in a day or two’  —  OMB chief Russ Vought told House Republicans on a private call Wednesday that the administration will start mass reduction in force moves, or firings, of federal workers “in a day or two,” according to four people granted anonymity to describe the call.
Punchbowl News:
10/2/25 ☀️ AM: … G'mar chatima tovah to those observing Yom Kippur. … It's difficult to see real movement toward a resolution to the standoff anytime soon.  —  The Senate isn't voting today in observance of Yom Kippur.  Senators will vote again Friday …
Discussion: NPR, Washington Times and Deseret News
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Hakeem Jeffries is seizing on the shutdown fight to raise his national profile … More precisely, he has tried to pick a fight with Trump — first accusing him of not knowing his name, then calling a deepfake video the president posted depicting Jeffries in a sombrero and mustache “racist …
Discussion: Newsweek and Associated Press
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Here's what Trump wants to do to reshape the federal government during the shutdown  —  President says shutdown allows administration to cut ‘vast numbers of people’ and programs  —  The federal government partially shut down early Wednesday after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a funding package.
Washington Post:
We asked 1,000 Americans who they blame for the shutdown
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democratic leaders hold firm in face of mass firing threat: ‘Cruelty is the point’
Drew Friedman / Federal News Network:
Government shutdown layoffs to occur ‘very soon,’ White House warns
Tony Romm / New York Times:
White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
These Democrats Voted With Republicans Against a Shutdown
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Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
Patel cuts ties Comey's FBI made with ADL as organization faces backlash for TPUSA criticism  —  'That era is finished.  This FBI formally rejects Comey's policies and any partnership with the ADL,' Patel said  —  EXCLUSIVE - FBI Director Kash Patel is cutting ties with the Anti-Defamation League …
Gabby Deutch / Jewish Insider:
FBI's Kash Patel attacks ADL as ‘extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization’
Discussion: Breitbart
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump targets states that voted for Harris in shutdown fight … New York-area lawmakers reacted with fury to the infrastructure cuts earlier Wednesday.  —  “Political revenge.  Clearly outlined by Trump, time and again.  He sees the U.S. as Blue and Red, and Blue states are enemies,” …
Discussion: HotAir and E&E News
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage  —  An initial round of nine schools is being asked to sign a wide-ranging accord  —  The Trump administration is laying out a set of operating principles that it wants universities to agree to in exchange for preferential access to federal funds.
Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:   Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
Associated Press:
Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla  —  Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza said late Wednesday that the Israeli navy had intercepted three of its boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory.
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New York Times:
Israel Intercepts Boats Headed to Gaza With Humanitarian Aid  —  The boats were part of a flotilla, carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists, that was organized to break Israel's blockade and protest the war.  —  Israel intercepted more than a dozen boats with activists from around …
Slate:
There's a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.”  It's Absolutely Devastating.  —  Gregory Bovino, the officer in charge of roving immigration enforcement in American cities, admitted this week that his agents arrest people based on “how they look.”  Asked by a WBEZ reporter to elaborate …
Keith Schneider / New York Times:
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91  —  Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world's great scientific achievements.”
Adrian Horton / The Guardian:
Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era  —  In wake of the Trump administration's censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support  —  Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Female veterans slam Hegseth's questioning of their combat fitness … - But Elisa Cardnell, the president and CEO of the Service Women's Action Network, said in a statement the “physical requirements for infantry school, special operations, or any other combat role are already gender-neutral.”
Dorothy Thompson / Harper's:
Who Goes Nazi?  —  It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one's acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi.  By now, I think I know.  I have gone through the experience many times—in Germany, in Austria, and in France.
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego García's request to reopen case  —  The judge found “insufficient evidence” to show that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda, according to a copy of the decision reviewed by The Washington Post.  —  A U.S. immigration judge …
Washington Post:
White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities  —  The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government's grantmaking agency.  —  The White House on Wednesday abruptly terminated …
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Democrats are putting money into solidly red Mississippi.  Here's why.  —  The DNC is investing in low-profile state races there as the South is on track to wield more power in future elections.  Will it work?  —  Just now  —  The Democratic National Committee is investing …
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Why Trump's 2020 election loss lives on in the Georgia governor's race  —  Warring factions at odds over his failed effort to overturn the outcome are renewing their rivalries in a major midterm contest.  —  Just now  —  President Donald Trump's effort to overturn his defeat at the ballot box …
Discussion: The Hill
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Conservative appellate Judge Maria Lazar launches bid for open Wisconsin state Supreme Court seat  —  Conservative appellate Judge Maria Lazar announced on Wednesday that she would be launching a bid for an open Wisconsin Supreme Court seat vacated by conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley.
 
 
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CNN:
Justice Department fires prosecutor falsely tied to Comey case in social media post
Discussion: Mediaite
Steve Kopack / NBC News:
U.S. companies shed 32,000 jobs in September in latest sign of labor market weakness
Brianna Tucker / Washington Post:
Vance downplays Trump post of Jeffries in sombrero: 'I think it's funny'
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FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to ‘illegal immigrants’
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