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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Thune warns Democrats about Russ Vought: 'We don't control what he's going to do'  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune isn't endorsing the slash-and-burn campaign White House budget director Russ Vought has planned for the federal government during the pending shutdown.
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Washington Post:
We asked 1,000 Americans who they blame for the shutdown  —  Here's what they said.  —  Just now  —  How concerned are Americans about the partial shutdown of the federal government and whom do they blame for causing it?  The Washington Post texted a nationally representative sample of 1,010 people on Wednesday to ask.
Washington Post:
Senior government officials privately warn against firings during shutdown  —  The Trump administration has telegraphed that mass firings are coming, but officials have cautioned that such moves could violate appropriations law.  —  Senior federal officials have quietly counseled several agencies …
NBC News:
Early polls show Trump and GOP taking more blame than Democrats for shutdown  —  The national surveys taken in the final days of September and the first day of the shutdown find that voters are more inclined to blame Trump and his party.  But many are uncertain.
Tony Romm / New York Times:
White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Trump Finds a New Way to Use the White House for Tacky Racist Trolling
The Guardian:
US government shutdown: federal layoffs ‘likely to be in the thousands’, says White House - live
New York Times:
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told  —  A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”  —  President Trump has decided that the United States is engaged in a formal …
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Nick Turse / The Intercept:
Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict”  —  The Trump administration is waging a secret war against undisclosed enemies without the consent of Congress, according to a confidential notice that was sent to several congressional committees this week and obtained by The Intercept.
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump declares US in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels
Fox News:
Trump admin tells Congress it determined US engaged in formal ‘armed conflict’ with ‘terrorist’ drug cartels
Discussion: RedState and IJR
Cindy Hernandez / Chicago Sun Times:
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: ‘I feel defeated’  —  Dan Jones was jolted awake around 1 a.m. Tuesday to the sound of federal agents trying to break through his apartment door.  They couldn't get past his double lock, so he went back to bed.
NBC News:
Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown  —  Five furloughed employees told NBC News they had put up nonpartisan out-of-office messages, only to see they were changed — without their permission — to partisan ones.
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Congressman Jamie Raskin:
Raskin Statement on Trump Administration's Use of Federal Departments and Agencies for Propaganda Purposes; Possible Violations of the Hatch Act  —  Washington, D.C. - Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement:  —  “I have been contacted by numerous constituents outraged …
Wired:
Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown  —  Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.
Discussion: New Republic
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump making plans to send billions in cash bailouts to farmers with taxpayer money … Trump officials are still working on estimates of how big the first tranche of aid will be, according to the three people, who were granted anonymity to share private details.
Discussion: Axios and Newsweek
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Politico:
Farmers, a key GOP constituency, hit hard by shutdown  —  The government shutdown is already hurting a key GOP constituency: farmers.  Thousands of USDA's Farm Service Agency offices that help producers across the country access loans and other services are completely shuttered and only available for “emergency scenarios.”
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Explores Bailout of at Least $10 Billion for U.S. Farmers
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
Associated Press:
Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in blue states  —  The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year's presidential election.
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Politico:
Damage from Trump's $8B energy hit list would spill into GOP districts
Discussion: Bloomberg
Anthony Clark / The Last Campaign:
EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles  —  James Byron, Special Assistant to Acting Archivist Marco Rubio at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, this week forced Dr. Todd Arrington, director of the federal Dwight D. Eisenhower …
Discussion: New York Times and The Independent
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Ed O'Keefe / CBS News:
Head of Eisenhower library resigns after sword spat with Trump administration
Discussion: Raw Story
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Trump embraces Project 2025 after disavowing it during 2024 campaign  —  President Trump referenced Project 2025 Thursday despite distancing himself from it during his 2024 campaign. … - Project 2025, never an official Trump platform, was built by some Trump allies and echoes moves from the early days of Trump's second presidency.
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Karoline Leavitt Says It's OK to Target Americans Repped by Democrats
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Bari Weiss to lead CBS News as part of major Paramount Skydance shakeup: sources  —  Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires …
Brendan Cole / Newsweek:
Mike Johnson's Response to Being Told Trump is ‘Unhinged’ Takes Off Online  —  A clip has gone viral of Democratic Representative Madeleine Dean telling House Speaker Mike Johnson that President Donald Trump's address to military top brass showed the U.S. president was “unhinged.”
Bolts:
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections  —  Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California's redistricting measure.  But there's so much else on the ballot.
Chris Mason / BBC:
Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect also believed to have been killed - police  —  Summary  — Two people have died after a car and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Manchester - here's a timeline of how the attack unfolded  — A third person - thought to be the suspect …
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Sky News:
Manchester synagogue latest: Suspect in killing identified, say police - as video shows moment officers confronted him
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Corey Lewandowski Drops Menacing ICE Threat Over Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Show  —  The Department of Homeland Security adviser also joined in with MAGA outrage over the Puerto Rican superstar's halftime gig.  —  Department of Homeland Security adviser Corey Lewandowski on Wednesday fumed …
Associated Press:
Man pleads guilty to throwing Molotov cocktail at deputies during LA immigration protest  —  A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to throwing a Molotov cocktail at Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies during protests against immigration raids across the region last spring.
Paul Krugman:
An Autocracy of Dunces  —  How stone-faced generals, Wall Street pushback, and a government shutdown may save America's quickly declining democracy  —  If America still had a fully functioning democracy, Donald Trump's speech Tuesday to the assembled generals would have ended his presidency.
Matt McGrath / BBC:
Pope Leo condemns climate change critics  —  Pope Leo XIV has hit out at those who minimise the “increasingly evident” impact of rising temperatures in his first major statement on climate change.  —  Reiterating the words of his predecessor Pope Francis, the new pontiff lambasted critics who …
Axios:
Axios Vibes: Grocery price pain rises, in warning sign for Trump and GOP  —  Americans say it's harder to afford their groceries now than it was a year ago, a warning sign for President Trump and Republicans, in the latest Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll.
 
 
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Joe Anuta / Politico:
Mamdani's path to City Hall does not include majority support at the moment
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Husband of judge who blocked ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ shutdown has ties to DeSantis
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Michael G. Holzman / The UnPopulist:
Political Triumphalism Is Contrary to the Spirit of Yom Kippur
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Kash Patel cuts FBI ties with Anti-Defamation League
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