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Shutdown Rundown

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

Today, Republicans and Trump have shut down the government but construction on the Trump White House Ballroom will continue; federal employees are sent propaganda about Democrats being at fault for the shutdown; YouTube pays Trump a giant bribe; the Pentagon is planning widespread polygraphs and non-disclosure agreements; the White House has withdrawn the nomination of the Bureau of Labor Statistics as the jobs numbers for August are revised downward; New York is suing the Department of Homeland Security for defunding the police; as we predicted the Supreme Court…

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