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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attends a news conference on the government shutdown on Oct. 8, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dems winning on health care in shutdown

Heather Digby Parton
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speak at the U.S. Capitol on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats seem to have grown a spine

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Dems cave in a shutdown standoff?

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump arrives at the "One, Big, Beautiful Event" in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "big, beautiful bill" is poison

Chauncey DeVega
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Donald Trump on a Twenty Dollar Bill (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Beware the new "Trump bucks" distraction

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"War on woke" is a war on all America

Amanda Marcotte
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can Elon build a "parallel state"?

Russell Payne
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about immigration and border security near Coronado National Memorial in Montezuma Pass, Arizona, August 22, 2024. (OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump makes the GOP touch the third rail

Heather Digby Parton
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Creating a national insecurity state

Mandy Smithberger - TomDispatch.com
Donald Trump (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran War will blow a hole in the budget

David Cay Johnston - DCReport
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) (AP/Bryan Woolston)

Rand Paul's budget plan needs coverage

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
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A woman and her daughter shop for groceries using Food Stamps. (Getty/Andrew Burton)

Ban the box: But fix food stamps

Amanda Marcotte
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Why we must raise taxes on corporations

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
Dr. Ben Carson is sworn in as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (AP/Olivier Douliery)

Public housing and health

Shefali Luthra - KFF Health News
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unpaid debt

Linda J. Bilmes - The Conversation
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Kick him out

Michael Winship - BillMoyers.com
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump's $2 trillion-plus error

Matthew Rozsa
(AP/Evan Vucci)

Robert Reich
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Gary Cohn; Steve Mnuchin (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Taylor Link
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Linda J. Bilmes, John Loomis - The Conversation
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Elizabeth Grossman - In These Times
Arnold Schwarzenegger; Donald Trump (Getty/Quinn Rooney/Mandel Ngan/Photo montage by Salon)

Tatiana Baez
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