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President Donald Trump holds a press availability on Oct. 15, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump puts despotism at our doorstep

Brian Karem
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference on Oct. 10, 2025. (nna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson's support may be eroding

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

How far will Trump go to sell a lie?

Brian Karem
US Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Republican of Georgia, speaks during a campaign rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Sunset Park in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 9, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

MTG blames GOP for shutdown

Garrett Owen
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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
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs a House Republican Conference Meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Johnson ripped for not swearing in Dem

Garrett Owen
Vice President JD Vance takes questions from reporters about the government shutdown at the White House on Oct. 1, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Vance bets on racism over health care

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump returns to the White House from Scotland on July 29, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump punishes states that backed Harris

Garrett Owen
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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
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak at a press conference on June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dems should play hardball over shutdown

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Dems cave in a shutdown standoff?

Heather Digby Parton
Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Jared Golden speak outside of Bath Iron Works on April 18, 2022. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Why a centrist Dem sided with the GOP

Russell Payne
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), right, seen on the floor before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the Capitol building's House chamber in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Democrats split on a government shutdown

Russell Payne
Elon Musk is seen in the U.S. Capitol after a meeting with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., while on the Hill to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency," on Thursday, December 5, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Dems criticize Musk shutdown involvement

Ashlie D. Stevens
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds the gavel onstage ahead of the start of the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Dems bail out Johnson in funding fight

Griffin Eckstein
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump onstage at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Republicans don't know who's in charge

Griffin Eckstein
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Elon Musk just killed Trump's honeymoon

Heather Digby Parton
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks to reporters following vote on a stopgap government funding bill at the Capitol on September 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Democrats won't save Speaker Johnson

Griffin Eckstein
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) gives remarks ahead of a Capitol Menorah lighting ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Building on December 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

It's time for Mike Johnson to step up

Heather Digby Parton
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Johnson left blindsided by MAGA rebels

Heather Digby Parton
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Kevin McCarthy and Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The death of a "small government' GOP

Amanda Marcotte
Hungry girl looks for food in empty fridge at home (Getty Images/Rafael Ben-Ari)

"Extreme Republicans" want to cut WIC

Ashlie D. Stevens
U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters outside the Speakers Balcony at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House passes 45-day funding bill

Kelly McClure
Dan Crenshaw and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Barreling toward shutdown, GOP erupts

Tatyana Tandanpolie
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