The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months - Today is the day we stop pretending that it's not.

[WestMichRad]

3. Highly recommended article.

Funding to federal agencies didn’t stop flowing today. It’s been blocked for months by the administration’s unilateral impoundments.

“There is no point… to negotiate or vote for a spending bill, short term or otherwise, unless it resolves or leads to the resolution (of) the issues of impoundments and restricting further withholding of funds, reinforces GAO authority to investigate and litigate impoundments, places political shackles on (Russell) Vought…, and requires regular, accurate reporting of agency spending.” -Daniel Shuman on substack, in an article explaining how the government shutdown has been Vought’s plan all along.