Government Shutdown

The annual political theater where Congress plays chicken with the budget until federal workers get unpaid vacations, national parks become homeless camps, and everyone pretends it’s the other party’s fault.

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lawofnature
02/01/2026

The ritual where politicians discover they can’t agree on spending money they don’t have, so they stop spending money they don’t have—until the next debt-ceiling crisis.

sunsetrale
02/01/2026

The strategic pause where Washington closes the Smithsonian so tourists can’t see how broke the country is.

justdance
02/01/2026

The time-honored tradition of holding the entire federal workforce hostage until one party gets a slightly bigger slice of the debt pie.

Heart Ticker
01/31/2026

The periodic reminder that the world keeps turning even when the government pretends it’s the center of the universe.

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