Shutdowns, Stunts, and Shootings
While Trump turns Portland, Quantico, and the budget into stage sets, real America reels from violence and a flotilla sails toward Gaza in silence.
Good morning! If you’re looking for signs of functional governance, you won’t find them in Washington today. What you’ll find instead is shutdown brinkmanship, military cosplay, lawsuits to stop federalized troops, mass shootings in churches, humanitarian flotillas sailing under NATO escort, immigrant truck drivers turned into villains, and Democrats tr…



