The Paycheck Memo
Trump’s Shutdown Power Grab and the Cowardice of Congress
Federal workers aren’t on strike. They’re not staging a walkout, nor demanding a raise or new benefits. They’re showing up — or would be — if the government would let them.
They’ve been forced off the job by a Congress that failed to pass a budget on time. Again. The shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, is just the latest chapter in a now-familiar bre…
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