"Good morning. A swell day awaits-weatherwise, to be clear; everything else is terrible-with sun and a high around 71. Crisp again overnight, with a low around 52. You can find me on Bluesky, I'm @abeaujon.87 on Signal, and there's a link to my email address below. This roundup is available as a morning email newsletter. Sign up here. I can't stop listening to: Des Demonas, " The Duke Ellington Bridge.""
"Bring on the fight: Republicans and Democrats spent Day 1 of the strangely low-key government shutdown trying to convince Americans the other party is at fault. (Washingtonian Today blames a relatively recent interpretation of the 1884 Antideficiency Act, not that anyone ever asks him.) Broadly, the disagreement concerns "Democratic lawmakers insisting that any deal address their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can happen after the government is funded." (AP)"
Forecast calls for sunny weather with a high near 71 and a crisp overnight low around 52. Contact handles and newsletter sign-up links are provided, along with daily music recommendations and curated playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Coverage highlights partisan conflict over a government shutdown, with Democrats demanding health-care concessions and Republicans insisting funding precede negotiations. President Trump and OMB director Russ Vought have threatened measures including mass federal employee firings and cuts to infrastructure projects targeted at Democratic states. Administration work on the White House ballroom will proceed. A claim that Democrats seek free health care for undocumented immigrants is identified as untrue.
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