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Day: October 13, 2025

What Happened Today – October 12, 2025

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The Smithsonian's T. Rex will stand tomorrow in a darkened National Museum of Natural History, closed along with all Smithsonian facilities after Trump's shutdown exhausted prior-year funding on day 12. (John Gibbons)

⚠️ Violence is Trump’s default response. Federal agents fired pepper balls at naked cyclists in Portland while priests were illegally denied access to prisoners in Chicago. In DC, JD Vance threatened more painful mass firings while his boss flew to the Middle East and threatened to give Ukraine long-range missiles. Remember January 6.  Mike Pence, … Read more