🎯 His schtick is paternalism, but Donald Trump hosed his supporters today.
Yesterday, nearly all special ed staff supporting K-12 programs in our local schools were fired. Democrats won’t budge on the shutdown without restoring the Affordable Care Act. A link below proves that 57% of the people receiving Obamacare live in Republican districts. Trump even got a COVID vaccine yesterday while Republican politicians scream it’s dangerous.
Stand up to politicians who are willing to hurt special needs kids and people struggling to pay for insurance. Call and write to your senators. Tell them to hold firm on the shutdown. Yes, even if they’re both Republicans. Promise them that you’ll make sure they’re voted out. Then do that.
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MIT rejects Trump compact exchanging federal funding for adoption of administration priorities on gender, admissions
Today’s GovBrief News
Texas GOP censures five Republican House members but rejects primary ballot ban after party chair warns White House is watching the livestream and members fear Trump backlash.
Source: The Texas Tribune
October 11, 2025
Most Obamacare enrollees live in Republican districts where enrollment tripled since 2021, as Democrats withhold shutdown votes to extend subsidies expiring Dec. 31.
Source: The New York Times (gift link)
October 11, 2025
Trump directs Pentagon to shift $8 billion from military research accounts to pay troops during shutdown, despite Democratic warnings of potential Antideficiency Act violations.
Source: Politico
October 11, 2025
Education Department fires nearly all Office of Special Education staff during shutdown, eliminating federal IDEA oversight despite Secretary McMahon calling disabled students a "top priority."
Source: USA Today
October 11, 2025
Sen. Cantwell warns Big Ten presidents that proposed $2 billion private equity partnership could jeopardize schools' tax-exempt status and conflict with academic goals as nonprofit institutions.
Source: ABC News
October 11, 2025
Vanderbilt Faculty Senate votes 30-11 to condemn Trump administration compact requiring faculty silence on off-campus politics and force against protests in exchange for preferential funding.
Source: The Tennessee Lookout
October 11, 2025
HHS rehires CDC staff mistakenly fired through "coding error" in reduction-in-force, including disease outbreak investigators and measles response team.
Source: Politico
October 11, 2025
Trump doctor says president is in "exceptional health" after Walter Reed visit, 6 months after last physical despite White House calling Friday's appointment a "routine yearly checkup."
Source: The Hill
October 11, 2025
Trump posts artist's rendering of planned triumphal arch near Lincoln Memorial in early Saturday social media post, drawing comparisons to Nazi architect Albert Speer's unbuilt design.
Source: Mediaite
October 11, 2025
DC residents post signs marking locations where ICE "abducted" migrants, White House calls campaign "untrue smears" that fuel violence against officers.
Source: Raw Story
October 11, 2025