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Arthur Delaney

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Senior politics reporter covering Congress and the economy for HuffPost. [email protected].

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 19h

D.C. MARRIAGES, SAVED! The D.C. Council just passed an emergency bill to let the city to issue marriage licenses. Because of the federal shutdown, D.C. Superior Court's Marriage Bureau has been unable to process marriage licenses since last week. (The court is federally funded.)

Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 21h

Trump admin makes brazenly illegal threat not to pay furloughed workers.

Would violate law Trump himself signed.

w/ @jbendery.bsky.social

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Trump Administration Threatens To Buck The Law, Not Pay Furloughed Federal Workers

Except that Donald Trump himself signed the current law requiring federal employees to get back pay.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 1d

Tone shift today from Mike Johnson:

“Let me look right into the camera and tell you clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about health care. Republicans are the party working around the clock to fix health care.”

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Republicans Shift Tone On Health Care As Shutdown Drags On

“Republicans are the ones concerned about health care,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday.

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 4d

A furiously wild news week broken down by @linda-feldmann.bsky.social, WH Correspondent, DC Bureau Chief for The Christian Science Monitor, @pbump.com, former Columnist for @washingtonpost.com and @delaneyrules.bsky.social, Senior Reporter @huffpost.com
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 5d

Russ Vought’s destructive teenage dreams are coming true www.huffpost.com/entry/russ-v... w/ @delaneyrules.bsky.social

Meet Donald Trump’s Government Shutdown Hatchet Man

White House budget director Russ Vought is the powerful, behind-the-scenes Trump official dishing out payback against blue states.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

"I take it as a hint that the shutdown will be long...It's completely offensive stuff. Trump's basically, 'Hakeem Jeffries, you're a minority, all we can do is laugh at you.'"

@samsteindc.bsky.social and @delaneyrules.bsky.social talk shutdown politics:

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 6d

Wild stuff. Furloughed employees within HHS got an email this morning telling them to set an out-of-office reply blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

"I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me.

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Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown

One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 6d

Their dubious "free health care for illegal aliens" talking point shows Republicans scrambling for more favorable terrain in the shutdown battle for public opinion www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...

The Lie At The Heart Of The Government Shutdown

Democrats are trying to make the shutdown about health care — favorable political terrain that Republicans want to take away.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 6d

Nobody ever gets on this plaza except for some very enthusiastic Trump voters on one rare occasion that was a day of love

Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 6d

Republicans holding a rare presser on the west front of the Capitol

Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 7d

Talked to Dems about how a shutdown might play out

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 8d

Schumer hints at escape from shutdown; Indivisible wants to barf www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Democrats Hint At Escape From Shutdown Showdown

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 8d

Dem senator says there will be “fucking zero” defections on the GOP CR tonight 👀

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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 11d

If past is prologue, Democrats will lose a shutdown fight and agree to reopen govt. But what does the politics look like next year if millions see their premiums soar and have a local pol to blame for allowing that to happen? Health care helped motivate wave elections in 2018, 2014, 2010.

Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 12d

Dems press Pam Bondi on hiring stooge prosecutor in Comey case.

Jamie Raskin: “President Trump ― with you as a willing partner ― is obliterating centuries of prosecutorial independence and steering the [DOJ] into dangerous new territory.”

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Democrats Press Pam Bondi On Hiring Stooge Prosecutor In Comey Case

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) accused Trump and Bondi of "obliterating centuries of prosecutorial independence and steering the Justice Department into dangerous new territory."

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 12d

Democrats for now are brushing off the Trump mass firing threat.

Hakeem Jeffries literally saying “get lost” to Russ Vought while several DC area House members told me they’re not scared of it

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Democrats Brush Off Trump's Shutdown Mass Firing Threat

The Trump administration’s plans to fire thousands of federal workers in the event of a government shutdown is akin to “mafia-style blackmail,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 12d

Good article, great headline. @delaneyrules.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

Democrats Actually Fighting; Progressives Pleasantly Surprised

Indivisible, MoveOn and other groups are encouraging Democrats to dig in for health care concessions from Republicans.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 13d

Progressive groups want Dems to hold the line in shutdown fight.

“We will cheerlead them,” Indivisible's @ezralevin.bsky.social told me. “We want them to hold strong.”

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Progressive Groups Urge Democrats To Hold The Line As Shutdown Nears

Indivisible, MoveOn and other groups are encouraging Democrats to dig in for health care concessions from Republicans.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 15d

Nearly 2 million people out of work 6 months or longer.

I talked to a former mortgage underwriter who's now walking dogs.

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This Statistic Is An Alarm Bell For The Economy

Nearly 2 million Americans have been unemployed six months or longer.

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Paul Blumenthal @paulblumenthal.bsky.social · 15d

Trump's legal arguments in the Posse Comitatus Act case out of L.A. could disable laws banning the military from interfering in elections if a court affirmed them. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

The 2026 Election Hinges On 1 Case That Could Get In Trump’s Way

Trump’s legal arguments in a case challenging his deployment of troops to U.S. cities could disable laws banning the military from interfering in elections.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 18d

the Epstein lawsuit also flatly said the letter did not exist. whoops!!!

Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 18d

Hakeem Jeffries:

“Republicans will own a government shutdown, period. Full stop. It’s the Republican shutdown.”

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Republicans Pass Bill Funding The Government, Jam Senate Democrats

All eyes now turn to the Senate, where Democrats have said they’ll hold out for health care policies.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 20d

House just rejected Nancy Mace’s effort to censure Ilhan Omar mostly over an X repost www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...

‘F**k her’: Nancy Mace Pushes Ilhan Omar Censure, Suggests Deportation In Vile Attack

“Is this what civility looks like in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives?” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 20d

stocks bubble alert

Chris Cioffi @reportercioffi.bsky.social · 20d

Hours into his second day of contentious testimony in Congress, Kash Patel, the FBI director, sparked one of the more unusual stock rallies of the year.

Kash Patel Called Krispy Kreme Stock a Buy and Fueled Wild Rally

Hours into his second day of contentious testimony in Congress, Kash Patel, the FBI director, sparked one of the more unusual stock rallies of the year.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 20d

lowering the temperature check:

“She’s a nasty human being. She hates her country. She hates our country so much she doesn’t have to be here,” Nancy Mace said of Ilhan Omar.

"Fuck her."

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Nancy Mace Pushes Ilhan Omar Censure, Suggests Deportation, Says ‘F**k Her’

The House could vote on dueling censure resolutions Wednesday evening.

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