Trump's Manufactured Government Shutdown

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News, News Commentary, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The government shutdown was no accident — it is a weapon. Donald Trump and his Republican enablers are once again holding the country hostage to force their extreme agenda. In this episode, we call out the cynical politics that put millions of Americans in danger, expose the hypocrisy of the GOP, and break down the damage they’re willing to cause just to score cheap political wins. 👕 **Merch** made in the USA & union-made: https://findoutpodcast.com 📬 Subscribe to bonus content: https://findoutpodcast.substack.com 📱 Follow us everywhere: @FindOutPodcast 📣 Share this episode & tag us #FindOutPodcast 📥 Send us feedback and tips: hello@findoutpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the Find out podcast.
0:19.5	Another shutdown has occurred. We are currently in a government shutdown. Republicans and Democrats could not reach an agreement yesterday. And so we are now in a federal shutdown. Guys, get excited.
0:35.1	Yay.
0:36.2	All right.
0:37.4	People lose their services.
0:40.4	I have lots to say about this.
0:42.6	Yeah.
0:42.8	So let's let's dig into it.
0:45.7	Well, hang on.
0:46.2	Do federal employees who are furloughed?
0:49.1	Do they get paid?
0:50.2	Is this a paid vacation?
0:51.4	Like the Doge layoffs?
0:53.1	So typically what happens is that as part of the agreements, they get their back pay.
0:59.8	But I don't know this time.
1:01.4	I don't know.
1:02.2	They may actually not.
1:04.3	It is, they would have to pass in the budget bill.
1:08.8	Right.
1:09.1	Basically saying they got it.
1:09.9	So when I was in the federal government in 2013, I think that's when we had our shutdown in the Obama administration.
1:15.2	We were not getting paid during, but we did get the pay back.
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