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A Lexical Life Raft for the Government Shutdown

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The government shutdown has reach such absurd levels that a whole new vocabulary is needed to talk about it. By Liesl Schillinger.

Liesl Schillinger
Liesl Schillinger
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Liesl Schillinger

Liesl Schillinger

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