Short Take Politics

Furloughed workers won’t get paid

So says an internal White House memo. Who wants a federal job now? https://www.axios.com/2025/10/07/trump-memo-furloughed-federal-workers-backpay

Surgeons general sound alarm

Six former surgeons general, everyone since George H.W. Bush, have spoken out in a collective voice against the tomfoolery of RFK Jr. https://www.axios.com/2025/10/08/surgeon-generals-raise-alarms-rfk

Pritzker thinks President has dementia

Can there be another explanation for the focus on Portland and Chicago? It doesn’t jive with analysis or crime or protests? Why? https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gov-jb-pritzker-says-president-2334…