Politically Dysfunctional America

Calls escalate for Trump to end shutdown and trade war amid fears of economic slowdown

www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/21/global-recession-fears-grow-calls-escalate-trump-end-shutdown-trade-war/

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard on the longest shutdown in history

How this shutdown compares to every other since 1976

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/every-government-shutdown-from-1976-to-now

The Shutdown Shows the Weakness of the Resistance

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/opinion/shutdown-resistance-trump.html