Thursday's Daily Brief: Here's How The Government Shutdown Is Hurting Your State

Thursday's Daily Brief: Here's How The Government Shutdown Is Hurting Your State

HUFFPOST DAILY BRIEF One Nation Under Shutdown: Here's How Congress Is Hurting Your State This Quote Says Everything About The GOP's Shutdown Stand Why U.S. Health Care Is Obscenely Expensive, In 12 Charts Kathleen Reardon: Are the Republicans Crazy? No! The Republicans have chosen not to be good, not to be fair, not to be rational in the common sense of these words. Since they can't win, they have chosen to bring the game to a halt. Continue reading Sally Steenland: Have They No Shame? Modern Republicans' callousness and willingness to overburden the poor evokes another act of state villainy -- one that is especially pertinent because Republican leaders so often invoke the Bible. Continue reading Fox News' James Rosen To Bill O'Reilly: 'I'm Just Going To Traffic In Facts With You' (VIDEO) Continue reading Hobby Lobby Boycotts Jewish Hanukkah And Passover Continue reading Are Your Pumpkin Treats Tricking You? Continue reading Valerie Alexander: Stop Capturing the Moment and Just Enjoy It We all need to stop focusing so much on capturing the moment and just enjoy it instead. Be present. Live in it. Continue reading Chris Weigant: What Reid, Pelosi, and Obama Should Say Now If there was some underlying "cut deficits" strategy to the Republican shutdown, then why would the House have passed a budget bill on the brink of the shutdown which increased the debt by $29 billion? Continue reading Received this from a friend? Sign Up for alerts from The Huffington Post Forward  •  Unsubscribe Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003