The government shutdown has been dragging on for two weeks. It’s been a dystopian stretch for America’s military and veteran community. The stoppage, led by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress, has frozen military pay, leaving active-duty military families wondering how they will pay their mortgages, feed their kids, and afford life-saving medicine.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) recently went on C-SPAN, where he fielded a question from an American whose husband serves, and who suffers from PTSD from two tours in Afghanistan. She was not happy, noting that if they miss a paycheck their children won’t be able to get the medication they need to survive. “As a Republican, I’m very disappointed in my party,and I’m very disappointed in you, because you have the power t

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