Yesterday, Josh Keating at Slate had a great post asking, “How would we report on the shutdown if it were happening in another country?” (“The current rebellion has been led by Sen. Ted Cruz, a young fundamentalist lawmaker from the restive Texas region, known in the past as a hotbed of separatist activity” is just one of many gems.) Well, today we have a shutdown, and we have the answer to that question -- at least through the lense of foreign newspapers and social media.
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