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No, TMZ. There is no "both sides" to this government shutdown

For today's post, we go to the world of entertainment and celebrity tabloid gossip. From The Guardian . When US federal workers were missing paychecks and the partial government shutdown entered its seventh week, Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina, was doing what any responsible lawmaker would do: riding Space Mountain and carrying a bubble wand at Disney World in Florida. Naturally, TMZ had photos of the vacationing senator on its homepage a few days later. The celebrity tabloid empire – better known for staking out actors and artists outside restaurants, gas stations, courthouses and their palatial estates – has turned its paparazzi prowess on a new and maybe equally chaotic subject: the US Congress . And America’s lawmakers may find themselves uniquely ill-equipped for the Hollywood experience. The outlet last week put out a public call for tips on lawmaker sightings as the partial government shutdown dragged on, leaving thousands of Department of Homela...

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