👋🏼 Say goodbye to the penny.

The Mint stopped making one-cent coins yesterday.

Fear not — prices probably are not going to go up, even though you may never again get exact change.

One (1) cheesesteak was harmed in the making of this video.

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We’ve set the record for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: 3️⃣5️⃣ days.

It’s cut off SNAP, caused major airport delays and furloughed 650,000 workers.

We could finally be closing in on some sort of resolution to end it.

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20,000 followers calls for a hard reset + timeline cleanse.

I'm Jacob Bogage. I cover the Trump administration's economic policy.

Taxes, spending, government shutdown, Social Security, tariffs, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP — that's all my bag.

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The Trump administration has billions of dollars to pay SNAP benefits, or food stamp, next month.

It’s refusing to use them.

Here’s why.

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👀 There’s one agency left that can push back against Trump during the government shutdown.

Trump is about to pick its new leader.

Meet the Government Accountability Office, the only folks left who can take Trump to court over spending issues.

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For most of you following the government shutdown closely, you may already know Russell Vought.

If you haven’t been, here’s the introduction you need to Donald Trump’s “grim reaper.”

The US government isn’t funded — but the Trump administration just funded a bailout for 🇦🇷 Argentina.

It’s a geopolitical power play.

Let’s dig into it.

The government shutdown shows no signs of letting up.

Broke out the handy signs to run through who's getting paid right now, and why/why not.

Questions? Reply in the thread and I’ll work through them today.

Lightning round of what’s closed and what’s open during this government shutdown.

Got questions?

Drop them in the replies and I’ll work to answer them through the day.

We're hours away from a government shutdown -- it'll be the first since 2018 and the third of Trump's two terms.

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Got other questions? I'll work through them in the replies the rest of the day.

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A government shutdown is days away. And @rbeggin.bsky.social and I obsessing over it.

What do you want do want to know?

Will do my best to respond throughout the day.

The economy is slowing down, but the wealthiest consumers are still on buying sprees — keeping prices higher than usual.

It’s a weird place for the economy to be, and the Fed is trying to cut rates to address it.

We may need to start talking about (!) stagflation.

Let’s dive a little deeper.

What exactly is behind this “Manhattan Project” for more babies?

The Trump admin is using a loophole to wrestle spending authority away from Congress.

And if we follow this end to its logical extreme, well, we’re a different kind of democracy than we thought.