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Media Matters weekly newsletter, October 3

10/03/25 10:52 AM EDT
Newsmax host: “Most of America, I think, is actually better off” with a government shutdown

10/03/25 9:00 AM EDT
Sean Hannity tells federal workers fired due to the shutdown their “self-imposed limitations” on where they live will keep them from finding work

10/02/25 7:59 PM EDT
Newsmax host: “These poor government employees are now on a paid vacation”

10/02/25 8:52 AM EDT
Sean Hannity on government shutdown: “I don't care how long it goes on”

10/01/25 6:30 PM EDT
Steve Bannon: “I'm a huge believer in these government shutdowns”

10/01/25 1:50 PM EDT
Ben Shapiro: “It kind of feels like, you know, a government shutdown is mostly the stuff you need and kind of gets rid of a lot of the stuff you don't”

10/01/25 12:51 PM EDT
Benny Johnson: “There is a government shutdown right now, and we are cheering for that. We say yes.”

10/01/25 10:37 AM EDT
Newsmax guest: “Shut the government down. Lay them off, purge the government of these deep state bureaucrats.”

10/01/25 9:23 AM EDT
Right-wing media run wild with the blatantly false claim that Democrats are shutting down the government to secure “health care for illegals”

09/30/25 3:58 PM EDT
Sean Hannity: “I don't care if the government shuts down”

09/30/25 12:35 PM EDT
Benny Johnson: “I feel like most workers in the federal government are nonessential. I think most of them could be replaced by an AI chatbot, frankly.”

09/30/25 12:13 PM EDT