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Let's look at the clickbait:

1. a. Ummmm OK. clickbait thread title, suggesting all of DC is shut down. It isn't. Then 1. b. AverageOldGuy changed the affected area to "basically all of downtown DC". In the real world, the shut down area, per https://www.nps.gov/whho/learn/management/rod_ufc.htm , is bounded by 15th Avenue NW, Constitution Ave. NW, 17th Ave. NW, and H St. NW. In that area are Lafayette Squar, the White House, and the Ellipse.

Outside the shut down area, but possibly affected by traffic, obviously, are places such as the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and other memorials, the Smithsonian, National Gallery of Art, the Trump-Kennedy Center, State Department (Foggy Bottom), Capitol, Library of Congress, and George Washington University. The shutdown area is very much NOT "basically all of downtown DC".

2. "Last minute"? Really? Look at the date of that National Park Service webpage that announced the shutdown area and dates: "April 30, 2026, Last updated: May 18, 2026". The shutdown was announced 6 weeks ago.

Guess why I was unsurprised by the above.

"That's how they count the votes in California."

In western South Carolina, pretty close to the Georgia line, there is a metal casting manufacturing plant. The Burnstein von Seelen Precision Casting facility does all sorts of stuff in various metals, and is proud that it 'is the only ISO Certified copper based permanent mold facility in North America.' The company website displays the logos of a number of well-known clients, such as General Electric, Siemens, and General Dynamics.
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According to the results of a two-year-long federal investigation, managers at the plant were not as picky when it came to the particulars of the help they hired. And it doesn't appear to have been as if one or two had simply slipped through a screening loophole, judging by the number of employees escorted off the property last Wednesday (Not to mention those who vanished).

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with local law enforcement, acted on what they'd learned during that lengthy time digging into a large identity theft operation.

They finally raided the plant.

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A two-year investigation into immigrants with fake identity documents led to federal officials detaining 48 workers at a South Carolina metal casting business and six people facing state charges, including two top managers at the plant, authorities announced Thursday.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers took the workers into custody on alleged immigration violations, and the company's plant manager and human resources director were arrested on allegations they knowingly hired immigrants in the U.S. illegally, state Attorney General Alan Wilson said at a news conference.

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The state attorney general says in some of these instances fraudsters were literally using two or three stolen identities at a time because they 'hadn't gotten the paperwork right the first time.'

It's not corruption. It's TRADITION! As the host of "Meet The Press" Kristen Welker explains, "That's how they count the votes in California."

Obama Administration Closed Parks to WWII Veterans, but kept Open for Illegal Occupy Movement Camp
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WASHINGTON, D.C., October 2, 2013

In an attempt to make the government shutdown as painful as possible, the Obama Administration yesterday chose to erect metal barricades around the World War II Memorial (an open air memorial that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) and stationed armed National Park Police to block World War II veterans from entering their memorial.

It’s ironic that while our Nation’s heroes are met by barricades, exactly two years ago back in 2011 the Obama Administration let members of the Occupy Movement camp at McPherson Square (also controlled by the National Park Service) for MONTHS before evicting them. Thousands of dollars in damage were caused by the participants who were illegally camping in McPherson Square.

Under the Obama Administration, the National Park Service chose to erect barricades to open-air memorials when they know World War II veterans are traveling to visit from across the country, while two years ago they stood by for months as the Occupy Movement erected illegal campsites on national park land in the Nation’s Capital. In addition, the Park Service is spending unknown thousands of taxpayer dollars to keep the public and veterans from their memorial, while in 2011 they spent thousands to cleanup the mess left by the Occupiers.