The Readback: How the shutdown ate my laundry
Nov 22, 2025•14 min
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Episode description
Vault co-author Brendan Pedersen shares how his laundry got stuck at the dry cleaners during the 43-day government shutdown. This story was featured in The Readback, our weekend digest featuring the best of Punchbowl News this week.
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