Daily Meme: 19 Reasons Why the Shutdown/Debt Ceiling Is Making Us Crazy and Some GIFs Because, Why Not?

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1. "The 13 reasons Washington is failing"

2. "Why the Government Shutdown Isn't Anywhere Near Over-in 1 Graph"

3. "Frequently and Infrequently Asked Questions About the Forthcoming Federal Government Shutdown"

4. "Everything You Need to Know About the Looming Government Shutdown"

5. "Absolutely everything you need to know about how the government shutdown will work"

6. "US shutdown: a guide for non-Americans"

7. "'SNL AND MILEY CYRUS EXPLAIN THE SHUTDOWN WITH SEXY MICHELLE BACHMANN & BABY JOHN BOEHNER

8. "Ferris Bueller Explains The Government Shutdown"

9. "The Government Shutdown Perfectly Described In GIFs For Dummies"

10. "The Government Shutdown Summed Up In One GIF"

11. "Government Shutdown Memes: 20 Awesomest Memes for the End of America"

12. "The Government Shutdown, Told in Lego"

13. "Ryan Gosling and Kate Upton Explain the Shutdown"

14. "This Chart Destroys The Debt Ceiling Truthers"

15. "The Chart That Should Accompany All Discussions of the Debt Ceiling"

16. What is the US debt ceiling?

17. "The Debt Ceiling, Explained"

18. "Debt Ceiling Dates, Explained"

19. "Five Reasons to Fear the Debt Ceiling"

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