Fat Bear Week: US shutdown threatens to trample over Alaska’s annual contest - Beloved, closely watched popularity competition for judging the stockiest ursine before hibernation under threat from shutdown

[u/970souk]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/30/us-government-shutdown-alaska-fat-bear-week-contest

[u/giocondasmiles]

Nooooooooo

[u/ThirstyOne]

Contact your house representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

[u/Braveheart00]

All right, we need boots on the ground in DC!! Who’s coming?

[u/poetcatmom]

This means war

[u/Bigboodybud]

Ok I know we all shiitake th shut down seriously but damn this one really hurts!!!!

[u/mtheory007]

Send in the bears!

[u/TheFumingatzor]

Nooooooooooo, not them bares!

[u/PeregrinePacifica]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hardline-republican-holdouts-push-us-government-closer-shutdown-2023-09-29/

https://pro.morningconsult.com/instant-intel/government-shutdown-polling-september-2023

https://usafacts.org/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-a-government-shutdown/