WATCH: $1.2 Trillion in Budget Cuts as a Hollywood Disaster Movie [Brodner Cartoon]

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How have authoritarians been stopped before? Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein unpacks that and more, and we hope you'll give her pre-election column a read because we all need to be prepared for what's ahead. And if you agree that Mother Jones' fearless journalism is needed right now, please pitch in with a donation during our fall fundraising drive.

Grover Norquist beats Republicans in line with a club while Democrats look on as helpless sheep trying to stave off a $1.2 trillion budget cut. Just another day in Congress? At the Washington Spectator, animator Steve Brodner reimagines the upcoming budget cut as an asteroid and our congressmen as the hapless astronauts tasked with stopping it. Spoiler alert: This story has a happy ending. Will ours?