via news5cleveland: CLEVELAND — Since the shutdown started at the end of December, immigration court hearings that could be the difference between someone getting permission to stay in the United States, or get deported, have had to be rescheduled. “People who …
If the federal government can’t even manage its own budget, shutting down National Parks in the process, why not return the National Parks to the states, or local authorities, or even private businesses? Bill Whittle’s reaction to the idea may …
Lindsey Graham Blinks: Urges Trump to open govt ‘temporarily’… WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – A Republican senator close to President Donald Trump on Sunday backed a temporary re-opening of the federal government, in the 23rd day of the longest shutdown …
30 Democrats in Puerto Rico with 109 lobbyists for weekend despite shutdown Some 30 Democratic lawmakers left the government shutdown behind Friday on a chartered flight to Puerto Rico for a winter retreat with 109 lobbyists and corporate executives during which they …
via Reuters: Federal law enforcement agencies that keep Americans safe are starting to feel the strain of the U.S. government shutdown, in its 21st day, with agents working for no pay and investigations delayed, law enforcement officials said. Training events have …
U.S. government shutdown about to become longest on record from CNBC. via CNBC: It will only take another two weeks for the shutdown to cost the economy more than $6 billion, according to S&P Global Ratings. The partial government shutdown …
Federal workers get $0 pay stubs as shutdown drags on OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Federal workers received pay stubs Friday with nothing but zeroes on them as the effects of the government shutdown hit home, deepening anxieties about mortgage payments …
by Daisy Luther In general, when the government shuts down, I post a few funny memes about how it’s the most boring apocalypse ever and my life goes on exactly as it has before. I’m not personally very affected by …
via NBCNEWS: The country would face an economic hellscape if the government shutdown lasts “months or even years,” as the president has suggested it might, experts tell NBC News. The doomsday scenario might be unlikely — the longest the federal government has …
via Foxnews: Liberal music superstar Cher is holding congressional Democrats’ feet to the fire amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. It came after President Trump delivered a prime-time address from the Oval Office on Tuesday making the case for funding the border wall, …
Don’t fret. The unpaid federal workers will all get paid in full for not working. AC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMxY4YN52bA “Republicans Are United On Shutdown Over The Wall” Trump SLAMS Reporter Tells Her She’s Fake News trump today met with reporters after meeting with republicans and discussed chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and said that he would wait to …
A total of 48 lawmakers – both Democrats and Republicans – have said they will not take a salary while the government is shutdown Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t saying whether or not she’ll take her salary Ocasio-Cortez, in December, tweeted that …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK2EptzK5Dw DOD ended FY-15 with $93.8 billion in prior-year unobligated balances https://insidedefense.com/daily-news/…
by Simon Black Last Thursday, I published a Notes article saying I would use five-to-six figures of the money I saved last year in taxes to pay rent for furloughed government employees. And so far, the response has been amazing. We’ve already sent money out …
via breitbart: A group of Remainer MPs will attempt to stop a no deal Brexit by starving the Treasury of funds which could lead to “total paralysis” of the Government. The MPs are set to vote on two amendments to the …
by CelineHagbard As the first bill introduced by the 2019 Senate session, S.1 is deals with a number of foreign policy issues, but one of them is a section designed to strengthen state laws that punish companies and individuals who engage …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca5YgK3P4rk That’s because 63% of Americans threw out their televisions!! Along with their Television “PROGRAMMING”!! Jim
by ShowMeTheTyrant Is Trump is trying to expose Congress as being fully compromised and actively working against the American people to destroy the country? Or is Trump a fascist dictator? Let’s have a conversation. Congress has had single digit approval ratings …
via MarketWatch: At 13 days in length as of Thursday, the current partial government shutdown is starting to move up the record books. So far, it already ranks as the second-longest shutdown in more than 20 years, topped only by …
via wdtv: (CNN/Donna Borak) — Americans may find themselves missing an agency they usually love to hate if the government shutdown persists: the Internal Revenue Service. A protracted fight between President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders to fund the government could …
From Vox: The federal government remains partially shut down as President Donald Trump refuses to sign a spending deal that doesn’t include $5 billion for his wall at the US-Mexico border. But as Americans start to think about filing their taxes, …
He said the shutdown could last a long time. Trump won’t accept anything less than 2.5 B for the Wall. He said more federal dollars are spent in Afghanistan in a month than for the wall. “I mean, we spend …
via washingtonexaminer: Most Americans believe that illegal immigration is a problem but are split over what to do about it, according to a new survey. The latest Economist/YouGov.com poll found that 84 percent believe illegal immigration is a “problem” for the United States. …
The agency that oversees the government’s civilian workforce is facing scrutiny after suggesting federal employees affected by the partial government shutdown barter with their landlords if they can’t make rent payments, advice that it later said was posted “inadvertently.” https://marygreeley.com/?p=79573 …
Nancy Pelosi Is Spending Shutdown at Hawaii Resort Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi is spending the government shutdown at a luxury resort in Hawaii, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Pelosi, who has put blame squarely on President Donald Trump for the current government shutdown, …
via financialpost: The U.S. economy will take a billion-dollar hit if the government shutdown continues until the weekend, experts have predicted as Donald Trump showed no sign of backing down. Some 25 per cent of the federal government is without …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Homebuilders, a bedraggled bunch recently, breathe a sigh of relief, but get crushed anyway. “NOTICE: Due to a lapse in federal funding this website is not being updated,” the Commerce Department’s website says currently on the …
by Michael Snyder According to the Department of Agriculture, if this government shutdown stretches into February there won’t be money for food stamps. And it certainly looks like this shutdown could last for quite a while, because President Trump is …
