The federal government has been shut down for nearly a month. So how are furloughed workers spending their free time?
Many are, of course, dealing with the very serious consequences of going without pay for an extended period. But in terms of w…
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Cardi B is not cool with employees not getting paid during the shutdown
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Yeah, so you’ve heard plenty of opinions about the U.S. government shutdown, but you haven’t heard someone give them like Cardi B.
In a very sweary video posted to Instagram on Wednesday night, the singer hit out at Trump and the decision to make furloughed workers continue their jobs without getting paid.
And it’s to the point, to say the least.
“Hey y’all, I just wanted to remind you because it’s been a little over three weeks,” she said. “Trump is now ordering, as in summonsing, federal government workers to go back to work without getting paid.” Read more…
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View More Cardi B is not cool with employees not getting paid during the shutdownCanadian air traffic controllers send pizza to U.S. colleagues working without pay
It’s the fourth week of Donald Trump’s government shutdown, with around 800,000 federal employees working without pay since Dec. 22.
That includes air traffic controllers, like those working in the New York Air Traffic Control Center, who, while they…
Seth Meyers perfectly breaks down the government shutdown and Trump’s terrible presidency
Seth Meyers took on President Donald Trump and the government shutdown during Late Night with Seth Meyers Monday, digging into all the ways the president is poorly handling the country and how much impact the government shutdown is having.
“Our p…
Of course Snoop Dogg has the hottest take on the government shutdown
As the federal government shutdown drags on into another week, leave it to none other than rapper Snoop Dogg to deliver perhaps the hottest take yet about Donald Trump’s willingness to keep parts of the government shuttered for “months or even years”…
View More Of course Snoop Dogg has the hottest take on the government shutdownThe toilets are overflowing in national parks. But that’s not the worst problem.
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The toilets at Joshua Tree National Park — a world of palm oases, lizard-dominated wilderness, and desert tortoises — are overflowing.
Due to the ongoing government shutdown that started Dec. 22, there is zero funding for most Park Service employees. Hence, Joshua Tree announced that it is now forced to close its popular campgrounds, beginning on Jan. 2.
“The park is being forced to take this action for health and safety concerns as vault toilets reach capacity,” the park wrote on its website.
In a dozen past government shutdowns, like that in 2013, national parks closed completely — which gave some inherent protection to the nation’s hundreds of parks, memorials, and historic sites. But beginning in January 2018, the Trump administration instructed parks to stay open during a shutdown, however long. Now, with an extended shutdown, the parks are finding themselves littered, ill-managed, or not managed at all. Read more…
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View More The toilets are overflowing in national parks. But that’s not the worst problem.White House government shutdown away message is a political attack on Democrats
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Donald Trump’s White House sunk to a new level of petty on Saturday, as the United States government shutdown.
Callers dialing into the publicly available White House comments line — at 202.456.1111 — are greeted with a recorded away message. An unrecognizable female voice politely explains that the government is shut down because Democrats are holding it “hostage.”
Listen for yourself. This is a recording we captured ourselves when dialing the White House comment line shortly after 6:00 p.m. ET on Saturday. Read more…
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View More White House government shutdown away message is a political attack on DemocratsYou’ll still get NOAA weather forecasts and warnings during the government shutdown
The government shutdown is likely to stifle scientific research in the U.S., particularly at health agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
However, people whose job includes p…