#Trump #Transportation Secy Sean Duffy warned Friday the government could force airlines to cut up to 20% of #flights if the #shutdown did not end as US airlines on Friday scrambled to make unprecedented #GovernmentImposed reductions.
#OrchestratedShutdown #FAA #labor #travel […]
#Airports in #NewYork, #LosAngeles & #Chicago along with hubs across the #US are among 40 that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government #shutdown, acc/to a list distributed to the airlines & obtained by AP.
The #FAA announced Wednesday that it would reduce air traffic by 10% […]
Like I said, not cool.
#FAA reducing #AirTraffic by 10% across 40 'high-volume' markets during government #shutdown
#Trump #OrchestratedShutdown #TrumpCoup2 […]
Cool. Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool, no doubt no doubt.
Exclusive: #US may cut #AirTraffic 10% by Friday without #shutdown deal
The shutdown has forced 13,000 #AirTrafficControllers & 50,000 Transportation Security Administration #TSA] officers to work […]
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#Hunger & #Cold Loom as #Shutdown Imperils Funding for #Antipoverty Programs
Within days, tens of millions of #LowIncome Americans may lose assistance for #food, #childcare & #utilities if the federal government remains shut down.
As the shutdown nears the one-month mark, the lapse in federal […]
#Republican #House Speaker #MikeJohnson has refused to negotiate with #Democrats until they first agree to reopen the government.
This is now the second-longest #shutdown.
The longest shutdown occurred during Trump’s first term over his demands for funds to build the US-Mexico border wall […]
Democratic lawmakers are demanding that any deal to reopen the federal government address expiring #healthcare subsidies that have made #HealthInsurance more affordable for millions of Americans. They also want any government funding bill to reverse the #Medicaid cuts in #Trump’s big tax breaks […]
During a hearing on Oct 15, Illston said the layoff notices that started going out on or around Oct 10 appeared to be politically motivated and not well thought out. About 4,100 layoff notices have gone out, some sent to work email addresses that furloughed employees are not allowed to check […]
The American Federation of Government Employees #AFGE & other #labor #unions have sued to stop the “reductions in force” #MassLayoffs, saying the firings were an #AbuseOfPower designed to punish #FederalWorkers & pressure #Congress.
Lawyers for the government claim the district court does not […]
Illston has said she believes the evidence will ultimately show the #MassFirings were #illegal & in excess of authority.
The #Trump admin has slashed #jobs in #education, #health & other areas it says are favored by #Democrats. The admin has also said it will not tap roughly $5 billion in […]
A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred the #Trump administration from firing #FederalWorkers during the government #shutdown.
US District Judge Susan Illston granted a preliminary injunction #PI] that bars the firings while a lawsuit challenging them plays out. She had […]
#GOP senator blocks #Democrats bill to #pay all federal employees during #shutdown
Sen #RonJohnson (R-WI) objected to a request by Sen #ChrisVanHollen (D-MD) on Thursday for the #Senate to immediately consider & pass a bill to pay all #FederalWorkers, members of the #military & federal […]
And that’s if you’re lucky enough to qualify for the #ACA. If not, you’re looking at #Medicaid again if you qualify], paying for private [#HealthInsurance which runs $6,000 – $20,000+ a year depending on coverage , or going entirely without.
#law #Trump #Republicans #OrchestratedShutdown […]
Premiums nationwide are set to rise by 18% on average, acc/to an analysis of preliminary rate filings by the nonpartisan #health policy group KFF. That, combined with the loss of extra subsidies, have left Americans with the worst year-over-year price hikes in the 12 years since the marketplaces […]
#HealthInsurance sticker shock begins as #Trump & #Republicans keep the government #shutdown & refuse to negotiate #healthcare subsidies
Many states have shown rising premiums ahead of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act #ACA] plans. #Congressional Republicans remain unmovable over extending […]
#Senate #Democratic leader #ChuckSchumer called the #WhiteHouse meeting a “pep rally” & said it’s “shameful” that #House Speaker #MikeJohnson has kept the House out of town during the shutdown. Schumer says his side wants to end the #shutdown & fix the #healthcare premium crisis that “looms over […]
What clowns
As the government #shutdown enters its fourth week, #Senate #Republicans are headed to the #WhiteHouse on Tuesday — not for urgent talks on how to end it, but for a display of unity with #Trump as they refuse to negotiate on any #Democratic demands.
#law #OrchestratedShutdown […]
#US #courts set to run out of money, begin furloughs as #shutdown lingers
The US federal court system starting on Monday will begin curtailing non-essential functions & furloughing some employees after exhausting what funds the #judiciary had left to sustain paid operations during the US […]
#RFKJr fires top #NIH scientist weeks after she files #whistleblower complaint
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo’s complaint reportedly involved the Trump admin’s #hostility toward #vaccines
The US *#health* secretary, RFKJr, has fired a top scientist at the National Institutes of #Health (NIH) just 3 weeks […]
Sen #ElizabethWarren (D-MA) sent a letter Thursday calling on the #Labor Dept to release the #data despite the #shutdown. According to William Beach, a fmr commissioner of the #BLS, the monthly survey was collected & processed this week.
Shutdown or not, the #Trump admin has already canceled […]
Other #labor market indicators generated by the private sector have been downbeat. The payroll processor ADP estimated that nongovernmental employers shed 32,000 #jobs in September, while the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that companies’ announced hiring plans so far this […]
The numbers are not likely to be released until the government reopens, but right now the forecast for #employment growth is muted. Economists polled by Bloomberg expected that employers added 53,000 #jobs last month, fewer than the 64,000 added on average over the 6 previous months, before […]
The #BLS’ measurements of wage growth, unemployment & job creation guide investors allocating capital & monetary policymakers deciding whether the #economy needs a boost.
Without the #data, the outlook is foggy as hazards abound, so businesses could be even less willing to make decisions about […]
The #Jobs Report That Wasn’t Leaves Economists Guessing
Policymakers have entered uncharted territory w/o #employment #data that the govt conveniently] withheld because of its [orchestrated] [#shutdown.
Every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics #BLS] produces the formerly] most reliable […]
#RussVought cited a new rule from the #Transportation Dept that took effect Wednesday after the #shutdown] to review whether any #SmallBusiness contractors are engaged in *improper* #diversity initiatives. This is one of a series of efforts intended to pressure #Democratic lawmakers in #Congress […]
#Trump has repeatedly vowed to send #NationalGuard #troops to police #Chicago. In recent days, there have been growing scenes of conflict involving federal #immigration agents in Chicago & its suburbs because #ICE et al are violently committing [#HumanRights violations].
#WhiteSupremacy #law […]
#Illinois Governor #JBPritzker & the #Chicago Transit Authority [#CTA], which handles >300 million passengers yearly & is the third largest US transit agency, did not immediately comment.
#USDOT has previously threatened #transit #funding for #NewYork, Chicago & #Boston on a number of grounds […]
#GiftArticle
…it took #Trump fewer than 24 hours to turn a #shutdown into a #weapon wielded against the #CivilServants he once praised & the opposing party he has long derided. The admin has targeted Democratic districts, announcing holds on more than $25 billion in projects in Massachusetts […]
#Trump said on Thursday that he would meet with his budget chief #RussVought] to determine which “Democrat agencies” he could try to cut, relishing the #government [#shutdown as an “unprecedented opportunity” to achieve his agenda.
#OrchestratedShutdown #law #RevengePolitics #CultureWars […]
#GovernmentShutdown: #Trump Promises Cuts to ‘Democrat Agencies’ — There is no such thing as a “Democrat Agency”
Trump redoubled his threat to use the shutdown to slash the federal bureaucracy as #Democrats & #Republicans dug in for an extended battle.
#law #RevengePolitics #CultureWars […]
