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Furloughed Government Employees Are Running Out of Menstrual Products
Over the last couple weeks, I Support the Girls, a nonprofit for menstrual equity, has been inundated by requests for period products from workers affected by the shutdown.
Wilbur Ross thinks desperate federal workers should just get a bank loan
Trump's commerce secretary also said that workers calling in sick need to just suck it up, because they will eventually get paid.
Trump's brain trust is already rejecting Pelosi's bid to end the shutdown: "It's a nonstarter"
It’s a symbol of the deep pessimism in Washington that the Senate is voting on something counts as a bright spot.
It's Thursday, January 24, and There's Too Much 'Stuf' in Oreos Now
Plus, our Secretary of Commerce "[doesn't] really quite understand why" unpaid federal employees might need food banks.
"We cannot even calculate the level of risk" during the shutdown, airline workers say
Air traffic controllers, flight attendants, and pilots are saying that critical resources and security measures are strained.
Pelosi won't let Trump use the House for his State of the Union until the shutdown ends
The sparring continues.
A Weed Company Is Giving Government Workers Free Bud During the Shutdown
BudTrader.com is donating medical marijuana to federal employees in need.
Trump's Shutdown Is Costing Billions and Screwing the Middle Class
"If the refunds don't go out, then you really see a ripple effect..."
"I can't not feed my child:" Unpaid federal workers face painful choices as rent bills loom
On Friday, many workers impacted by the shutdown will miss their second paycheck.
The Senate will vote on competing bills to end the shutdown. Both are likely to fail.
Neither bill is expected to pass the 60-vote threshold.
Cardi B Says Conservatives Need to 'Admit the President Is Fucking Up'
After posting a video about the government shutdown, the rapper was criticized by Tomi Lahren and Stephanie Hamill.