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  • Air traffic controllers just missed their first full paycheck due to the shutdown

    10/28/2025 6:53:30 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 33 replies
    Scripps News ^ | 6:19 PM, Oct 28, 2025 and last updated 6:19 PM, Oct 28, 2025 | Simon Kaufman , Alexandra Miller
    More controllers are now calling in sick and some are working second jobs to make ends meet, according to union officials.As air traffic controllers miss their first full paycheck, more are calling in sick and some are working second jobs to make ends meet, according to union officials. (Scripps News) Air traffic controllers are missing their first full paycheck on Tuesday due to the government shutdown.The National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which represents those workers, is sharing the stories of those workers in an effort to push lawmakers to reopen the government.The president of the union says the added stress...
  • Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

    10/04/2025 9:46:36 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 51 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Oct. 4, 2025 | Tony Romm
    The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.President Trump has embarked on a legally dubious campaign to weaponize the federal budget during a contentious government shutdown, halting more than $27 billion in approved funding in a bid to punish Democratic-led cities and states. Rather than broker a legislative truce or seek to ameliorate the fallout of a costly fiscal stalemate, the president has leveraged the crisis to exact revenge on rivals, slash federal spending and pressure Democrats into accepting his political demands. Since the shutdown...