#government-shutdown

#government-shutdown

"The government shutdown and arguing over the budget and everything, that is a political process, but if you look at it from an economic perspective, ultimately it's going to slow down the economy," Moynihan said. "It's going to slow down the economy because the need to get approvals from the government to do things, whatever it is, slows down," he added. "You've talked a lot about the FAA. If flights​ slow down, people stop traveling, so I think the idea is that it will have an effect."

"It doesn't matter what we do in the House," GOP Speaker Mike Johnson announced in a press conference this week. While it's tempting to give the MAGA leader grudging points for candor, that churlish admission speaks volumes about a once-robust legislative branch now relegated to inert duty as a satellite Trumpian messaging complex: a glorified Fox News set with gavels.

NASA is hard at work preparing for Artemis 2, its first crewed mission to the Moon in over half a century, which is scheduled to launch in just four months. The twist? Due to the ongoing government shutdown, a NASA official confirmed to Futurism, agency staff are currently working without pay to make the launch happen - including even the astronauts who are putting their lives on the line for the historic mission, who are currently preparing for it without receiving paychecks.

Even though the Trump administration has found ways to pay the troops twice since the shutdown began on Oct. 1, the process has been fraught with anxiety for many Americans in uniform and their loved ones. Both times, they were left hanging until the last minute. Four days before paychecks were supposed to go out on Oct. 15, President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon to use "all available funds" to ensure U.S. troops were paid.

I don't mean the obvious. There is fascism rotting not just our nation but the world, fascism so bad that common folk have begun calling it what it is and not just the communists and anarchists I spend most of my time with. The government shutdown, an event engineered by one party alone, exists solely to squeeze to death the programs they couldn't cancel the funding for through legal means, permanently crippling only the social subsidies that they deem unfit.

As if being the target of an immigration crackdown, in which racial profiling has been endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, were not enough, the partial shutdown of the U.S. government which began on October 1 and is on track to surpass the historic 34-day record set in the winter of 20182019 has put access to crucial food and health subsidies for a large portion of the U.S. Latino population in jeopardy.

Muir Woods National Monument reopened last Thursday and will remain open to the public through Oct. 31. The National Park Service closed the park because of the federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1. Private donations enabled park operations to briefly resume. Must See Tours is one of the businesses that organized the reopening. The San Francisco company is offering daily morning and evening tours at the park.

The shutdown could account for up to a $14 billion loss in real GDP, or the total value of goods and services produced by the economy and adjusted for inflation, which won't be recouped, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. A government shutdown usually reduces real GDP temporarily, halting non-essential federal operations, delaying government payments, and cutting spending on services and salaries.

Yeah, you might think, given that the Republicans are in charge of both the House and the Senate, that a government shutdown might actually hurt the Republican brand. But in fact, it hasn't! If anything, it's been helped a little bit! Take a look here, the shift in net popularity versus pre-shutdown. When we're looking at the Republican Party overall, that brand, actually up two points. That's within the margin of error, but clearly it hasn't dropped.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston granted a preliminary injunction that bars the firings while a lawsuit challenging them plays out. She had previously issued a temporary restraining order against the job cuts that was set to expire Wednesday. Illston, who was nominated by Democratic President Bill Clinton, has said she believes the evidence will ultimately show the mass firings were illegal and in excess of authority.

Well, we have to have [pharmacy benefit manager] reform, we have to look at the ways that we have a lot of waste, fraud, and abuse in the healthcare system. We have to let the marketplace work. There's no transparency or competition. You look at some things like, for example, the Oklahoma City Surgery Center and what they're doing. That's really innovation in healthcare, more remote, having nurses be able to treat patients in a different way. The whole system can be looked at very holistically,

"Recently, you've also seen debt ceiling crises, where there's a threat not to default on our debt. So this is a serious indication of the breakdown of the process," he said, adding: "One of the existential fights here, beneath the surface, but really important to Americans, is the cost of health care. I mean, it has been rising way faster than inflation. It's a killer for small businesses that really have benefited by the Obamacare tax credits."

A woman was arrested by CHP officers in Dublin after crashing her car, possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and leaving a 1-year-old child behind in the car. The officers found the woman walking along the roadway of I-580, and when they located the car, they found the child inside; the child is reportedly okay. [CHP-Dublin/Facebook] The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is going "nomadic" when it leaves its home of one year, the Cube on Montgomery Street, early next year.

I just got back from Asia where I met the Leaders of many Countries, including China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and others. It was a Great Honor to meet them but, more particularly, to see that America is respected again - RESPECTED LIKE NEVER BEFORE! Great Trade Deals were made, Long Term relationships now exist, and money is pouring into our Country because of Tariffs and, frankly, the Landslide Results of the 2024 Presidential Election.

I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House, the president said. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!