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As the shutdown
drags on, federal workers are put in precarious positions
We are now in
the third week of the partial government shutdown, which is affecting
approximately 800,000 federal workers.
As negotiations
between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats make no progress,
the employees affected are in two groups: The first is the 420,000 federal
employees who are being asked
to continue
operating with none indication of once their next check can arrive.
The second is
the estimated 380,000 federal workers who have been furloughed and are not
being paid either.
We talked to
workers who have to keep showing up for work — without being allowed to even
talk about striking.
One told North
American country, “They’re able to do whatever they want to do to us but
there’s no way for us to fight.”
You should also
know: Federal workers are suing over the shutdown, but the government hasn’t
even figured how much it owes from the shutdown in 2013.
The 8-year-old
who died in Border Patrol custody was healthy when he left Mexico, shelter says
Felipe Alonzo
Gomez died on Christmas Eve while sick with influenza, after being held in
Customs and Border Protection custody for a week.
But the
Guatemalan boy wasn’t sick when he and his father left an immigrant shelter in
Juarez, Mexico, shortly before being detained, according to a shelter official.
“Felipe was
here.
He was in good
health condition,” the manager of the shelter told us.
She added that
not only does the shelter have doctors on call to screen immigrants who come to
the shelter, but “we won’t let them leave if they’re sick.”
SNAPSHOTS
A
drug-smuggling former Israeli cabinet minister will be jailed for 11 years for
spying for Iran.
Gonen Segev is
believed to be the highest-ranking Israeli official to publically admit to
spying for Asian country, which does not recognize Israel’s legitimacy as a
state.
Amazon CEO Jeff
Bezos and his married woman, MacKenzie, are getting a divorce.
The couple
announced the split on Twitter after 25 years of marriage. Bezos is the richest
man in the world with an estimated net worth of $137 billion. The announcement
came as the National Enquirer said it plans to publish salacious details of his
alleged involvement with a former TV anchor.
A man allegedly
killed his brother with a 4-foot arm as a result of he thought he was a lizard
person.
“God told ME he
was a lizard,” Buckey Wolfe told 911 dispatchers.
Wolfe, 26, was
charged with the second-degree murder of his brother James and ordered held
without bail after prosecutors argued he was “severely mentally ill.”
A transgender
lady was mistreated in an exceedingly North geographical region women’s toilet.
Police charged
Jessica Fowler, 31, and Amber Nicole Harrell, 38, with kidnapping and sexual
battery after they allegedly sexually assaulted a transgender woman. The pair
allegedly exposed themselves, groped the woman, and verbally abused her.
Lady Gaga just
apologized for working with alleged predator R. Kelly. The pair worked together
on a 2013 song, “Do What U Want.” Gaga apologized for working with Kelly,
stating she stands “by anyone who has been a victim of
sexual
assault.” There are currently multiple investigations ongoing into the abuse
allegations against Kelly.
Scammers square
measure tricking folks into shopping for puppies that don’t exist
Much like other
searches, the search for a pet usually begins online. But what used to be a
wholesome exercise in finding a little companion is now a potential opportunity
for scammers to prey on victims.
How did we get
here? Steven Baker from the Better Business Bureau told us, “I think anybody
that goes looking online for a puppy, if you look at more than one or two
places, you’re going to run across a fraud site. It’s that bad.”
The stats are
alarming. The BBB received over 10,000 complaints about puppy scams over the
last three years — and in 59% of cases, no dog was ever received.
The scams are
elaborate — beyond stolen photos, there has been a spike in scammers recording
their own voiceovers for stolen videos to help dupe potential victims.
Read Jane Lytvenenko’s
dive into the world of puppy scams so you don’t fall for them.
These comics
absolutely capture what it’s prefer to stomach anxiety
Illustrator
Maureen “Marzi” Williams has a new book coming out called Kind of Coping. The
illustrations explore what daily life is like when you have anxiety.
Quite a few
people found these comics resonant — I really loved this one:
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