this is from the army chief of staff when reporters asked him about the military building the wall. sir, do you know how long it might take for the military to build a wall at the southern border? well, in a sign of just how bad things are right now, coast guard employees you have to listen to this. coast guard employees who have lost their paychecks in the shutdown got some suggestions today. hold a garage sale. babysit or serve as a mystery shopper. they really said that. that was from a tip sheet by an employee, assistance arm of the coast guard, which was taken down after the washington post asked about it. all of this is clearly getting under the president s skin. the senate minority whip, dick durbin, says trump blurted out in the middle of today s meeting, i don t know why i m
just added 17 new lawyers to the white house counsel s office within the past couple of weeks, and none of them are people who are also planning on continuing their talk radio shows while they do this gig. it is awkward, though, that that hiring of 17 new lawyers for the president, that maps neatly on to this government shutdown, which is now in its 19th day. you may have seen today the coast guard just published a handy guide for its personnel during the shutdown, a new guard for personnel titled managing your finances during a furlough. the five-page tip sheet advises coast guard personnel that they should, quote, be creative to find supplemental income during the furlough period. quote, here are a few ideas for adding income. quote, have a garage sale, offer to watch children, walk pets, or house sit. turn your hobby into income. wouldn t that depend on your hobby? quote, become a mystery shopper.
congressional officials and a white house official meeting. you are losing people as leverage. why won t you open the stop and stop hurting people, then you wouldn t give me what i want. as we mentioned, real word impact to this, ut down they have been holding sell your stuff. right. suggestion part of a five-page kick side that suggests dog walking, tutoring or becoming a mystery shopper. the coast guard removed the tip sheet. meanwhile the fd an has
as we mentioned there are real world impacts to this. member of the coast guard who were not payi paid they are holding garage sales. sell your furniture. suggesting part of a five-page tip sheet giving to coast guard employees that also suggest, babysitting, tutoring or dog walking or becoming a mystery shopper. what is a mystery shopper? i don t know. it removed this from its website after the washington post inquired about that advice. the fda has suspended most food facility insp inspections. it will continue to use high risk inspections and tomorrow is
not just because they work for the federal government or depend on government work. consider this astounding headline in the washington post today. this has to do with dependents, coast guard families told they can have garage sales to cope with government shutdown. employees of the u.s. coast guard who are facing a long u.s. government shutdown just received a suggestion, to get by without pay, consider holding a garage sale, babysitting, dog walking or serving as a mystery shopper. this is all part of a five-page tip sheet that was put out by a coast guard support group. it contained the comforting notion that, bankruptcy is a last option. and a reminder here, this is our coast guard first responders on the water, the people who tonight are interdicting drugs, saving scuttled vessels and people in trouble, and now their families are in trouble. here s what else is in trouble, there is no money for food inspections at the fda. trying to buy a home? the irs is unable to verify tax