Donald Trump has hosted a fundraiser for his White House ballroom construction project as hundreds of thousands of federal workers go unpaid amid the ongoing government shutdown.

It’s been 15 days since Congress failed to pass a bill to keep federal agencies funded, slowing down or stopping government operations, as essential employees continue to go to work without pay.

But this dark period of partisan gridlock is not keeping the president from having a good time with those helping make his dreams of a glitzy ballroom come true.

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    11 hours ago

    Military, yes, but I didn’t really read anything in there concerning ICE or, more crucially, Social Security workers, Medicare workers, and ATC.

    Also, shame on the BBC for propping up fascism by both sides-ing the impasse and not including even a single line about the reasons for the shutdown.

    Both US political parties continue to blame each other for the shutdown

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      4 hours ago

      Have you seen what the British government has been doing lately?

      They’re kind of down with the fascism. 😒