Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo. If the White House acts on that legal analysis, it would dramatically escalate Dummkopf Trumpf's pressure on Senate Democrats to end the week-old shutdown by denying back pay to as many as 750,000 federal workers. Trumpf wants the Democrats to back a continuing resolution to fund the government with no strings about healthcare subsidies attached. "This would not have happened if Democrats voted for the clean CR," a senior junta member bleated. Meanwhile, this past weekend GOP senators with excellent healthcare luxuriated at a posh golf resort in Georgia, US air traffic control is in chaos, and the Trumpf junta is ramping up pressure on the Nicolas Maduro regime in Venezuela. On Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, 49.8% of eligible voters elected a twice impeached, convicted felon to be POTUS, and now we are all paying for it.