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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 27d

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Look out, Walt Disney. Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters are coming for your fans.

The streaming giant’s surprise summer hit, KPop Demon Hunters, is Netflix’s most-watched English language film of all time, racking up 314.2 million views worldwide through Sept. 14. …

Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Taking Over the Globe. Watch Out, Disney.

The surprise hit has racked up more than 300 million views and has become Netflix’s most-watched English-language film ever.

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 18h

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“Today, I’ll hand in my badge. The reporting will continue. …”🙌🏼

Heather Mongilio @heathermongilio.bsky.social · 1d

It’s such a tiny thing, but I was really proud to see my picture up on the wall of Pentagon correspondents. Today, I’ll hand in my badge. The reporting will continue. Reach me on Signal at HMongilio.52 or at [email protected]

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 18h

Shortly after 4 p.m., about 40 to 50 journalists left together after handing in badges. …

Trump backed Hegseth’s rules: “The press is very dishonest.”

@heathermongilio.bsky.social , a reporter for USNI News, which covers the Navy, wrote: “Today, I’ll hand in my badge. The reporting will continue.”

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 19h

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Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Weds rather than agree to govt-imposed restrictions on their work…

News outlets were nearly unanimous in rejecting rules by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth [against reporting info he had not approved]

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.

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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 1d

Also spoke with @janetcho.bsky.social of Barron’s about how DHS Secretary Noem’s political propaganda video violates the Hatch Act.
Fortunately, many airports are standing up for the rule of law and refusing to air the video.

More Airports Refusing to Play Noem's Message to Travelers

A growing number of airports won't air Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s controversial video for the public in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown. There are various...

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 1d

but also to demonstrate … they are above the law,” @kathleenclark.bsky.social said.

“Trump illegally fired the head of the independent government agency that enforces the Hatch Act, just as he illegally fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics and more than a dozen Inspectors General.”

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 1d

… along with similarly partisan out-of-office messages on government emails, websites and social media, “are both a violation of the Hatch Act and an abuse of government power.”

“Noem and the Trump administration are openly and flagrantly violating the Hatch Act not just to score political points…

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 1d

… Democrats will soon recognize the importance of opening the government,” Noem said.

Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University School of Law, said Noem identifying herself as DHS Secretary, issuing the video through official government channels, and blaming Congressional Democrats …

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 1d

…the most pleasant and efficient airport experience as possible while we keep you safe. However, Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government, and because of this, many of our operations are impacted, and most of our TSA employees are working without pay.“

Noem says “Our hope is that

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 1d

…political activities to ensure administration of govt programs in a nonpartisan way.

Homeland Security oversees the Transportation Security Administration, where 61,000 officers are working w/o pay during the #shutdown.

Noem says in the video: “It is TSA’s top priority to make sure that you have…

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 1d

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A growing number of airports won't air Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s controversial video in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

Many cite potential violations of the federal #HatchAct, which bars federal employees from …

More Airports Refusing to Play Noem's Message to Travelers

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 2d

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Philip G. Joyce, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, said the question of whether President Trump can use unspent Defense Department research and development funds to pay military personnel is “somewhat of a grey area.” …

The Pentagon's Plan to Pay Troops Is a Legal Gray Area, Some Say

It’s not clear if President Trump’s plans to pay military personnel from unspent research and development Defense Department funds is legal, even if it may not be challenged. Philip G. Joyce, a profes...

https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/government-shutdown-news-today-101325/card/the-[…]pay-troops-is-a-legal-gray-area-some-say-zz3DP910dIGCePcp5eC1

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 3d

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Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association union that represents nearly 20,000 ATCs and other aviation workers, said the #shutdown is putting more pressure and scrutiny on workers already under great stress, pressure, and fatigue. …

Union President Defends Air Traffic Controllers

Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association union that represents nearly 20,000 air traffic controllers and other aviation workers, said the shutdown is putting more pr...

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 3d

Some are worried about groceries and gas, others about childcare and rent. “Each person lives paycheck-to-paycheck,” he said.

Jones said the paychecks TSA workers received this weekend cover Sept. 21 to Oct. 4, …

“We’re tired of being pawns to politicians on either side of the aisle,” he said. …

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 3d

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Johnny Jones, council secretary/treasurer for the American Federation of Government Employees TSA Council 100, with about 1,600 workers in Fort Worth, Texas, said TSA agents are feeling “a lot of uncertainty, not knowing how their finances are going to play out.” …

TSA Workers Feeling ‘A Lot of Uncertainty’

Johnny Jones, council secretary/treasurer for the American Federation of Government Employees TSA Council 100, which represents about 1,600 workers in Fort Worth, Texas, said TSA members in his union ...

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 4d

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to fire air traffic controllers who don't show up to work.

“I think what’s happening here, 90% of the controllers, they show up, they come to work, but 10% of them are lashing out,” Duffy told Fox News on Thursday. …

Transportation Secretary Threatens to Fire No-Show Air Traffic Controllers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to fire air traffic controllers who don't show up to work. “I think what’s happening here, 90% of the controllers, they show up, they come to work, but 1...

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Sean Kelly @storyslug.bsky.social · 6d

When my dad died, someone told me something that stuck with me:

"You're going to feel something, and a lot of people will describe that feeling as a hole that can never be filled, but it's not: it's a ball of love that never goes away."

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 7d

Biggs urged Congress to protect its co-equal branch of government authority to designate spending. “When Congress appropriates the money and they designate money for these agencies, the executive branch should not have the ability to impound the money or spend the money any way they want,” he said.

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 7d

Randy Irwin, national president of the National Federation of Federal Employees, said federal employees already make 25% less than private sector workers doing the exact same jobs, and can’t afford to go without being paid. “We can't allow the shutdown to go on for weeks on end like it did in 2019.”

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 7d

Lee Blackman, director of the National Association of Government Employees SEIU Federal division, pointed to the Employee Fair Protection Act of 2019, signed by President Trump after his 35-day shutdown that year. It guarantees back pay for federal workers affected by a shutdown. …

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 7d

Roughly 620,000 federal employees are currently furloughed, Biggs said. The Office of Management and Budget, lead by Russell Vought, circulated a draft memo on Tuesday that said furloughed workers need not be paid.

President Trump said which workers get paid "depends on who we are talking about." …

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 7d

…national president of the AFGE, which represents 800,000 federal and Washington, D.C.

Matt Biggs, international president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, bristled at the Trump administration's suggestion that furloughed workers might not get their back pay.

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 7d

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The American Federation of Government Employees and other labor unions urged lawmakers and President Trump to put people over politics, “do your job” and end the shutdown.

“Every day this government stays shut down, real people are hurting,” said Everett Kelley, …

Union Leaders Urge Lawmakers, Trump to End Shutdown

The American Federation of Government Employees and other labor unions on Wednesday afternoon urged lawmakers and President Trump to put people over politics, “do your job” and end the shutdown, now i...

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Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 7d

… Michael McCormick, a professor of air traffic management at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.

McCormick said that what’s different now is that air traffic controllers are working those long hours without pay, overtime, or shift differentials for evening or weekends…

Janet Cho 🖊️기자 @janetcho.bsky.social · 7d

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The air traffic controllers currently directing flights at the nation’s airports were already working up to 10-hour shifts six days a week before the government shutdown began on Oct. 1, because their ranks are short ~3,000 workers nationwide, according to …

Flight Delays Rise. Air Traffic Controllers Were Already Working Longer Hours.

As the number of flight delays ticks up on Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration is reporting delays at Boston Logan, San Francisco, and Los Angeles international airports. More than 2,400 fl...