“The one thing President Trump has not talked about publicly during 13 days of the partial government shutdown is the 800,000 federal workers who are not being paid because of it…” https://t.co/s8hjcQzuic

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 4, 2019

Thought experiment: there are > 8x as many furloughed federal workers as *all* coal-mine workers. Plus (larger?) number of contractors who will never get back pay.

How many profiles of these workers will we get, vs “it’s not our country any more!” stories after 2016 election? https://t.co/sRHzmd6P1q

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) January 4, 2019