This is not unexpected during the current turmoil in Washington politics. It just doesn’t surprise me. British Broadcasting reported overnight that the shutdown is in effect.

So far, Social Security and Medicare and other mandatory government functions are not affected. However it’s unclear how our military will be affected. They are expected to report for duty as usual, and deployed personnel must remain in place, but they will not receive pay until the shutdown ends. This is a disgrace and an overwhelming problem to expect the men and women who serve our country to deal with.
Many Americans have no concept of what this means. Every single Air Force, Army, Marine, Navy and Coast Guard enlistee have to pay rent if living off-base, and they have mortgages and car payments, insurance and everything else a civilian has to keep up with while not being paid. When I served, it was illegal to foreclose on a loan or evict our service people, but I can’t find out if those clauses are still upheld. It worries me.
Almost one million federal workers will be “furloughed,” a grotesquely polished word for being laid off. They, too will draw no pay. Those people are always under the gun, since Trump has been slashing jobs, indeed entire government departments, since January.
I know a man whose vote for Trump was immediately rewarded with losing his job, yet he still insists that Trump is a genius. That doesn’t surprise me, but it is disgusting. A federal worker, eh? I wouldn’t trust a man who’s that oblivious to trim my shrubs. There wouldn’t be anything left, he’d get no pay, and he’d be cheerful about it.

I’ve lived a long time and seen shutdowns before, but never have I been this apprehensive about one. I’m not overthinking this; neither I nor anyone else has to do that. It’s bad, it will only make the current economic situation and American morale worse.
I still find it shocking that anyone from points south would want to cross into “el Norte,” or anyone from Europe to immigrate. Many don’t know what they’re in for.
Our elected leaders had better get their shit together, or all of them will be replaced. We can do that. We’re pissed and getting damn tired of the threats.