Previously posted at https://mastodon.sdf.org/@alpacaherder/101388684250622508 --

Trump calls meeting with Pelosi and Schumer a 'total waste of time'

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/09/trump-lawmakers-breakneck-shutdown-talks-1089201

I was given a very, very unofficial heads-up date as to when I **must** report for duty without pay unless I want to be fired in short order on charges of AWOL. I have two more weeks to find a new undertaking so that I may abandon ship in a timely fashion. SEE ALSO: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@alpacaherder/101384631216854605