From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Bob Garfield. And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

Hey y'all. I just want to remind you because it's been a little bit over three weeks. Okay,

it's been a little bit over three weeks. We begin with Cardi B. Trump is now ordering

federal government workers to go back to work without getting paid.

The rapper's Instagram video has over 11 million views and counting.

This is crazy.

Like, our country is in a hellhole right now.

Stephen Colbert weighed in two.

We have now hit day 26 of the government shutdown and vital services are being threatened. For instance,

I've run out of shutdown jokes. We might have to dip into the National Reserve at this point.

If only we had more reserves of maturity to dip into, the fight over the border wall deteriorated

further as missives flew between Capitol Hill and the White House.

President Trump denying a military jet for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was reportedly set to head out of the country for a meeting with foreign allies.

This, after Speaker Pelosi, called to postpone the State of the Union address all of this.

But the State of the union seems years away.

Meanwhile, thousands of unpaid federal workers continue inspecting our food,

securing our air travel, and sending tax refunds.

Many are relying on the compassion of landlords,

local restaurants, and even their workplaces for food. In past shutdowns, the press focused on the

inconvenience to tourists. At Great Falls in Virginia, the closed sign turns visitors away at the

front gate. In West Virginia, the Harper's Ferry National Historic Park is closed to history bus.

But the longest shutdown in history is different. Now we're hearing

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