On The Rick Smith Show, LIUNA President Brent Booker blasts the Trump administration’s attack on working families but using the government shutdown to defund, cancel, and pause critical infrastructure projects in states like NY and Illinois that voted against Trump in 2024. Booker details how these political tactics directly harm construction workers and communities by freezing billions for transit upgrades and other publicly supported jobs. Journalist Sarah Burris joins to report on extreme federal government overreach in Chicago, including the deployment of National Guard troops and the damaging effects of the shutdown, calling for transparency and urgent resistance to assaults on labor, public funding, and local self-governance.

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