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Quote, these usda employees face a stark choice, move or be fired. scientists at usda were recently given a document with two blank boxes and were told they need to check one of the two boxes. option a, accept a forced transfer 1,000 miles away from usda and the rest of the federal government to a city where are no offices for the first time. or option b, agree to be fired. for the crime of refusing to be moved halfway across the country for no reason. these are scientists who do, you know, analyses of global commodity production and the impact of agricultural policies. as the trump administra...

"the washington post" said it seems like it's going to happen within the next two weeks. the usda employees face a stark choice. move or be fired. scientists at usda were given a document with two blank boxes on it and told they needed to check one of the two boxes. option a, accept a forced transfer out of washington away from usda to a city where there are not even offices for them. no building to move them into. or option b, agree to be fired. for the crime of refusing to be moved halfway across the country for no reason. these are scientists who do analyses of global commodity production a...

Something of an advantage. he was really the only plan b or option b for democrats. now it is a very crowded field. what is the momentum? >> if you look at the polls he is in second place to joe biden. he is polling at about 16% of the vote. clearly, there is some momentum and some appetite for that candidacy. he won about 43% of the democratic national primary vote last time around. he has a high net favorability. it is a much more crowded field. given the sort of back and forth that he had with hillary clinton last time around, i'm not sure that those people who backed her will be so eager t...

Bash and jeff zeleny, senior white house correspondent in new hampshire today. thanks to you both. dana, i wonder, big picture. bernie sanders, one of his chief advantages in 2016 is he was really the only option b for democrats. now you have a very crowded field including specifically a crowded field left of center. to the left end of the party. where does he fit in today? >> he's clearly the original of the modern day part of the field. but he's now in a crowded part of the field. maybe one of the most telling examples of that reality for bernie sanders is a statement that democracy for amer...

Will happen now. >> it is clear there is no plan b, the meeting this morning did not produce a what happens after this fails, we're going to break glass and go to option b, no such formal plan exists right now. the feeling among senators that i talked to is that we're likely going to a scenario where after this vote fails we will go into a shut down of some length and duration. then you will have hopefully good faith negotiations between the president and democrats over what can pass in the houses. right now both sides are digging in, here is how chuck shumer talked about it on the floor a lit...