“Due to the Shutdown, I am sorry to inform you that your trip to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan has been postponed … Obviously, if you would like to make your journey by flying commercial, that would certainly be your prerogative.” The White House has pulled the plug on Nancy Pelosi’s upcoming trip. The move comes day after the Speaker suggested delaying the State of the Union address. The White House is reportedly considering alternate venues for the SOTU. (I wonder if the set of The Apprentice is available.) Meanwhile, the country’s longest government shutdown continues with no signs of progress. Here’s the latest from CNN.

+ In other shutdown news, Cardi B has chimed in. “Now I know a lot of y’all don’t care because y’all don’t work for the government or y’all probably don’t even have a job, but this shit is really f*cking serious.” (No one knows how to launch a presidential exploratory committee like Cardi B.)