The beginning of the end
Update: 2025-11-10
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A 60-40 procedural vote in the Senate on Sunday night is putting the 40-day government shutdown on track to find an end date this week if all goes according to plan. While the shutdown may be coming to an end, another dramatic fracas is spinning off from it. The eight centrist Democrats who voted with Republicans, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, are now at the center of intra-party ire. Playbook’s Jack Blanchard and White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns unpack what happens now, and what the deal means for both sides.
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Once again, Politico manages to trip over itself in an effort to cover for the dysfunctional Trump administration. Dasha claimed that Trump “really knows his base,” yet in the same podcast admitted that many in the MAGA base are furious over his decision to eliminate ACA subsidies. Then there’s the fact that he invited a known terrorist to the White House — another move that outraged his supporters. So which is it? Does he not know his base, or does he simply not care?