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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
What Were Democrats Thinking? — Back in September, when I was reporting an article on whether Democrats should shut down the government, I kept hearing the same warning from veterans of past shutdown fights: The president controls the bully pulpit. He controls, to some degree …
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Politico:
‘Schumer is no longer effective’: Dems outraged over shutdown deal … After 40 days of stalemate, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus voted to advance the bill Sunday night, though notably none of the eight are up for reelection in 2026. But it's Schumer — who voted no Sunday …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter — Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire voted to move to end the shutdown. But her daughter Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate in their state, sharply criticized the deal. — It's not great when your defiant kid says you are wrong.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As the Senate advances a plan to end the government shutdown, what happens now? — As the shutdown continued, the pieces were in place for Democrats stand firm in support of a popular cause. Eight Senate Democrats folded anyway. — As the ongoing government shutdown was poised to begin …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Quick Take on Team Cave's Big Win — I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the deal Senate Democrats' Team Cave made with the Republican Senate caucus tonight. This is an embarrassing deal, a deal to basically settle for nothing. It's particularly galling since …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
“It's complete BS”: Dems go ballistic over Senate shutdown deal — Democratic lawmakers and liberal grassroots groups erupted Sunday night as moderate Senate Democrats moved to cut a deal with Republicans that would put an end to the government shutdown.
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Dave Karpf / The Future, Now and Then:
The Shutdown Surrender — It makes perfect sense to me that the Senate Democrats caved last night and voted to end the government shutdown with only the vaguest of promises from Senate Republicans: I am a lifelong Washington Wizards fan. I am accustomed to watching my team throw away a lead.
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Sanders on shutdown vote: ‘A very bad night’
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The Hill:
Live updates: Senate set to begin series of votes on deal to end shutdown
Live updates: Senate set to begin series of votes on deal to end shutdown
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown
Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Democrats were never going to win the shutdown fight
Democrats were never going to win the shutdown fight
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Trump made a huge blunder on the shutdown. So why did Democrats cave anyway?
Trump made a huge blunder on the shutdown. So why did Democrats cave anyway?
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Lauren Green / Washington Examiner:
Johnson to swear in Grijalva after nearly 50 days
Johnson to swear in Grijalva after nearly 50 days
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump signals support for Senate agreement to end shutdown: 'I'll abide by the deal'
Trump signals support for Senate agreement to end shutdown: 'I'll abide by the deal'
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emptywheel:
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
These 8 senators broke with Democrats on the government shutdown deal. Here's how they explain it
These 8 senators broke with Democrats on the government shutdown deal. Here's how they explain it
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Deal to reopen government slowed by Paul objection on hemp language
Deal to reopen government slowed by Paul objection on hemp language
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling — The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away …
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent
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New York Times:
Felon Freed by Trump Is Set to Be Sentenced Again in Brooklyn — A judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by sexually assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari. — In the final hours of President Trump's …
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New York Times:
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election — The pardons of former Trump aides, which would only apply in federal court, are largely symbolic and cannot shield them from ongoing state-level prosecutions. — President Trump has granted pre-emptive pardons …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump pardons top allies who aided bid to subvert the 2020 election
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Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue for Jack Smith Searches — Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government.
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It — The episode has contributed to concerns among intelligence allies that Kash Patel, brash and partisan, is also unpredictable and even unreliable. — At a secret gathering in May south of London …
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Wall Street Journal:
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied — / Photography by Alessio Paduano for WSJ — CAMPOBASSO, Italy—Your favorite Italian-origin fusilli …
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Martyn Ziegler / Reuters:
Transgender women to be banned from all female Olympic events — IOC likely to announce new policy early in new year after findings of a scientific review about the permanent physical advantages of being born male — The International Olympic Committee is set to announce a ban …
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Mimi Montgomery / Axios:
D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in “Mar‑a‑Lago face” requests from Trump insiders — Since January, D.C. plastic surgeons have seen a wave of Trump insiders asking for overt procedures in line with the “Mar-a-Lago face” look. … - As with the $100 million “Arc de Trump” …
Associated Press:
States face uncertainty as Trump administration tries to reverse SNAP food payments — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — States administering a federal food aid program serving about 42 million Americans faced uncertainty Monday …
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Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Watson Coleman to retire from Congress — Longtime Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced Monday that she is not running for reelection next year and will retire at the end of her term, saying that it is “time to pass the torch.” The 80-year-old has served New Jersey's 12th District since 2015 …
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MSNBC:
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign — Career prosecutors on “pins and needles” after flurry of subpoenas approved. — The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting on Monday afternoon …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws — The justices agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi's law, a case that could upend similar measures in dozens of states before the 2026 election. — The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would hear a challenge …
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Media Matters for America:
On The Gateway Pundit podcast, Stewart Rhodes announces he is relaunching the Oath Keepers — Rhodes: Trump should “call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing”
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Sam Ogozalek / Politico:
‘REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY’: Trump threatens to replace absent air traffic controllers with ‘true Patriots’ … “We have controllers who, again, are making decisions to feed their families as opposed to come to towers or [Terminal Radar Approach Control] or centers and do their jobs,” Duffy said Sunday on CNN.
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Ken Dilanian / MSNBC:
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’ — In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell's treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.” — Ghislaine Maxwell …
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