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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 …
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.
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown … Most, but not all, previously held state-level office — including four former governors.  Most, but not all, come from presidential swing states.  Two have announced they are retiring from the Senate after their current terms end …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Trump made a huge blunder on the shutdown.  So why did Democrats cave anyway?  —  I've never really been on the same page as Congressional Democrats when it comes to shutting down the government.  In the spring, I thought they should pick a fight over Elon Musk and DOGE-related cuts, but they didn't.
Discussion: New Republic and Wonkette
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 …
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown  —  For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified.  But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.  —  After more than a month of stalemate, the Senate on Sunday took …
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Thoughts on Democrats' Shutdown Surrender
Discussion: Raw Story
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate advances plan to end historic shutdown in bipartisan breakthrough
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Johnson signals House GOP support for Senate's plan to end shutdown
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
2026 Democrats jump to pan the shutdown deal
Axios:
Which Senate Democrats voted to end the shutdown?
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
John Fritze / CNN:   Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 … Giuliani, Eastman and Powell were among those identified by former special counsel Jack Smith as Trump's co-conspirators, though he never brought charges against them.  The pardons would preclude any future administration …
Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others involved in bid to overturn 2020 election
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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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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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
In order to pressure the Democrats to cave to Trump's demands that they sign on to the House …
Discussion: Civil Discourse …
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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Scott MacFarlane / CBS News:
Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
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” …
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”
Discussion: Commentary Magazine
Antonia Hitchens / New Yorker:
Laura Loomer's Endless Payback  —  The President's self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington.  What's behind her vetting crusades?  —  Laura Loomer has long believed that she is some sort of modern-day oracle.  For years, she would scream in public places …
 
 
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E. J. Dionne Jr / New York Times:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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