Trump has ushered in a new mode of American politics that Democrats have largely embraced

Democrats Abandon Unions in Shutdown Brinkmanship

Two of the biggest unions in the federal workforce - the American Federation of Government Employees and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association - are demanding that Democrats reopen the government now. It's not because they've turned MAGA or suddenly embraced the GOP budget: both unions are as progressive as ever. It's because their members [...]Read More...

Trump has ushered in a new mode of American politics that Democrats have largely embraced

“Shutdowns are terrible,” House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) admitted several times in an October television interview. Clark spoke of “families that are going to suffer.” She insisted that her party, which at least technically caused the shutdown by refusing to end a filibuster in the Senate, “take[s] that responsibility very seriously.” At the same time, she told Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram that a federal governme…