Politically the Republicans got fuckin' wrecked on this shutdown.

Once Pelosi and Schumer got Trump to take responsibility they were going to win. Not just because they tarred Trump with responsibility for the shutdown with the public, but also because it completely took away any wiggle room that Mitch McConnell had to blame the Dems.

Then Trump was boxed in by the far right wing of his base who want the wall, and vulnerable Republican politicians who were getting hammered in the polls in advance of the 2020 election.

Pelosi held her caucus together. They peeled off six Republican senators on the last vote so this was inevitable.

Not only did Republicans take all the damage for the shutdown, but they lost it too. So stupid.

I remember a political analyst last week saying that if the FAA shut down the airpots they'd have a deal within hours and voila.

None of my news sources are showing anything about a three-week extension.

They're waiting for Trump to make an announcement in the Rose Garden.

And nothing's official quite yet, but...

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Trump is currently extolling the virtues of walls.

I'm sorry, "smart walls."

Walls that are made of steel, see-through, and somehow have drones.

Washington Post has an article about the 3-week government opening deal. [link]

Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder why I even bring the thunder

(Why she even brings the thunder)

He's so clearly just going on and on, hoping to make it look like he's being super tough even though he's having to cave on the wall. Which was never intended to be a concrete wall from sea to shining sea. Because there are natural borders that have been there for millions of years.