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@LPDonovan "What makes this all trickier than it otherwise would be is that we're wrapped around the axle of how to get into the negotiating stage everybody understands needs to happen. But that will require a leap of faith or at least a suspension of distrust"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-14T13:57Z 47.6K followers, 3736 engagements

"Troops being paid during shutdown isn't a new wrinkle but the last time it was neutralized as a pain point it was air traffic control/aviation logistics that ended up forcing a resolution"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-11T18:29Z 47.6K followers, 13K engagements

"Stop threatening Schumer with a good time"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-10T15:33Z 47.6K followers, 49.6K engagements

"Best way I can articulate the shutdown state of play -Dems: How can we support a deal that we can't trust you to honor -Rs: Trust us or don't clean stopgap is the best you'll get. Allow a CR or the pain will continue until you do. -Dems: You were going to inflict the pain anyway and the mess is happening on your watch so we'll hold out until you do it yourself. -Rs: Ok we'll make sure the things we value continue and this will keep going until you submit. Only question is who taps out first and to what extent the whole ordeal salts the earth for the next round when there are real stakes"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-12T02:22Z 47.6K followers, 51.3K engagements

"@HenryPorters I think the whole thing is probably overblown in the end unless they get way too chippy but weren't you telling me like two days ago this was all fake"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-15T00:33Z 47.6K followers, XXX engagements

"Decent frame but #3 presents a paradox (under the circumstances does bullying Ds make them more or less likely to cave); there's a Chinese finger trap element--the only way Dems move off of what they see as a winning position is to leave room for a face-saving offramp"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-14T13:25Z 47.6K followers, 16.2K engagements

"Thought experiment--what is the best imaginable scenario for Schumer here Put on the rosiest glasses. How does he end up in better standing than when he started"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-01T20:25Z 47.6K followers, 285.5K engagements

"Nothing could have prepared me for the MTG-Nancy Mace freaky friday experience"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-12T02:53Z 47.6K followers, 25.3K engagements

"It shouldn't be all that surprising given the mounting frustrations but the single most confounding factor of this clash has been the Dem embrace of tactical nihilism"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-09T19:49Z 47.6K followers, 90.3K engagements

"Obviously Kelly doesn't believe this not least because a clown car primary of a dozen or more means nobody appraises any one candidate to be incredibly strong"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-12T18:02Z 47.6K followers, 10.4K engagements

"This is the way"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-15T17:30Z 47.6K followers, 8628 engagements

"With a little work and a lot of content I'm sure Dems can obscure the scale of this issue but it's quite a choice to shut down the government indefinitely over the fate of marginal subsidization of health insurance plans purchased by X% of Americans"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-08T13:19Z 47.6K followers, 220.3K engagements

"@WMATASoldier Nobody has refused to negotiate--Dems (read: schumer) just couldn't get away with allowing another CR without getting run out of town"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-15T16:22Z 47.6K followers, XXX engagements

"Saw my first Jay Jones spot during the commanders game and the guy's laconic vibe probably helps insulate him from the sheer lunacy of the texts but really just makes them read that much more sinister"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-05T21:09Z 47.6K followers, 13K engagements

"Amy Poehler hosting SNL on its 50th anniversary to promote her new podcast is a fascinating juxtaposition"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-12T04:08Z 47.6K followers, 6865 engagements

"Via @Nate_Cohn "Without Section X. Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South.""
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-15T15:40Z 47.6K followers, 456.2K engagements

"This is the problem--threat of acute political pain can only work if there's forbearance but no real leverage if they're convinced you'll do it anyway"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-10T17:54Z 47.6K followers, 53.2K engagements

"But even there to the extent payroll for a given constituency shifts from leverage point to potential liability no real limiting principle to this move. If Dems don't blink and Trump wants to insulate Rs from blame why not pay them too"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-11T18:36Z 47.6K followers, 4786 engagements

"Optics aside it doesn't make much sense for the House to be here--very little good can come of hundreds of idle members hanging around the halls (and microphones.) Pretty much the exact opposite of the senate where their presence is necessary and even the busywork is useful"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-09T19:31Z 47.6K followers, 112.6K engagements

"@DCCyclone With or without the discharge petition there's nothing for them to do here unless they magically muster the votes for approps bills they weren't able to pass when the govt was open. This isn't hard"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-11T03:59Z 47.6K followers, XXX engagements

"@RyanSturgi3700 It combines DE and FL from that same year--stale energy of late stage Mike Castle and the base frustration of Rubio being overlooked by the DC establishment in favor of Crist"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-14T12:57Z 47.6K followers, 1407 engagements

"If one were to create a campaign lab hybrid that fuses the candidate energy of c. 2010 Delaware with the top-down field management of Florida you'd have the DSCC's handling of Maine. Impressive mix of tone deafness and heavy-handedness"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-14T16:50Z 47.6K followers, 9841 engagements

"@TitaniasIII @mattyglesias They barely did it once under duress. That's not that actual thing anybody should be worried about except pretextually"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-16T01:48Z 47.6K followers, XXX engagements

"@BozMont406 @Bencjacobs You're talking to the foremost authority on the Yeezy campaign here"
X Link @LPDonovan 2025-10-12T18:21Z 47.6K followers, XXX engagements