Shutdown Wishful Thinking
🚨 BREAKING: Sen. Markwayne Mullin has just learned Democrats are plotting to reopen the government likely WEDNESDAY or THURSDAY, after communist Zohran Mamdani wins "They're telling us they plan to open it up probably Wednesday or Thursday, after the election. After they elect… pic.twitter.com/MksN3k02HH — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 1, 2025 As of this past Wednesday, a writer at Semafor predicted , Senators in both parties — below the leadership level — are starting to see an unmistakable shift that they hope leads to a bipartisan agreement to end the shutdown, perhaps as early as next week, according to more than a dozen sources. . . . There’s no sign yet that Democrats are willing to support the House GOP’s stopgap bill on Thursday, when it’s next scheduled for a Senate vote, but Semafor confirmed a noticeable thaw in the shutdown dynamics among members and aides across the aisle. On the other hand, Aaron Blake at CNN argues , Democrats ...