A shut down will only benefit Trump. Dems would eventually need to cave, and get the blame. I agree with Schumer.

In Europe, one of the reasons why authoritarian regimes have come to power (recently and historically) is that centrist politicians use centrist tactics to deal with rightwing extremists.

'Be nice and stick to the rules and heaven will reward us.' Only they dont. Decorum and president are overrated and your chess analogy is perfect

Schumer does have a point when he says that Musk and Trump could do some extra damage in a shutdown. This point would make a bit more sense if Schumer was doing anything to stop that. Instead, he's voting for a bill that consolidates what the regime has done.

If he won't fight over this, he'll fight over nothing and his opponents will know that better than anyone.

What’s also frustrating is that there’s so much for us to be tearing Trump and his MAGA cult apart for.

Bad economy, broken campaign promises, heavily influenced by billionaires, Trump being totally batshit insane.

The democrats aren’t making use of any of this. They may as well not exist.