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Here in D.C., the circus is always in town.
Diverse 42 yr. legal career History geek, over-hill-and-dale bike commuter. Hugely enjoy cooking every day
Here in D.C., the circus is always in town.
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5/6 They assumed outrage would fade.
That’s how senators survive messy votes...betting on short public memory.
They didn’t think they’d face consequences.
Nobody breaks like that unless they feel protected.
So the simple answer?
That’s how senators survive messy votes...betting on short public memory.
They didn’t think they’d face consequences.
Nobody breaks like that unless they feel protected.
So the simple answer?
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
5/6 They assumed outrage would fade.
That’s how senators survive messy votes...betting on short public memory.
They didn’t think they’d face consequences.
Nobody breaks like that unless they feel protected.
So the simple answer?
That’s how senators survive messy votes...betting on short public memory.
They didn’t think they’d face consequences.
Nobody breaks like that unless they feel protected.
So the simple answer?
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4/6 Inside the building...they believed continuing the shutdown would hurt all Democrats more than their own defection would hurt them.
Their donors love “deal-makers.”
To you us...it looks like surrender.
To their funding ecosystem..it looks like “adults in the room.”
Their donors love “deal-makers.”
To you us...it looks like surrender.
To their funding ecosystem..it looks like “adults in the room.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
4/6 Inside the building...they believed continuing the shutdown would hurt all Democrats more than their own defection would hurt them.
Their donors love “deal-makers.”
To you us...it looks like surrender.
To their funding ecosystem..it looks like “adults in the room.”
Their donors love “deal-makers.”
To you us...it looks like surrender.
To their funding ecosystem..it looks like “adults in the room.”
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3/6 Donors...committees...leadership pressure...not public fallout.
This was almost certainly a “rotating villain” move.
Leadership signals who can safely break ranks.
It’s a known pattern in Washington.
They thought the PR war was already lost.
This was almost certainly a “rotating villain” move.
Leadership signals who can safely break ranks.
It’s a known pattern in Washington.
They thought the PR war was already lost.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
3/6 Donors...committees...leadership pressure...not public fallout.
This was almost certainly a “rotating villain” move.
Leadership signals who can safely break ranks.
It’s a known pattern in Washington.
They thought the PR war was already lost.
This was almost certainly a “rotating villain” move.
Leadership signals who can safely break ranks.
It’s a known pattern in Washington.
They thought the PR war was already lost.
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2/6 They weren’t playing the same game.
They weren’t at risk.
Not up for reelection. No personal cost for losing leverage.
Their incentives were different.
They weren’t at risk.
Not up for reelection. No personal cost for losing leverage.
Their incentives were different.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
2/6 They weren’t playing the same game.
They weren’t at risk.
Not up for reelection. No personal cost for losing leverage.
Their incentives were different.
They weren’t at risk.
Not up for reelection. No personal cost for losing leverage.
Their incentives were different.
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