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From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of late night with Seth Myers.

On today's show, Seth talks to actress Elizabeth Olson.

But first, a closer look.

Polls have consistently shown that voters blame Donald Trump and the Republican Party for the

government shutdown. Republicans are fighting with each other over Speaker Mike Johnson's refusal

to produce a health care plan as well as his decision to keep the House out of session.

Americans overwhelmingly support the Democrats' push to keep health care costs down.

Record numbers of people showed up for historic protests.

The president's poll numbers are historically bad.

He just got booed at a football game.

And voters handed Democrats huge victories in Tuesday's elections.

So naturally, Senate Democrats looked at all of that and said,

Now is the time to cave.

Oh, look, I just got a fundraising email from the Democrats that said,

Seth, this is urgent. Can you chip in five bucks? We promise to do jack with it.

All right, but this is the last time. For more, and this is time for a closer look.

I don't have to tell you it's rare for Democrats to put Donald Trump in a bind. Usually it's the other way around. Seeing Democrats make life difficult for Trump is like seeing the president of the A.V. Club give the school bully a nuggie. Or a Hertz donut. Remember that? When kids would go up to each other and say, want a Hertz donut? And if someone said yes, they would punch the other kid in the arm and say, Hertz, Don't It? Of course. That never worked on me. As even as a child, I was a bit of an amateur linguist. So when I was asked if I wanted a Hertz donut, I said, Hurtz, the rental car company does not make donuts, to my knowledge. And yet, I can't help but notice that Hertz is a homophone for for hurts, meaning causing physical playing. It also has dawned on me the donut sounds close to don't it. At which point, they told me to shut the fuck up and punch me in the arm anyway. Be that as it may. They didn't trick me and ask it for it. The point is, it's rare for Democrats to get the upper hand over Trump. And when they do, it seems like it's completely by accident.

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