Well, howdy there, internet people it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about another Trumpian shutdown on the horizon.

The U.S. has just sort of returned to normal after Republicans created the longest shutdown in American history,

so they could raise the cost to health care

for millions, which was really just about avoiding admitting the one big beautiful bill

abandoned the working class. But another shutdown could be right around the corner.

As part of the deal that ended the last shutdown, Congress has until January 30th to pass the

remaining appropriations or pass another continuing resolution. The last deal only actually

contained three of the 12 required appropriations bills. Democrats have a little leverage here, but not much, and they

haven't laid out their potential asks or positions. That's led to this question. Bell, I know not to

expect much, but I'm starting to wonder if the Democrats are even going to try to get anything

in the negotiations. I've seen nothing wonder if the Democrats are even going to try to get anything in the negotiations.

I've seen nothing saying they're going to even try. What gives? Well, it's been a long time since we

saw a normal appropriations package negotiation. But sometimes silence in the run-up is a game of chicken between the parties. Nobody wants

to stake out their position first, because what if the other side was going to give a fair

request for free? But now that they know your side wants it badly, they'll try to extract a concession

for it. So, sometimes silence is normal.

But again, we haven't seen that in a while, and that's not what's happening now. But it does

help understand what is happening. What if the other side is arguing amongst themselves, and they don't even know what

they want yet? They're still arguing over their position. You don't want to telegraph yours yet.

That's what's happening. The Republican Party, yes, the majority party, hasn't figured out what their

position is. Just last week, the House and

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