It's Tuesday, November 11th.

I'm Jane Koston, and this is why today, the show that lives in the country where millions of people might soon lose access to health care.

But according to a whistleblower complaint, convicted child sex trafficker, Galane Maxwell received a puppy to play with at her minimum security prison camp in Texas.

Poor puppy.

Music at her minimum security prison camp in Texas. Poor puppy. On today's show, the Supreme Court rejects a long shot ask to consider overturning its landmark

2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage.

And President Donald Trump hands out early Thanksgiving pardons to Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows,

and a whole flock of 2020 election conspirators.

But let's start with health care, the government shutdown, and a lot of Democrat on Democrat

fighting.

On Sunday night, eight Senate Democrats agreed to vote with Republicans

on a plan to end the longest government shutdown in American history, with no guarantee of

extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies the entire shutdown was about in the first place.

But according to New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan, this is a win. Or maybe the first step

on the road to a win?

So my Democratic colleagues and I have been ready to work on this issue on extending these tax cuts

for months. With the government reopening shortly, Senate Republicans now finally have to come

to the table or make no mistake, Americans

will remember who stood in the way. So I urge Speaker Johnson to finally return the House of Representatives

into session and quickly reopen the government. Virginia Senator Tim Cain also expressed optimism and relief on Monday.

I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since October 1

because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol police in the eye when I walked in

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