Eight Democratic caucus senators vote to end the government shutdown after 40 days, after brokering a deal with Republicans that doesn't include protecting healthcare subsidies for millions of Americans. It was the reason Democrats forced a shutdown, and now it looks like they get nothing.

What was it all for? Did the Democrats really cave or were they playing the long game?

Grant explains the deal the Senate made, the divide within the Democratic party over who should lead it, and what has to happen in the House before the shutdown can actually end.

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Grant is joined by fashion writer and the voice behind the great Substack, The Official Nancy Drew Newsletter, Lindsey Louise to talk about what the deal is with MAGA fashion and political fashion in general right now.

Lindsey breaks down how fashion on the right is about power, who has it, who doesn't, and what value messages MAGA's different factions are sending each other and the rest of the world

Plus, what the Left's version of that is, and the conversation surrounding Erica Kirk's leather pants as a power play.

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It was a mini-midterm appetizer sampler of elections this week across the country. At nearly every turn Democrats won in high profile races big and small. But what does it mean? Does it mean anything?

Grant breaks down the races for governor in VA and NJ. The California vote to redistrict the state and the huge win for Zohran Mamdani to be the next mayor of New York.

Those races were certainly rebukes of the Trump administration, but what does that say about Republicans? Can the Democrats get unified after these elections? What will the next year look like as we hit midterm election season?

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