Chuck Schumer's Russian roulette with the American worker raises to a fever pitch as food stamp recipients say they'll loot stores if the government doesn't come through. Schumer drops unsavory swear words in a video meant to make him look street with the progressives. Bad look. More democrats are looking for an offramp and join republicans in calling democrats to reopen the government. JD Vance with a sterling answer to a question about negotiating with democrats at Turning Point USA.

High School Musical was a better production than what democrats are showing America in Congress. Chuck Schumer knows he has to fold, but he doesn't want the fold to lose him points with progressives. A visibly stunned republican caucus reveals to the press how wide a net Jack Smith was casting in his attempt to take down President Trump. Ted Cruz calls for a judge's impeachment. 

Paramount slashes 1,000 jobs and CBS makes deep cuts, too, eliminating entire news programs and terminating long time correspondents. Curious timing as polling confirms what everyone knows: Very few people trust the media. A nameless man explains the government shutdown in 3 minutes - something the media cannot do - and Trump tells Pete Hegseth to start testing America's nuclear arsenal. The flex happening hours before Trump met China's Xi and agreed to reduce Chinese tariffs to 52%. MORE missing children are found... this time in Memphis...

Democrats' Russian Roulette with the American people is back-burnered for a minute as House Oversight and Judiciary drop blistering reports about Joe Biden's cognitive collapse and the people who covered it up, calling the auto pen pardons null and void. Democrats scramble to keep pointing fingers at the GOP over SNAP dependents losing their food. Senator Josh Hawley suggests the Biden pardons were all about payoffs, and you'll never guess the recipient.

Jake Tapper asks Rep. Melanie Stansbury about whether Senate democrats will vote to reopen the government so 42 million Americans don't lose their food benefits, and she malfunctions. Other democrat voices admit the shutdown is their only leverage against Trump. CNN is flabbergasted that the GOP is smelling more like roses than democrats in new polling and the largest federal workers union calls on democrats to knock it off and reopen America.

We all understand the two sides of this 26 day Schumer Shutdown, but have you paid close attention to the messaging? To understand propaganda and how easily it flows from DC politicians, listen closely to one interview on CNN and hear the manipulation. The FBI arrests a man who offered $45,000 for the murder of Pam Bondi. President Trump changes the citizenship test to make immigrants who want to become citizens actually LEARN about America's history.

 With SNAP benefits due to run dry on Friday, the pressure is on Democrats to choose between their own political survival or the ability of millions of Americans to feed their families. The media reports on air traffic controllers getting squeezed the shutdown as airline travel will likely be affected by Washington. Democrats obsess over Trump spending private donors' money more than they worry about women and children losing their food. Lawrence O'Donnell wins the Most Triggered award and allows Scott Jennings to live in his brain.

The Washington Free Beacon takes us inside Jasmine Crockett's secret stock portfolio that she did not disclose to Congress, and the stocks she's bought do NOT support the climate-concerned social warrior image she portrays. Did she co-sponsor or encourage legislation to benefit her desire to own cannabis dispensaries? Harry Enten proves he doesn't understand what Trump's doing with Canada and a deeper dive into the democrat meltdown over the White House ballroom.

Portland police officers suddenly clear out Antifa and other protestors from the public sidewalk and street by the ICE facility as President Trump's plan to deploy the National Guard remains mired in legal challenges. A monster joint law enforcement op leads to the arrest of 33 violent drug dealers and 41 indictments as Trump sets his sights on the president of Colombia, accusing Gustavo Petro of drug trafficking and stopping all US aid to the country. Eric Swalwell wants democrat presidential candidates to vow destruction of Trump's new ballroom on day one of their presidency.