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What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 138

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 How To Get The Strongest And Most Optimized Spaceship Crew In Starfield – This year, Bethesda launched several important updates to make their 2023 science fiction role-playing game Starfield better and they also offered new DLC for those who crave for new content. One of the more defining aspects of the game is space travel and this includes setting up your own crew for your spaceship and there is impact on its functions and capabilities. If you want to learn how to get the stronger and most optimized crew for your ship, I encourage you watch the video below.

https://youtu.be/vy8iOx7eqVU?si=gn7W1mZxTOQ4SSrd

#2 Mari Iijima And The Defining Song of Macross: Do You Remember Love? – I really love watching the 1984 anime feature film Macross: Do You Remember Love? Apart from the great animation, the spectacle, the memorable characters and the solid storytelling, the movie also has a great soundtrack made to delight the long-time Macross fans. Still, the movie has its very own song performed by none other than Mari Iijima (Minmay) and it is a classic among Macross fans. In the videos below, you will see Mari Iijima perform the song live in a 1980s TV broadcast and the song playing with selected footage of Macross: Do You Remember Love? Enjoy these!

https://youtu.be/OfuW_Wbt73c?si=Q1DE8eJxo4Zk90pc

https://youtu.be/uJBMYV9e1Nc?si=veDGYU4r7s0flQ_H

#3 The Tuna City In Japan Is Changing With Tourism In Mind – If you plan to visit Japan at all, you might want to discover Miura City located in Kanagawa Prefecture. Miura City is famous for its fresh tuna and in recent times there has been a series of changes as several room-only hotels and new trends have sprouted as the locality is finding new ways to turn visitors into overnight guests. This is a place I would like to visit someday if ever I get the opportunity to return to Japan. Watch and learn from the Nippon TV video below.

https://youtu.be/fUPP30fYH78?si=MrC6Dml3IRVe7fcV

#4 Women’s Rights Activist Marries Islamist And Things Went Wrong – Did you notice that there is a gradual rising number of feminists and women’s rights activists who not embrace Islam (wicked and ugly) but also marry Islamists believing that things will be alright and they can just continue their activism. Of course, many of them activists and feminists do not fully understand Islam nor the full content of the Quran. As such, when things go very wrong, they are get into deep trouble. Watch and learn from the video below.

https://youtu.be/bx3YvoyP6cw?si=omxqhyR8CQfpfhYK

#5 Islamists Violate Hindu Women In India And Get Arrested – Let’s be very clear here. Islamists are oriented to conquer others even though they may not be numerous within a locality. Believe it or not, a group of such people who wielded power inside a business violated the Hindu women (plus at least one male employee) with regards to cultural norms and doing things that go against their faith. Even forced religious conversion happened. Watch and learn from the video below.

https://youtu.be/9xjFS-3Vuws?si=xuDIivIonrp9tQux

#6 Meatballs Reaction And Retrospective – When it comes to cinematic comedy, Bill Murray is iconic and his early work in 1979’s Meatballs already involved the late Harold Ramis and the late director Ivan Reitman. That said, there is something about Meatballs – produced for less than $2 million – that helped it achieve tremendous commercial success with ticket sales of $70 million. Remember, three of the creative minds behind the classic Ghostbusters are involved in this old movie and you will see how You, Me and The Movies react to it in the video below. Be aware that as of this writing, there are not too many movie reaction videos about Meatballs on YouTube. Also posted below is an in-depth retrospective about Meatballs by GoodBadFlicks.

https://youtu.be/nhR9xUCvpAI?si=Zh6gjAX0SdIrtSfT

https://youtu.be/D0BS-K3K_vE?si=HtyR_VThLUKv0Wj6

#7 Ashleigh Burton Reacts To The Thin Man – Have you ever heard of The Thin Man? It’s not a UFO reference. It’s the 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery movie that was eventually named to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress having been deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” in 1997. Apart from its reputation in American film history, The Thin Man also resulted in five sequels. If you want to discover the 1934 movie but you don’t have the time nor resources to watch the movie, watch Ashleigh Burton’s reaction video and see how it impacts her.

https://youtu.be/IJRQXuw–20?si=mSYY7_Eb4EK6reBY

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Vice President Kamala Harris – At Our Table – YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF-UBkLmFXw

Vice President Kamala Harris

At Our Table with Jaime Harrison 2.84K subscribers

14,525 views, Dec 17, 2025

At Our Table with Jaime Harrison

In our season finale, we sit down with Kamala Harris for an unguarded conversation about the weight of leadership and the search for steadiness through faith, family, purpose, and friendships forged through fire. Vice President Harris reflects on building a presidential campaign in 107 days, making history with the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and refusing to let others define her right to be in the room. Together, we talk about a Democratic Party that can’t play it safe forever as well as the dangers of misinformation and disinformation.

— Timestamps — 00:00 – Jaime Harrison Welcomes Vice President Harris, 03:48 – Historic Accomplishments of the Biden-Harris Administration 04:58 – Navigating Misunderstanding and Hate as a Leader 08:20 – The Historic Confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 11:08 – Vice President Harris on Overcoming Limitations and Breaking Barriers 15:48 – Defining Your Presence and Owning Your Voice in Any Room 21:54 – Lessons from the 107-Day Presidential Campaign 25:53 – Addressing Challenges and the Future of the Democratic Party 28:40 – Overcoming Risk Aversion and Purity Tests in the Democratic Party 31:06 – The Need for Diverse Voices and Representation in Politics 34:13 – Understanding Diverse Cultures and Regional Issues in Politics 36:50 – VP Harris on Resilience 39:24 – Shared Love of Cooking 41:17 – SYAD and Closing Thoughts

View Video also at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF-UBkLmFXw

A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown – USA Today

A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

The historic funding crisis inflicted pain on Americans across the country. Christine Grassman still hasn’t fully recovered.

By Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY

FALLS CHURCH, VA – It all started right before dragon boat practice.

Christine Grassman and her husband, Gary, had an important race coming up. In less than a week, the couple would be off to Florida for the national championships.

Much like the Grassmans, who are blind, dragon boating is often misunderstood. It’s confused with rowing, but they’re not the same. Dragon boaters use paddles and face forward; rowers use oars and face backward.

Read more: I survived breast cancer. Now I race dragon boats for Team USA. | Opinion

The lesser-known sport is also favored among people with disabilities – “paradragons,” as Christine and Gary call themselves. The two were “bit by the dragon” just after the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly four years later, Christine, at 56, is the president of their team, the “Out of Sight Dragons.”

On the morning of Oct. 11, Christine’s phone lit up with a text just as she and Gary were gearing up for one of their last workouts before nationals. Her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education relayed a message that their team had received “reduction in force” notices. That’s Washington-speak for a layoff. She instructed Christine to check her own email.

She did. She let a “few choice phrases” slip. Her last day would be Dec. 9.

Christine was distraught. She also wasn’t alone. President Donald Trump’s administration fired more than 4,000 federal workers that weekend, just 10 days into what eventually became the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Read more: Education Department lays off roughly 20% of its workforce amid shutdown

In the past, such ordeals caused furloughs that, while harmful, were only temporary and ended with federal workers eventually getting paid for their forced time away from the office. That’s what happened during Trump’s first term, when the government shuttered for 35 days, setting a record at the time.

In Trump’s second term, the administration’s decision to fire its employees during another historic shutdown became one of the funding crisis’ defining challenges.

The upheaval that people like Christine endured underscored just how harmful Washington gridlock can become for many Americans, including civil servants. That tumult has in turn affected some people with disabilities, who are employed at slightly higher rates in the federal government versus the private sector. Federal law has historically required agencies to plan to meet specific hiring goals for people with disabilities.Read more: Their time at the Education Department may be over. The grieving isn’t.

Claire Stanley, director of advocacy and governmental affairs for the American Council of the Blind, said Christine wasn’t the only blind or low-vision federal employee she knew who was initially laid off during the shutdown. Many others, though not fired, spent weeks without pay.

“All of us were kind of holding our breath,” she said.

Christine spoke to USA TODAY for this story in her personal capacity as an advocate for other blind people – she is the president of the Fairfax chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia – and as a member of AFGE Local 252, the union for Education Department employees. She said her views are not representative of the agency.

From a ‘dream job’ to nightmares

On Oct. 29, four weeks into the government shutdown, Christine sat in her apartment, resting both palms flat on her dining room table. Pixie, her Norwegian forest cat, lounged on a couch nearby, his sandy brown fur complementing the dark maroon upholstery.

For a multitude of reasons, she was on a higher dose of anxiety medication. Worries about caring for her aging parents usually live more toward the back of her mind. Since she was fired, those fears had shoved their way to the front.

Her mother has Alzheimer’s; her father, a longtime firefighter, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They both still live in Long Island, New York, Christine’s hometown.

Nightmares were making it harder to sleep. Her stomach hurt frequently.

Despite all those concerns, the previous 24 hours had brought some hope. On Oct. 28, a federal judge in California temporarily paused her firing, along with thousands of others. With most federal agencies still largely closed, though, she wasn’t back on the job yet.

The news offered only limited comfort. It did little to soothe her concerns about the long-term future of the federal law she has helped implement since 2019. Though housed in the Education Department, it’s not really about education at all.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report

Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.

I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb

DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave

Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12

The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34

The Sad Tale

The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78

The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112

What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516

How & Why – Puzzling…

Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19

But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21

The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24

The Before: The November Timeline

The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26

They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28

Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.

The Aftermath: Party in Crisis

The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34

Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37

The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40

Video Coverage

• Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
• Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
• House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43

The Strategic Disaster

The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47

Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49

Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51

Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?

Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb

Fact-Check Analysis

Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD

Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.

What’s Accurate:

• Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
• The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
• President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
• The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
• Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down

What’s Questionable:

• Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
• Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
• Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources

Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.

Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025

Works Cited (Footnotes)

1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/

7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201

10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/

11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4

12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/

13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712

33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown

36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html

37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing

38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/

39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here

41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

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US federal government shutdown 2025

The US government shut down on 1 October 2025 after Congress failed to reach a funding agreement by the midnight deadline.

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The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning.

Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.

July 31, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. EDT, Today at 5:00 a.m. EDT, 9 min

Analysis by Glenn Kessler

When 400 fact-checkers from around the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro in June for an annual conference, the mood was tense. After years of exponential growth, political fact-checking was in retreat and under fire. And somehow, even as fact-checking surged in the past decade, so had the wave of false claims and narratives swamping the world.

Meta, which after 2016 spent more than $100 million to fund 100 fact-checking organizations, ended a partnership with U.S. fact-checkers to highlight false claims and signaled it would cut back across the world. Google announced it would end its ClaimReview program — which I helped foster — that elevated fact checks in search results. Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s abrupt dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development cut off additional funding for fact-checkers in Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

The state of the fact-checking field is on my mind as I write my last column for The Washington Post. I am taking a voluntary buyout, ending almost 28 years at the newspaper, including more than 14 as The Fact Checker.

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Trump names Todd Blanche acting Librarian of Congress after Carla Hayden ouster

"Burn down the Library of Congress. If those books are in agreement with Project 2025, we have no need of them; and if these are opposed to Project 2025, destroy them."
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