There’s not going to be a deal to keep the government open, so a shutdown is imminent. The Senate will be adjourned for Yom Kippur, although it is unlikely that Democrats will budge, at least for now. When you peel back the theatrics, the Democrats are gearing up for a fight they cannot win. Now, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, aka Temu Obama, are shutting things down and laying off their people--federal workers--because NPR got defunded. Welcome to the Schumer shutdown.