In this new, xciting DKOS4 world it's important to avoid too much nuance or research so I am going to skip all the context and detail of this breaking liberal victory that would have been unimaginable only hours ago.
BREAKING: Democratic negotiators forced congressional Republicans to accept no less than $350million, up to as much as $1.1 TRILLION in cuts to the defense budget over the next 10 years. In a related negotiation Dems also secured up to $700 BILLION in levies upon medical providers, hospitals, device manufactures and pharmacuetical companies who contract with Medicare. Many see these providers as the single largest reason the USA has the highest per capita health cost in the world.
As a face saving jesture Dems did concede up to $550 billion in spending "cuts" which are mostly achieved through efficiencies with entitlements and programs for the poor being off limits.
Meanwhile it was announced that a congressional committee will convene to determine if any other Republican sacred cows could be gored (I.e. Taxes) in lieu of some defense funds but Republicans on the fringe right such as Erick Erikson of Redstate.com insist Thhe committee is simply a rubber stamp for Pres. Obama to impose a tax on the rich.
In other news, the congress will be raising the national debt limit later today or tomorrow. It is a common bit of budgetary housekeeping has attracted a far higher level of attention than usual, which may be a sign that Americans are more engaged in civics which should benefit Democrats who seem to have a lock on good policy points if they would only act on them more.