Day Three of the Republican shutdown. The
crazy-pants quote from back-bencher Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) tops the day's narrative.
Greg Dworkin fills in all the background to make what "sense" can be made of saying, "We're not going to be disrespected, We have to get something out of this. And I don't know what that even is." With an unexpected assist from Robert Costa's insider coverage at
NRO, we explain the state of play, the parliamentary maneuvering, and the crumbling road ahead (because paving is socialism). We're joined by
Daily Kos Featured Writer
Ian Reifowitz to talk about the role extreme
Gerrymandering plays in driving crises like this. And as seems to happen every time, our discussion ends up leading us to connections between seemingly far-flung issues of policy, governance and society that reveal key differences between liberals and... whatever it is that "conservatives" have become.