> The Schumer Shutdown is over and many on the right are claiming complete and total victory. A vote was promised on Obamacare subsidies in December, which Republicans had alluded to offering before the shutdown began. It would seem that Democrats got nothing out of this. > In reality, they got what they really wanted. And when I say “they,” I’m not just referring to the Democrats. It’s about the UniParty Swamp, which includes many members of the Senate’s GOP Establishment. The illusions of prolonging the shutdown for the sake of Obamacare subsidies for Democrats or protecting cuts in the Big, Beautiful Bill for Republicans were all political theater. > Those who are not in the conspiracy theory world may want to put this article down for now. Perhaps you can bookmark it and come back if you become more skeptical of the DC system. But I’m going to make what some may consider to be bold and even crazy accusations that don’t fit the right-vs-left, republican-vs-democrat paradigm. To know whether this is too strange for you, ask yourself if you’re willing to stipulate four things: