As the government shutdown enters its fifth week, we wonder when Democrats in Congress will regain touch with reality, or if that’s even a thing for most of them anymore.

LAX shut down for hours last weekend thanks to an air-traffic-controller shortage; flight delays and cancellations will only get worse nationwide the longer this goes on.

And the pain is starting to hit what used to be core Democratic values: Food stamps (SNAP) won’t be funded after this week, nor Head Start.

Plus: Everett Kelley, the head of the American Federation of Government Employees (the main federal union) on Monday demanded Dems “pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today.”

A “clean CR” is what Republicans have offered from the start — a straightforward bill to keep Uncle Sam going

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