Key takeaways • Though Democrats felt they were winning the politics of the shutdown fight, they’d made no progress on their specific substantive demands • The only plausible endings to the shutdown were Democrats caving or the GOP abolishing the filibuster; Trump wasn’t making concessions • With shutdown pain ramping up, and Democrats fearing a world without the filibuster, key members of the party cut a deal

After forcing the longest US government shutdown in history, Senate Democrats threw in the towel Sunday night.

Eight Democratic senators voted with the Republicans Sunday to advance a deal to reopen the government, even though the deal includes no significant concessions from the GOP or President Donald Trump.

The turnabout came as a shock to many highly engaged online progr

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