Thursday, January 17, 2019

It is Day 26: As we likely enter the government shutdown’s fifth week, Nathaniel Frank and Evan Wolfson highlight ways Democrats can use this as an opportunity to “bolster the promising, if disparate, elements of the resistance”—using plays from the conservative playbook and the fight for marriage equality. Meanwhile, León Krauze writes that the president’s “longer nativist con” is paying off: For every bit of ground Trump himself loses, support for the wall gains. Finally, national parks scholar Michelle Govani says it’s time to close all national parks as long as the shutdown continues.



from Stories from Slate http://bit.ly/2Hfz661

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