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You really need to stop believing that your tribe is all about sweetness and light.

What was the compromise?

The shutdown was a tactical move by the Dems. If they thought it was working they would not have compromised.

They folded

You really need to stop believing that your tribe is all about sweetness and light.

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You really need to stop believing that your tribe is all about sweetness and light.

Is this hypocritical, Finn?

What this tells us is that Newsweek perceives that there is a sizeable market of consumers disconnected with reality.

Lessig noted that the hypotheticals he wrote about in his essay would apply to only the specific scenario he described.

Not at all since I don't ascribe sweetness and light to "my tribe"

"Normal Order" hasn't been in play for 9 years thanks to McConnell. I don't think this will happen now either.

What was the compromise?

The shutdown was a tactical move by the Dems. If they thought it was working they would not have compromised.

They folded

Americans say avoiding a shutdown is more important than passing a bill to maintain the program allowing people brought to the US illegally as children to stay, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

56% overall say approving a budget agreement to avoid a shutdown is more important than continuing the DACA program, while just 34% choose DACA over a shutdown.

Trump's numbers have improved in the last month, however, with approval rising 5 points largely on the strength of improved ratings among independents and conservatives. He's improved 7 points among independents, with much of that shift coming among those who lean Republican, and gained 10 points among ideological conservatives.

The CNN Poll was conducted by SSRS January 14-18 among a random national sample of 1,005 adults reached on landlines or cellphones by a live interviewer.

The US is willing to work with Turkey to address its legitimate security concerns in northern Syria, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said.

Turkish troops have seized a number of areas from Kurdish YPG control in recent days.

Turkey sees the group as terrorists, but they have been crucial in a US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group.

Ankara said the US had to stop backing the YPG if they wanted cooperation.

"If they want cooperation, we are ready for this cooperation," Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Monday. "As the first step to take, they can stop arming terror groups and take back weapons already given."

The YPG, or Kurdish People's Protection Units, controls much of north-eastern Syria.

It is believed by Turkey to be an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has fought for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey for three decades. The YPG denies any direct links to the group.

Mr Tillerson said on Monday in London that the US recognised the country's "legitimate concerns" for its security, and its right to defend itself from terrorist elements.

"We're engaged with Turkey and we are engaged also with the leadership of our coalition and are asking that both sides show restraint," he said.

He said the US had proposed measures to Turkey and others to try and stabilise the situation.

Reports say the US is discussing with Turkey and others the possibility of a "security zone" being set up in north-west Syria.

Earlier the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to not "step back" in the assault on the YPG enclave of Afrin.

"We are determined, Afrin will be sorted out," Mr Erdogan said in a live television broadcast in Ankara on Monday.

"We will take no step back," he said, adding: "We spoke about this with our Russian friends; we have an agreement."