
Eight Democratic senators break from the party to cut a deal with Republicans and end the shutdown without any meaningful concessions on health insurance premiums. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy discuss the timing of the deal, the reactions from other elected Democrats and the party's base, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's apparent inability to hold his caucus together. Then, they jump into the rest of the news, including Trump's preemptive pardons for scores of allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election, a whistleblower's report that Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving "concierge-style" treatment at her minimum security prison facility, and the President's unwelcome surprise appearance at Sunday's Washington Commanders game. CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS SIMPLISAFE: https://www.simplisafe.com/CROOKED SQUARESPACE: https://www.squarespace.com/CROOKED BOMBAS: https://www.bombas.com/crooked Code: CROOKED BETTERHELP: https://www.betterhelp.com/psa CHAPTERS 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - Government shutdown 25:24 - Ad break 28:05 - Schumer backlash 37:14 - Trump on affordability 41:35 - Republicans turn on Trump? 47:01 - Ad break 50:05 - MAGA in-fighting 57:15 - Legal updates 1:00:55 - Trump's pardons 1:06:27 - Trump booed 1:10:55 - Crooked Con Join this channel to get access to perks like ad-free episodes and exclusive videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKRoXz3hHAu2XL_k3Ef4vJQ/join Get tickets to CROOKED CON November 6-7 in Washington, D.C at crookedcon.com Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/crookedmedia?sub_confirmation=1 Photos courtesy of AP Photo Archive Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission. Learn more about Crooked at http://www.crooked.com Follow the pod on Twitter https://twitter.com/podsaveamerica Follow Crooked on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CrookedMedia/ Follow Crooked on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/
Donald Trump
“The problem was the shutdown wasn't accomplishing either goals and there was practically well there was zero likelihood that it was going to in terms of standing up to Donald Trump.”
Donald Trump
“We'll also talk about Trump's attempt to deal with the affordability issue”
Chuck Schumer
“Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's apparent inability to hold his caucus together.”
Ghislaine Maxwell
“there's Gla Maxwell with perogis or whatever and it's like unbelievable.”
Donald Trump
“the American people want us to stand up to Trumpism, to his war against workingclass people”
John Bolton
“Bizarro John Bolton did not make me like him more there.”
AOC
“the video that Bernie and AOC shot together.”

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