The Real Reason Democrats Caved

<p><strong>On episode 105 of Native Land Pod, hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Bakari Sellers recap the end of the government shutdown.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Moderate Democrats in the Senate caved and passed a temporary budget without getting their demands met to continue funding health care subsidies. What the heck happened and what was the point of this record-breaking standoff that saw federal workers furloughed and the poorest Americans lose food assistance? It is not Democrats who &ldquo;lost&rdquo; the government shutdown, it is us, the American people, but it has made the Democrats look like losers.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>MAGA is teeing up to rig the 2026 election. Reporter Ari Berman wrote an article this week about Trump's pardons for high-profile attorneys and others involved in his plot to overturn the 2020 election&ndash;but it&rsquo;s not just about 2020. Ari&rsquo;s reporting outlines what Trump&rsquo;s likely path toward rigging 2026 will be, and the under-the-radar efforts by the Trump administration to fill the voting process with red tape (voter ID, ban voting machines, etc.), which Ari says the administration will use as a pre-text to claim that &ldquo;millions of Americans voted illegally&rdquo; in 2026.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Ari Berman is the national voting rights correspondent at </strong><strong><em>Mother Jones. </em></strong>Read Ari&rsquo;s article here: <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/trump-martin-fake-electors-pardon-2020/">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/trump-martin-fake-electors-pardon-2020/</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>And of course we&rsquo;ll hear from you! Our episode with Charlamagne elicited some strong emotions from y&rsquo;all in all kinds of directions. Our hosts respond to two of your video comments about it.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;If you&rsquo;d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: </strong><a href="http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/"><strong>http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/</strong></a><strong> and send to @nativelandpod.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>We are 356 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y&rsquo;all!&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&mdash;---------</strong></p> <p><strong>We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nativelandpod/"><strong>Instagram</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/nativelandpod"><strong>X/Twitter</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555252803861"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://nativelandpod.com"><strong>NativeLandPod.com</strong></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@NativeLandPod"><strong>YouTube</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><br /><br /></p> <p><strong>Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Angela Rye as host, executive producer, and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Tiffany Cross as host and producer, Andrew Gillum as host and producer, Bakari Sellers as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; LoLo Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks&nbsp; to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><br /><strong>Theme music created by</strong><a href="https://www.daniellaurent.com/"><strong> </strong><strong>Daniel Laurent</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>