Did the Democrats Betray Themselves?

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In the shutdown dispute the Democrats gave in. Our topic in the US podcast. Also: the Filibuster, explained. And a conversation with the US journalist Ashley Parker

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The Democrats were on a roll. Their female candidates won the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey. And a left-winger became the new mayor of New York, despite drawing the ire of President Donald Trump and other Republicans who called him a communist. The Senate passed a bill to end the lockdown. What's next? Observers believed that the Democrats' electoral gains were helped by Americans' dissatisfaction with the extensive restrict…