Reopening selected departments to relieve acute problems (eg DOT?) could be part of a Rope-a-Dope strategy — allowing Trump to keep *enough* of the government shut down to keep the national conversation on the border wall (a conversation I think he wins) https://t.co/xJUYDyEOqy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 15, 2019
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