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Recognizing that their leverage is slipping away, Democrats have begun offering bizarre, almost nonsensical concessions. In a shocking turnaround, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats proposed a deal that makes little sense — they want to reinstate food assistance benefits like SNAP while still refusing to fund the government. The logic? They want to relieve the very suffering their shutdown has caused without actually solving the root issue: the lack of funding.