Welcome to day twenty eight day of the U.S. Federal government shutdown. Normally “Federal Government shut downs” are a game of “chicken” where Congressional (usually GOP) and Executive Branch (usually Democrat) politicians are playing a game of virtue signaling to their political base until the accumulated toxic waste of bad media and public protest let the Congress “compromise” on spending more money with limited blow back in their next partisan primary. This time is very different, and it’s far more than just a matter of political parties changing sides in government. President Trump is working to a “Xanatos Gambit” political-media...