As Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, and their far-left caucus insist on keeping the federal government shuttered, even the usually friendly liberal media is hammering them with brutal headlines. When you’ve lost your own cheerleaders in the press, it’s a sure sign the shutdown strategy is backfiring spectacularly.

“Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the federal government until Nov. 21, but several Democrats broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and supported the measure,” The Hill reports.

“Wednesday’s vote marked the third time in two weeks that the House-passed continuing resolution failed to advance on the Senate floor — but it was the first time senators voted on the issue while the government is closed. Continues…