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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday morning it is time to conclude our talks, draft legislation and land this plane. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
DRIVING THE DAY
IN CASE IT WASN’T PLAINLY OBVIOUS, Senate and House negotiators hope to announce a Covid relief deal today. The government shuts down tomorrow night they passed a short-term stopgap Friday night and getting this $2 trillion package through Congress in one day will be a heavy lift, but will be necessary. There seems to be a recognition that the government needs to be funded by Monday morning, and that means a vote o
I’ve been told the morning shift bond is strong. But alcohol is stronger.
Kate Riga and I had been working on the morning shift together for a few weeks in the spring of 2018 before we made newfound-friendship plans to embark on the endlessly unsatisfying journey of finding an affordable bar near the TPM New York City office for a good old fashioned happy hour. The first attempt was Cafe Champignon on 22nd and 7th. We could afford one glass of wine. Again, endlessly unsatisfying.
Back then, our morning shift began at 6:00 a.m. ET, meaning we got off work right at 3:00 p.m. most days a bizarre time to navigate the bar scene in any setting, but especially in a solidly 9-5 metropolis like Manhattan. We decided to make Thursday “evenings” our regular happy hour adventure time, endlessly searching the depths of Yelp and Google Maps to find establishments that not only suited our young 20-somethings-with-lots-of-student-loans budgets, but also that didn’t make us feel like we�