<p>Democrats have a list of demands and reforms they want implemented before continuing to fund the Department of Homeland Security. But&nbsp; DHS doesn’t really need their approval to keep going.</p><br><p>Guest:<a href="https://www.garrettgraff.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Garrett Graff</a>, journalist, historian, author of<a href="https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Doomsday Scenario</a>.</p><br><p>Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href="http://slate.com/whatnextplus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><br><p>Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>