Someone please remind me (about the shutdown) [View all]

When we last faced a potential shutdown, over the big ugly bill, and some Dems capitulated, one reason had to do with the funding for the courts--the argument being that the courts were the only thing keeping a check on Trump, and it wouldve been a disaster to lose that.

How is the situation today different? Couldnt we have successfully obstructed that big ugly bill in exchange for the shutdown?

What am I missing? Is this shutdown different than the one we barely missed earlier this year?