Rep. Robert Garcia: "Unfortunately, I have to announce that Democratic members will not participating. This roundtable is not a real hearing. It's set up to appear like one. We should be clear about why that's happening. Last week, Pam Bondi skipped a legally required deposition ... "
Rep. Lisa McClain: "Energy prices aren't where any of us want them to be, but ... "
Warren: "Why try to end independence of the Fed? Bc Trump's economic failures are causing him political problems, he wants the Fed to artificially juice the economy Having a sock puppet in charge of the Fed would also give the president access to the Fed's powerful authorities to enrich himself"
The thing is you have a Secretary of Defense who quite literally does not think germs are real, he explicitly rejects germ theory
The question to ask isn't "why did pete do (x)," it's "why did roger wicker vote to confirm a guy who literally doesn't think germs are real"
Senate Judiciary Republicans are wasting another day relitigating the 2020 presidential election.
Donald Trump lost.
He desperately tried to overturn the results with the help of Congressional Republicans.
And now he wants to do it again in 2026 and 2028.
Mazie Hirono: Are you telling me you have a handle on Strait of Hormuz?
Chris Wright: Can you repeat the question?
Hirono repeats.
Wright, not answering the question: I've been discussing since day I was sworn in.
Hirono, points out Wright invented a nuke background he does not have.
Crucial from @davidsirota.com: If Dems win House, they must use power of the purse to stop Trump. Dems can't fear the politics of defunding. Trump is weak and this is an opening to reassert "congressional authority in a real way."
On the pod David explains this well:
newrepublic.com/article/2092...
ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: We were proud to have gasoline prices below $2 a gallon earlier this year
HEINRICH: What are they right now?
WRIGHT: Just over $4
HEINRICH: What is diesel?
WRIGHT: Diesel is over $5
HEINRICH: It's closer to $6 in my state
WRIGHT: It's over $8 in California
Pete Hegseth has announced he is ending the flu vaccine requirement for the U.S. military.
Trump: "I have to be careful because if I do trip or fall, it's gonna be the biggest story. That's why when I get out of those planes, I walk nice and slowly. I'm not looking to set any speed records."
They chose their destructor.
Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction | Moira Donegan
"voters who just want prices to come down" and were tragically lured into voting for men who openly announced their plans to trash the country...
BREAKING: Massive conflicts of interest regarding the Trump family and the Iran war. I am exposing it.
Trump’s sons are selling drone parts to gulf states.
Kushner is soliciting funds from the gulf for his private firm.
Significant insider trading occurring.
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Not enough people are talking about this.
The head of the FAA, the person whose job is to oversee the airline industry, failed to divest his MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR stake in an airline company his agency regulates.
unless and until republicans agree to a ceasefire in the form of strict anti-gerrymandering provisions: fuck them to hell, squeeze every last drop of blood from the stone, lock them out of every seat you can
HAHA he’s the judge who asked the Mueller team if they had investigated Mike Flynn for treason and called Flynn a traitor hahahahaha
JUST IN: Judge Amit Mehta (Obama/DC) opens door to deposition of Trump in #Jan6 civil lawsuits. Discovery against Trump on merits of cases could begin in May. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
"What we see is essentially a wash. After all this redistricting, all these new lines drawn in many of these states, neither side is likely to come out ahead on this," says Amy Walter. https://to.pbs.org/4evPe1h
Jon Stewart Dissects Trump’s “Art of the Deal” Iran Strategy... That Isn't Working
youtu.be/Jc_zlInukSA
Once again "the death of the West" meant "the death of my secret bank account."
Donald Trump is very unpopular and being seen as opposing Donald Trump in clear moral terms is an almost instant path to political and cultural relevance.
ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary
Woohoo
Rep. Analilia Mejia didn’t come to play.
She went back to the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.
Then brought it straight to now.
“Stand up, defend, restore not only our democracy but also a just economy that actually works for working people.”
#SheShed
I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading.
It was worth it.
