listen to this response from John Thune and note how *even MAGA Republicans* are no longer pretending Trump isn't personally directing harassment investigations against his political foes

TUR: It appears the president is more desperate in this moment. Do you agree?

LAWLER: Well, let's look back. Obama engaged in a 7-month conflict in Libya--

TUR: We don't need to go back to Obama. Let's stick w/ Trump

LAWLER: Excuse me, excuse me. Yes we do.

TUR: How does that make this war okay?

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Ossoff: "You were talking earlier about Jared Kushner. The guy leading our diplomacy in the Middle East is bringing in billions from Middle Eastern princes and sheiks and going around the region asking for billions more while he conducts nuclear diplomacy on behalf of the country. It's obscene."

BALDWIN: Do you think NIH should fund less cancer research?

RFK Jr: No, they should fund more, & one of the few agencies that got a raise in the budget was NCI

B: That increase is less than $1m for an institute with a $7b budget. That's a .01% increase. It wouldn't even cover one additional grant

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 ... "

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"

WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?

KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed

ELIZABETH WARREN: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?

KEVIN WARSH: Uhm, we try to keep politics if I'm confirmed out of the Federal Reserve

WARREN: I'm just asking a factual question

WARSH: I believe this body certified the election

WARREN: That's not the question I'm asking

Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."

CHRIS WRIGHT: What happens when the wind blows right now? We turn down natural gas plants and we save 2 cents in reduced natural gas price. We pay a 4 cent subsidy and save 2 cents

WYDEN: What you are describing is fiction

Sen. Kennedy to Warsh: "My worry is that a lot of this stuff about artificial intelligence making us more productive is a bunch of hype by people who want to sell stock and an IPO. I'd be careful there."

WARSH: The broad contours of the economy are improving. The potential of the economy, the real results of the economy are improving.

TINA SMITH: The reality is there was almost 0 job growth in 2025. That looks to me like not a roaring economy, but a weak economy.

As a matter of principle, you can either have a dinner that celebrates the First Amendment or you can have a dinner that features Donald Trump. You can’t have both because the president holds the freedom of the press in contempt. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

The “oh..” part is significant. Wow.

Will Wins Wars. We’re Forgetting That. Power = Will × Resources.

What’s happening in Ukraine and Iran? This might help. My latest in the @thebulwark.com

www.thebulwark.com/p/will-wins-...

CHRIS WRIGHT: Energy prices are still well lower than they were in middle of the Biden adminis--

CANTWELL: I want to stop you right there. There is nobody in the Northwest who thinks that. Not when they wake up & airline flights are being canceled because of high fuel costs. No one thinks it's okay

The Most Important Speech of Political and Constitutional Philosophy That Never Should Have Been Given By Judge J.

The Most Important Speech of Political and Constitutional Philosophy That Never Should Have Been Given

By Judge J. Michael Luttig

substack.com/@legalaf/not...

The Southern Poverty Law Center announced its under Justice Dept investigation targeted for its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups. Interim CEO Fair said in a video that the Trump administration has “made no secret of who they want to protect and who they want to destroy.”

Joe Kernen wraps up the interview with Trump after 40 minutes: "We could talk NATO, but I know you've, uh, obviously got a lot to do"

Not off to a great start

He killed over 160 young girls at a school and threatened to end their entire civilization out of respect and admiration

“Executive time” 🫩

My gosh…how can anyone NOT see how deranged this man is is beyond me. It’s terrifying that he has the nuke football. 😳

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

Translation:

This deal is about to be exactly like the JCPOA, minus Obama’s signature

For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:

When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?